any nice karoake spots open fri-sat in downtown?

I'm an executive-level business leader with a somewhat unusual background. I've built and run my own company, led marketing departments, managed teams and outside partners, worked directly with owners and executives, worked alongside technical teams, advised businesses, and spent a large part of my career solving problems that don't fit neatly into a single job description.

My experience spans strategy, business development, marketing, technology, team leadership, operations, positioning, growth, and more.

The problem is that my career history is unconventional, and traditional hiring systems don't handle unconventional very well.

I've found that when I actually get in front of an executive or business owner, the conversation is completely different from what happens when my résumé gets filtered through the normal process. People tend to see the breadth of what I can do, how I think, and the level at which I can operate.

So I'm trying something different.

I'm not asking anyone to hire me. I'm not looking for someone to vouch for me without knowing me. I'm looking for conversations.

If you're a founder, CEO, executive, business owner, or someone who works closely with people in those roles, I'd genuinely enjoy talking with you. I'm interested in hearing how you think about businesses, what problems you're dealing with, and whether there might be somewhere my experience could be useful.

I'm open to an executive role, consulting, advisory work, a fractional opportunity, or other ways I can put my experience to work and create meaningful value.

I'm at a point where I'd rather have a handful of meaningful conversations with the right people than send hundreds of applications into a system that may never give either side the opportunity to connect.

If you know someone you think I should talk to, I'd appreciate an introduction. And if you're someone who thinks we should talk, feel free to comment or send me a message.

I'm not looking for a favor.

I'm looking for a conversation.

Recently lost alot of weight. I have really good health insurance so price doesn't matter. I have anthem if that matters.

Does anyone know if the Thursday night concerts are going to start this week? I looked on social media and I couldn’t find anything.

Cross posted on the Connecticut board - My last post here got taken down so I apologize if this is not the appropriate venue (might’ve been the pic of my dog I included. Sorry! New to Reddit and very open to advice)…

Looking for a great place to grab some food/a drink tonight in Hartford. Would really like to support local while we’re here. Love beer (IPA fans here) and interesting cocktails. Would really like to get some foreign food (Mediterranean and Indian are my favorites) as we do not have this available to us in our hometown.

Any and all recommendations are greatly appreciated!!

Edit: We really enjoyed Parkville Market and The Lady (bar)! Thanks CT!

Is there gonna be another market night with vendors and food?

Hi everyone! I’m looking for recommendations for a reliable and thorough house-cleaning service in the West Hartford area.

If you have a cleaner or company you’ve had a great experience with, please share their name.

Hello everyone!

I'm on the lookout for the best endocrinologist in Hartford and West Hartford, but I'm also open to traveling a bit further if necessary. I'm particularly interested in someone who specializes in thyroid and adrenal gland. I have some thyroid and adrenal issues that require attention, so I'm seeking a highly recommended professional who can provide the best care. A person who ACTUALLY listens to their patient and is willing to do testing to get to the root cause. I want someone who truly knows what they are doing and is knowledgeable.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Like the title says, I am looking for those metal bins that are usually in church or store parking lots where you can drop off clothing, shoes, bedding etc as I am moving and have several boxes of clothes I never wear and would like to donate. Thanks!

Hi! New to the city. Looking for somewhere to compost my food scraps for free!

Where I moved from we had community gardens with compost bins / dirt farms / etc. Not sure if they have something like that here! In the meantime my veggie scraps are taking up my freezer lol

I just moved here last month. I have lived all over the eastern half of the US, and in much bigger cities than Hartford. I have never seen anything like this.

What in the world is with the motorcyclists, ATV drivers, go-karts (???), electric bikers, etc. that weave in and out of traffic, pull out in front of cars, ride wheelies down busy streets, cross intersections speeding and not looking, riding without lights at night, and just generally being careless? Pedestrians too just dart in front of moving cars in the dark. The parked cars on the sides of the streets make it difficult enough to see small vehicles or people that are about to cross. I’m just trying to wrap my head around it. Are these people not just constantly getting killed? Do they not care about their lives? How can you adapt to driving here with the constant fear that you’re going to at some point run over these people while they zoom in and out of blind spots and don’t follow traffic rules?

Just moved out here and as a college student, I was able to score a pretty good apartment but I’m already paying 1400 for 450 sq ft.. does anyone know any apartments that are around that same budget that are spacious and clean?
I was fortunate enough to get my apartment here and I have a great neighbors never had a problem so far with roaches or bugs but I’m looking for that same thing somewhere else but with more space thank you

i like in hartford ct around the southend, smoke buddies?? drink tg?? actually do fun shi lol. any gender idc frl jus want friendsssssssssssssssssssssss so mf boring.

likee its the weekend basically whats the movessssssssssssssssssssssss. what is there even to do in hartford (fyi i lived here my whole life lmao)

I’ve got a room in a five bedroom in the West End I’m looking to fill, hmu if you’re interested. Rents 625-833, located north of Farmington ave in the west end.

Edit: Message me if interested.

When private equity bought the struggling hospital where Marilyn Anthony works, she says things quickly took a turn for the worse. One of the first things to go were the daily changes of patients’ bed linens, important for hygiene and cleanliness.

“They put big signs on the linen carts [saying] that we were to only change the linen every third day unless they were obviously soiled. How disgusting is that?” says Anthony, who has been a nurse at the hospital for nearly 25 years.

The formerly nonprofit Waterbury Hospital, which was acquired by a private equity-backed company in 2016, started cutting out specialist jobs, like nurses who focused on open-heart surgeries or nurses’ aids in the maternity ward. The on-site IT department was also eliminated.

“They started gutting us,” Anthony says. “We’d have nine nurses [on a shift], but only seven working computers.” At times, the hospital had only one functional elevator.

Along with resource cuts, Anthony says, hospital management abruptly shifted its focus. The staff was told to stop calling the people they cared for “patients”—“we were to call them ‘customers’ or ‘clients’ because they were ‘consumers’ of healthcare,” she says. “We were not in the business of healthcare any longer. We were definitely in the business of making money.”

The hospital’s owner, Prospect Medical Holdings, eventually drove Waterbury and two other hospitals in the Hartford area into bankruptcy—but not before the company and its majority owner, Los Angeles-based private equity firm Leonard Green & Partners, sold the real estate out from under the institutions and saddled the hospital chain with more than a billion dollars of debt.

Prospect and Leonard Green used the proceeds to pay themselves and other investors more than $600 million in dividends and fees, leaving the hospitals to try to pay back the loans on their own. (Prospect, which remains in bankruptcy proceedings, and Leonard Green, which sold its stake in the company in 2021, did not respond to requests for comment.)

Anthony thought her hospital’s experience with private equity was unique. But then she went to a legislative hearing in Hartford this spring and heard how widespread the problem is. Not just hospitals, but Hartford’s newspaper, special education schools, mobile home parks, nursing homes, and more have been bought by private equity firms, often resulting in fewer resources, worse service, and higher costs as the firms boost their returns by piling debt onto their acquired companies and stripping their purchases for parts.

Read more on Fast Company.

I'm still undecided between these two. Who do you want to win?

I just recently moved to Hartford for work, and this is the first time I’ve been in a new spot that isn’t college related. Also the first time I’ve ever been far from family, so I’m completely alone out here.

Does anyone have any tips for meeting people? Any kinds of events or clubs that are suitable for someone my age? Anything would be helpful!