Blog Entries for Leigh

Ode to a Pug

Leigh — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:00:00 +0100

Meet The New Haven Life Mascot.

Handsome Dan- make room, New Haven has a new K-9 friend and and he certainly isn’t keeping his entrance quiet. While Finn does mind his manners, and the modest pup would never stand up to Yale’s infamous bulldog, he can’t help but to share an achievement of his own. In fact, you can go ahead and call him Mr. April....
Yes my friends, you heard it right- Say hello to our very own Finn, crowned PugSpot.com’s April &l [...]

Three Cheers for Showtime!

Leigh — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:00:00 +0100

Over the past several months I have fallen desperately in love with a young stay-at-home mom turned widowed drug-dealer, a novelist whose future lays perilously in the hands of an all-too-close for comfort 16 year old, and America’s favorite serial killer. Weeds, Californication and Dexter...Here’s to you!

Showtime is taking television by storm with these three sultry series. A word of caution: a) kids- don [...]

Wow, Woo, One Up

Leigh — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:00:00 +0100

Wow your spouse, woo your date, and one up your dinner guests...

It started with a recipe from Ellie Kreiger (here I go again), a Nutritionist and Food Network chef dedicated to creating fast, simple and healthy recipes. Her recipe, “Roasted Salmon with Shallot Grapefruit Sauce” sure made my mouth water, but after being poisoned the night before by “rotten skewered salmon” served at a fundraiser, my step-father did not share my enthusiasm. I offered to subs [...]

I Came, I Saw, I Blogged...

Leigh — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:00:00 +0100

Blogs. First of all, I don’t like whoever named them...I mean, blog, really? It sounds like ‘blah’, which is ironic if you use it in a sentence like, “I’m so excited to read so and so’s new Blah!” My mom says its sounds like ‘butt’...I don’t necessarily agree with this one, but she followed it up by saying, “like cigarette butts. I mean, who wants to smoke a butt?” (I’ll leave this one alone).

It’s bee [...]

Live, Love and Eat! (local, that is)

Leigh — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:00:00 +0100

McDonald’s fans, bear with me for the next couple of minutes....

You may notice that we often allude to farmer’s markets on TheNewHavenLife.com. Well I’m here to explain that the staff has a foodie on their hands and I can’t help but make my plug for the joys of local, fresh, ingredients while I have the audience.

You’ve probably heard by now, local food is making a resurgence. So long Wendy’s drive-through, ta ta KFC, good, cl [...]