As my mom has pointed out, I’ve been sleeping on this blog for long enough. A quick update is in order…

I have officially moved to Connecticut!  We’re still settling in a bit, but have done the majority of our unpacking, etc.  Once things are cleaned up a bit I’ll post pictures of my new home.  Actually, I have two new homes.  For safety’s sake we have rented a small apartment in Hartford (where I will be in law school)  in addition to our place in New Haven (where Ryan goes to school). This way I always have a place to say when my schedule or the weather make it impractical to get back to New Haven.  Ryan’s friends have taken to calling the apartment in Hartford our ’summer home’, despite the fact that it is further away from the water than our New Haven apartment and in a more urban area.

I’m enjoying exploring New Haven.  Yesterday I went downtown to get a hair cut and then walked to Nica’s Market to meet Ryan for lunch.  Italian delis/markets are very easy to find here and filled with delicious food.  Ryan’s favorite (and the one that is closest to our apartment) is Romeo and Caesar’s.

I’ve also been spending a good amount of time trying to get my bearings. As my mom will attest to, navigating in New Haven can be a little confusing.  The ‘grid’ (if you can even call it that) is set on a diagonal and there are parts of town where four streets in a row all run one-way the same direction.  I’m doing better, but for a while I really couldn’t keep things straight in my head.

Last night we went to see Dark Knight at the movie theatre downtown which was old school, but very well kept.  We both really liked the movie and were very impressed by the questions regarding the politics and psychology of terrorism it broached.  The acting was awesome and the adventure certainly did not disappoint.  At times, the movie did make me miss Chicago.  Being able to identify so many places (including the Randolph St. Metra/South Shore station!) was really cool.

On Saturday we will attend a Shakespeare in the Park performance of Hamlet. For now though, we’re going to finish organizing the kitchen! More to come later…