Welcome to Roxys Best of…. New Haven, Connecticut, hosted by Aldon Hynes, a local blogger who knows a lot more about Connecticut than Roxy does… in fact, some say the only way a Jersey girl like me can cross the Connecticut border is under cover of the night.

Perhaps best known in the blogosphere for his Orient Lodge blog, Aldon hails from Woodbridge, Connecticut, and offers interested parties several choices of bio. I chose this one: “Aldon is a metaphysical vagabond working as a baggage handler in the airport of the emotionally challenged. He has a keen interest in technology, group dynamics, philosophy, literature, finance. He has dirt under his finger nails from too much gardening. Aldon has replaced his “Researcher” Pompom hat with a red, white, and blue turban. He still wears a Scarlet “R”, and some weird combination of triangles indicating that he is a gay Jewish Researcher. Aldon is now also wearing a Howard Dean in 2004 button, an official MOO Crew Badge, and a wedding ring.”