Doors and architecture of historic homes and properties as seen locally or on my travels.
The lesser known sport of lawn bowling, also known as flat green bowling or bowling on the green, dates to Egyptian times but the game played today was developed and formalized in Scotland in the 1800s. A “uniform code of laws” over the game was agreed to in 1848, and the Scottish Bowling Association was…
Updated February 2019 On a recent unseasonably warm, sunny winter day I spent an afternoon in Hartford visiting the Wadsworth Atheneum and strolling through the surrounding neighborhood. Right next to the Atheneum is the Hartford Municipal Building which I hadn’t paid close attention to before. Nine random facts, in no particular order: When it opened…
Searching for some Christmastime in the city (tell me that doesn’t automatically make you hum the popular Christmas carol)? Look no further than Back Bay in Boston. Strolling up and down Commonwealth Avenue is an experience in any season. The brownstones are accented by gorgeous trees and window boxes in the spring, pumpkins in the…
How often do you drive past a home or building day after day and wonder what it might look like inside? Not surprisingly, I do that quite often. So I was more than pleased when I was recently invited to peek behind the bright red door at St. John’s Episcopal Church right here in West…
My daughter is a junior in high school and you know what that means…college tours! Our little family of four spent spring break driving 1,800 miles round trip to visit a number of schools in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Our first stop was Fredericksburg, VA, home of University of Mary Washington. I was…
In a devastating turn of events, Red Sox owner John W. Henry has announced that a new stadium will be developed for the beloved Boston Red Sox. Similar to the fate of the original Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park as we know it today will cease to exist. Construction of the new stadium is expected to…
