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The Art Trail and Museums in Connecticut

The Connecticut Art Trail Art Pass enables you to visit 15 art museums and historic sites in Connecticut for the cost of $25. This is great deal and will save you $50 if you visit all of the museums. With this pass you decide the two-month time-frame you want to use it in. Children 12 [...]

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Take a Trip to the Worthington Pond Farm Covered Bridge in Somers Connecticut

Take a Trip to the Worthington Pond Farm Covered Bridge in Somers Connecticut

There’s a builder in Somers, Connecticut who truly appreciate the craftsmanship of days gone by and the value of tools that last. The Worthington Pond Farm Bridge is a covered bridge that was built in the twenty-first century using the methods of covered bridge builders of the nineteenth century. Worthington Pond Farm covered bridge is [...]

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New England Breweries Listed by State

Over the years, the US culture about beer has been changing. More and more people are starting to judge, critique it’s quality, learn about the variety and diversity of styles, and learning to pair with it food, much like wine. As with wine, when pairing beer with food, they need to compliment and enhance each [...]

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Sakura Garden Japanese Restaurant Review

Sakura Garden Japanese Restaurant Review

Earlier this week, Wendy was checking out a new deal site, SaveNowCT.com, and noticed they were offering a 2 for 1 deal on a newly opened Japanese restaurant, Sakura Gardens, which just opened in Milford, Connecticut.  The offer was for their sushi and seafood buffet.  Well, we like sushi and seafood, besides we were already [...]

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Christmas Stroll on Nantucket Island

Where better to enjoy a traditional New England Christmas than on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts.  The Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce has organized a month-long Christmas celebration (Nantucket Noel) starting the day after Thanksgiving.  The traditional New England seaport setting of Nantucket is decorated for the holidays with the cobblestone streets lined with lit Christmas [...]

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Chocolate Tours in Boston, Massachusetts

Chocolate, in one form or another has been around for thousands of years.  Earlier uses of chocolate were primarily as a beverage, but today it is used in a variety of ways.  It is probably of the most popular holiday gifts given.  Some people believe it offers positive health benefits, why others see it having [...]

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Black Friday Aboard the Spirit of Boston

Thanksgiving and all its cooking is finally over for the year, now it is the day after and you do not feel like stepping in the kitchen again.  So what do you do,you let the Spirit of Boston and Chef Rentschler do the cooking. Make an escape from the kitchen and take the Day After [...]

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Celebrate the Holiday Season with Woodstock’s Winter Wassail Weekend

The holiday season is rapidly coming upon us, providing us with many festivals to enjoy.  One such Christmas festival is the town-wide Wassail Weekend in Woodstock, VT being held December 9-11, 2011. Step back in time to a Christmas past while enjoying the wintery setting in Woodstock and the town-wide festival.  The weekend includes a [...]

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Weekend Trip to Nantucket Island, Massachusetts

This past weekend, Wendy and I took a trip to Nantucket Island off the coast of Hyannis, Massachusetts.  Nantucket is small, unique place that has been named a National Historic District that looks basically the same as it was in the 17th century.  Nantucket was a booming whaling port back in the early days with [...]

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