New Haven: Reveal Thyself

Or you could just skip Wooster St. totally and head for Moderne's (line is still out the door, though), which is also pretty tasty and has its share of fans.

Louis Lunch kicks ass. Richters is a pub where you can get yards.

Every campus bookstore is Barnes & Noble now I guess. (sniff)

eh? the brothers ween are from New Hope, Pennsylvania; not New Haven, Connecticut.

I can't wait to go back.

Perhaps also referenced in Tom Lehrer's "Bright College Days"?

"To the tables down at Mory's,
(wherever that may be),
let us drink a toast to those we love the best.
We will sleep through all the lectures,
and cheat on all the exams,
and we'll pass...and be forgotten with the rest..."

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Whereas at some other schools the students just kill their roommates.

Friends don't let friends visit New Haven.

Friends don't let friends visit New Haven.

I think all the small towns in Connecticut are really nice and all the "cities" really suck.

There were lots of New Haven doo wop groups, but um I'm forgetting the names.

I don't like New Haven, even though my mum went to Yale and I spent 3 years coming up with excuses not to have to visit her. ;-)

But, yeah, there's ... stuff. (And the movie theatre is right next to the Barnes & Noble co-op, isn't it?)

New Haven bands worth a damn right about now = I dunno. Once upon a time, there was 33.3 and the One AM Radio, but they skedaddled / reconfigured (and, while I like them both plenty, they aren't very "rocking") (the Positive-Negative Men rocked in a sub-Devo way, but damned if I know what happened to them) (& there was that rockin' post-rock quartet that used to be called Cassius, but renamed). Kate has no right to slag off the Butterflies or Miracle Legion, though.

And note that the best small towns to visit in CT (from what I can gather) are found on the borders of the state, or thereabouts.

Odd, that embedded link should just say "http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg's" which you know already, prolly.

ok srsly wtf, ipod?

Oh, two more recommended stops along Chapel: Group W Bench, a head shop crammed with curious goods, and our lone used book shop, the Book Trader. Some amazing stuff often turns up at the latter.

Oooh! The several Asian markets on Whitney and Orange are totally worth yr time. The expected assortment of crazy candies and off-the-wall drinks to browse. You won't leave empty handed.

lolz @ hatcat showing up, thank you I Love NFL

plz 2 xplain hatcat thing? Was trying to type C-u-t-l-e-r-'-s...

ILNFL (the subboard) automatically replaces references to QB jay http://i54.tinypic.com/1j14s2.jpg with that lil guy why becuase it's funny

Heh. tnx!

Update: yday we strolled around. I am so amazed at the architecture!! We saw the Praise Song for the Day inauguration poem lady do a reading at Labyrinth, and then we did trivia at lolBlack Bear. Today were doing art museums; we did Peabody yday as well and I got Bengali burritos! So good.

Hooooly shit at the rare book library too

Love those Bengali Burritos!

Today was North Haven, omg biggest shopping center sprawl I have ever seen in my life. Ate at the vegan Jamaican place today and then ogled at the cute beardo(s) at Edge of the Woods. Tomorrow is art museums, GPSY, and maybe Bar!

I probably take the shopping Mecca of Universal Drive for granted, but i'm not sure what makes it different from any other commercial strip-mall hellsprawl. i would never put it on a visitor's agenda. Haha. If i may ask, where are you coming from? Sounds like you're enjoying the sites and the sights during your stay. And, yay! You made it to Elaine's! :-D

hey hal do you know what the name of that cool liquor shop is, that's on the route to east rock?

always thought i should have at least applied to yale, i think i might've liked it

sorry gbx yale's for cool kids only

j/k nobody's actually cool at yale ;_;

Gimme more, dayo. The Wine Thief? coolest wine and spirits shop we've got, by far. unless you're referring to the Bottle Shop (?) on Orange St.

google street view reminds me that it's the wine thief. yuh!

That's a good one, yep. Won't buy my Oloroso sherry anywhere else.

Coming from Philly/NJ area. We didn't go there to see the stores. We just had to run a few errands but daaayyyummm it is fucking enormous.

That's cool. I can't judge. I'd be lost w/o the Rave megaplex out there, and my partner practically lives at BJ's.

Dear Bulldog Burrito, my hangover was made for you; I feel like a greater person now.

Truth.

always thought bulldog burrito was a bit rubbish, but yeah I bet it's great hangover food

I mean, it's the local Chipotle and I fucking love Chipotle

I always liked that they have like 10 different tabasco flavors

there are so, so many law offices in victorian houses in this city

how can a small town even have so many lawyers? is it just yale students suing each other

where does one get a bagel in this town

probably near that famous pizza joint? dunno tho

Bruegger's, on Whitney.

i should have specified "other than breuggers" lol

i found out that the health market right on the same block as the bookstore has a pretty sweet deli, got one from there

you doing Yale bizness, kev?

k3vin my wife is from new haven let me know if you have questions! i like new haven tbh

I just moved out of New Haven yesterday! Though only to a town next door.

my girlfriend started her medical residency at yale last week, so i'm visiting a lot while i can. i'm looking into doing one of rotations there later this year too

if you see me out walking around, it's because I'm in New Haven through tomorrow night

went there recently and had a good time. maria's sister graduated from YDS and we hung out all day at the div school and acted like we owned the place. then we ate our weight at frank pepe and went home! the perfect new haven experience.

still can't believe there isn't a record store in new haven. r.i.p. rhymes and cutlers. all those rich kids and nobody to sell them overpriced fleetwood mac albums. sad!

if you see me out walking around, it's because I'm in New Haven through tomorrow night

― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, June 25, 2017 2:21 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hey i recently looked up the chachi schedule and saw they were playing NH but i'm away on vacation for a week. hopefully next time