Irina Simeonova of Bulgaria started as a fashion designer when she was 18 years old. By 19 she had won her first fashion contest and became a head designer in one of the biggest companies in Bulgaria.  A When things became dicey politically in her cou…

The He-Man woman hater’s club can now come to order!  Episode 44 was all about men and the stuff men hate; like feelings and words. Down in the basement of New Haven’s Olde School Saloon and Bistro, five men got together to eat, drink and mock stupid stuff. The basement’s stone walls were the perfect [...]

Being a journalist on constant deadline, you always need a watch, yes, I know the iphone has the time right there, but i’m used to telling time on my wrist and sometimes you just need that instant glance. So I found this stretchable safety pin watch, yes safety pins, and I am wearing it all [...]

On Mother’s Day, there are always plenty of articles espousing the wonders of the women in our lives. But this is not one of those articles. This is for the husbands, boyfriends and partners of those women – who either forget it completely, get a colored carnation or take her to the local diner for [...]

   It is a testament to the vitality of live theater that a small nonprofit acting company without a permanent home can commission a new play and make magic of it in a back room of a nondescript building in downtown New Haven. It is a further testament that theatergoers will spurn their televisions, Netflix [...]

We’ve been hearing great things about Olde School Saloon and Bistro in New Haven from some of our News 8 friends, and decided to record Episode 44 during their jazz brunch on a recent Sunday afternoon.   The next thing we knew, Chef/Owner Jeff Arnold was showing us a 19th century basement space that proved [...]

“This place deserves five stars for the macaroni and cheese alone”, raves a Yelp poster about Caseus Fromagerie Bistro . Yes, Maelina F. – that baked casserole of cheesy goodness (and everything else on the menu), deserves your five-star review.   Our Episode 43 guest conversationalists audibly swooned with pleasure over every morsel served up by Caseus’ restaurateur, [...]

For the record, Cake does not take their name from one of our favorite dishes on the dessert menu, but rather from “like when something insidiously becomes a part of your life…[we] mean it more as something that cakes onto your shoe and is just sort of there until you get rid of it” Which [...]

Butch The Vizsla gives a two minute guided tour of Branford, CT at sunrise in an old convertible

Butch The Vizsla gives a two minute guided tour of Branford, CT at sunrise in an old convertible

Butch The Vizsla gives a two minute guided tour of Branford, CT at sunrise in an old convertible

Butch The Vizsla gives a two minute guided tour of Branford, CT at sunrise in an old convertible

Butch The Vizsla gives a two minute guided tour of Branford, CT at sunrise in an old convertible

Butch The Vizsla gives a two minute guided tour of Branford, CT at sunrise in an old convertible

Butch The Vizsla gives a two minute guided tour of Branford, CT at sunrise in an old convertible