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 […]
Cash for My Artwork?
The First Big News Story I Ever Delivered
I really mean “delivered,” as in to a doorstep. It was August 9, 1974 and I was an elementary school paper boy in Norwood, Massachusetts. My brother Chris and I had a […]
Lunching with a Legend
Denise D’Ascenzo and I had the great privilege of attending a special luncheon today honoring Barbara Walters, the trailblazing journalist who “retired” this spring. The 84 year old has already come out […]
Cover Girl
first published June 6, 2007 So, our little daughter is now a cover girl! Shortly after Helena was born, we got a call from Hartford Magazine publisher Michael Guinan, asking Kara and […]
The Mustang, the Mall and Me
The car in which I learned to drive is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Not the actual vehicle, but the model; the iconic Ford Mustang. Growing up, we were a Ford family, and […]
FTS Flashback: UConn Wins First Final Four in 1999
March 29, 1999 was the biggest day in Connecticut sports history. The University of Connecticut men’s basketball team won its first national championship, that was followed by an enthusiastic homecoming at Storrs […]
St. Patrick’s Day, B.C.
One of the dozens of things I love about living in Hartford is the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, always held the Saturday before the official wearing of the green. Tens of […]
A Disastrous Display of Athleticism (on my part) for a Good Cause
This past weekend I was in charity basketball game to support a charity near and dear to me, Interval House. Several men and I all dedicated to preventing domestic violence got together […]
Connecticut Dems Raising Cash off Ann Coulter
Connecticut Democrats are using author, commentator, and native daughter Ann Coulter in a new effort to raise money. Coulter’s comments https://dennishouse.tv/2014/01/08/ann-coulter-on-her-home-state-and-2014/ about 2010 Connecticut Republican gubernatorial nominee Tom Foley that appeared in […]
The Family Christmas Card 2013 Edition
Longtime readers of The Hartfordite are familiar with our struggles with the family Christmas card over the years. Blurry pictures, cranky children, an uncooperative cat, weather, getting called in for breaking news […]
My Wheels in “Big Wheels”
This article by Michael Dooling of the Waterbury Republican American for his “Big Wheels” column. http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2013/12/29/lifestyle/wheels/768452.txt Michael didn’t ask about my worst car. Read about that here: https://dennishouse.tv/2011/12/19/my-saab-story/ Before the Pontiac Sunbird […]
Learn from the Greatest Generation While We Still Can
In advance of the Connecticut Veterans Day parade this month I called the state Veterans Affairs department to inquire about World War II veterans in our state. In 2012, there were 16,200 […]
World Series Bound
I’m one of the lucky ones to be headed to Fenway Park for Game 1 of the 2013 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals! I’ll be […]
Face the State Flashback: Cable TV Comes to Connecticut
As I look around the WFSB newsroom it’s clear most of the people were born in the age of cable television and have no concept as to what life was like before […]
The Fatherhood Fifteen
A viewer wrote to me the other day saying my suits looked tight lately. Another I met this weekend said “you look bigger in person.” A third was more direct via Facebook: […]
Life After Television News
What becomes of television news anchors after they leave the airwaves? If you are a faithful watcher of Face the State, you know that some of your local tv newspeople have gone […]
Honoring the Grandfather I Never Met
September 5, 2013 marks the 60th anniversary of the death of my maternal grandfather, a man I obviously never met, but one I would have loved to have had the opportunity to […]
Channel 3 Back to School Pictures
It’s August, and that means back to school, although I’m pretty certain when I was a kid we went back to school after Labor Day. Perhaps it is revisionist history on my […]
A Serious Crash in an Unlikely Place
I was on the scene of some unusual breaking news today in Hartford’s West End. Two HPD cruisers passed me at a high rate of speed with sirens blaring, so the reporter […]
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