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A Weekend in Rhode Island
I had a lovely time exploring Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (the full name of the state!) this weekend with my high school girlfriends. Here is a breakdown from city to city: Providence: By...
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Sherwood Island State Park, CT
A good beach day is one of my most cherished things in the world! I love the ocean air, the vitamin d, and all the natural treasures that can be found in a good beach. Sherwood Island State Park in...
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Daytrip to Millerton, NY
Just an hour outside of Albany lays the quaint little Millerton, NY right on the border of Connecticut. Millerton is full of kitsch and well worth a visit, especially if you enjoy tea. Our first stop...
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Greenwich CT Hikes: Fairchild Wildflower Sanctuary
Its name doesn’t lie; Fairchild Wildflower Sanctuary is positively bursting with wildflowers! Greenwich, Connecticut is just a stone throw away from the Westchester, New York border and makes for a...
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Greenwich CT Eats: Meli-Melo
Healthy, funky, fun, and comfy: Lunch at Meli-Melo in Greenwich, Connecticut [362 Greenwich Ave, Greenwich, CT 06830] was a perfect post-hike meal! The menu in this happy yellow space is great! It’s...
View ArticleKent Falls State Park, Connecticut
If I can make it a three state day, count me in. From New York, through Massachusetts, into the Southern Berkshires that reaches to Connecticut…it sounds a lot more intense that it actually is – but...
View ArticleLions Head Hike, Salisbury CT
If you’re looking for a roaring good time, it’s just over the border of Massachusetts’s Berkshires region into northwestern Connecticut. Lions Head Hike [84 Bunker Hill Road Salisbury, CT] is a perfect...
View ArticleRand’s View Hike, Connecticut Hike
There are so many little slices of adventure where the Appalachian Trail cuts through Northwest Connecticut. Last spring I checked out Rand’s View [Parking lot on Housatonic River Road just past...
View ArticleYale University Art Gallery, Connecticut
Yale campus is a piece of art all in its own. Dispersed throughout the city of New Haven are its fine buildings, some even adorned with unicorns. Student or not, you have a great reason to visit the...
View ArticleView the Brains at the Cushing Center, Yale Medical Library
It’s strange, gruesome, and an instrumental piece of medical history. The Cushing Center in Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University [333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510] is...
View ArticlePlaying Pinball in Connecticut
The Sanctum, 290 Pratt St, Meriden, CT 06450 Who looks forward to Monday? Not too many folks…that’s for sure. However, the people who live around Meriden, CT have a special reason to get excited about...
View ArticleFrank Pepe’s Pizzeria Napoletana in New Haven, Connecticut
A distinct variation of pizza developed in New Haven, Connecticut known as the white clam pie and it’s worth seeking out. Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana [157 Wooster St New Haven, CT 06511] has been...
View ArticleSee the Button Collection at Mattatuck Museum, Connecticut
One of my favorite childhood memories is when my grandmother would let me play with her button box. Hundreds of buttons all different sizes, colors, designs in that porcelain box, sifting through them...
View ArticleAmerican Clock & Watch Museum, Connecticut
In this day and age, everyone knows what time it is. Time is displayed on your microwave, DVD player, and of course your cell phone. I can’t remember the last time I put a watch on or looked at analog...
View ArticleNew England Carousel Museum, Connecticut
What is more magical than the musical roundabout? The carousel has given joy to children for hundreds of years. The New England Carousel Museum [95 Riverside Ave, Bristol, CT 06010] tells the history...
View ArticleHike to Castle Craig, Connecticut
On top of the highest point in America within 25 miles from the east coast sits a castle. I was amped for the hike when I saw it from the highway in the distance, standing tall atop 976’ East Peak …...
View ArticleDinner at One 6 Three in New Haven, Connecticut
Known as a pizza place, but what caught my eye wasn’t a pie. One 6 Three [163 Foster St, New Haven, CT 06511] has quite the eclectic menu, from poutine to fried oreos. I could not resist the call of …...
View ArticleWoodlawn Duckpin Bowling, Connecticut
I’m not one for regular 10-pin bowling, I have other preferred methods of staying busy and active. However, when I hear there is an off the beaten path, regional variation on the old game, my interest...
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