Describe one of your favorite “special places” in Norwich?

Floating, drifting down the Connecticut River with friends on a summer afternoon.

Choose one word to describe the reason you live in Norwich?

Kids

What coping mechanism do you employ to stave off “cabin fever?”

Go out! Movies, Music, Food, Ski..

Favorite first sign of spring?

Volleyball games and BBQ grills at the base of the chairlift at Burke Mountain while skiing.

What do you typically do for April vacation, or, if not applicable, for a typical vacation?

Go someplace warm, any place.

Where are you from and which place do you prefer?

I am from a 1950’s era split-level development outside of Philadelphia. Which do I prefer?? Hmm..

If you could split your time between living in Norwich and one other place, would you do it and where would it be?

Somewhere in Tuscany.

What is your strangest/funniest Dan and Whit’s episode/tale?

Coming out of Dan and Whit’s and seeing Mike (who mans the gas pumps) holding Woody, my 7lb excuse for a dog, inside his jacket while whispering baby-talk sweet nothings into Woody’s ear. Mike’s gruff exterior has a soft sweet center!

What is the most unusual or odd item you have won in or donated to a raffle?

Donated time to play a 24hr underwater Monopoly marathon game/raffle. Air tanks were up on the pool deck with hoses snaked down to the players. The cards, houses, hotels and Monopoly money were weighted and sealed to stay on the bottom of the pool. Very surreal playing Monopoly down there with three other players!

Classical or classic rock?

Classical.

If you could choose to do it over, would you follow the same education/career path you took?

Yes.

What is your most humorous childhood memory?

Waiting at the train station for my mother to pick me up after school, the pay phone rang, so I picked it up. There was a man on the other end with a quasi-Spanish accent asking if “Pepe the Bullfighter” was at the station. I asked what he looks like and the voice said he wears a red cape. I looked around the station. Couldn’t find Pepe. The guy on the phone asked if I would ask at the ticket window if they had seen Pepe. The man at the counter said “I think someone’s pulling you leg, son.” When I looked into the station office past the ticket window I could see a couple of guys laughing, so I think it was an inside job. They got me good!

Favorite media outlet?

Web.

Which is your favorite Main Street building in Norwich?

The Emerson House, because friends work there and they don’t mind if I bug them.

How often do you go to the Norwich transfer station (dump)?

Once a week. Interesting, huh?

What’s your favorite creature on Earth?

My Mother-in-Law. I do love her.

What was your worst experience with a car?

Swatting a fly in my fiancée’s new car and cracking the windshield. She married me anyway.

Favorite flowers to give or receive?

Blue Orchids from Thailand. Not exactly PC, but beautiful.

Where did you go on your first date ever?

Bonnie Raitt concert.

What do you love most about someone in your life, who is it, and why?

That’s an easy one—my wife Gail. I love her sense of humor and we laugh together a lot. I treasure that.