Last year I did a Best of 2015 list last year giving out various awards and calling them The Rockies. Well, I hate that name, and I’m going to do something a little different this year. More awards, more silliness, more totally made up categories about New Haven, based entirely on my own opinion with as … Read more
Have you ever thought to yourself: Gosh, I’d LIKE to ride a bike to Mecha Noodle, but then I’d need some kind of bike lock and my bike would probably get stolen by teenagers, and then I’d have to buy a new bike, and what, am I made of bicycles? No, you are not. You are … Read more
About a third of the way through Other People’s Money, opening at Long Wharf Theatre tonight, I wondered to myself if this tale of greed, excess, and loyalty, written in 1986, was really still relevant today. After all, we’ve seen Wall Street. We’ve seen it in The Big Short and The Wolf of Wall Street and … Read more
Listen. I’m not gonna lie to you. We live in strange times. 2016 hasn’t been the best year, to say the least. A bunch of people died. Maybe even people you liked. Donald Trump is going to be President of the United States and probably some of you are even like, “Awesome.” But forget all … Read more
In case you haven’t noticed, New Haven has some retail space for lease. (Side note: Looks like Red Tomato isn’t long for this world, which is 0% surprising.) In fact, you can’t throw a rock without hitting an empty restaurant/bar spot downtown. While some, like the ol’ Kelly’s/Black Bear/Tavern NH Black Hole, seem to have been … Read more
Can you feel it? The crispness in the air. The smell of campfires and fireplaces. The amber in the leaves. The pumpkin spice being jammed down our throats. There’s no more denying it: Fall is here in Connecticut, and it’s awesome. If you wanted to live somewhere sunny and warm all the time, you could move … Read more
Last Friday, like many New Haven denizens, I was on College Street, between Chapel and Crown, enjoying the New Haven Grand Prix/Pizza (And Other Stuff) Food Festival. The weather was gorgeous as professional bicyclists flew by. Long, but cordial lines stretched out from brightly painted trucks, their smells wafting in the air as people sipped … Read more
I walk around New Haven a lot. I walk to work. I walk to the grocery store, often. I walk to my friend’s houses. And the sheer quantity of amazingly stupid things I’ve seen pedestrians do is impressive. Shocking, even. Apparently, the ability to walk three consecutive blocks without doing anything tragically dumb is rarer than the … Read more
Disclaimer: I am not a book reviewer. But if you send me a book, I’ll review it. Eventually. Especially if it’s a postapocalyptic medieval-themed fantasy novel set in Greater New Haven. (A huge genre, I’m sure.) I’ve never heard of Pepper Press (specializing in all the latest postapocalypstic fiction and survival non-fiction), so I had no idea what to expect … Read more
We’ve all been there. It’s Wednesday, and you want to grab a drink with your friends. But where to go? You’re pretty sure someone has a special, but… who? You don’t want to be one of those idiots who shows up at a bar and asks if they have a special. (Plus you’ll look cheap in front of … Read more
