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Real Life Survival Guide Episode 6: Delaney's

Bruce Barber

This week we gathered at one of my favorite local watering holes, Delaney’s Tap Room and Restaurant in the Westville section of New Haven. We chose Delaney’s to follow up on several conversations we had in Episode 4 at Heirloom: the importance of community, the uncertainty of our changing times, and the possibilities to be discovered in doing the things you love.

Led by Provocateur-in-Chief Duo Dickinson, we gathered: blogger and (imperfect perfectionist) Wendy McGee, Playwright Susan Cinoman, Public Media Manager in transition (and our executive producer) Kim Grehn, his lovely wife Deb, the owner of Rooby Dooby’s Cakes in West Hartford, and the equally lovely Amanda, the Manager at Delaney’s.

Food and Whine

The conversation was lively, the cheesecake was delicious, and we took another important step in figuring out exactly what it is we need to do to write “the new manual for modern living”.

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SOMOS CONNECTICUT es una iniciativa de Connecticut Public, la emisora local de NPR y PBS del estado, que busca elevar nuestras historias latinas y expandir programación que alza y informa nuestras comunidades latinas locales. Visita CTPublic.org/latino para más reportajes y recursos. Para noticias, suscríbase a nuestro boletín informativo en ctpublic.org/newsletters.

Federal funding is gone.

Congress has eliminated all funding for public media.

That means $2.1 million per year that Connecticut Public relied on to deliver you news, information, and entertainment programs you enjoyed is gone.

The future of public media is in your hands.

All donations are appreciated, but we ask in this moment you consider starting a monthly gift as a Sustainer to help replace what’s been lost.