Chamard Vineyards is hidden just perpendicular to the main road in Clinton, Connecticut. Chris and I discovered this place while his family paid a visit from Texas with their fifth wheel. Stomp-N-Crush, the newest and best beer & wine supply to hit my locale, held an all-grain brewing session just outside Chamard’s main building made [...]
Presenting Mr. December, Dr. Norman Dahl, DDS, and his daughter, Sydney, played the tooth fairy and his helper for the Men of Branford calendar. This is the second image from a 14-month calendar of brave community gents being posted on the first of each of the coming months. In case you missed last month’s beau, [...]
Seven hours of cooking, being on your feet and sneaking a picture in here and there was never so much fun. The day began by plopping our apple-stuffed, bacon-slathered turkey into the oven at 325° for three and a half hours. Took it out to cool for roughly twenty-five minutes. Chris got to it and [...]
Happy Thanksgiving, friends. A little belated, I know. Got tied up designing and cooking a scrumptious menu for five. This is one of the only remaining turkeys from Gozzi Turkey Farm where we got our fresh kill, free range, organic turkey. The business has been around since 1940, founded by Bill Gozzi’s grandparents. Why is [...]
The Community Dining Room is a wonderful, privately-run organization that provides sustenance to the hungry and hunger awareness to the community. For 25 years, they have been feeding many of the grumbling tummies and offering companionship to South Central Connecticut residents. Daily hot meals, frozen dinner delivery, and holiday feasts are just a few of [...]
It’s pretty difficult to band a large number of people together. You could dot every “i” and cross every “t”, have the greatest cause, idea or reason and still have unfavorable results. But hey, no matter what important sports game, you can always guarantee to see a rampant, boisterous crowd show their faces for what [...]
Viewers: I present to you the first image of the Men of the Branford Chamber 2010-2011 calendar, Mr. November, or better known as Ken Soudan from the Lock Up. Together with my Mother, a calendar committee, and many consultations and photo shoots later, the 14-month calendar featuring 14 established businessmen was disclosed at “The Reveal” [...]
The Deep River Theater is hidden to the average eye. In fact, I had no idea it even existed until a couple of weeks ago when I covered Jams for Cans, a benefit concert requiring three or more cans for admission that would be donated to the local food pantry. A lovely event, it was [...]
I’ve been going through my archives over the past couple of days trying to find the right photos to donate to my friend’s Adoption Awareness Art Show, and in the interim of all this, it’s reminding me of photos I’ve never shared on this blog before. The pigeon above possibly died falling out the sky [...]
Pardon me while I play catchup: In celebration of the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, occurring in early October, services of worship are held internationally at local churches blessing animals ranging in size and species, from turtles to elephants. In the sleepy hamlet of Ivoryton, a series of canines were present as prayers [...]
We arrived at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon just before the break of dawn. With fingers crossed, we got there just in the nick of time to find ourselves, shake off the delirium and get it together for some amazing views as the sun raced slowly above the canyon walls. It was a [...]
Summer has barely left its fingerprint these days, but to keep warm, I’m remembering past Summer days – flying over to Montauk in the height of the season to enjoy my first and quite a delectable meal from the Crabby Cowboy. It was around this time last November that we were unsuccessful in dining at [...]
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