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Vintage Industrial Furniture Made In Connecticut
The Owner of Get Back Inc. in the Oakville section of Waterford, Connecticut came to to America 30-years ago with his family and worked in construction. In 2000 with little money he started building...
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Charles Santarpia~ Photo Realist Oil Painter
Do you know this place to the left? It’s The Anchor, and it was a landmark 1940’s restaurant in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. It looks like a photo doesn’t it, but it’s not, it’s an oil painting...
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My Annie Mame Boutique Is Just Plain Fun!
Peel back the vintage bark cloth curtain and you will find my Annie Mame world. I am chocked to the brims with all kinds of wonderful gifts, many of which are made in Connecticut. For the last three...
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Vintage Magazine Presents~ Behind The Seams
New York City’s Ivy Baer Sherman is ahead of her time, I suspect she always has been. She knows you have to go back to the past to find the future and that’s what she did a few years back with her...
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One Man’s Junk Is Another Man’s Treasure
Tim Sway of Wallingford, Connecticut loves trash…if it’s found on the side of the road even better. Sway calls himself an upcyclist. He takes bits from here and there and makes new things out of them,...
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Vintage Baseball Game In Deep River
The historical societies of Chester, Deep River and Essex are teaming up to present their second annual Vintage Base Ball game on Sunday, Sept. 20 at Devitt Field in Deep River. The 2 p.m. game will...
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Old Fashioned Flea Market At A Mansion In Norwalk, CT
Mathews Park in Norwalk, Connecticut will be the place to be on Sunday, September 20th! From 10am-5pm, there will be plenty of vendors throughout the park offering a variety of items for sale,...
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All Aboard The Naugy!
Railroad Museum of New England The Railroad Museum of New England, Inc. (RMNE) is a not-for-profit educational and historical organization that dates back to January 1968. The mission of the Railroad...
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The “Downton Abbey” Era in Connecticut
Connecticut Historical Society’s “High Collars to Bee’s Knees” Exhibit runs December 4 – January 30 Inspired by the popular PBS drama Downton Abbey,a new exhibit, “From High Collars to Bee’s Knees: The...
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A Holiday Market At New Haven’s Train Station
A holiday show at New Haven’s Union Station from December 9th thru the 18th at 50 Union Avenue. It will be a delightful range of gift-giving opportunities spanning apparel, accessories, bath and skin...
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A “Downton Abbey” Tea To Kick Off The Final Season
It is the final and 6th season of the PBS blockbuster “Downton Abbey.” To kick things off on January 3rd, Mercy By The Sea Retreat and Conference Center in Madison, Connecticut is doing an afternoon...
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The Author that inspired PBS’s “Downton Abbey” Is Coming To Connecticut
The Mercy Community is pleased to announce that Carol McD. Wallace, author of To Marry an English Lord, which inspired the acclaimed TV series “Downtown Abbey,” will be speaking on campus on Thursday,...
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Donn Trenner~ Musical Director To The Stars
Donn Trenner, what a life this guy has had because he lived his life in music. Raised in Hamden and New Haven, Connecticut he went on to to work with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood. He was the...
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The Finale of “Downton Abbey” At The Shubert Theater
Yes, it’s here, the end of “Downton Abbey. Those six seasons just flew by, so many gorgeous costumes so little time. If you would like to be in the same place with a whole bunch of fans, here’s your...
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Waxing Poetic About The Typewriter
Greg Fudacz of Wethersfield is crazy about typewriters, all of them. At the age of 25, Fudacz went to a tag sale and bought his very first vintage ROYAL typewriter for 5 dollars, that was 14 years...
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Vintage Properties in Connecticut Come Back To Life
They were outdated, underutilized vintage properties in Connecticut and now they have come back to life. A farm that dates back to the 1600’s which was also the site of a 1940’s era airplane hanger,...
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Step Inside “Chloe” The Vintage VW Photo Bus And Smile!
Oh the twists and turns of life…one day you’re working in campus ministry at various schools in the northeast…the next you’re driving a vintage VW bus named Chloe that doubles as a photo booth for...
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Vintage-Inspired Watches Inspired By A Purple Heart Recipient From World War II
For more than a year, Brian Dunnigan has been working in secret with his business partner on a business, and now he’s going public with it in December 2016. It’s called Hawthorne Watch Company. The...
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Robert S. Greenberg, Keeper Of New Haven’s Treasures
It’s a walk down memory lane with a New Haven man who is the keeper of thousands of treasures that tell us about the history of the Elm City. Robert Greenberg’s Grandfather started the collection and...
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Frisbie Pie Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut Is Back!
If it was good enough in 1871, it’s good enough now. Bridgeport’s Frisbie Pie Company is back. The company closed its doors in the late 1950’s, but thanks to Dan O’Connor, the CEO, it’s up and running...
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Americana Memories ~ College Pennants
Where did you go to college? Chances are Steven Melillo has a vintage pennant for your school. He is passionate about pennants and has named his company Americana Memories because he says “a lot of...
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Make Your Own Butter With Connecticut’s Churncraft
Have you ever thought about making your own butter? A family in Connecticut not only thinks about it, but they’re doing it. They’re manufacturing a new device that puts the old-fashioned back in your...
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Is It An Antique Or A Reproduction?
Are you an antique buff? Can you tell a real antique from a reproduction? Two experts on furniture from the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum in Wethersfield, Helena Reilly and Bruce Henley are educating...
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Cocktails In Connecticut
Here’s a little Connecticut cocktail history for you. At one time, Connecticut was arguably the largest producer of chromium-plated cocktail shakers in the country. Chase Brass and Copper Company of...
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Country Acres and Cul-De-Sacs, The Book of Connecticut Circle Magazine
Tonight’s NYBERG features a new book just out called “Country Acres and Cul-De-Sacs.” It pulls from the then very popular “Connecticut Circle Magazine” which was first published in 1938…it became what...
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