Saturday, November 23, 2013

Frosty & Flagrant Frigid Follows Fall in Friendly Famous Wooster Square

Hold the Horror, Honorable Hanamians 

Fantastic Fall Fades Fast

Our World Famous Sakura's delight us for about 7 months, before taking a Sensationally Sinfully Sweet Sakura Sleep for the next Piercing Polar Pentamerous Periods, Pre-Pink Nation. Fortunately Fine Folks, history here readily repeats. We should have our Historic Pink and White Fantastic Flowery Frenzy towards the end of April. The Blossom Blog Mainframe uses a complicated formula of history and weather (and a dart board) to come up with the dates for 2014 for Peak Poppadge as April 25 through April 29. Since the Blossom Blogs existence, it has a 100% accuracy of Picking our Perfect Pretty Precious Pink Peak People! 
(I take photos everyday so if you follow the blog you will always know how far along, or how far gone.)
Hanami History 

World Famous Wooster Square
New Haven, Connecticut

Year PoP! Peak Poppadge over
2009 April 17 * April 28
2010   April 4 * April 9
2011 April 19 April 26 May 4
2012 March 30    April 6                   April 11
2013 April 18      April 21 April 29
*Not available



Here is 2013's Blossom Blog
Pretty Pink Projection
(Click to enlarge)

And... Here are 2013's actual 
Hugely Happy Historic Hanami
(click to enlarge)


So While the Whole Wide World Waits for our Wooster Square Wonders to Wake, I will continue to keep you up to date on our Salient Super Sweet Sakura Square, Simultaneously Silly Sometimes, certainly.

Last week's post was overly wordy, according to my wife and creator of the 
Wooster Square Blossom Blog, 
the World's best Photoblogumentary on World Famous Historic Wooster Square. 

So a simple hunt for some local news and people of interest as we head off the chill, check out some photos in Wooster Square and New Haven from the last week.

Fabulous Fall Finishing Frostily Fast

Orange you glad you Love Wooster Square?

Maple Marvels, Muses Most, Moves Multitudes

Yellow Fellows Find Frost Frightening 

Fall Blossoms Bid Bye

Nice Numbing Number in Ninth Square

Real World Reflections


Bounded By Bibliotheque Baby
(Church and Elm)

Knights Crowning Achievement on Crown
Knights of Columbus Museum

Check it out, the Cost is Free 
and Parking Costs Free. 
Free Family Future Fun,
Pre Perfect Park Pizza Picnic Party People!


Fence Foto Fun Frames Famed 

Last Lovelies Delight Daily 

Tried & True Toy Poodle Tears Terrifyingly Trusting
Chyna Chasing Leaves

 One Thousand Words

Mornings Maple Makes Music

Blast of the Last Bold Beautiful Babies

Greene Streete 
Make Mornings More Memorable
 Wooster Square Rocks World
Future Fantastic Flowery Foto Fun!
While perusing the Cherry Blossom information necessary to the Blossom Blog Mainframe's important data base, I came across an interesting article about Cherry Tree Bark, which is made into little bowls, or caddies. The process is an ancient Samurai practice.


Speaking of ancient, have you seen the new Yale School of Management's Wizard of OZ-like new Headquarters going up on Whitney Ave?

To say the building is impressive is an underhanded understatement. Its Glorious Glass Gleams Glowingly.
But what is more cool is what is going on inside! They are installing artworks by Sol LeWitt.  Check out this video, "Jock Reynolds, director of the Yale University Art Gallery, and John Hogan, installation director and archivist at the Yale University Art Gallery, discuss the project in front of the artwork in process that will be formally unveiled at the opening of the new building in January." (Yale News)

                   Click here for video in the Yale News


Want Cheese?!?!

Former neighbor and Wooster Squarian 
Jason Sobocinski and his restaurant and 
Cheese Shop Caseus in New Haven 
just received more accolades! 

Food Republic just named Caseus as one of the top 10 fromageries in the United States People! 

Not only do we have the best pizza in the United States, we New Havener's know our cheese. If you love cheese, food and fun, then head to New Haven and Caseus!



Speaking of Food and Fun!

Gloria & Jacques Pepin 
Cheryl Szczarba and Bart Connors Szczarba

Cheryl and I dined at Briq in New Haven with 
Jacques Pepin and his wife Gloria 
(and Precious Pretty Pleasing Polite Poodle Paco!)




Jacques and Gloria donated their time, Cheryl and I donated some cabbage to the Taste of New Haven/No Kid Hungry and the fine friendly fond hosts of Briq donated their delicious food and service. 

Thanks Jacques and Gloria!

Thanks Briq Restaurant!



Don't forget to sign up for email delivery of your
Blossom Blog sent piping hot to the 
device of your choice!

Join us for the Tree Lighting
on December 6th at 5:30-7:00
Doughnuts and hot Cider Rules!
!!FREE!!

The Holiday Tree lighting is an annual event that kicks off the 
365 Days of Holiday here
in the Wonderful World of Wooster Square!



See you at the Tree Lighting
or

See You Round the Square!












Posted by at No comments:

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Leaves Down, Excitement Growing Here in Historic World Famous Wooster Square!

Boundless Bounty of Beautiful Fall Blossoms

Despite most Contrarians, some Wooster Squarians, and a handful of Rastafarians, who, thought that due to the dry weather, this Years Fall Foliage would Fumble at the goal line... miss the OT chip shot field goal to win the game... and for you golfers... missed a gimme.

Hey, but so what? We got colors up the Wicked Wild Wazoo here in the Wonderful World of Wooster Square. Really intense, titillating tincture, totally. So many photos, I needed to let the Blossom Blog Mainframe time to digest, cool off... see a movie.. The Mainframe was hot on the trail of a Pertinent Pair of Park People, Pre-Peak Poppadge.
One you may know: General David Wooster
(not personally)
((not even practically the Founder of Wooster Square,
Luisa DeLauro.  Luisa turns 100 Christmas Eve!
Thanks Luisa (Rosa DeLauro's Mom) for all you have done for this 
Salient Super Sweet Sakura Square, and all you keep doing!))
DeLauro Family Table, Wooster Square November 2013
(Perfect Place for Pizza Pie Park Picnicking, People!)

The other less known...

Who in the Hockey Sticks is this DeLauzun?
And why in the Helena Montana 
didn't they put him up at the Omni?

It's a Big Blossom Blog Bugger Nail Biting Blunder. (Nod to UK readers) How can we walk around our Sweet Sakura Square, see this sign, and not know who he is or what he did? This de Lauzun guy isn't someone who you can just ask your serious supposedly super smart siri or droid your google, nope.

This one takes real many, many mad mouse maneuvers, moving maniacally, man... and all the Blossom Mainframe Memory...
So while it searches for answers...and I put the mouse to the pad...

Let's Make Mindfulness,
 Much More Meaningful, Moving, 
Marching Magically 
aMongst the Square's Majesty....
(look at some photos)

Listen to "Life is Grand in Wooster Square" 
(on Cape Cod)
by Silvard, someone that peaked my piano playing.
This is an amazing arrangement by a young man on 
youtube, Travis Baur...


 click here for to chill and relax, enjoy the photos if your device can't read


!Caution!Caution!
Photos contain extreme Sakura Square Sweetness
Breathe normally,
take necessary medications, 
when in doubt,
...Ask your Doctor... 
if you are healthy enough for extreme visual
 Wooster Square Wonders.
Star Trek Treats!
Boldly Blooming where no Blossoms will Bloom
Blindingly Bold & Beautiful
Many Magic Moments
Warm Colors, Chilly Temps!
Politically Correct Pumpkins
(Since no knives are involved, after Halloween,
they are released back into farmers fields to live out their gourd given lives as part of the Gourd and Release program) 
((Source:pumkinhuggers.com))
Welcome to Wooster Square
Memorable Mornings
 Court Street Colors
Last Blossom Buddy we followed for 2013
New Haven History Hits Home
Wooster Square's Proud Heritage
Leaves last stand
Fall Fence Foto Fun
Wet Weather Was Weighty
Holy Halcyon Habitat!
Lovely Lamps Lining Luscious Leaves
Square Sees Some Sensational Season
  Speaking of Sensational Seasons!
What a Baseball Season!

 Congratulations Boston Red Sox!
Wooster Square Stands Boston Strong!

 Watch out for My Detroit Tigers Next Year!
Comerica Park, Detroit Michigan
(Tiger shown made right here in New Haven)
 ((County,Milford))

 Now Detroit has a Super Superior 
Honorary Wooster Squarion as their Manager!!!!!

 Congratulations New Haven Born and raised (Cheshire) Brad Ausmus!!

 Click here to read about Brad in Wiki 

 Click here for all Brad's complete baseball states

Congratulations Brad, Go Tigers!

 (Pepe's or Sally's Brad?)

 Back to World Famous Historic Wooster Square!

Floating Foliage Fence Foto Fun
Lamptastic Looking Leaves
Loading... Loading... Loading...
(Columbus still has the iworld 1s)

 And... see you next year...
Blossom Buddies Bust,
But Being Born By and By

 Let's Reminisce!!
April 9, 2013
April 11, 2013
April 17, 2013
September 30, 2013
November 1, 2013

 even an old man
has New Year's eyes...
cherry blossoms
(Haikuguy.com written 1823)

 Washington DC announces
their Peak Poppadge Dates!

 March 20 - April 13, 2014

 Read here in article from ABC news in DC

 As Calculated by the Blossom Mainframe
in an earlier post...

 Click here to read post about predicting 2014 Peak Poppadge

 Our Historic Hanami Hysteria in 
Wooster Square will be
April 25 - 29, 2014

 Wooster Square's Cherry Blossom Festival falls on Sunday, April 27.

 More Important News!!

Wooster Square's Holiday 
Tree Lighting will be on
December 6, 5:30-7:00.

This is an annual tradition that celebrates the beginning of the 365 days of Holidays Here in Wonderful World of Historic Wooster Square! This one has a few new twists!!!
(maybe warmth for once!)
This year Peter Webster informs me that their will be luminaries, and local high school bands and singers.. All are invited and it costs FREE!

 Seems that after Halloween, 360 State Street is Celebrating early this year...
 360 Steps to Tree Lighting

The Mainframe has really rested, 
rocked and now rolls...

 Back to our Generous General 
Wooster and De Lauzun (?)...
General Wooster 
According to wikipedia, General Wooster was born in Stratford Connecticut in 1711, province of Connecticut, England. 

What is really cool is he went to Yale College and graduated in 1738. While at Yale he invented the Frisbee!! (I am told the frisbee was invented at Yale much later). And well, if you are going to Yale College why not date Yale's President's daughter and then marry her! You can hear the applause... Yale President Thomas Clapp gave his daughter's hand, Marie Clapp, to David Wooster himself. 

General Wooster was in charge of New Haven's militia during the revolutionary war. 

 Wooster Squarian Benedict Arnold lived on Water Street and wanted to join but Daring David Wooster was no dummy & didn't want to give him key to the munitions dump. Wooster caved...we all make mistakes. 
And there was almost a court martial about General Wooster's handling of his Quebec tenure, but he was eventually cleared. 

Wooster was made Major General of the Connecticut Militias, sent to save New York City from British Invasion. 

  Later he was Connecticut's first Major General.

He died in a battle in Danbury by a British raid.
as he lay dying he was quoted as saying...

  "I am dying, but with a strong hope and persuasion that my country will gain her independence."

 In 1777, Congress voted a suitable monument be erected for this hero and his grave was located not far from where he fell. General Wooster is buried in the Wooster Cemetery on Mount Moriah, in Danbury, Connecticut. The 30 foot Monument is impressive and on my list of places to visit!
Click here for Wooster Cemetery's Organization website

 "Of his country Wooster said, 'my life has ever been devoted to her services from my youth up, though never before in a cause like this—a cause for which I would most cheerfully risk and lay down my life'." (wiki)

          click here to Wiki Wooster Will ya?


*****
DeLauzun
aka Arman Louis de Gontaut

The tricky thing about this duc de Lauzun fella is that duc de Lauzun is more of a title than that of a name. More of a nickname for Arman Louse de Gontaut. Think... Yo Duke! Lots shorter, easier to say and everyone knew who they were talking about (way before John Wayne).

 So de Lauzun being more of a rank, much like what it later became di biron. Or the Baron. Wiki says:

"The title of Duc de Lauzun was a French peerage created in 1692 for Antoine Nompar de Caumont under influence of Mary of Modena. All dukes were marshals of France or renowned generals."

 These de Lauzun are the forefathers of the French Foreign Legion.

 The real clue is on our Wooster Square historical marker itself. It marks the Rochambeau Route, the General sent by the king of France to hook up with Washington to then try and reason with the British into surrender. But politics was just as crazy back then so they had to slug it out. Rochambeau landed near Newport Road Island. The Washington-Rochambeau Route is a famous one.
Aha! That's were we find our other French Marshall, de Lauzun
aka Arman Louis de Gontaut. The Duke landed in Stratford where he boarded Metro North to Union Station in New Haven. ( I am told they marched). His army was to protect Washington and Rochambeau from attack from the south, which they scouted and stayed (wiki):

 "The advance party was led by Armand Louis de Gontaut or Duc de Lauzun. Lauzun's Legion marched ahead of the main army and stayed ten to fifteen miles (24 km) to the south protecting the exposed flank from the British" 

So duc de Lauzun camped all around New Haven County, helping to save our Super Special Precious Patch of Humble Perfection.

And he returned to France a National Hero. 

The United States named a warship after him in 1782,
              The USS Duc de Lauzun

The sad part for Arman Louis de Gontaut was that he in charge of the French Revolutionary Revolution when he lost grip on his command. He quit after criticism from peers but should have kept his head...(wiki) he was charged by..

  "the notorious Jean-Baptiste Carrier of incivisme ("lack of civic virtue", the equivalent of treason under the Reign of Terror)" 

Our poor Duke was guillotined. Just for good measure they tried his wife and executed her as well. 

However, we do owe our thanks to these brave men
who gave their lives for the very ground we walk.

Thanks General David Wooster!

Thanks Arman Louis de Gontaut!
(de Lauzun!)

Hope you are enjoying these crisp fall days.
Stop By the Square for a Hot Pie or 
your favorite Chicken Parm...

See you at the Tree Lighting
or

See You Round the Square!!








Posted by at No comments:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)