Blogs from Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, North America

The goals for the first day were two-fold: to see contemporary art and to drive to Baltimore. The latter would take up most of the day. The art in question is at the Aldrich Museum in southwestern Conneticut. Getting there, though, entailed experiencing much of what this day would be like. The most efficient way of getting there is I-84. Tollbooth from hell I-84 in Conneticut is very much a Jeckyl and Hyde highway. The eastern half is a pleasant drive; the western half is utter hell. Before even getting there, I had to contend with the Southbridge split. Long distance travel out of Boston generally goes in one of four directions, northeast to Maine, northwest to Montreal, west to upstate New York and the Midwest, or southwest along the eastern seaboard. The last two have ... read more

At long last, I have escaped New York City. This place grabbed me and spun me around like a roller coaster. It's easy for me to see how people fall in love with the place, as there is everything and more importantly, everyone there. I met all sorts of people, which of course happens in every city, but even *unique-er* here. As it happens, the blog I wrote about the steam explosion was a "featured blog" on xanga.com, so my email was flooded with comments and still is. The day after the steam explosion I did nothing all day but think and houseclean (and pics up), then headed to Amy's work to drop off a book and try on glasses. Found some really fantastic ones. Turned out I was in Greenwich Village, I had to wipe ... read more

Location: Stuck in Traffic outside of NYC. woot. Cos cob, CT What a weird name. Blogger: Katie So DJ's friends are pretty great. The mixes that we've listened to so far from Jen and Kirsten are pretty amazing. I'm really a huge fan of a good mix. It's a skill really. So thanks for your thoughtfulness, it must have taken some serious time. We've just been cruising to the tunes and commenting on the various songs, cars on the road, etc. It's weird to again be driving through Fairfield County, and know that we're not stopping in Fairfield for me to go to school. I really miss the people and the place in general, and it's still very weird to think that things are over. This summer so far has been a whirlwind and will ... read more

Candlewood Lake/New Milford North America » United States » Connecticut » Fairfield County By raidhoMay 28th 2007s. s. j.Candlewood Lake Memorial Day weekend was spent in New Milford/Candlewood Lake. Apparently, settlers came up with the name Candlewood after having been taught to make candles by the Native Americans. ... read more

Welp, I (and my luggage, thankfully) made it through the first round of take off and landing; three more to go. I'm in Stamford, CT, which is about a 45 minute train ride from The Big Apple. I believe we'll be checking out the Guggeennheeiimm and a bit of shopping tomorrow. That's fairly exciting, considering I'm still partially in tourist-mode, for this is only my third time to NYC. I'm not excited at all about Europe, yet at least. I'm already beginning to miss specific people and I'm sure more will follow soon. I just hope I'll get at least one visitor from the states during my four month reign in Italia. As far as I know, my roommates are like me... only opposite. I, along with everyone else who's ever met me, expected that. I ... read more