Category: Hartford Magazine
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Growing up, our neighbors had a small duck pond that in the winter became my personal skating rink. Sometimes after school I’d walk over, shovel off the snow and work on my short program. It was exactly the same as the one Alexis Winston did in Ice Castles when she wore the pretty, blue skating…
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There’s something about Sarasota, along with its island neighbors Siesta Key and Anna Maria Island that make you feel as though you’ve come home even if you’ve never been there before. Abundant sunshine and miles of pristine white sand attract summer-starved travelers from the north, especially during the winter and spring months, when they come…
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From “Sleepless in Seattle” to “An Affair to Remember,” many of the best romantic films have taken place in New York City. And why not? With its mesmerizing skyline and alluring attractions, it’s where everyone’s vagabond shoes long to stray. Though many people head directly to the top of the Empire State Building in hopes…
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Several years ago, my husband took our kids bowling as one of those last-resort activities that parents do when all other possibilities, including miniature golf, indoor playscapes and dropping them off at someone else’s house, have been exhausted. A day or two after their high-octane evening of gutter balls and fashionable footwear, I noticed my…
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After months, sometimes years, of planning, the big day has almost arrived. With the “I do’s” merely hours away, what should couple do — and not do — the day before the wedding to help ensure that all goes as planned? For starters, prospective brides might want to cancel any spa appointments. “No massages within…
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If you’re over the age of 30, you probably remember the Maytag Repairman. Featured in television commercials throughout the ’70s and ’80s, he was billed as the “loneliest guy in town” because the company’s laundry machines were supposedly so dependable, the repairman was never called. Back then, household appliances like refrigerators, washers, dryers, ovens and…
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I’m not much into making resolutions. That’s probably because, statistically, the likelihood of me sticking to any of them falls somewhere between an imminent alien invasion and the shoes I like going on sale at Zappos. But that doesn’t stop me from trying.
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Most people are surprised when they learn how close I once came to being a superstar. Of course, looking at me now, it’s probably easier to imagine that I was on the fast track to do something in relativistic quantum field theory or at the very least, multivariable calculus, but, no. I was headed for…
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Twinkling lights, wreaths with big bows, lazy snowflakes and warm candles glowing in windows are what most of us think of when it comes to the holidays in New England. And why not? Of all the places to visit this time of year, none compares with the Northeast’s charming villages and towns, many of which…
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I’ve never really had normal hair. Born with a rare combination of Astro Turf and yarn, it’s not straight, not curly, but instead a perpetually damaged-looking hinterland located somewhere in between. Growing up, I so desperately wanted long, straight hair that in lieu of it I sometimes wore pantyhose on my head. With suntan-colored pigtails…
Sarah Lemire 