I'm Ann Nyberg, and I live for the "find." I'm constantly uncovering remarkable people and places in Connecticut. My passion is sharing these stories with you.
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Beijing Is Also In Connecticut
Well this was fun, interviewing and recording a new Connecticut band called Beijing up on a roof in Woodbridge, Connecticut. This was the first time they’d ever done some of their tunes on a rooftop. I think this works for them, it goes with their sound. I told them they should play rooftops all over the state and make it… Continue reading
A Tragic Accident Brings Folks Together
Seventeen year old Zack Bernier of Clinton, Connecticut had just graduated from Morgan High School, June 24th, 2011. Five days after that rite of passage, he went climbing with friends at Chatfield Hollow State Park in Killingworth, Connecticut slipped and fell about forty feet and ended up in a hospital bed paralyzed from the waist down. His spine has been… Continue reading
Lindsay called it “Paul Nailish”
When my oldest daughter, Lindsay, the tallest in the photo was very young and we painted her nails one day she called the polish paul nailish, don’t know why, guess it was a switcharoo of the words nail polish. The term stuck in our household. When the twins came along nearly three-and-a-half years later they thought that’s what nail polish… Continue reading
Kids Look Like A Million For Less
Look at the price for this darling outfit for a baby. Just opened is Poppies Boutique, in Madison, Connecticut, a beautiful resale shop for children, from babies all the way up to about age 10. This includes boys and girls.
Two Moms got together who were laid off and reinvented themselves by opening up this shop. Cathy Moore and Darcy… Continue reading
Where Is A Cobbler When You Need One?
In this tough economy where most of us are now thinking twice before throwing anything away, you would think that cobblers in the state would be thriving. Not so much. Why is that? Well, it turns out that so many of us are wearing such poorly made shoes because they are inexpensive that A) it’s not cost effective, and B)… Continue reading
Cheers To The Dog Watch
Norfolk's Artisans Guild Spotlights Creatives
Pam Landry's New Life in Pictures
Scrumptious Cookies, a Dozen Please.Previous Finds
From Perfume To Furniture
I just eat this history stuff up in Connecticut. Did you know that the long time Carroll Cut-Rate Furniture in West Haven,...
Anna’s Creations Will “Floor” You!
This is just a great idea, period. Anna Amore of Amore Floor Covering and Design Center and Photographer and media...
The Victorian Lady and The Bubble Master
These two have the whole world in their hands, well actually in this case it's a bubble. Meet Casey and Kandie Carle of East...
Rich Is The “Wood Wiz”
Rich Ramagli of Madison, Connecticut loves to work with raw wood, in particular wood with "rich" grains like oak, because he...
AJ Jansen Is A Country Rebel Rose
At six years old AJ Jansen, growing up in Torrington, Connecticut, got on stage at school and started singing and there has...
