Category: Hartford Courant
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Heavy traffic, dirty shoes, food spills and pet accidents are just a few of the abuses our floors suffer on a regular basis. It’s no wonder, then, that regardless of what they’re covered with, most of us will likely need to refinish, recoat or replace at least one, if not all of them sometime during…
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Portsmouth, N.H., is the kind of place that if you’ve already been, you likely want to go back. And if you haven’t, then you need to go. With roots predating the Revolutionary War by more than a hundred years, the seacoast city, an hour’s ride north of Boston, is a heady mix of culture, charm…
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On a frosty December day in 1774, Paul Revere raced north from Boston to warn colonists that the British were coming. If you think you’ve already heard this story, think again. Most people are unaware that four months prior to the infamous midnight ride of 1775, Revere first rode to Portsmouth carrying a message that…
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By all accounts, I’ve been pretty lucky when it comes to injuries and medical issues. I’ve only had two official-ish surgeries (anything removed by tweezers in the bathroom notwithstanding) and both of them were dental. Oh sure, I’ve had my share of mishaps. A couple rounds of stitches when I was a kid, countless flights…
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Most people like either dogs or cats. I’m a cat person. That’s probably because when I was growing up, our dog, Max, an amicable cockapoo, routinely gobbled feminine products out of the garbage and used the braided rug in our living room as a city park.
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Looking like Sean Connery cut from an old Bond film, a man rides a motorcycle in a framed, black-and-white photograph that hangs on the wall. It’s retro and cool in an “Easy Rider”-meets-the-Andrews Sisters sort of way. “That’s my father on the motorcycle, in 1966, on Normandy Beach,” explains designer Samantha Thomas, before pointing to…
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For many of us our pets are members of the family, and we love them. But while they provide us with joy and companionship, they sometimes eat the furniture and pee on our favorite rugs. It’s those, and other destructive behaviors, that can be frustrating for their owners, as well as costly when damaged items…
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It’s 10 a.m. on a Saturday morning and I’m on my hands and knees, crawling across a sea of clothes to reach a Harvard sweatshirt tangled between a striped sweater and pink fleece jacket. After separating it from the pile, I know I’ve scored and stuff it into my bag. A few feet away I…
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Anyone planning a wedding knows a million details need to be sorted out before the big day. Registering for gifts is one of them. While it’s typically one of the more fun aspects of wedding planning, deciding what to include can be time-consuming. Generally, couples should begin about nine months out, ensuring that most everything…
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After the Revolutionary War, the newly independent states needed a capital city and just about everyone had an opinion on which state deserved the honor. Among the hotly-debated competitors were New York and Virginia. And while Philadelphia served temporarily as the capital for nearly a decade, it was a stretch of land along the Potomac…
Sarah Lemire 