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 […]
An Old “3” Comes Back to Life
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. […]
Reindeer and the Roadmaster
This past weekend we made our annual trip to get the family Christmas tree, and as tradition mandates, we went to the Dzen tree farm in South Windsor. Kara and I first […]
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 […]
Batman Returns…To My Television Set
The 1960s “Batman” television series has been out of production for nearly 50 years, but it has been rediscovered at my house, by my kids. My son wanted a Batman toy for […]
Checkers, Christmas and Cousins
Our New Pet
Kara fell in love at WFSB a few weeks ago…with a kitten. She called me at home and said a kitten that appeared on Better Connecticut came up to her and made […]
95% of Men are Doing it Wrong
Most guys think they know how to throw a football. They don’t. That’s according to a local quarterback coach, who’s trained UConn’s Casey Cochran and others at the pro, college and high […]
Cash for My Artwork?
I’m hardly an artist, so I was really surprised when someone shelled out cash to buy one of my works of art, and I use that term loosely. It all started when […]
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. […]
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