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.
About Ann
The Market @Venetucci Home
Anthony Venetucci has been in the furnishings and design business along the Connecticut shoreline in Westbrook for nearly twenty years. His business is called Venetucci Home. I was introduced to him years ago by my friend Missy who was an interior designer at the time. “Tony” as she learned right away just has an eye for really fun beautiful… Continue reading
Change Your Spin Cycle
Rebecca Pickering of Newington, Connecticut wants you to rethink how you do your laundry. We all do it right? But what if there was a better way, a more efficient way?
Pickering, a graduate student at Central Connecticut State University, got a bright idea about how to be eco-friendly with her wash and made it a business just one month… Continue reading
Get Your “Green” On At A CT Antique Show
You just never know what you’re going to find when you head out to an antique show on a New England green in the summertime. Case in point, New York World’s Fair glasses from 1964. Love the brown and green one and yes, it went home with me.
These kinds of shows are what makes New England, New England. Town… Continue reading
Norfolk’s Artisans Guild Spotlights Creatives
The Artisans Guild in Norfolk, Connecticut is showcasing talent from all over the state. This quaint town established in 1758, is a hub for creatives. Owners Kathy Williams and Vee Kausel have taken it upon themselves to open up this venue so that others will have a place to show off what they’re making in their homes. Kausel who took… 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
Roses With A Heart For Your Valentine
Portrait Painter Everett “Ray” Kinstler is a Connecticut Treasure.
Connecticut’s Historic Goodspeed Theater
It's A Gem Of A Place With A Movie Star NamePrevious 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...
