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CT Magazine: Great Dates in Connecticut for Valentine’s Weekend Romance

Great Dates in Connecticut for Valentine's Weekend Romance   Connecticut Magazine February 2015   By Staff   What do you do for Valentine’s Day? Go out for dinner? Pick up flowers and bring home a bottle of wine? It used to be that lovers aspired to be very creative in orchestrating...

In One Act, a Troubled Life Recounted

A Review of ‘Forever’ in New Haven By Anita Gates Not all the music lovers recalling the first time they heard the Doors song “Light My Fire” bother to mention Ray Manzarek’s organ solo. Dael Orlandersmith does in the opening moments of “Forever,” her brave...

Inventiveness with a Hot Plate

A Review of August: Upscale Bar and Eatery, in New Haven By Sarah Gold Even for veteran chefs working in state-of-the-art kitchens, it can be taxing to consistently whip up sophisticated, satisfying meals for a parade of discriminating patrons. So when a self-taught cook manages to pull...

20 Strange and Surprising Reasons to Visit These Northeast Towns

As a travel writer open and game to exploring the offbeat and oddball within a few hours or one day's drive of New York City (Virginia to Maine), I've stumbled on some pretty bizarre, eccentric and/or downright weird things. Here's just a sampling from this...

Cool bars begin aging beer in cellars

Craft beers are now getting the same nurturing that wines have been getting for years — literally. Bars across America are now treating craft beers as they do wines, storing them in temperature-controlled cellars for a decade or more. The best beers for aging have to...

Former No. 1 Player Andy Roddick Coming To New Haven

Andy Roddick's TV career is based in Los Angeles and his return to tennis has brought him to his hometown of Austin, Texas. So why is he journeying to New Haven next month? All it took was a text message from James Blake to bring the...