Category: Holiday
12
Mar
St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2011
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The Ironworkers‘ float is a perennial favorite of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. This year, they were surrounded by the bike patrol, later in the...
22
Feb
Happy Single-Tasking Day
by Kerri Ana Provost
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You all know someone who is like this. He can not bear to shut off his cell phone. Any conversation with him is interrupted by...
06
Jan
Recycling Holiday Leftovers
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Hartford’s Department of Public Works will be collecting trees (presumably Christmas, but I’m sure they won’t discriminate) from January 10-28, 2011. The press release from...
06
Jan
Photos from the Three Kings Day Parade
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Mayor Segarra waves hello as the parade wraps up in Pope Park.
04
Jan
Kings and Camels
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Three Kings Day (or El Día de Reyes) — January 6th — is celebrated as the day that the magi brought gifts to baby Jesus....
29
Dec
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New Year’s Eve
by Kerri Ana Provost
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My favorite part of New Year’s Eve is pure schadenfreude: watching people dressed for Hawaii stumbling about New England in the dead of winter. I’m...
26
Dec
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Top Stories of 2010
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Here are the top twelve items of interest on Real Hartford, judging by which posts were read the most and over the longest period of...
24
Dec
Happy Holidays
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Oh, Harriet! All gussied up like this– people will talk!
17
Dec
Lights, Window Displays, Action
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Because it’s often my route to work, I have seen the lights in Bushnell Park plenty during the daytime, which is to say, I have...