What’s on your plate? A blissful Thanksgiving to all my OIB friends. Your readership and friendship is much appreciated. Below is OIB’s annual salute to Bridgeport native and wilderness warrior Joe Haines, a feature I wrote for Connecticut Magazine several years ago. They don’t make them like Joe anymore. Grab your favorite beverage and check [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Connecticut Magazine'
A Turkey (And Squirrel Cacciatore) Salute To Wilderness Warrior Joe Haines–Let’s Eat!
November 22nd, 2012 · 14 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Best of Bridgeport
Tags: Connecticut Magazine·Jack McGregor·Joe Haines·Mary-Jane Foster
Megalomaniac Egan’s Egg-Headed Interview
February 7th, 2012 · 13 Comments · Analysis and Comment, News and Events
Edward Egan, the former bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, proves conclusively in an interview with Connecticut Magazine that he needs a brain transplant. When Frankenstein created this monster he obviously selected the brain of a nutcase. And you wonder why the flock is vanishing in record numbers leading to parish closings. Egan tries to argue [...]
Turkey? Try Squirrel Cacciatore
November 23rd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Best of Bridgeport
A happy, fat, blissful Turkey Day to all my OIB friends. Feel free to post whatever’s on your plate this Thanksgiving weekend from your fondest Thanksgiving memories to your Turkey of the Year nominations. Attached is one of my favorite Thanksgiving-like stories that I wrote for Connecticut Magazine several years ago, a feature about Bridgeport native Joe [...]
Tags: Connecticut Magazine·Jack McGregor·Joe Haines·Mary-Jane Foster
The Feds Could Be Watching–The Train Gang–Gofer The Good Stuff
September 16th, 2010 · 15 Comments · City Council, Development and Zoning, News and Events
City officials must be super careful about the effort to push through a regional wastewater treatment authority with Trumbull and Monroe. It has all the makings of déjà vu all over again. Lots of money involved processing waste, it’s an underground ca-ching machine. Let’s hope decision makers in this process don’t risk their liberty. Dozens of people, if it comes to fruition, are [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Connecticut Magazine·Gathering of the Vibes·Joe Ganim·Larry Locke·Manny Moutinho·Marc Delmonico·Mark Anastasi·Sonya Finch·University of Bridgeport
Bird Is The Word
November 25th, 2009 · 24 Comments · Analysis and Comment, State Politics
Nice touch by city firefighters and Mayor Bill Finch visiting P.T. Barnum Apartments in a campaign to bring fire safety information door to door to residents following the fire that killed a woman and her three kids. This is a week for giving and saying thanks. Well, also a lot of taking back for Governor Jodi Rell [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Connecticut Magazine·Jack McGregor·Jodi Rell·Joe Haines·Mary-Jane Foster·Sue Brannelly
The Legislative Toll, Plus: Education Via Dictation, Saluting Joel Thompson
May 26th, 2009 · 20 Comments · Media, News and Events, State Politics
Pass the espresso. Sleep deprivation dominates Hartford this week. The Connecticut Legislature has just over a week to finish out the regular session in an assembly already historic with the repeal of the death penalty that Governor Jodi Rell vows to veto when it reaches her desk. Lots of work still to complete like, yeah, a [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Chris Dodd·Connecticut Magazine·CT Post·Hearst Corporation·Jodi Rell·Joe Lieberman·Joel Thompson·John Mandanici·Merrick Alpert·Ned Lamont
City Restaurants Served Up In Connecticut Magazine’s Best List
January 26th, 2013 · 17 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Best of Bridgeport, News and Events
Several Bridgeport restaurants including Joseph’s Steakhouse, Barnum Publick, both downtown, and Home On The Range in Black Rock made Connecticut Magazine’s list of top eateries. A bunch of us closed down Joseph’s twice last week following performances at the Bijou Theater and Downtown Cabaret Theatre. The staff was like “dudes, it’s midnight, can we go [...]
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Tags: Barnum Publick House·Bijou Theatre·Connecticut Magazine·Downtown Cabaret Theatre·Joseph's Steakhouse