Lenny & Joe’s Fish Tale – Westbrook, CT

Kate Czlapinski — Sun, 23 May 2010 13:30:07 +0000

Last weekend, I did a little shopping and lunch with my mom down at the outlets in Clinton and Westbrook and we had a couple of special guests with us. My brother Dan and his girlfriend Angie came along to pick out her birthday gift from my mom… a new Coach purse – and boy, is [...]

Penzey’s Spices – West Hartford, CT

Kate Czlapinski — Sat, 15 May 2010 11:19:02 +0000

A couple of years ago for Christmas, our friends Tom and Heather gave me what I think is just the most awesome gift ever – a gift box from Penzey’s Spices. I know, it probably doesn’t sound that exciting to most people, but the spices were really great – they were of an excellent quality and [...]

Happy 30th Anniversary Mom & Dad!

Kate Czlapinski — Tue, 11 May 2010 01:10:20 +0000

Look at my mom making my blog twice in just two days! Today is my parents’ 30th anniversary (wow, 30 years!) and Kevin and I went out to dinner with them on Saturday night to help them celebrate. We were actually “mystery guests” as my father didn’t tell my mom that we would be joining them [...]

Happy Mother’s Day!

Kate Czlapinski — Sun, 09 May 2010 23:57:33 +0000

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! This is a picture of my mom that was actually just taken yesterday afternoon during a little trip to Penzeys Spices in West Hartford Center (post to come later). She insisted that I couldn’t just take pictures of the store – I needed to have a picture [...]

Marina Abramovic Made Me Cry

Kate Czlapinski — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:20:38 +0000

A few weeks ago, I posted about my recent trip to MOMA where I went to see the Tim Burton exhibit, but was completely blown away by the retrospective of Marina Abramovic’s work and her current piece The Artist is Present, in which she is sitting silently at a table every day during museum hours until [...]

Plan B Burger Bar – Glastonbury, CT

Kate Czlapinski — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:33:22 +0000

In the past few years, a number of really quality burger bars have sprung up in the area. Now, as a rule, I’m not really a big fan of burgers. Sure, at a family cookout I may have one, but overall I’m not a big red meat eater, so when I go out I don’t normally [...]

The Truth About Bottled Water

Kate Czlapinski — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:54:52 +0000

Happy Earth Day, everyone! I thought in honor of today, I should take some time to share some of these facts about bottled water with you and remind you that in the end, you’re really FAR better off just buying a reusable water bottle and filling it up at the tap – like I do :p

Smokin’ With Chris – Southington, CT

Kate Czlapinski — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:09:22 +0000

Think you can’t find good Barbecue in CT? Then you clearly have never been to Smokin’ With Chris in Southington, CT. Over the past couple of years, Kevin and I have visited the establishment many times ( I think we may be nearing “regular” status) and we have never left disappointed. This post is long [...]

Whole Foods To Begin Wine Cork Recycling Program

Kate Czlapinski — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:05:30 +0000

Whole Foods recently announced that they will begin a program to collect customers’ wine corks. They have partnered with Cork ReHarvest to find various ways to recycle the used corks, which will be sent to several different manufacturers who will turn them into interesting household items.

I think this is a pretty neat idea, because if you’re [...]

Dinner At The Pond House – West Hartford, CT

Kate Czlapinski — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:02:52 +0000

Before seeing Wally Lamb speak last week, my mother and I did a little dinner at The Pond House Cafe in West Hartford, CT due to it’s proximity to the venue. The Pond House has long been one of our favorite lunch spots while dining in the area, but this is the first time either of [...]

Wally Lamb Speaking on Mark Twain

Kate Czlapinski — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:52:57 +0000

I recently had the privilege to see best selling author and Connecticut native, Wally Lamb, speak at The Hartford’s Wallace Stevens Theater about his recent novel, The Hour I First Believed, and it’s use of the Mark Twain House in honor of the Mark Twain Centennial Celebration. The novel includes both past and present day scenes [...]

The Tunnel Bar – Northampton, MA

Kate Czlapinski — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:27:59 +0000

Kevin enjoying his Manhattan at The Tunnel Bar - sorry for the crappy iPhone pic

Recently, I’ve developed quite a fondness for whiskey… Kevin loves the stuff and I wanted to be able to drink it with him. As with everything, practice makes perfect. We started by making Manhattans somewhat regularly and sure enough, I [...]

Happy Easter, Folks!

Kate Czlapinski — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:09:25 +0000

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East Rock Park – New Haven, CT

Kate Czlapinski — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:46:12 +0000

If you follow my Twitter feed at all, you know that I recently took a couple of days off from work to spend with Kevin on his Spring Break. Kevin’s idea of a great week off is sitting around in his pajamas 24/7 playing Grand Theft Auto and drinking. While I see absolutely nothing wrong with [...]

Wrapsody Bistro Lounge – Southington, CT

Kate Czlapinski — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:27:07 +0000

As you may recall, I sort of owed Tom and Heather a nice dinner out after Tom rescued me from the IT hell that I was experiencing a couple of weekends ago. As luck would have it, I had just been told by my mother about Wrapsody Bistro Lounge in Southington, CT , located right across [...]

My Visit to MOMA

Kate Czlapinski — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:33:46 +0000

On Saturday I finally got to attend the Tim Burton exhibit at MOMA that I recently wrote about and have been planning to see for quite some time now. It was really great and fascinating to see such a huge collection of his work. There was so much. Some highlights of the exhibit include bodiless heads from Sleepy [...]

Thanks Tom!!!

Kate Czlapinski — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:11:39 +0000

So you probably didn’t notice, but on Sunday night my blog was down for awhile. Turns out my mom’s blog had a little problem and while trying to fix it, I may have sort of screwed up my own. Twice. The first time I was able to bring it back to all it’s original glory. [...]

Training Your Wine Palate With Gary Vaynerchuk

Kate Czlapinski — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:33:27 +0000

The other day when I was checking out Wine Library TV, which is basically my main source for when I want to try out some new wines, I came across this video that’s a couple of years old in which the super knowledgeable, super entertaining Gary Vaynerchuk tastes a number of different random things that are [...]

Tim Burton Exhibition at MoMA

Kate Czlapinski — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:16:40 +0000

In just a few short weeks, I will be going to see the Tim Burton Exhibition at MoMa and I am super excited.

This exhibition explores the full range of his creative work, tracing the current of his visual imagination from early childhood drawings through his mature work in film. It brings together over seven [...]

iPhone Photography

Kate Czlapinski — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:36:34 +0000

It’s been almost two weeks since I first got my iPhone 3Gs and I have to say that I am still very impressed with it. I was originally a bit underwhelmed with the camera on it, but as with everything with the iPhone, there’s an app for that.

I tend to use the camera on my cell [...]

Farewell Captain!

Kate Czlapinski — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:07:44 +0000

So I really don’t do goodbyes so well… this may be the understatement of the year. I like to think that I do many things well – saying goodbye is just not one of them. When my boss announced that she was leaving the company a couple of weeks ago, I was not [...]

The Daily Show’s John Oliver Discusses Hawaii’s Health Care System with Republicans

Kate Czlapinski — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:47:43 +0000

Republicans want Hawaiians to know that their 40 years of government-run health care will not work. It’s clearly all a house of cards! This was truly brilliant. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p [...]

Rachel Maddow on the state of the GOP

Kate Czlapinski — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:04:24 +0000

Ahh, Rachel Maddow… sometimes I think I might love her (and her goofy laugh) – and I’m not embarrassed. I came across this while perusing My Left Nutmeg – Where Connecticut Dems Scratch that Progressive Itch – and I had to share.

Here she highlights the hypocrisy of the Republican party in their voting against stimulus money, but [...]

My new iPhone 3GS

Kate Czlapinski — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:38 +0000

OK, so I’ve had the new iPhone for over 24 hours, and because I’ve had the time off from work, I’ve had plenty of time to get acquainted with it, download a bunch of free apps, and just mess around. Having had all this time to play, I can safely admit that I love it. I [...]

Now I’ve done it…

Kate Czlapinski — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:24:15 +0000

So now I’ve done it… I hit the button.

I just ordered myself a new iPhone… it probably should arrive early next week, which I have off, so I’ll have plenty of time to play with it. Soon I will be an iPerson – one of those people I normally make fun of. I feel more like [...]

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