A blog about New Haven
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
Note: The following appeared on the /r/newhaven subreddit. It was posted by a Brazilian from São Paulo (pop: 12.18 million) and reprinted with their permission. The author is a postgraduate associate at the Yale School of Medicine who arrived in New Haven June 2018. They prefer to remain anonymous. I’ve come from Brazil to work … Read more
Like most cities, New Haven provides plenty(ish) of cultural and entertainment options. But with those things comes a price. Typically, in gold doubloons or whatever people are using for money these days. (I think maybe Apple controls money now?) Sure, I love Yale Repertory Theater, but it’s $92.00 for a seat. NINETY TWO DOLLARS. Even … Read more
Last May, a wall-to-wall crowd of dancing bodies filled Stella Blues as DJ outfit Sunken Disco performed for their last time in New Haven. Bringing funk, house, trance, and techno to New Haven, the Sunken Disco events were wildly popular. The last one, I could barely find room to dance. Unfortunately, Sunken Disco consisted entirely … Read more
If you didn’t listen to the Between Two Rocks podcast last week, you may not know that Baobab Tree Studios is now hosting the B2R Podcast in their gorgeous downtown studio. (Seriously, give it a listen, it’s very funny. You can trust me. For instance, you don’t see me hear telling you to listen to … Read more
Four years ago, buoyed by a few dozen friends, I stood on stage at Joker’s Wild Comedy Club downtown and tried my hand at telling jokes on stage. I still don’t know what my intent was. To scratch something off my bucket list? To try my hand at something I’d been thinking about for years, … Read more
Starting a business in New Haven is a move fraught with risk. For every successful bar, restaurant, or yoga studio, another 3-4 seem to close. If you blink for just a moment, you can see Kudeta/K2/ChengDu turn into some new Asian-themed restaurant with exactly the same decor. Yet despite the churn of so many New Haven … Read more
Happy Snow Day, Everyone Except People With Mean Bosses Or Important Jobs! Welcome to the WORLD OF TOMORROW, where we only use Bitcoins. Here from 2018, we can properly reflect on all of the GREAT and not so great things which happened in 2017. In this article, I’ll present a list of totally random awards … Read more
I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but Santa is coming. Which means it’s time to dust off your ol’ Christmas Spirit and BUY BUY BUY! Or better yet, go down to the New Haven Green and enjoy the Christmas atmosphere without Macy’s telling you what to do. Tonight marks the New Haven Tree Lighting Ceremony, … Read more
If you haven’t heard, Thali is closing its doors after 11 years in New Haven. They will keep Thali Too (the veggie version) and Oaxaca Kitchen open, but according to a press release from the owner, there are “so many restaurants and just not enough people.” New Haven has an ultra competitive environment. Restaurants open … Read more
