Monthly Archives: December 2011

Rocket To Land In Middletown For Middnight On Main ! We’ll Be There From 3:00 pm Until ?

Middnight On Main A rocket landing at Food Truck Heaven, fireworks, music performances, cooking demonstrations (including one by the rocket), Japanese Taiko drumming, film screenings, comedy, contra dance, zydeco, poetry, ice sculpture, great food, roller skating . . . Could … Continue reading

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“Book Him, Danno !” It’s Jack Lord’s Birthday / Say It Today At The Rocket For 10% Off Your Lunch ! / Oddo Print Shop Until 2:00

Jack Lord as Steve McGarrett was an icon of American television. Honor Hawaii Five O and have some fun today at the rocket. Step right up and say, “Book him, Danno !” and you will receive 10% off your lunch. Click the … Continue reading

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Looking For Something To Do On New Year’s Eve ? / Head Over To Middletown For Middnight On Main And Food Truck Heaven / The Rocket Will Be There 3:00 Until ? / Oddo Print Shop Today Until 2:00

  Middletown has organized a first-rate First Night event featuring more than one hundred performances and activities at more than twelve locations within four blocks of downtown including Food Truck Heaven at the Green Street Arts Center. The rocket will … Continue reading

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Ben Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanac First Published On This Day In 1732 / Franklin Loved Grilled Cheese Sandwiches / Oddo Print Shop Until 2:30

The Almanack contained the calendar, weather, poems, sayings and astronomical and astrological information. It is best known as a repository of Franklin’s aphorisms and proverbs, many of which live on . . . Three may keep a secret, if two … Continue reading

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It’s National Fruitcake Day ! / Rocket Will Trade Avery’s Soda For Fruitcake / Oddo Print Shop Until 2:30

Announcing rocket’s Fruitcake Trade-In Program. If you desire to rid yourself of a whole fruitcake, or even a slice, bring it to the rocket today and we’ll give you an Avery’s soda. That’s right, you get Birch Beer, Root Beer, … Continue reading

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The Rocket Wishes Everyone A Merry Christmas Regardless of Your Particular Belief System / Gift Yourself A Grilled Cheese and Deep Space Chocolate Pudding / Still 10% Off Your Meal With A Receipt From A Downtown Purchase Made Today ! / Oddo Print Shop Until 2:30

It’s Christmas Eve . . . last chance to get your ass downtown, buy local, support your neighbors, and make Santa happy, damn it !

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Shop Downtown Torrington Today . . . It’s Worth The Trip / Oddo Print Shop Until 2:30 / Mac n’ Cheese, Tomato Soup

Definitely worth the trip !                   Get in the holiday sprit and come to the rocket with a receipt for something you purchased downtown today and we’ll give you 10% off your … Continue reading

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Buy Local Torrington, Main Street Tonight 5:00 to 8:00, 10% Off Your Meal With a Receipt From Another Downtown Merchant / Lunch at Oddo Print Shop Until 2:30

  Nothing says Merry Christmas like hometown shopping. Check out the Buy Local Torrington facebook page for all kinds of special offers.   Yesterday’s mission was marred by a miscalculated cosmic time calibration setting discovered just prior to launch by … Continue reading

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Oddo Print Shop Until 2:30 / Grilled Cheese, Tomato Soup, Chocolate Pudding and An Avery’s Root Beer / Buy Local Torrington Tomorrow Night On Main Street 5:00 To 8:00

Don’t be a Scrooge, buy local and support your neighbors ! Main Street, Thursday night, 5:00 to 8:00 Show us a receipt for something you purchase downtown that night and get 10% off your meal.

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Food Truck Road Trip / Crew Visits The Jolly Dogger / Oddo Print Shop Until 2:30 / Deep Space Chocolate Pudding

  What do we do on our day off? We visit food trucks, of course. If you are over in the Westchester, Connecticut area, look for the shiny silver cart flying the Jolly Roger. Do not be afraid. Aboard you will … Continue reading

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