BPT to BK by way of Berlin Berlinetta Brewing Company, Bridgeport December 2022 I made a comment about myself the other day that went something like, "I am listening to LCD Soundsystem while replying to a McSweeney's editor with a cryptic David Foster Wallace reference while drinking overpriced coffee. Apparently … [Read more...]
The Discovery Science Center & Planetarium
We're Over the Moon Bridgeport (Google Maps location) December 5, 2015 COVID almost closed this museum for good in 2020, but Sacred Heart University stepped in and assumed management of it. During the 18-month closure, it was renovated by the University and it it reopened in 2021 as The Discovery Science Center & … [Read more...]
Brewport Brewing Company
Hot Off the Presses Brewport Brewing Company, Bridgeport July 2019 Brewport Enriches Lives with thin crust pizza, gourmet salad, and Connecticut style beers so amazingly great, that staff and guests keep coming back for more. That's Brewport's tagline. And it's really weird, right? No one is going to Brewport … [Read more...]
White’s Diner
White's Diner Bridgeport January 2020 I'm pretty bummed out that White's Diner doesn't have a website. In fact, I just spent an eternity trying find something about this joint's history. After those three minutes, I found this: White's is a Bridgeport institution, in existence since 1935. I want to guess … [Read more...]
Aspetuck Brew Lab
Black Rockin' Aspetuck Brew Lab, Bridgeport July 2019 Journey with me, won’t you, to bucolic Black Rock, Connecticut, home of Aspetuck Brew Lab. Or, as we fancy boarding school Connecticutians say, “Ahhspehtuhck Brew Lahhhhhb in Blahhhhck Rohhck, Cohhhnecticuhhht.” No brewery in the state sounds fancier. ~ … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Bridgeport
Everything Bridgeport I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Bridgeport CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
Bridgeport’s Town Trails
Bridgeport’s Town Trails Bridgeport is known as Park City. So it stands to reason that the city has a lot of town parks. As it turns out, it does. Although not really enough to warrant the title of Park City, but it’s a nice way to think about what is, unfortunately, one of our more beleaguered urban centers in the … [Read more...]
PT Barnum Monument (Bridgeport)
Still a Showman PT Barnum Monument, Bridgeport May 17, 2008 Phineas Taylor Barnum’s life is intertwined with the history and layout of Bridgeport. This surely comes as a surprise to many, as Barnum is certainly not the first thing people think of when pondering the issues of the BPT. Although, I guess … [Read more...]
Micalizzi’s Italian Ice & Ice Cream
Ice C.R.E.A.M. Micalizzis, Bridgeport Bridgeport. The BPT. You know, the bankrupt and corrupt blighted city situated in the “richest county in America.” I’ve lived in Connecticut over half of my life now, and Bridgeport is perhaps the most fascinating thing about this state to me. It is a glaring example of what … [Read more...]
Aspetuck Land Trust Intro
Aspetuck Land Trust Bridgeport, Easton, Weston, Fairfield, Wilton & Westport Knowing what I know of Easton and Weston, I would certainly expect there to be a large and organized land trust there. There is pretty much no development in those two towns – which is wholly by writ and design. The archaic bylaws of … [Read more...]