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Urban Compass is back…

October 7th, 2008 · No Comments

update - [as I identify new blogs, I'll add them to the end of this post as well as our bloglist]
I’m so happy that our buddies over at Urban Compass has come off hiatus.  This vunderbaar city is going through alot at this moment and we can never have too many sources for information.  Urban [...]

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Tags: Development · Local Newspapers · Media · Neighborhoods

Firebox was en Fuego

August 7th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Never was jazz more needed than this past Wednesday evening.  After a long day at city hall which ended with the quintessential political submarine attack, myself, Mercy and Angelito went home and prepared to call it a day.  We had plans to meet friends for an evening of food and literature at a reunion meeting [...]

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Tags: Arts · Food · Neighborhoods · jazz

Who is Ken Krayeske?

July 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Our buddy Ken Krayeske from the 40 Year Plan has the lowdown on local Latino Leader Kelvin Roldán and a fundraiser held for him and aspiring local Latino Leader Hector Robles.  Both of these local Latino Leaders chose to support a local Latino hangout in their neighborhoods for this event….NOT!  The fund raiser was held [...]

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Tags: Media · Neighborhoods · Politics

Critical Mass takes the Ave!!

June 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Que es “Critical Mass”?  Pues, no es una misa que necesitas pasar de una urgencia.  Es un evento organico que le da a cabo el ultimo viernes de cada mes.  Este ultimo viernes como veinti-pico gente se reuinieron y se tiraron a coger las calles con sus bicicletas.  Nuestros amigos en Beat Bike Blog nos [...]

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Tags: Bicycles · Health · Marches · Neighborhoods · Northend

Monday Night Jazz @ Black Eyed Sallys

May 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I’m officially off the “stop saying there’s nothing to do in Hartford” bandwagon. I think a case has been made on this and other blogs that if you don’t know that Hartford has many kick ass things happening, then you just aren’t looking. Tonight we had yet another example of this, Monday Night [...]

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Tags: Arts · Neighborhoods · jazz

Mayoral Forum part deux squared…

October 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments

OK…so I skipped doorknocking to attend Tuesday night’s Mayoral forum. Who could resist. It’s like channel surfing and stopping to see Nascar racing for three minutes in hopes of seeing a crash. The possibilities of fisticuffs breaking out between the candidates individual posse’s are enormous. No such hilarities ensued but it [...]

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Tags: Neighborhoods · Politics