Wadsworth Atheneum and the Mark Twain House

In projects, you can have two of the three: cheap, quick, or high-quality. Any two but not all three. I fear in Massachusetts you can have two of safe, cheap, and fun, but not all three. I wish it weren’t the case.

Hi! I’m from Connecticut but lived in the UK for a decade. Happy to answer any questions. Honestly, if you want to see non tourist American, Connecticut would be great. But you really need a car. If you want nightlife and to avoid Boston or New York then New Haven is your best bet.

State of CT runs “trout parks”, which are designed to give people without boats access to easy fishing. Great program.

Peter Karamanos wanted the government to build him a stadium where he’d make all the money from concessions, as opposed to the civic center where he just got ticket revenue. I loved the whalers and was devastated when they left but using public money to make a rich man richer is not ideal. So frankly Hartford didn’t fuck it up.

Feels like I see more retro whalers gear now than when they were a real team.

Which pisses me off to no end.

The argument over whether Yale’s not paying taxes outweighs the way it helps keep downtown New Haven vibrant ignores a huge issue in Connecticut: home rule cities. This debate wouldn’t be an issue if New Haven’s tax base included all the surrounding towns that benefit from New Haven without contributing, just like in Hartford. Right now, Yale is simultaneously a drain on the tax base and a source of employment, the arts, and spur to entertainment and nightlife that is great for the city. If city tax bases included suburbs that already benefit from our cities the whole debate goes away.

Having friends over for home-made Indian food. I stopped going out on New Year’s about 15 years ago.

The Berkshires aren’t part of the Connecticut River Valley/I-91 corridor but they’re still part of western mass. It’s possible that western mass has multiple subregions, surely.

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the advice. We’ve spoken and it’s all good. It was a big shock to see the mess but it’ll be sorted.

He told me people would be working on the roof but didn’t explain the scale of work. He’s a contractor himself and so often assumes I know more/understand what he means when he says stuff about the house.

Have to assess more carefully. I haven’t started exploring in detail yet because I don’t want to disturb things. We have some antique chairs up there and some other things that got hit with lots of plywood and stuff. It looks bad but I don’t know for sure.

Thanks. I’m reassured by this response. I’m really pissed that he didn’t put a tarp on our stuff or warn us. Was very casual about the whole thing.

154 south in Haddam along the Connecticut River past the Godspeed opera house is beautiful. Will take you through Chester and Essex, which are cool places with good food. You can then cross the River and check out the Florence Griswold museum and hit up Book Barn. Keep driving east and you get to Mystic, Noank, and Stonington.

When we moved to Springfield two years ago we made lots of runs there for Friday night pig-outs!