Head to Lake Michigan on New Year's Day for free, fun, outdoor entertainment. The 38th annual "Cool Fool Kite & Snow Carving Festival," presented by The Kite Society of Wisconsin/Illinois and Gift ...

Danyel LaTour, the artist behind Cool Your Jets design studio, in front of her pop-up shop at Craftsman Coffee in Pacifica on March 24, 2025. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. Putting the fun in function ...

Then, around 1980, a kite company in East Haddam sold its business and Rose decided to buy its inventory. What had been a hobby, a pleasant avocation, became something more serious.