Amato’s Toy and Hobby

You Say Amato, I say Amayto Amato’s Toy and Hobby, Middletown November 2014 Amato’s Toy and Hobby of New Britain closed at the end of February in 2022. I blame the terrible movie that was filmed there. Yes, there is an Amato’s Toy and Hobby on Main Street in New Britain that has also been […]
Hoppers-Birge Pond Nature Preserve

Oh Snap! Hoppers-Birge Pond Nature Preserve, Bristol October 2014 Downtown Bristol, baby. Certainly one of the favored whipping posts of state residents. Not quite a big city, not a suburb, Bristol falls somewhere in between; a post-industrial small city that never regained its footing after several large businesses left. But goshdarnit, I can’t think of […]