Franklinsanity
A crank's musings on family, drink, travel, food & life
Category: Stay day
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8:02 am, New Britain, CT: Back when the kids were smaller, we’d watch Yo Gabba Gabba a lot. If you don’t know it, you should. It’s sort of a trippier version of Sesame Street, if that’s possible. At any rate, Ted’s – and for awhile Q boo’s – favorite features musical number was the Aquabats’…
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6:30 pm, New Britain, CT: sure, this is Connecticut and all. But not all of Connecticut is, say, Darien or Greenwich. Thank God. No offense, friendly CT peeps. But. Here, for instance, is what my mother-in-law and HHW, unsolicited, offered me for pre-dinner drinks. My sort-of joke can of IPA, literally labeled “IPA.” And a…
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5:46 pm, New Britain, CT: spent more time on a tennis court today than at any point in the last six years, with the exception of our racquet-minded friends Paul and Dot’s wedding. I’ve had a love-hate relationship with the sport. But it felt good to be back out there. Especially with the kids and…