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‘Field Goals

‘Field Goals

Whenever I visit Litchfield (map), the county seat of Northwestern Connecticut, I think of the Kinks song “Village Green Preservation Society,” especially the lines, “Preserving the old ways from being...

‘Field Goals

Whenever I visit Litchfield (map), the county seat of Northwestern Connecticut, I think of the Kinks song “Village Green Preservation Society,” especially the lines, “Preserving the old ways from being...

Sticky Business

Sticky Business

A number of New Haven inventions have changed the course of history—the cotton gin, vulcanized rubber, the telephone exchange. Less impactful, but more joyful, is the Lolly Pop—or, as we...

Sticky Business

A number of New Haven inventions have changed the course of history—the cotton gin, vulcanized rubber, the telephone exchange. Less impactful, but more joyful, is the Lolly Pop—or, as we...

Good Questions

Good Questions

Jimmy Smits. ing JIMMY SMITS! I knew it, of course, just not in time to answer the question, “What actor replaced David Caruso after he left the cast of NYPD...

Good Questions

Jimmy Smits. ing JIMMY SMITS! I knew it, of course, just not in time to answer the question, “What actor replaced David Caruso after he left the cast of NYPD...

Bubblicious

Bubblicious

There’s a phenomenon I call “the bubble,” where a restaurant’s food, drink, service and atmosphere are executed so seamlessly that you forget about everything beyond your table. This immersion is...

Bubblicious

There’s a phenomenon I call “the bubble,” where a restaurant’s food, drink, service and atmosphere are executed so seamlessly that you forget about everything beyond your table. This immersion is...

This Week in New Haven (August 13 - 19)

This Week in New Haven (August 13 - 19)

A local football holiday meets early holiday shopping. Tuesday, November 14 You’ve got two ways to get noirish, but you can only choose one. At 7 p.m. at Best Video...

This Week in New Haven (August 13 - 19)

A local football holiday meets early holiday shopping. Tuesday, November 14 You’ve got two ways to get noirish, but you can only choose one. At 7 p.m. at Best Video...

Cool Fusion

Cool Fusion

Blink and you’ll probably miss Seymour’s Agave Diner, but only if you’re an out-of-towner. Seymour residents have been frequenting this prefab charmer at Route 67 and Columbus Street, skirted to...

Cool Fusion

Blink and you’ll probably miss Seymour’s Agave Diner, but only if you’re an out-of-towner. Seymour residents have been frequenting this prefab charmer at Route 67 and Columbus Street, skirted to...