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Don’t Miss a ‘Heart’beat National Wear Red Day is Friday, February 5, 2016

Posted on February 4, 2016

Go Red on Friday Feb. 5! https://t.co/5lgQRuHgqZ — newsandviewsjb (@newsandviewsjb) February 2, 2016   Write-up by Jacqueline Bennett newsandviewsjb.com   When singer/songwriter Chris De Burgh sang “The lady in red is dancing with me, cheek to cheek …” and country music artist Lorrie Morgan sang, “I’m looking for something in red, Something that’s shocking to turn someone’s head ….”, it left little doubt that wearing the color red can elicit a response or make a bold statement. Tomorrow on “Wear Red” day, the American Heart Association is hoping the wearing of red will do both.   Friday, February 5, 2016 is “National Wear Red Day”, an annual effort to raise awareness about heart disease and striving for heart health. On its website, the AHA http://www.heart.org/ has a…

Categories: Chill Out for Heart's Sake, heart health, National Wear Red Day, NEWS

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Breakfast Week & the “Most Memorable of Breakfasts”

Posted on January 28, 2016

  By Jacqueline Bennett newsandviewsjb.com   Breakfast out is a favorite treat that feels like being on vacation. When I learned yesterday of annual Breakfast Week slated for January 24-30, 2016 by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, to highlight the importance of “the most important meal of the day”, my plan was to write a straightforward report on the event.   My thoughts though kept drifting back to the most memorable of breakfasts experienced on the most memorable of trips from Connecticut up to Boston, Massachusetts to a Red Sox game. So the report instead became an anecdote. I hope you get a laugh from it – we have gotten many.   This Boston trip was meant to be special for my mother,…

Categories: Boston MA, Breakfast Out, Expect the Unexpected, Restaurants

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Enjoy “Remy’s Grinders” Again

Posted on January 27, 2016

  Write-Up & Photos by Jacqueline Bennett newsandviewsjb.com The New England Patriots may be out of contention but Super Bowl Sunday continues as a great American tradition, with this year marking the 50th anniversary for the annual football showdown.  In Windham, Connecticut & beyond, “Remy’s Grinders” remain another great tradition. As many will attest – simply the best!                                   For the eleventh year, “Remy’s Grinders”, which gained fame being made at the old downtown “dugout” store, are being sold to benefit a good cause – to help “Bigg Play” kids with traveling expenses to play baseball abroad. (Read the original newsandviewsjb story “Lengendary ‘Remy’s Grinders’ Reappear on Super…

Categories: American Way of Life, Best Ever Salami Grinders, Food, Great American Traditions, NEWS, NFL, Simply the Best, Super Bowl Sunday Traditions, The Elks Lodge

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New England Patriots – Protect Tom Brady

Posted on January 26, 2016

Good decision! Protect #TomBrady – Patriots fire offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo – https://t.co/EJeECWIIWm https://t.co/w9mvhL37Du — newsandviewsjb (@newsandviewsjb) January 26, 2016   Commentary by Jacqueline Bennett newsandviewsjb.com   New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady took some 20 hits – yes, it was painful to watch – twenty hits in the AFC championship game loss Sunday against the Denver Broncos, as has been noted in multiple stories. It is said to be a record. I think a couple University of Connecticut players from back in the day when I attended – even at this point in time – could have done a better job protecting Brady. News came yesterday that after what has been described as an “epic failure” by the offensive line, Patriots offensive…

Categories: Do Your Job, Epic Failure, Extraordinary Men, New England, NFL, Protection

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It’s Easy To Figure Out How To Celebrate National Irish Coffee Day

Posted on January 25, 2016

  Write-Up & Photo by Jacqueline Bennett newsandviewsjb.com   Raise a glass today to Irish Coffee Day. The origin of this unofficial holiday appears to be unknown but is certainly not unappreciated. On a cold, winter day such as it is with a fresh New England snowfall on the ground, it’s the perfect beverage to warm the body and soul.   The tale of the smooth tasting, thermal, “elixir” is traced back to where else – Ireland. Reportedly created and first served by chef Joe Sheridan in 1942 at Shannon Airport in southwest Ireland to travelers on a cold, wet day, the Irish Coffee was “transported” to the United States ten years later. The idea of the delectable beverage is famously said to have…

Categories: Beverages, Here's to Irish Coffee Day, Legends, NEWS, The Perfect Irish Coffee, Warm Up after a New England Snowfall

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New England Patriot Darius Fleming Selfless & Brave Action Reflects Often Unsung Humanity

Posted on January 21, 2016

    Commentary By Jacqueline Bennett newsandviewsjb.com   In these turbulent times it can be hard to see the light. Still courage and character prevail in everyday acts – some known, many unknown.   Little did we know at the time, that 26-year-old New England Patriots linebacker Darius Fleming, played against Kansas City on January 16 with twenty-two stitches in his leg. It turns out, according to ESPN, Fleming’s leg was cut while he was driving home from practice when he rescued a woman involved in a car accident on Route 1. Fleming kicked in the passenger window. Here is a young man in his prime playing for a storied team, with a promising NFL career ahead, yet he acted without concern for getting…

Categories: Basic Decency, Courage, Heroes Among Us, New England Patriots, NEWS, NFL

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‘Help Me If You Can, Get Back to the House at Pooh Corner’ – Winnie-The-Pooh Day

Posted on January 18, 2016

Write-Up & Photo by Jacqueline Bennett newsandviewsjb.com                                                                                                                                               Although blessed with a gifted imagination which gave flight to among the most memorable works of 20th Century children’s literature, it’s unlikely English author, poet and playwright A.A. Milne, could have imagined early in his career creating a children’s storybook character that would become beloved worldwide, even…

Categories: Beloved Literary Characters, Iconic Children's Literature, Iconic Songs, NEWS

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“Dear Vietnam Veteran” Manchester CT Town Hall Displays ‘Wall of Healing’ Keepsakes

Posted on January 16, 2016

  Write-Up & Photos by Jacqueline Bennett newsandviewsjb.com   “Dear Vietnam Veteran   Thank you.  We are sorry for the loss of your friends and comrades ..  Thank you for your service and your bravery…”  A note with this message is positioned proudly and prominently in a showcase in the Manchester, Connecticut town hall. The showcase contains a tribute of mementos left beside  “The Wall That Heals”,  a traveling Vietnam Memorial that came to town in October, 2015.   Immediately behind the note, with the American flag as a backdrop and surrounded by white candles, blended together in an oblong bowl are “all petals from flowers left at the wall”. It is an especially touching sight as one pauses to imagine the hands that…

Categories: American history, NEWS, Wall That Heals, war memorials

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When I Danced For My Dinner in Downtown Hartford, Connecticut

Posted on January 14, 2016

(One day after I published this story highlighting the flavor and commerce, once popular eateries brought to Hartford, CT as part of the tapestry of the city, Hartford’s newly elected mayor, Luke Bronin, was quoted in an editorial titled -“Don’t Brown-Bag It” – in the Hartford Courant, citing the importance of restaurants to the capital city. The piece reads: “Everyone wants Hartford to succeed. It’s the seat of government, a cultural gem, the nation’s insurance capital. But the city struggles with a small tax base and a communter culture.   Now comes a dynamic new mayor with the daunting task of turning around this beautiful but beleaguered city. How can we help? corporate and civic leaders asked him this week at a meeting of the Metro-Hartford…

Categories: Dance for Your Dinner, Hartford Nostalgia, NEWS, Restaurants & Politics

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Celebrate the First-Ever National Hot Tea Month – January 2016

Posted on January 11, 2016

  Article & Photos By Jacqueline Bennett newsandviewsjb.com   Winter is upon us so button up that overcoat and warm up with a mug of something hot. Why not brew a cup of herbal delight? Join in the celebration of National Hot Tea Month which is being observed in the United States for the first time in January 2016, according to englishteastore.com. As well, the Tea Council of USA, Inc. has declared tomorrow, January 12th, as the “first-ever” National Hot Tea Day.   Tea has long been considered to hold health and medicinal properties, and to have social implications. In 1773, Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty, an underground resistance, edged the American Revolution along with the “Boston Tea Party” proving this mystical beverage…

Categories: Happy Sipping, Health Benefits of Tea, Jan 12 Declared Hot Tea Day, NEWS, Real Tea, Tea Time No Longer Just for Aristocrats

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