I’ll be the first to admit we didn’t spend enough time exploring Connecticut to get a good feel for it. We did spend a couple of days in Mystic and had some “slices of heaven” at Mystic Pizza. It’s the pizza joint where they filmed the Julia Roberts’ flick by the same name. I dunno how the place was decorated before the movie came out, but it’s got movie stills relentlessly plastered all over the walls now. Decent enough pizza, but they don’t have anything on Ledo.

On another day we hung out with Holly’s good friend from high school, Tammy, and her boyfriend, Rob, in Norwalk. We had a great time. They gave us a little tour of swanky SoNo (South Norwalk) and took us to Barcelona, a Spanish tapas restaurant. Sensational paella, emapanadas, seviche, margaritas and some chocolate “deal” all added up to a very satisfied, fuzzy feeling. The conversation was unbeatable and we capped it all off with a movie at their charming home.