Greetings
September 4, 2006
This is my first post on what promises to be an interesting adventure in media exploration.
While this is being created as part of an Interactive Communications course, my long-time interest in media will, I’m sure, cause me to continue beyond the need.
I’m a late-starter to grad school. If you have been interested in media for a long time, you will recognize the name Marshall McLuhan. It was a television presentation on him which ignited my interest in understanding media (allusion intended).
While I have been interested in Photography since high school, my occupation has taken many side-steps. I have a BA in Psychology; worked in mental health, sales and marketing, pre-press as a color specialist, landscape design (my own business), and now in higher education as a transcript evaluator in the College of Professional Studies at Quinnipiac University.
A very brief and very incomplete history of my personal journey: After my college graduation I traveled from my native Connecticut to Tucson Arizona. That led to an 18-year stay in the Southwest. On my journey home, I spent a year in Overland Park, Kansas while pursuing a Marketing career. I eventually found my way back to Connecticut, otherwise known as home.
I hope to tie together my experience and personal interests into a new career direction. That’s why I’m pursuing a Master’s degree in Interactive Communications. I believe we should always be growing and achieving. This is my effort to do so.
-Mark Cotrupe
September 4, 2006 at 3:33 pm
So the burning question: is there any good Mexican food in CT
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September 4, 2006 at 7:12 pm
Yes, El Torero on the Post Rd. in Milford. It is the one that reminds me the most of the Mexican restaurants I’ve been to in Tucson and Mexico.
September 4, 2006 at 9:23 pm
I’m impressed with your site. As I mentioned on every posting I really know next to nothing about constructing anything on the web. I really look forward to being able to do something like this.
As to Mexican food, I liked what I had in Alcapulco. I don’t know if it was the food or the atmosphere? But, there used to be a place in Glastonbury, I’ll check to see if it’s still around.
September 5, 2006 at 9:01 pm
Nice job on the blog, Mark!
As to the Mexican food: after a decade-long search for a decent burrito in Fairfield County, I finally found it at VBF (for Venezuelan Beach Food) also known as Valencia Luncheria in Norwalk. Fresh ingredients, rolled as fat as your upper arm (by which I mean MY upper arm), and a Greenwich Village-y hipster atmosphere. Consistently voted one of the best by the Fairfield County Weekly.