Blogs from Connecticut, United States, North America - page 4

Geo: 41.5363, -72.7978We decided to eat lunch at Bertucci's which is similar to Olive Garden - its a New England chain restaurant that serves delicious pizza, pasta and salad. I had Alfredo. Brick Oven Pizza. Good.We then had ice-cream at JP Lick's - a local ice-cream shop. I had Brownie Brownie Batter - tasted like Brownie Batter - pretty good. We then took selfie pictures.We decided to leave at 6pm and drive to Connecticut. We didn't want Karen to get sick. Glenn had been getting worse and so far Karen hadn't gotten sick yet.We thought there would be more Friday afternoon traffic, and it was pretty steady. Not bad at all. We stopped at the Rest stop at the Connecticut border and I picked up some maps.I am sad we had to leave Karen and Thomas. ... read more

I can't believe that my Fund for Teachers Fellowship starts in just 10 days! I have been thinking about, planning, and booking my learning experience since last October (10 months ago!) so it is definitely a little unreal that it is right around the corner. All of the fine details have been booked and confirmed so all that's left is packing. I am usually a last minute packer (think 30 min. before I leave) so I am going to have to discipline myself to think ahead and systematically pack everything since I will be traveling to 3 countries and 5 cities in 3.5 weeks. Here is a condensed itinerary of my trip: July 17th-23rd Dublin, Ireland: MISTEC (Music in Schools and Teacher Education Conference) and private tin whistle and bodhran drum lessons at the Whalton School ... read more

Connecticut, one of the most beautiful states in New England just right off the border of New York and Long Island, New York and Rhode Island. I really like the attractions the state of Mark Twain has to offer. You can discover the Plymouth that occurred during the history of Connecticut, the ship that took place in the 16th to 17th Century when Jamestown started in production of making tobacco era. I drove through Connecticut when I was driving to Massachusetts in Spring 2012. I was like going inside the ship and saw many colonial historical features and I was like,"Whoa,are you kidding me?! New England got good colonial history to learn from." So I'm a Virginia resident and did a road trip from Virginia to New England. You cannot beat that kind of road trip. ... read more

Our middle child, Rosanna, and her husband Evan were expecting their first child on July 9th, so of course we wanted to be there for the big event. This necessitated a road trip from our home in Woodland Park, Colorado to their home in Danbury, Connecticut and back. The 4000 mile drive was necessitated by the need to transport "tons" of stuff belonging to Rosanna and our youngest child Will, who was spending the summer with them, after they moved away without aforementioned stuff. My wife Linda and oldest daughter Tamara though it would be a good idea for Tamara and our two grandkids, Liam (4) and Cecily (2) to go along as Tamara could swap driving chores with me. So the participants were decided, and ready to go by early July. Tamara, husband Ryan, and ... read more

We left the Outer Banks of North Carolina for Connecticut 11 days ago. In order to miss the major metropolitan areas of Washington, D.C. and New York City we traveled through areas of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and a corner of New York state. Shenandoah Valley National Park in Virginia was beautiful and lots of summer flowers were in bloom. Pennsylvania is full of rolling hills and farms. We drove through the Delaware Gap National Park and enjoyed the view of the Delaware River. We arrived in Connecticut 7 days ago. This is where I spent my time in the summer growing up. My oldest sister, Linda, still lives in our family home. It was a fun week visiting with Linda and her husband, Tawn. We also had a few days with my cousin Ed ... read more