ʻO ka Hui'Amele Huakaʻi a me nā Hiki ma Hartford a me ke awāwaʻo CT River
ʻO ka moku'āinaʻo Connecticut,ʻo Hartford, he 30 a 40 mau minukekona ma ka'ākau o New Haven , e like pahaʻelua paha hora mai New York City a me kahi iki iho mai Boston .
Uaʻikeʻia he mau makahiki e like me ka naʻau o kaʻoihana inikuaʻAmelika (he hoʻoilina hilahilaʻole inā he hoʻokahi ia),ʻo Hartford he 300 mau makahiki o ka hoʻolālā kaulana a me ka hiʻona, mai ka halepule aliʻi koʻihau 17-hekeli i ka 1919 Art Deco 527-kapua ʻO ka Hale Hōkele Makamae, kahiʻoi aku ma luna o ke kauhale - hiki iāʻoe ke mākaʻikaʻi i ka papa kuʻikuʻu no ka hoʻomaha.
Pono eʻikeʻia maʻaneʻi ka Wadsworth Atheneum, he waihona hale waihona nui o nā kiʻi a me nā mea waiwai e pili ana i nā makahikiʻelima i lawe mai i kekahi o nā hōʻikeʻoihana hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa ma ka'ākau'ākau, a me ka hale nui o 1879 State Capitol Building. Eia nō hoʻi, e hele eʻike i ka Mark Twain House & Museum a me Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, kahi e pili ana i ke kihi o kēlā me kēia ma ke kūlanakauhale kaulana o West End, kahi ma kahi e ola mau ai nā lebiana a me nā kāne kāne. E like me New Haven, loaʻaʻo Hartford i kahi hoʻolālā kiʻi hoʻolālā, me nā wahi kūpono no nā mele, hula, a me nāʻoihanaʻoihana, e like me ka Hartford Stage i haʻiʻia. Hōʻikeʻia nā Alanana i nā kiʻi pena kiʻi'eneʻoki, he nui o lākou e pili ana, e like me Cine Studio ma ka pā kulaʻo Trinity College. Loaʻa nā alaʻoiaʻiʻo i ka hola hauʻoli, GAZE, ma ka Pōʻalima mua o kēlā me kēia mahina.
Hartford Gay Bars
ʻO Hartford wale nō ka pāʻani hula manawa,ʻo Chez Est (458 Wethersfield Ave., 860-525-3243), aia i ka hopena o ke kūlanakauhaleʻo South End, iʻike pūʻia no ka loaʻaʻana o kekahi o nā moku'āinaʻo Little Italia i ka nani loa o New England.
He pāʻani vidio kaulana ia me ka pahu loke nui e huki ai i ka lehulehu no nā mea he nui, e like me nā hōʻike a me ka karaoke maʻamau i nā lā Pōʻakahi. No nā makahiki he nui i kākoʻoʻia e kahi papa i kekahi kī pāʻani'ē aʻe,ʻo ka Polo Club (678 Maple Ave.), akā ua paʻa kēia.
Ma ka pō Poʻakahi,ʻo T's Cafe & Lounge (330 Ledyard St., 860-558-9881) ke kipa i ka Karma Latin Fridays, e komo pū ana i nā hana hula a me ke hula.
He nui kona papa waho waho o T he lehulehu a he nui nā pō likeʻole.
Nā Gay-Friendly Restaurants a me nā Cafes ma Hartford
ʻOiaiʻaʻoleʻo ia heʻahu male pāʻani,ʻo ka'anakoki a me ke alohaʻo Tisane Euro-Asian Cafe (537 Farmington Ave., 860-523-5417) - ma ke KomohanaʻO West End (kokoke i ka Mark Twain hale a kokoke i ka palena o ka nani aia ma kahi o ke kaiāulu o West Hartford) he mau waiwai nui ma hope a ma kekahi manawa he mau hana GLBT, e like me ka Poalua lā "Boyz Night" a karaoke i nā lā hebedoma. Hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻia nā lālā o ka Lāpule ma ke kaiāulu. ʻO kekahi manawa, he wahi maikaʻi kēia no nā meaʻai maikaʻi Pan-Asian, kāhi, kafe, a me nā mele cocktails a me martinis.
No kaʻaina awakea a me nā meaʻono hou i ka meaʻono, kāpaeʻia e ka Meaʻai ma Billings Forge (559 Broad St, 860-727-8066), he hapa o kahi hale kālaiʻike nui o nā hale e kau ana i ka māla kūlepa o nā makahiki hebedoma, kahi'āpana kaiāulu nā papahana hoʻolālā, a me nā hale kūʻai he 100. Eia kekahi o kēia māhele, a e hoʻopili ana i kahiʻoihana pāʻani-i ka papaʻaina,ʻo ka Firebox Restaurant (539 Broad St, 860-246-1222) he mea maikaʻi loa no kaʻahaʻainaʻAmelika a he mea maikaʻi loa ia no kahiʻaina aiʻole hauʻoli. E nānā i ka papa hana laula o kēlā me kēia lā, a me ka leiʻo ka hao me ka chickpea gnocchi.
ʻO ka naniʻo Pond House Cafe (Hale Hōʻikeʻike a me kahi Hale Aliʻi Sts., 860-231-8823), ma ka uluʻo Elizabeth Park, kahi noho e nānā ana i kekahi o nā māla nani loa i ka'āina; maikaʻi ia i kaʻaina awakea, brunch, a me kaʻaina awakea.
Ma nā wahi'ē aʻe ma ke awawaʻo Connecticut River - Middletown, West Hartford
Ma kahi mau mile he mamao ma waho o ke kūlanakauhale o Hartford, ka mea kāpili a me ka nani o ke Komohana o Hartford, ka mea iʻikeʻia no kona hale hoʻokipa maikaʻi i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka 20-haneli, he hale hauʻoli e piha ana i nā haleʻai hoʻokipa, haleʻai a me nā kofe. ʻO nā punahele kaiāulu,ʻo ia hoʻiʻo Restaurant Bricco (78 LaSalle Rd., 860-233-0220) a me kona hale hānai wahine, Grants Restaurant & Bar (977 Farmington Ave., 860-236-1930); ka wā kahikoʻo Arugula (953 Farmington Ave., 860-561-4888) no ke kaiākau nui Mediterranean; a me ka mea hanahana cafe, J. René (320 Park Rd., 860-461-7858), he mea maikaʻi e hoʻokipa ai i ka poʻo java.
Ma kahi o 25 minukekona ma ke komohana o Hartford a me ka home no ke kulanui liberal arts o ke Kulanui o Wesleyan, aia ma ke kauhale o Middletown kekahi mau kikala o ke keena me kahi wahine hilahila kaulana e hahai ana, me Luce Restaurant (98 Washington St., 860-344 -0222), no ka ukuʻAmelika; a me kahi pā hale a me ka haleʻainaʻo Eli Cannon (695 Main St., 860-347-3547), he 36 mau beer ma ka tap (kahi maikaʻi, liʻiliʻi), a me ka pā kālā maikaʻi. Ka Hale Hoʻoluʻu Sweet Bakery (330 Main St., 860-344-9646) he koho maikaʻi loa no kaʻaina awakea, e lawelawe ana i nā meaʻalawa nani a me nāʻaʻa; aʻo Klekolo World Coffee (181 Court Court, 860-343-9444) he kumu ia o ka kofe kope a he ikaika ka hahaiʻana i ka kaiaulu LGBT. Aia ma Middletown kekahi kahua o ke kālani pizza maikaʻi loa a Hartford i mua a me Last Tavern (220 Main St., 860-347-2220), aʻelua mau wahi ma Hartford a me nā mea'ē aʻe ma kahi e pili ana.