back in west hartford

went back after 17 years…

what a wonderful walk down memory lane. spent saturday in connecticut, where my husband did his medical residency and fellowship (at uconn), where both my kids were born, where i went to school and later worked for two multinationals.

a lot of downtown west harford looks the same – our first condo followed by our first house (a ranch), westfarms mall, wolcott park (where my husband and i used to study for our exams – him for his medical boards and i for my GMAT exam), noah webster’s house, the town hall and library, and some excellent restaurants (i remembered arugula, luna pizza and max oyester, and then further down on new britain avenue, tapas and my favorite entree – chicken mykonos :))

blue back square is completely new though – a hip shopping center with multistory apartments on top. as we drove towards farmington and the uconn health center, we saw the water reservoir/park where we used to go for walks.

my son was born at uconn health. some new buildings there as well. from there we drove to hartford hospital to show our daughter where she was born. as we approached the city, the kind of money and investment we had just seen in west hartford began to disappear. more trash, more decrepit buildings, more POCs – the segregation is breathtaking. we also went to see charter oak health center, which is located in an underserved area and where my husband worked for several years.

excellent brunch at effie’s in west hartford and then a lovely sumptuous dinner at vespa in amherst, where we ended up showing our daughter some liberal arts colleges. love new england.

burgoyne street

clover drive

uconn health