bad blogger

Still struggling to make blog postings a regularity. My goal was to do a sort of "blogging while in Hartford" series as all my former posts detail my time in Austin as a young hip all but PhD p.o.c. In many ways, Hartford and Austin are a lot alike. Both capital cities. The cultural outposts in both places leave me wanting except that Austin has more "off the beaten path" coffee houses, small galleries and the like whereas Hartford's a bit of a cultural wasteland, especially for hip thirty-somethings of color like myself.

Three noteworthy exceptions to that statement are Real Art Ways, The Artists Collective and the Wadsworth Atheneum. I tend to frequent RAW's Third Thursday cocktail events to check out new exhibits, enjoy good sounds (usually) and take in an eclectic crowd. Admittedly I haven't taken full advantage of The Artists Collective. I've been to a show there but am eager to check out an African dance class. The cool thing about the space is that it is beautifully designed and located in the center of a predominantly West Indian community. So one can catch a show, get a roti afterwards perhaps and wind all in the same evening.

The Wadsworth is sometimes stuffy but they do have cool cocktail events called Collage and some of Hartford's hipsters show up. In general though, the young tend to flee this little city for the bigger betters. Midway between New York and Boston, Hartford has a hard time keeping the cool entertained. Myself included. The first weekend I moved here, I was off to New York. The second ... to Boston. But I also get out and explore HC more than most people I know. And it's ... quaint. Many of the upper class neighborhoods are quite beautiful. And hey, we're a stone's throw away from 50 Cent's mansion. What could be better?

But alas to my regrets for being a bad blogger. Just as I'm amped up for my Hartford series, seems I'm on to bigger better as well. What can I say? Stay tuned for the BK ...