Reply #12: Not shabby... but then there's Paul Newman,

[KamaAina]

Raggedy Ann and Andy (they're from Norwalk), Gerry Mulligan (I'll bet his neighbors in lily-white Darien cringed when he had his jazz friends over!), several doo-wop groups including the Five Satins (New Haven), heck, even Ayn Rand if you're into that sort of thing.

There is food in Conn. outside Wooster Square as well; Louis' Lunch (downtown N.H.) claims to have invented the hamburger, while a couple of joints up in Meriden still serve 'em steamed (?!) Meanwhile, Portuguese bakeries, especially in Bridgeport, turn out chewy loaves that have even (shh, don't tell anyone) been spotted on supermarket shelves in NYC!

Every single Huskies women's hoops game is on TV; if not national cable, then on Conn. Public TV. Ahh, the days when the Big East was so weak the Huskies would be up by 40 at halftime!

And so, a full seven years gone, I find myself alternately bashing and praising CT -- just like I did when I was there!! :argh: