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Cinco de Monday

Cinco de Monday

In its origin place of Puebla, Mexico, Cinco de Mayo concerns the remarkable victory of a ragtag Mexican militia over imperial French forces on May 5, 1862. Wherever else it’s...

Cinco de Monday

In its origin place of Puebla, Mexico, Cinco de Mayo concerns the remarkable victory of a ragtag Mexican militia over imperial French forces on May 5, 1862. Wherever else it’s...

Moving Target

Moving Target

Missing a thing for years is embarrassing when it’s your job to take notice, but it’s even more embarrassing when the thing is shaped like crosshairs on a bullseye. Yesterday,...

Moving Target

Missing a thing for years is embarrassing when it’s your job to take notice, but it’s even more embarrassing when the thing is shaped like crosshairs on a bullseye. Yesterday,...

Calling Cards

Calling Cards

Every year, the sun starts to linger, the air begins to warm and, for as long as they’ve existed, the city’s parks beckon. As evidence, here are some literal postcard...

Calling Cards

Every year, the sun starts to linger, the air begins to warm and, for as long as they’ve existed, the city’s parks beckon. As evidence, here are some literal postcard...

March Gladness

March Gladness

Shimmering dots of rain darted like schools of fish through the lamplight last night as I walked to The Trinity, where a standing-room crowd peppered with Yale shirts and hats...

March Gladness

Shimmering dots of rain darted like schools of fish through the lamplight last night as I walked to The Trinity, where a standing-room crowd peppered with Yale shirts and hats...

Parade Float

Parade Float

Sunday’s the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, and if you want to enjoy it from the comfort of a nearby bar, it’s crucial to plan ahead so you can beat the...

Parade Float

Sunday’s the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, and if you want to enjoy it from the comfort of a nearby bar, it’s crucial to plan ahead so you can beat the...

Going Nuts

Going Nuts

It’s Yale’s spring break, and Yale’s squirrels are partying hard. Yesterday on Library Walk, six of them raced around a craggy old tree, leaping, scrapping, dipping into hollows. At one...

Going Nuts

It’s Yale’s spring break, and Yale’s squirrels are partying hard. Yesterday on Library Walk, six of them raced around a craggy old tree, leaping, scrapping, dipping into hollows. At one...