Grab your NPR tote bag, the Arts & Ideas Festival is back in town!

It’s June! The annual moment all twenty-something students leave town and considerably increase the average age of residents and the moment the Arts and Ideas Festival decides it’s not old enough and puts in place a program to attract 80-somethings to go wild on the green. The official name is actually “The International Festival of … Read more

New Haven: serving European terraces minus the rude French waiters

Picture this scene: It is a warm summer day. The crowded terrace of a café is overflowing and coffee drinkers are slowly fusing with the lunch eaters of the next door restaurant terrace. The waiters zigzag through the densely packed tables to provide all sorts or summer treats while keeping an eye on the terrace … Read more

Four perfect spots to kayak in New Haven

Lake Wintergreen

As the quarantine almost enter its fifth month, I felt really down and cabin fever was starting to get to me. So I decided to dust off my inflatable kayak and headed off to East Rock park. After my afternoon in the sun, paddling on the glistening water among cranes, turtles, and the occasional fisher-persons, … Read more

L(ea/i)ving New Haven

Union Station Tunnels

I am writing this article in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, flying away from New Haven. I used to feel excited every time I left town. After all, when you ask people why they love New Haven, they often yell at you for liking the wrong pizza… But close after that, they say they … Read more

Start rowing, it’s fun, good for you, and you already paid $43M for it!

On a warm September day,  New Haven Mayor Toni Harp, Former New Haven City Plan Administrator Karyn Gilvar, and U.S. Rep Rosa DeLauro, met among others on the steps of Canal Dock, the newly constructed New Haven boathouse on Long Wharf for a ribbon cutting ceremony. The ambiance was joyful, everyone was excited about this … Read more