Hello Elm Citizens! Lucy here, back for a little slice of summer — or something like that — as the temperatures drop into the 30s and our super mild winter becomes just incrementally less mild. Earlier this week, on a gloomy afternoon, I dipped into the Edgerton Park Conservancy, tucked away near the Cliff Street entrance […]
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Celebrating Lalibela – Lucy Gellman
Happy New Year, Elm Citizens! I am back with a short-ish post this week, celebrating one of my favorite places in the city — Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant, tucked away unassumingly on Temple Street — as the the January 7 celebration of Ethiopian Christmas draws near. If you haven’t yet been to the restaurant — or […]
2015, Hastily And With Love – Lucy Gellman
Hello, New Haveners! Happy almost 2016! As I write this from my family’s kitchen in Detroit, Michigan, I am overwhelmed with a new affection — and appreciation — for the Elm City that I didn’t ever think I’d have. Don’t get me wrong. I liked the city from the moment I rolled in on an […]
Party! Like Music Haven Can – Lucy Gellman
Happy almost end of 2015, New Haveners! I’m back just for a short post this week, still floating from Music Haven’s sublime and festive Winter Performance Party last week, the first under the tenure of new Executive Director Mandi Jackson. If you have a chance to get to attend one of this organization’s performances, go: […]
Ode To The Institute Library – Lucy Gellman
Earlier today, I was on a (rare) excursion out of the office with a single goal in mind: start stocking up on holiday reading now, so I can start fictionfest 2015 as soon as 9 a.m. on Christmas Eve rolls around and I have a few days off from work. I headed down Chapel Street […]
Happy Hanukkah Y’all! – Lucy Gellman
Hello Elm Citizens! Lucy here. This week, I was caught up producing a special episode of my food show about latkes on WNHH Radio, which called, of course, for a lot of beta testing in the kitchen. So much so, actually, that I still feel a little like a potatoey ball of vegetable oil. While […]
Yale Medical Symphony Orchestra – Lucy Gellman
Hey New Haveners! Lucy here, for a short post this week. I recently discovered the Yale Medical Orchestra, a group of around 50 musicians who also happen to be doctors, researchers, translators, and students at Yale’s Medical School downtown. And let me tell you, I am obsessed because they are outstanding. Here are a few […]