In honour of the late Shirley Temple, not only should you pour yourself a Shirley Temple cocktail but you should also pay a visit to your local doll museum. There are many doll collections around the United States, including the Hobby City Doll Museum, which has a huge Shirley Temple doll collection. Another doll-related attraction is the Doll Room in Bridgewater, Connecticut. Open for the last thirty-seven years, the house is a combination doll repair shop, store and museum. Owners Dee and Wally Domroe (seen above with a Shirley Temple doll), both in their eighties, have collected thousands of dolls from all over the world, some dating back to the 1800s. They turned their obsessive hobby into, I guess you could say, a real profession. Wally is in charge of the repairs, while his wife handles the museum/store, outfitting dolls with vintage clothes and organizing the drawers full of miniature dolls. And yes, that looks like a Justin Bieber doll on the table next to them.
Doll Room in Bridgewater, Connecticut
