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If you want to celebrate Independence Day in the Hartford, Connecticut, area, head to the Connecticut River. The annual Hartford Riverfest is a multi-venue Fourth of July celebration featuring events throughout the day on both sides of the river. Riverfest is family-friendly, non-alcoholic and free. Hartford Riverfest is usually held the Saturday closest to the [...]

Mother and baby are fine, but the father is still a bit shook up after their fourth child was born, this one on the living room carpet, in their Palencia Apartments home. The Independence Day baby boy, Giovanni Perez, was born at about 3 a.m. Friday morning after the mother completed her bath and was [...]

As promised in yesterdays post, heres another very cool - but very short - fireworks video clip. In the US, Independence Day is tomorrow and its usually celebrated with an outing somewhere to watch spectacular professional fireworks displays. If you cant make it out to watch fireworks, then sit back and watch this little video [...]

My goal is to keep you entertained. Summer is winding down and I want you all to join me for a kick ass end of summer trip to go tubing on the Shenandoah River. Tickets are $55 and this includes bus transportation (yes you can consume drinks on the bus), your tubes, cooler tubes, water [...]

What makes Evanston fireworks different from others is that it is a truly custom … To Discharge Fireworks The Mayor and Evanston City Council reminds all citizens … Follow the rules for fireworks in Evanston and designates certain public areas … Taken at the 2006 Evanston Fourth of July Fireworks display. Special 15th anniversary kick-off [...]

For 232 years, Americans have celebrated this event as Independence Day, but the naughtiness that inspired such a brave patriotic act has been given short shrift. July 3, 2008, marks the inaugural Naughty America Day, a day when Americans celebrate their collective naughtiness by teasing and flirting with their fellow citizens. Naughty America Day is [...]

All inspections have come back good,so itlooks like well be moving in a few weeks! Harvest something - Dandelions and chives thats it so far, but mint and rhubarb soon. Preserve something - I canned chicken and beef stock from bones Id been saving in the freezer (Im keeping a tallyon the pantrybuilding page). Prep [...]

Here’s Obama’s statement on Israel’s 60th Independence Day… This week marks the 60th anniversary of the fulfillment of a dream — the independence of the State of Israel. Throughout many centuries, Jews held fast to the hope of returning as free people to the land of their ancestors. Blessed with visionary leaders like Theodore Herzl [...]

First, why is this measure applied only to Israel, and certainly only to Israel on an existential basis? He has spent a lifetime in this cramped refugee camp, and Israel’s 60th independence day, to be celebrated with fanfare on May 8, fills him with pain. In fact, it was the Palestinian and Arab leadership whichin [...]

I also tell lots of “what not to do” stories about my dear husband, Jeff. For those who are unaware of the history here is a decent account from National Geographic. As you may remember from the beginning of the year, today is not Mexican Independence Day. September 16th commemorates the Cry of Delores speech [...]