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105 Chinese can't be wrong

Judi — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:22:00 GMT

I suddenly remembered I have a blog. (Oops! forgot to post this month...) I'm a minor celebrity in China. So far this month, I have over a hundred unique hits from the land of the Summer Olympics. And I haven't even wat

Street outreach workers broker Trey- Hill truce

Judi — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:17:00 GMT

In the wake of a rash of shootings on nearby Winthrop Ave., Tyrone Weston's Street Outreach Workers team has helped to broker a truce. The story is absolutely mind-blowing. Read it here.

Motzei Shabbat with chocolate ravioli

Judi — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:35:00 GMT

Ahimsa (Vegan, kosher, corner of Chapel and Howe) hosted our little Motzei Shabbat soiree last night. Exquisite sounds were provided by a guitarist who once played with Orleans, and I enjoyed the chocolate ravioli so much that I committed the

Let's hope she doesn't cook for you, too

Judi — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:37:00 GMT

Woman dressed in very nice work clothes, talking loudly on hands-free cell phone: I don't care how much she thinks she's underpaid, I hired her to clean the house, not to go through my stuff! -Edge of the Woods

Some random thoughts to re-start the conversation

Judi — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:16:00 GMT

As an active blogger, I am the worst. My posts come show up in fits and starts, and that's in a good month. So here I am again, the poster child for the "I Need a Laptop So I Can Post At The Drop Of A Latte" generation.

Irena Sendler z"l

Judi — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:01:00 GMT

I've been poring over the day's bad news (there's a lot!)- the death toll from the earthquake in China is currently over 8500, catastrophic weather has caused two dozen deaths in the south and plains regions of the US and the situation in

I'm so hot.

Judi — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:35:00 GMT

I'm home again today. I've been running a fever for several days straight. The dog likes cuddling because I keep her nice and warm. I like cuddling the dog because she can't talk and won't tell me I look like Raggedy

5.11.08

Judi — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:37:00 GMT

Welcome back to me. What with family, work, Passover preparations, etc. it was really hard to get up the gumption to sit down and write. It was just another thing to do. Oddly enough, there were plenty of things I wanted to write ab

New in the Passover aisle

Judi — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:29:00 GMT

Coming soon to a Passover aisle near you-Rachel Ray's Delish Whitefish and Yum-O Matz-OFruit Slices in cool new flavors like Agave-Mango, Hibiscus-Ginger and WheatgrassBamid-Bars packed with raisins, figs, pru

Hamentashen and the Rains of Purim

Judi — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:52:00 GMT

We're drying out a little after the recent rain and flooding (the river at Edgewood Park was up a few feet when we walked by on Saturday). Oddly, it rained hard last year at about this time. See my I am the Rain Queen Esther post, Mar

What does this mean?

Judi — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:21:00 GMT

I was wondering if you could help me. Yes, you. You see, I've been having some bizarre, vivid dreams lately and it's starting to really freak me out. So I'm turning to you to help me make sense of some of it all. H

WEB meeting Tuesday night

Judi — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:58:00 GMT

Just a reminder- this month's Whalley Edgewood Beaver Hills (WEB) meeting will be held tomorrow night (third Tuesday of the month) at the police substation on the corner of Whalley & Norton. Stop by & kvetch.Thanks to Cynthia, Marc

hadag nachash

Judi — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:01:00 GMT

My bff/husband & I headed out to BAR last night and checked out Hadag Nachash's free, all-ages show (thanks, Yale Hillel!). How all-ages, you may ask? Well, on the way in, a well-dressed middle-aged woman, on her way out, remarked

What's cookin' in SoWhay?

Judi — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:29:00 GMT

I don't usually post recipes here, but this is what we had for dinner last night and it was awesome. Honestly, it was about as good as you'd get at a restaurant (plus, we know what all the ingredients are!). We made everyone happy

Party for Sgt. Shea tonight at Delaney's

Judi — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:55:00 GMT

SoWhay neighbors & friends- tonight at 6pm, stop by Delaney's at the corner of Whalley & Central, say hi and make a toast to Sgt. Steve Shea, our fab district manager for the past 4 years. Hope to see you there!

The Nehemiah Project

Judi — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:25:00 GMT

A few months ago, I attended a Black- Jewish leaders event, run by the JCRC (Jewish Community Relations Council), that was intended to be a first step in the process of getting these two (okay, it's more complex than that...) communities working

file under: shows I've missed

Judi — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:51:00 GMT

In case you missed it (which you probably did), the Afro-Semitic Experience played a show in Manhattan in honor of MLK's b-day. Here's a clip of David, Stacey, Will & Alvin jamming with Y-Love.

Why can't he just grumble like the CT Transit drivers?

Judi — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:25:00 GMT

It's All Fun and Games Until He Drives the Bus into the River Bus driver: Next stop: 60th Street, transfer to the four, five, six or the N/R. Sixtieth Street and Bloomingdales, next stop... Hi, everyone -- I'd like to

One school cancelled, one school starts late & Laura Amerman is a genius

Judi — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:16:00 GMT

Woke up early and checked the school closings- high school's closed, grade school's on a 2-hour delay and I'm too tired to ponder the implications for my own busted-to-hell schedule because I'm exhausted from staying up too late watch

WEB News

Judi — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:14:00 GMT

The next Whalley Edgewood Beaver Hills Management Team meeting will be held at the Police substation at the corner of Whalley and Norton, next Tuesday, January 15 at 7pm. This will be Sgt. Steve Shea's last meeting as the District Man

The Wandering Monk

Judi — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:54:00 GMT

I was thinking about Brother Denys Cormier today. Brother Denys was a renegade monk, a former Trappist, and then Franciscan, who came to New Haven in the 80's to found his own order, the Wandering Monks of Emmaus.I knew Brother Denys back w

New Haven Register officially recognizes Sowhay district

Judi — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:16:00 GMT

Get set for an influx of coffee shops and galleries.Jim Shelton's story about blogging in greater New Haven is in today's edition. Check it out here.

I am a model citizen

Judi — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:39:00 GMT

On the way back from Koh's with my girls, we got stopped at a DUI checkpoint on the Boulevard. Every cop on the NHPD force was standing out in the road, checking out cars in both directions. It was a real checkpoint, complete with a g

The price of fame

Judi — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:00:00 GMT

I got a note from New Haven Register feature writer Jim Shelton last week. He wanted to talk with me about local blogging.Now, if you're a regular reader of this site, you might have noticed that I haven't posted anything in, um... well

There are no spinach brownies, there are only shoes

Judi — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:31:00 GMT

Back in college, one of my suite-mates made her own stash of special brownies that she kept in the freezer. She called them, oddly enough, spinach brownies, and one was allowed to touch them. Perhaps she was a nutritional trailblazer; a c