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This is the third and last installment in the Connecticut Cruisers trilogy . We had some misgivings about bringing our families to Orient B...

Today’s post is the sequel to “Connecticut Cruisers.” On the third day of our cruise, we pulled into San Juan Bay in Puerto Rico. We were ge...

This time last year, my family was on a Carnival Cruise in the Caribbean. We had just finished putting a major addition on to our house and ...

“All your baby pictures were lost in the fire.” This is the story my mother, (Kay) told me…and I believed her. There are various versions of...

Tomorrow we’re having 30 people over for Easter dinner. My wife and I have spent the past couple of days grocery shopping, cleaning the hous...

Saturday Night Live comedienne, Victoria Jackson , was a regular on my late afternoon train in the early 1990’s. She starred as one of the ...

They’re calling it the worst kept secret in broadcasting: Katie Couric is leaving The Today Show to anchor The CBS Evening News. It was such...

The First Annual Blogger Convention was held at The Villa Bianca Banquet Hall in Seymour, Connecticut on Saturday. Conventiently, this was ...

When my daughters were young they would occasionally, like most children, watch Sesame Street. One day while watching along with them, I not...

(drum roll please !) 10. Belatedly discovered Milk Duds NOT on diet...Go figure! 9. You can't deny an Irishman his potatoes. 8. I figur...

Hi Bobby, It is so nice to hear from you! I cant believe that it has been five years since we communicated via email in which you gave me so...

Something shocking happened to my brother John one Sunday night in 1974. He was at his girlfriend’s house watching the CBS news show 60 M...

Remember this jingle? I drink Dr. Pepper and I’m proud I’m part of an original crowd... Be a Pepper, drink Dr. Pepper. Is this all it takes ...

I dedicate today’s post to the memory of my mother who would have turned 87 today. She loved St. Patrick’s Day and was proud to be an Irish-...

The Ticket Receiver’s Office (or TRO, as we conductors call it) is just off the main concourse in Grand Central Terminal. This office is bas...

In October of last year my family, along with my sister Eileen and her 18-year-old son Kevin, drove down to Maryland to attend my nephew Jus...

Every March for the past six years or so, I’ve been pedaling Girl Scout Cookies up and down the railroad’s New Haven Line. I usually leave a...

I recently finished the book, “Teacher Man” by Frank McCourt. It’s a true story about his life as a New York City schoolteacher and I found ...

I have worked the 11:22 p.m. train from Grand Central to New Haven on and off for the past 20 years. The official name for this train is 159...

This is the finger my wife broke. This is the infection That lay in the finger my wife broke. This is the bacteria, That caused the infectio...