I keep getting asked what downtown Hartford is like these days, and it’s obvious that people are willing to believe the hype put out there by those who have a real strong motive to require employees return to in-building work full time.

I almost don’t know what to tell folks. Go to a coffee shop and see the long lines. Stand outside of the Old State House and watch how there are police directing traffic because not only are there tons of people coming in all at once, but they’re doing it in private vehicles, compounding the congestion. Go visit the Wadsworth this weekend.

Here’s a look at this week in Hartford . . .

The image below is not a double of one of the boats above, and, there were others out I did not photograph.