How To Help During The Coronavirus

Soup Kitchen Volunteers

Hey New Havenites,

I know everything about COVID-19 has been scary. There’s a lot of uncertainty in the world right now and I know you all have questions.

“How long is this going to last?”

“Why won’t my company let me work from home yet?”

“When can I go enjoy New Haven now that the Yalies are gone for a while?”

Unfortunately, I don’t have THOSE answers, but I do have answers to another question I’ve been hearing a lot lately:

“How can I help?”

What can I do? How can I help? What are we drinking?
This is the kind of energy we need right now.

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Sober in New Haven

Downtown New Haven

Eighteen months ago, I woke up after another St. Patrick’s Parade Day hungover. My stomach lurches. My eyes fall onto a discarded Papa John’s box. One third of a mushroom-and-grreen-peppers pizza pie remains, sitting idly at room temperature. The other two-thirds bubble inside of me, a terrible science experiment gone wrong. My head is a … Read more

How to Be Sad in New Haven

Behind every great blog (and there are so, so many) is a regular human with thoughts and feelings. As much as I like to sell my happy-go-lucky, affable persona, even your favorite neighborhood blog-o-man gets a little down sometimes. Recently, I’ve been going through a breakup. And believe it or not, ol’ Josh here is … Read more

Every Kind of Weirdo You’ll Meet in New Haven

Redbean Downtown Hipsters

One of the reasons I love New Haven is its diversity. Not only is New Haven the most representative example of America, but we have literally every kind of weirdo you can imagine. Elbow-patched Yalies? Oh yeah. Punk rock townies? Absolutely. Publicly intoxicated drunks rambling about the government? Definitely. Unlike New York City, where they shovel … Read more

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