New Haven: Reveal Thyself

Now I imagine Scott greeting her every day with this when she wakes up.

The walk there is kind of long, taking you across the West River, which looks rather nice in the dark, but the 80-year-old home of the New Haven County Cutters is a pretty great destination.

i've been dreaming about new haven a lot lately. i miss it.

"faaa-haha-haiirr hhaaaa *hit with paperweight* OW! you, sir, have the boorish manners of Yalie!"

Yorkside--haven't been there in years, but hung out there lots of times back in the late 80s during my high school years. Food wise--like you said, it'll be adequate if you're hungry--but pizza-wise it's not in the same league as the 'heavies' previously mentioned (Pepe's, Moderne's, Sally's, etc.) Their fried mozz is pretty good, though...

Anybody here old enough to remember the really good ol' days of New Haven? The 'twin' department stores Malley's and Macy's? When the Chapel Square Mall was not only alive, but actually thriving with business? The depressing Demery's on the corner of Broadway (now there's an Au Bon Pain there--definitely a trade-up)? :)

and the best residential college?

There are two museums you should visit. It is important not to get them confused, as I did once when speaking with the curator of one who I thought was the curator of the other. The Yale Center for British Art is widely acclaimed. http://ycba.yale.edu/information/ The Yale University Art Gallery http://artgallery.yale.edu/ is I believe Edward Hermann took the lovely Rory on that infamous campus visit episode. I am seriously considering makign a trip back to NY so I can take the Metro North New Haven.

I know nothing about collegiate clubs, and neither, dear Gabbneb, should you.

hi mary!

are you going to yale, gabbneb?

only in daydreams, amst.

http://www.peabody.yale.edu/explore/reptiles_00.html

A few years ago, I went there for the first time since I was a kid. Kind of disappointing, as when I was a kid it seemed like the Smithsonian, and when you go there as an adult, you see how piss-small the museum really is.

Still, the Dinosaur Mural kicks ass...

Sleeping Giant Park (named because it really DOES look like a sleeping giant--you can see it in the distance from the highway traveling north on I-91) is good for a hike:

http://www.sgpa.org/

Or you could see the Soldiers & Sailors Monument atop East Rock:

http://cityofnewhaven.com/parks/parks/eastrockpark.htm

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/CTHAMparking.html

Wouldn't make it an all-day trip, of course. Of course, Hamden Plaza used to be a veritable treasure trove of "art" displays (read: conceptually wacky eyesores).

The next time I go, I'm going to look at the Yale collection of musical instruments.

According to this, Franny and Lane meet "at what must be Princeton."

whenever i picture new haven, i picture it with rain. i think most of the times i was there, it was raining. or maybe just the most memorable times.

September 23, 2003: Bad news! The Ghost Parking Lot has been demolished.

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

-- felicity (felicityredwel...), February 28th, 2003.

Which small towns (close to New Haven)?

New Haven is becoming quite the happening burg! What is going on?

New Haven is becoming quite the happening burg! It is very disorienting.

I am planning on going to Toad's on Feb. 6, work allowing. Though the same act (shh) is playing NYC a week later.