Tag Archives: Savin Rock

X: 2023: A to Z… April Challenge: The Best of our Journals… Xmas (Christmas), and Extra Memories

This year’s A to Z has me sharing bits and pieces of written conversations of stories most have never heard. I have lived with my husband, Steve, for almost 52 years… May 5th this year will make that 52. I … Continue reading

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S: 2023: A to Z… April Challenge: The Best of our Journals… Snow, Savin Rock, School, Skating

This year’s A to Z has me sharing bits and pieces of written conversations of stories most have never heard. I have lived with my husband, Steve, for almost 52 years… May 5th this year will make that 52. I … Continue reading

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O: 2023: A to Z… The Best of our Journals: Occupations (Jobs)

This year’s A to Z has me sharing bits and pieces of written conversation of stories most have never heard. I have lived with my husband, Steve, for almost 52 years… May 5th this year will make that 52. I … Continue reading

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C: 2023: A to Z… April Challenge: The Best of our Journals… Cars, Cooking

This year’s A to Z has me sharing bits and pieces of written conversation of stories most have never heard. I have lived with my husband, Steve, for almost 52 years… May 5th this year will make that 52. I … Continue reading

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Husband’s Family Stories: Saturday Night at the Races

Saturday Night at the Races Steve Insalaco Saturday mornings as a young boy was often spent hanging around with my best friend Ronnie (Kessler)… waiting for the race cars to start rolling by – as they headed down to Savin … Continue reading

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2022…T: A To Z April Challenge: Time Traveling Back in Time… The Mistakes Made… in Not Asking!

Where would you travel back in time to… who would you want to visit… and why? Sounds like one of those Back to the Future movies! I’d be right there with pen and paper in hand! I had originally planned … Continue reading

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Savin Rock: Published on Laff in the Dark

Click Laff in the Dark website for article, photos and more history on Fun Houses around the country… some in operation and some long gone as Savin Rock is. (Savin Rock artwork logo published with permission from George LaCross, with … Continue reading

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Savin Rock: Fun Houses at Savin Rock

Fun Houses at Savin Rock Two iconic fun houses, Peter Franke’s Fun House and Death Valley Days Funny House was once located alongside West Haven, Connecticut’s beachfront at Savin Rock Amusement Park… famous, but now long gone. When I moved … Continue reading

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2020: V – April A to Z… Family Stories: Visiting Savin Rock

2020: V – April A to Z… Family Stories I’m back in 2020 for my fifth year of participating in the yearly April A to Z challenge… and as usual I’ve racked my brain scribbling ideas on paper since the … Continue reading

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Savin Rock… Now and Then: The Sea View Hotel

Savin Rock…Now and Then The Sea View Hotel Through the re-creation idea of James Holt, in placing these structures of where they once stood long ago in West Haven’s Savin Rock… to now… in today’s time and place. (credit also … Continue reading

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