Fabulous Friday Finds- First & Last Bakery Cafe

I have a slight addiction to bread. One of my favorite places to visit is the First & Last Bakery Cafe, located in the South End of Hartford at 920 Maple Avenue. Atkins Diet be damned! It’s a very pleasant place to stop in and get your fill of carbohydrates. They’re open Monday through Friday from 7:00am-4:00pm and 8:00am-3:00pm on weekends. In addition to a wide variety of artisan breads, they also offer fantastic sandwiches

Did I Buy the Right House?

Have you ever asked yourself if you bought the right house? Kyle asked me that question this morning. Talk about conversation starters at breakfast! My response was “Well, I don’t know. Which house would we have bought instead?” For background purposes, we looked at a total of 25 houses over 3 days in the towns of Hartford, West Hartford, Farmington, Glastonbury, and Wethersfield when we relocated from Virginia four years ago. We were not familiar

Elizabeth Park's Spring Flower Show

Hartford’s Elizabeth Park opened its annual Spring Flower Show yesterday. You can stop by the greenhouses any day until March 20 between the hours of 9:00am-2:00pm. Check out a bounty of tulips, daffodils, and other varieties of perrenials. On Saturday March 22 the flowers will be sold between 10:00am-2:00pm. If you’d like to purchase flowers, I would recommend arriving about 45-60 minutes early, as there is always a long line when the sale begins at

Welcome Back West End Buyers!

After a long and quiet winter, the West End buyers have re-emerged to get the neighborhood real estate market rolling. Over the past couple weeks we’ve seen a number of homes go under contract, including properties on North Beacon, Cone and Elizabeth Streets. The significant difference between the winter markets in the West End and West Hartford has been interesting to watch. While the West End has been hibernating, homes continued to sell at a

Condo For Sale: 782 Asylum Avenue in Hartford

Loyal readers and lurkers, I have a new listing that I’d like to tell you about. It’s located at 782 Asylum Avenue in Hartford’s Asylum Hill neighborhood. If you know anyone that’s looking for a nice condo near Downtown, please tell them about it. I’ll be having an Open House this Sunday, March 2 from 1:00-3:00. Feel free to stop by and learn more about it. It’s a 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath townhouse style, listed