A soda bar featuring old-fashioned floats, sweets and milkshakes is expected to open this summer in downtown Hartford.

Emrey’s Specialty Sweets & Sodas is a vintage candy shop modeled after the “soda shops” of the mid-20th century.

Owner Melissa Melonson plans to open the business at 196 Trumbull St., in a space previously occupied by FedEx before sitting vacant for years.

“Emrey’s” is a combination of the names of Melonson’s daughters, Emmi, 4, and Aubrey, 11.

The menu will feature flavored soda floats and milkshakes, including a cold-pressed watermelon soda float, a banana foster’s “extreme milkshake” and a blueberry cream

Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed several bills Friday, including one that would have banned municipalities or state agencies from using speed or red-light cameras.

“This bill’s ban of photo radar would eliminate an important tool for law enforcement that allows for a more efficient allocation of limited police resources,” Hobbs wrote in a veto letter about the bill, which was sponsored by Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff.

In a statement released moments after word of Hobbs’ veto, Rogers — who did not return a message seeking comment — said that the camera-enforcement systems “do little” to prevent collisions or bad driving, collect

by Johnny Martir

I got a big compliment from Andy at analogue_dreams (his blog can be found here) recently on the image above. He says:

“I’m always impressed with how you achieve momentary focus with RF manual focus in low light!”

He was so kind to post this, and also timely as I just started typing this blog about my different experiences with shooting the mild candid portraits available with rangefinder verse SLRs.

Before I go any further, I just want to note that the featured image was taken with my Leica M6 TTL 0.85, Voigtlander 40mm 1.4 and Kodak

The entrepreneur welcomed her first baby, daughter Mili, in April, telling PEOPLE that the experience of being a new mom is “still surreal”

Kelly Mi Li is soaking up every moment like a new mom.

the Bling Empire star, 37, tells PEOPLE that became a mom to daughter Mili, born in April, “still feels like a dream sometimes” as she reflects on her first month of motherhood.

Mi Li spent the first 30 days after welcoming her baby girl in Chinese postpartum confinement, a cultural tradition where the new mom stays at home to rest. While the actress says “some

Artificial intelligence is all the rage these days and for good reason.

From generating images from text to creating interactive holograms of deceased relatives, the horizon is somewhat limitless as far as the potential of this technology in the future.

And that means big changes for the world of media and marketing going forward. Far from being a universal and common experience, many people envision a world of bespoke media targeted at individuals in ways that are meaningful to them than addressing them personally in other

Why is that Lightning seems to really scare us photographers?

I am 100% guilty of this- I used to call myself a natural light photographer because it gave me permission to ignore the need to learn off-camera flash (OCF), but eventually, it caught up with me. I’m still trying to get my finger right Why it freaks me out, though- I think I’m intimidated by the possibility of adding elements math and science to an art form. Having mastered natural light for quite a while, thoughts on adding another light source? No, thank you.

When I transitioned from weddings to

High ceilings help make your home feel open and airy. Use these vaulted ceiling ideas as decorating inspiration.

With the right design, vaulted ceilings can make your home feel bigger, let in more natural light, and even increase your property value. But just having a high, vaulted ceiling isn’t enough to create this effect on its own. The right styling and design will help open up the room and can help your home feel brighter. Some simple tricks, like painting the ceiling white, will make the room brighter and reflect more natural light, in the right space, you can also