Your Table Awaits »

Food consumed outside tastes better, and a meal is inevitably more relaxed. Whether you set out plates on your patio or in the shady recesses of one of Connecticut’s state parks, table manners go on a bit of a holiday — who, after all, can be accused of slouching on a picnic table? Napkins, which should be on laps, have been known to blow away in the breeze. Licking fingers is almost a requirement.

Story by
Seasons Editors
Photo by
Jack McConnell

Artists Among Us »
-- Jim Chapdeliane
-- Robert Benson
-- Judith Kaufman

Connecticut may not be seen as a magnet for artists, yet award-winning musicians, nationally known painters, and prominent poets whose names are household words in cities such as New York and Los Angeles are living and flourishing here.

Story by
Jane Gordon
Photo by
Julie Bidwell

The Old Ball Game »

Craig Hotchkiss grew up in West Hartford, and like a lot of boys in the 1960s, he played baseball, making it all the way to Babe Ruth ball, which, to those not in the know, means serious baseball.

He graduated from Hall High School when it was still in West Hartford Center, Class of 1970 – the last to graduate before the new campus opened in its present location off North Main Street. So you might think Hotchkiss’ days of playing baseball would be a thing of the past. You’d be right, but not in the way you might think.

Story by
Leonard Felson
Photos courtesy of the Hartford Dark Blues