West Hartford, CT

On Day Two of my Connecticut Adventure I went to breakfast with my friend Tammi. Then I spent too much time shopping for used books in Meridan. I met my friend Colleen for lunch and we drove to the Blue Back district in West Hartford for lunch at a kaiten sushi restaurant. I hadn’t had conveyor belt sushi since I left Japan in 2004. (Between this place and Louis’ Lunch in New Haven, it’s not fair that CT has all the cool places to eat.) After Colleen left I walked over to the West Hartford Library where I prepared the White House photos for printing (they should be ready to mail out in one week).

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7th Birthday

Today I drove to Connecticut for my cousin Brady’s 7th birthday party. Thanks to Sherri and Shaun for having me over. Afterwards I went to my friends Tammi and Jeff’s house for a visit and to watch some Dr. Who. (11th Doctor)

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Worcester Ice Cats

Tonight my high school friend Paul B and I went to the Worcester Ice Cats hockey game at the DCU Center. They beat the Providence Bruins 5-2. After the game was an Army Enlistment/Re-enlistment Ceremony. Congrats and good luck to these young soldiers.
Also at the game I got to shake hands with Rick Hoyt, one-half of the father-son wheelchair race team. This April he and his Dad, Dick, will be competing in their 30th Marathon together. What an inspiration.

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Happy Birthday Oreo

Oreo Cookies turns 100 this month. Auntie Rosie celebrates one of her favorite snacks with a mug of milk and a smile. (By the way, that’s an ooooooold school Dunkin Donuts cup).

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Happy Birthday Oreo

Oreo Cookies turns 100 this month. Auntie Rosie celebrates one of her favorite snacks with a mug of milk and a smile. (By the way, that’s an ooooooold school Dunkin Donuts cup).

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Don’t be a hero, salt

Suddenly, salt and his friends found themsleves in a bad part of the kitchen table.

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Boys of the Town

Celtic Music at the Merriam-Gilbert Public Library in West Brookfield. Three things to say about this: 1. I’m giving a presentation about my walk across America here in November; 2. The guys in the band are all fellow Eagle Scouts, and 3. The Merriam-Gilbert Public Library is co-named after the town benefactor and publisher of Noah Webster’s dictionary (the Merriam-Webster Dictionary…. get it?)

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So close…

Check out the numbers on my uncle’s ticket (left) and the actual winning numbers (right). Prize for six numbers …. $3,000,000. Prize for three numbers …. free ticket.

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Bacon in a Bag

Introducing my new invention… The Bacon Bag Magnet. Convenience, meet breakfast.

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Jaffa and Me

This morning I drove out to the South Shore to visit Jaffa, a friend from college I hadn’t seen in many many years. We went for lunch and he took me on a tour of his workplace at the Zildjian factory, where Zildjian Cymbals are cast, finished and tested. The company has been family-owned since its founding in 1623 in Turkey. Jaffa introduced me to one of the owners, a 15th generation Zildjian. He also introduced me to one of the two IT guys and I got to see how they’re using server virtualization in a corporate setting. (He did not introduce me to Carlos.)

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