Where are you shopping this Black Friday weekend? Let’s make an effort to support Bridgeport businesses. The other day Mayor Bill Finch highlighted several downtown small business
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Turkey? Try Squirrel Cacciatore
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
Read moreA Thanksgiving To Remember
OIB friend Gabrielle Parisi who resides on the West Side shares this poignant holiday story. My Bridgeport Zombie Tale This is one reason why I love
Read moreFleeta Hudson Transcends City Politics
In this week of thanks and giving if you want to discuss city pols who are decent and honorable, Fleeta Hudson’s at the top of
Read moreWant Satisfaction? We Have It For You
If you love the Rolling Stones, OIB has some tix for you to see the Thursday night performance (tonight) of Satisfaction: The Rolling Stones Experience
Read moreBare It All Downtown
As a young scribe 30 years ago there was the Ocean Sea Grill downtown and a few other eateries that came and went. And oh yeah, we had
Read moreCheck Out The Art Trail
The city has an emerging arts community. Cool concerts and theater at Downtown Cabaret Theatre, The Klein and Bijou, plus this week the 3rd annual Bridgeport
Read moreThe City’s Theatrical Twin Jewels–What Would The Mayoral Candidates Do?
The city was a smokin’ theater town thanks in part to Sylvester Poli. What would the mayoral candidates do with his shuttered twin gems? The
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