On a recent snowy morning, students at one of the Alphabet Academy pre-K and kindergarten private schools were engaging in giggly free play and putting on boots and hats for a romp outside. Nothing out of the ordinary there. (more…)
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Grape Expectations
Even for oenophiles, it’s easy to get lost perusing the many varietals in a wine store, hailing from all over the globe, boasting tempting descriptions, priced this way and that—some low enough to indicate warning, some so high that you wonder if the bottle could possibly be worth it. At The Wine Thief’s two New […]
Youth Centered
You might think children—experts at not standing still—and yoga, with its patiently held poses, wouldn’t be a good match. But you probably haven’t seen instructor Lani Rosen-Gallagher work her magic. Through (more…)
Hips and Salsa
The 800 block of Chapel Street, just east of the Green, teems most days with pedestrians going somewhere in a hurry. Little do most of them know that, up a flight of stairs at address 817, they could be stepping and strutting while their stresses do the walking. Active but relaxed—that’s how Alisa Bowens, owner […]
Coast is Clear
The teams at the United States Coast Guard complex in Morris Cove organize and execute the kind of responsive missions the USCG—the smallest of the five armed forces in the United States, made up of active duty members, reservists, civilian employees and an auxiliary volunteer unit—is known for, like rescuing individuals on wayward boats and […]
Coming to Terms
On New Year’s Day, 2014, Mayor John DeStefano Jr. will step down and Mayor-Elect Toni Harp will step up. You might think that after serving a record-setting 10 two-year terms at the helm of a city (more…)
In for the Kale
Larry Brownstein’s relationship with kale required a formal introduction. “I thought kale was a fish, to be honest,” he recalls, which is funny considering that, today, Brownstein is not only an enthusiastic fan of the hearty, (more…)
Public Utility
Once an estate held at different times by a couple of wealthy families, Edgerton Park went public nearly 50 years ago. Now its 25 hilly acres on the New Haven-Hamden border are what we make them. And we make (more…)
Feast Your Eyes
If you feel as though you’ve stepped back in time upon entering the young downtown restaurant ROÌA, it’s because, in a sense, you have. Before its grand opening in March, ROÌA, located in a (more…)
It Takes a Village
HomeHaven, a New Haven-based nonprofit aimed at enriching the lives of the seniors who make up its membership, isn’t slowing down. The group, with headquarters and a small staff on Whitney (more…)
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