Connecticut, January 13-18, 2011

I keep ending up in Connecticut in January since one can fly to New York from San Francisco for ridiculously small amounts of money at that time. New Haven was blanketed by deep, fluffy, still-clean snow. We scrapped a trip to Vermont to enjoy the winter in Hannah's backyard. I indulged in nostalgia for my childhood in the midwest by shoveling part of Hannah's driveway (she was forced to abandon the garage at the first big snow). We went to Sleeping Giant state park for some snowshoeing, followed by drinks at the Mikro Beer Bar in Hamden. Snow beast at Sleeping Giant:
We walked to this park from Hannah's house - the park was overrun with adorable deer with big, dewy, brown eyes and picturesque creeks. It was hard to take: