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Bites N Flavors – The Great American Bagel Bakery

For posts on various restaurants that I visited, go here. Verdictum: Despite the minor downsides, it is still a good place to have a decent breakfast. I would say better than any other fast-food centers. If you come across this place in any airport during your travels, don’t hesitate to grab a quick bite asContinue reading “Bites N Flavors – The Great American Bagel Bakery”

Aurora & Twilight: December 2022

For all the entries in Aurora & Twilight blog, go here. Prologue: Two of my favorite things that Mother Nature gives us to feast at are the Sunrise and Sunset. I can never get enough of them. So for 2022, I picked a Sunrise-Sunset themed blog where I will be posting one collaged picture ofContinue reading “Aurora & Twilight: December 2022”

Fork & Knife – Snowflake Pancakes

In the 2018 Hallmark movie Entertaining Christmas , the lead actress Jodie Sweetin’s character Candace Livingstone is asked to demonstrate to make snowflake pancakes. I was wondering what on earth these kind of pancakes could be. It was interesting to see her create, or rather her assistant character create them. They called them as LivingstoneContinue reading “Fork & Knife – Snowflake Pancakes”

Bites N Flavors – The Griswold Inn

For posts on various restaurants that I visited, go here. Verdictum: A pleasant watering hole providing delicious food, appetizing drinks with pleasing hospitality and ambience taking you back to the 1700s. Do stop by if you are in Essex, Connecticut. This place will not disappoint you. The afternoon after I had the cruise to OldContinue reading “Bites N Flavors – The Griswold Inn”

Cinema Slueth – Christmas Movie Magic

For all movies televised on Lifetime channel, go here. Stars: 4.5 / 5 Recommendation: Thoughtfully written, engaging story, good acting even though the lead cast found their chemistry only in the last five minutes, with a spin of New Hollywood meeting the Old Hollywood, and a mystery rolled in with old-world romance. Christmas Movie MagicContinue reading “Cinema Slueth – Christmas Movie Magic”

Strange Oddities and Peculiar Pretties: Scarecrow Festifall 2022

For all posts about the wonderful and weird surprising stuff I did or saw, click here. When I went to Essex, CT in early October for the Lighthouse Cruise, it was just a couple days after the towns “Hocus Pocus” Scarecrow Festifall. It was a festival where all the businesses on the main street ofContinue reading “Strange Oddities and Peculiar Pretties: Scarecrow Festifall 2022”

Cinema Slueth – Three Wise Men and a Baby

For all movies released by Hallmark Channels, go here. Stars: 4.5 / 5Recommendation: A journey of self-discovery among three brothers as they rebuild their relationships while taking care of a baby unexpectedly thrust into their hands. And don’t forget the best dance routine by the three brothers, total fun. Another gem in the crown ofContinue reading “Cinema Slueth – Three Wise Men and a Baby”

Beacons of Fire: Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse

For all the posts in the Beacons of Fire Series, go here. Prologue: I love Nora Roberts books, well her books mostly those that she wrote prior to 2009. One of her book is the 1985 romantic novel, One Man’s Art, fourth in her longest series, The McGregor Series. The hero of the story, GrantContinue reading “Beacons of Fire: Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse”

Beacons of Fire: Lynde Point Lighthouse

Cinema Slueth – Blow-Up

Stars: 4.5 / 5 Recommendation: It’s mysterious, ambiguous and a thriller that has no thriller just like the protagonist’s character. Explores the emptiness inside the photographer’s life; a character study of the protagonist with nothingness surrounding him. Blowup is a 1966 mystery thriller film starring David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle, Jane BirkinContinue reading “Cinema Slueth – Blow-Up”