This is the first Memorial Day I can recall spending in town in a few years. We usually bug out for points north of here for the first long weekend and unofficial start of summer, but this year, we decided to hang around and take it slow.
I didn’t actually go to the parade – I hate parades. I do, however, appreciate the old-timey Norman Rockwell feel of a town holiday parade. In past years when I got roped into going, WH’s parade had that feeling by the bucketful. Hopefully Blue Back’s presence hasn’t altered that too much.
I was down there around lunch, eating at Au Bon Pain and doing some BBS people watching. The most entertaining thing I saw was a life-imitates-Ras Trent moment, as some douchey white dude with dreads crossed to the other side of the road apparently to avoid crossing paths with what looked like a family of actual Jamaicans.
When, by the way, did the new Au Bon Pain turn so dirty? Tables in there today were strictly a “wash your own” affair, and the bathroom was right out of Trainspotting.
Kids’ baseball was a go. Another thing I appreciate about West Hartford is our parks. They’re generally pleasant and clean, and on days like yesterday there are always families out there appreciating them.
And that’s it, really. Kind of a starting-nowhere, going-nowhere blog entry. But if I can’t be a self-indulgent here, then where?
Filed under: General, West Hartford | Tagged: West Hartford | Leave a Comment »







