F’ing ground bees. Everywhere. North Stamford

Stamford animal control and most of the awesome rescues in the area (mentioned in previous posts so won’t repeat) list their available dogs, many of which are in fosters, on Petfinder - you can sort by distance / breed / age and get all the info for the shelter or rescue.

There are plenty of bars/breweries/etc but also. - O Club for pool tables & live music / May Kelley’s for the best food in town / Cranmore for night tubing / Ham arena for public skating. Have fun!

This was 4-5yrs ago that I last looked for one but if Craigslist still exists?

El charrito has great tamales- don’t be phased by their location in the mall, they used to be on east main

Depending where you are downtown these might be too far to incorporate into a 10k or less from your place but most have parking! -scalzi park, inner loop is 1/4 mile but there are also some meandering paths you can take that make it more interesting (plenty of parking, no sticker/fee) -woodland park on Stamford/Darien border (entrances off maple tree Ave or west Ave, west Ave has ~8 parking spots no sticker/fee) has very wide/nice main paths that you can use as a quick cut thru if you’re not into trail running -cove island park has paved and sanded/dirt paths and nice water views, plenty of parking off season -Cummings park has paved and dirt trails, some nice rolling hills and plenty of parking as well -also I found that Google earth (or satellite view on Apple Maps) has been a great tool when mapping out running routes in and around parks that im not familiar with as I’m a Stamford transplant !