A blog about New Haven
The sun is shining through the elm trees as the smell of hot dogs wafts from street carts. The stagehands are building a massive new stage on the Green. A young man ambles slowly in front of a moving bus for no reason. Yep, it’s summer in New Haven. And that means it’s a glorious … Read more
This week, I thought I’d try something a little different: a few mini-reviews of some of the (surprisingly many) new restaurants which have been opening all over New Haven. I’ve written reviews in the past, but I thought a shorter form mini-review may be more informative and let’s face it, how much can you really … Read more
Here at Between Two Rocks, we can’t possibly provide near constant descriptions of how to poison your liver or how to clog your arteries. I can’t just bitch about parking my entire life (hah, I totally can and will). Josh can’t just buy a house every week (he can, I only get paid in hugs). … Read more
Aaaaaand we’re back. I apologize for the delay between posts. It’s been a rather hectic month. I’ve moved the site to a new host, which may have accidentally broken the site for a few days (my bad!). I’m trying to buy a house (which I’ll discuss later, I’m sure). Plus, you know. We live in… … Read more
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
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
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
I know, I know. I haven’t updated in a while. But I have a good excuse (this time). I was traveling abroad, in a society vastly different from our own. Okay, it was just Great Britain. But I heard a guy affectionately refer to his buddies as “geezers,” so really, it’s a totally alien culture. Though they drive on … Read more
I had this idea recently, and like most of my ideas, it isn’t very good, and yet I feel compelled to do it anyway. So let’s re-district New Haven according to my bizarre vision. Oh, sure, there was a time where you could get by using archaic terms like Westville and Downtown, but where’s the fun in … Read more
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