The kids were on Spring Break/April vacation last week, so with some pretty amazing weather on tap, Kara and I loaded the offspring into the car and headed south. Nothing like a […]
Spring Break 2017
Back from Brazil
A tropical wedding? Sounds good! Kara, the kids and I headed to South America for a wedding. Armed with insect repellent to ward off mosquitoes that might be carrying the Zika virus, […]
An Old “3” Comes Back to Life
N Perhaps like many parents, Kara and I recently painted our basement so the kids can have some more room to play. We threw out junk that had been in boxes for […]
Essex Steam Train Adventure
It’s not even Thanksgiving but a treasured Connecticut tourist attraction is already in the Christmas spirit. The North Pole Express is up and running at the Essex Steam Train. Kara and I […]
Halloween 2016
The Houses are ready for another Halloween! Have fun trick-or-treating!
Holy Summer Vacation! The Batmobile is in Town
We lucked out on vacation last week as one of the most iconic cars in history just happened to be on display in Newport, Rhode Island: the Batmobile. You know, the modified […]
A Return to One of My Favorite Places
My wife Kara Sundlun calls me a throwback, a lover of old things and hopelessly nostalgic. Case in point, our trip this past weekend to the Cape. We stayed at a place […]
House Family Vitamin D Vacation
Spring break meant a long overdue trip to Florida to visit my brother, sister-in-law, and two nephews. Their house is being renovated which meant no guest room, so we had to “rough […]
I Saw the Tooth Fairy
It was a momentous occasion in our house this past weekend. The tooth fairy came to visit our son for the first time, the night after he lost his first tooth…..at school. […]
We Made it on a Museum Wall
Kara and I sold some art over the summer….art we actually painted ourselves. Seriously. It was for a super fun charity event called “Wet Paint.” a fundraiser for the Newport Art Museum. […]
Ouch! That First Childhood Injury
A month ago he was on training wheels. This weekend, he was speeding down a hill at the West Hartford Reservoir, sans that support system. And then he crashed. My daughter would […]
There is No Place Quite Like the Cape
One of my recent assignments here at WFSB was to recall my favorite summer vacations from my childhood. For me, that meant one place, Cape Cod, or just “the Cape,” as it […]
Checkers, Christmas and Cousins
Katy Perry, My Daughter’s Poison or J. Geils
Kara Sundlun and I took our daughter to her first concert, Katy Perry at the Mohegan Sun resort. The show was awesome. Perry played to her fans, and the light extravaganza and […]
The Home Improvement Era, B.C. (before children)
It’s funny all the time we used to have before we had children. My wife and I painted almost every inch of our home back in the day. Kara made curtains and […]
It’s Nice to Have Family in Warm Places
After this brutal winter of 2013-2014, Kara and I were more than eager to escape Connecticut for someplace tropical. Thankfully we have relatives in a place where cold weather is extremely rare. […]
Watch out, We’re Back on the Slopes
The House family went on a ski trip this past weekend, courtesy of our friends who have an amazing ski house at Okemo Mountain in Vermont. As Kara and I were packing […]
The Jubilation of that First Baby Picture
WFSB made the rare decision to break into programming to get a live look at the royal baby leaving the hospital in London. Why? Our viewers wanted us to. There has been […]
The House Family Road Trip to Ohio
My brother has long called me Clark, as in Clark W. Griswold, the well-meaning father from the National Lampoon Vacation movies played so perfectly by Chevy Chase. I earned the nickname for […]
