Saturday, July 25, 2015

A Walk down Park Road

Park Road was once a bit gritty, but in the last decade or two it has been revived
and is now home to a great many interesting restaurants, shops and services.


Maria came here from Poland 35 years ago.  She has owned consignment stores for fashionable women's clothing in West Hartford for 19 years, the last 15 on Park Road.


John has been a bartender at Plan B Burger Bar and Tavern since it opened in 2006.



Dan claims he has been sitting at this bar stool at Plan B Burger Bar and Tavern since it opened,
too, and there is no evidence to disprove his claim.


Heng makes sushi at I Love Sushi.
Did I tell you that autocorrect and I have an uneasy relationship?
When I put Heng's name into my iPhone, autocorrect changed it to "He got it."


Natalie has worked for a year in the take-out and catering department of Hall's Market, a local grocery store on Park Road.  She is entering her senior year of high school and
hopes to go to college to study international affairs. 
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17 comments:

  1. KateJuly 25, 2015 at 6:00 AM

    You really made the rounds for this post and captured some interesting people. Good luck to Natalie on her quest for international studies and good luck to Dan, hoping that he is able to remain upright during his stay at his favorite Cheers bar. Isn't auto correct a pain?

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  2. AndyJuly 25, 2015 at 6:29 AM

    Another impressive collection of personalities.

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  3. John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"July 25, 2015 at 7:13 AM

    A varied collection of personalities. I feel as if I shall soon know most of the inhabitants of Hartford!

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  4. Luis GomezJuly 25, 2015 at 7:14 AM

    Great post Jack!

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  5. MichelleJuly 25, 2015 at 9:27 AM

    I would love to visit these places. Sushi sounds good right now.

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  6. EG CameraGirlJuly 25, 2015 at 9:38 AM

    I love it when a not-so=nice neighbourhood is revived! A good-news post.

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  7. Stefan JanssonJuly 25, 2015 at 9:57 AM

    Dan is probably telling the truth. A fine series of portraits here Jack.

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  8. SharonJuly 25, 2015 at 11:24 AM

    Great portraits Jack. Natalie may be working at the White House one day in future and Heng has got some great looking sushi there. It sounds like Marie's store is as successful as the consignment store here. Did you check out the burgers at Plan B?

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  9. William KendallJuly 25, 2015 at 12:01 PM

    The bakery at Hall's has my attention!

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  10. RedPatJuly 25, 2015 at 12:41 PM

    I love a good consignment store! ;-))

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  11. Sylvia KJuly 25, 2015 at 12:41 PM

    It is indeed great to know an area has been "saved and revived" as this one has!! Great people shots for the day -- as always! Enjoy your weekend!!

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  12. cieldequimperJuly 25, 2015 at 5:51 PM

    So, you actually walk down a street, enter every shop and take these wonderful pics?

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  13. LynetteJuly 25, 2015 at 7:08 PM

    Thanks, Jack, for your splendid post, photos and text. It's always great to be out and about with you!

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  14. Bob CroweJuly 25, 2015 at 10:22 PM

    I often appeared before a judge named Myron Mills at the time we got our first computers with word processing. The spell checker always wanted to write it Moron Mills.

    Nice cross-section of portraits. Does the bar fly have a catheter?

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  15. RandyJuly 25, 2015 at 11:52 PM

    Nice looking places.

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  16. VPJuly 27, 2015 at 4:27 PM

    Plan B seems quite good to me...

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  17. KayJuly 27, 2015 at 5:57 PM

    If you don't already, you're going to have a reputation around the neighborhood: "Here comes that camera guy again!"

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