Christmas in July @ Phillies-Rockies Game

Sunday I was in Philadelphia, and went to Citizen Bank Field to watch the Phillies take on the Colorado Rockies. The theme of the game was Christmas in July (being it was July 25th)

There was no snow, but lots of heavy wind and rain which resulted in a long rain delay. However I had enough pictures and voted with my two friends to leave the game during the delay!

Shark in Silver Spring

The Discovery Channel building has a shark displayed on it's side in downtown Silver Spring. Guess a big Shark show is about to start on Discovery Channel soon....

Waterbury, Connecticut

Waterbury is Connecticut's 5th largest city and is located on the Naugatuck River. Its nickname is the "Brass City" because in the first half of the 20th century Waterbury was the countries leading manufacture of brassware. In addition to brass, Waterbury was also was noted for its manufacture of watches, clocks, and buttons. Today most of the factories and mills are closed (one was coverted into large shopping mall) however they are trying to remake themselves with a lot of retail and a branch of University of Connecticut which opened in 2003. The city, which dates back to the the late 1600's, has a lot of old and historic buildings and was a nice place to spend a few hours as my Connecticut vacation draws to a close.



This was taken inside the Mattatuck Museum on West Main Street in Waterbury

Greetings from Connecticut

I am on the road this week (up in Connecticut), and yesterday in the heat I traveled to Providence Rhode Island for my 51 Cemeteries Project. The photos from Swan Point Cemetery are now up @ http://www.51cemeteriesproject.blogspot.com/

Nats VS Mets Saturday Afternoon Game

Steven Strasburg had a tough day, giving up two runs and four hits (striking out five hitters). The good news the Nats had a dramatic come from behind win in the bottom of the 9th for exciting afternoon at the ballpark.

The view from my seat above the Mets bullpen...