Highlights include an oyster fair day, a sunset luau and a full-moon stroll. …
’Go-To
When I first moved to New Haven and a bartender recommended the Owenego, I thought he and his Irish accent were having fun at my expense. …
Island Time
Branford’s Stony Creek section, along a picturesque shore home to beaches, residences and a few restaurants, is a popular spot to visit during the warmer months. Next time you’re in the neighborhood, though, think about heading away from the shore …
Father Time
With apologies, an overworked dad joke:
Q: Who’s got the world’s best dad bod?
A: The researchers with the body of dada showing how important fathers are.
This Father’s Day weekend, show Dad he’s no joke. Follow his example, by……
Irish Hello
As far as I’m concerned, any place with meat loaf on the menu is worth a look. Institutional investment in a meal as simple and satisfying as a good, hand-formed block of baked beef bespeaks the kind of joint that …
’Front Line
Connecticut has its fair share of rail trails—converted train beds for hiking and biking. Trolley trails are less common, but that’s just what you get with Branford’s Trolley Trail, a…
Christmas Presented
“Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that,” begins Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, published in 1843. There is also no doubt whatever that, in 2022, this “ghostly little book,” as the author called …
Inner Circles
What happens when you walk a labyrinth? “Sometimes, nothing!” Bill Ludwig says with a laugh. …