"Are you ready Steve? Uh-huh" Multiple Locations (East Hartford for us) (Google Maps location) June 4, 2016 Do you want to know what my favorite part of Sweet's classic "Ballroom Blitz" is? It's how it begins: Are you ready Steve? Uh-huh Andy? Yeah Mick? Okay Alright fellas, let's go! As one named … [Read more...]
Avery Point Lighthouse
Avery Point Lighthouse Groton What a charming li’l lighthouse. When you think about lighthouses, you realized they pretty much only exist for nostalgia’s sake anymore. Ships no longer need warning lights to tell them of rocky bottoms and approaching shorelines... so why do we keep them? Because they’re … [Read more...]
328. Alexey von Schlippe Art Gallery
What's the (Avery) Point? Groton (Google Maps location) June 14, 2016 [2018 Update: the Gallery is now open again! But I won't be editing any of the below.] Here I am, skimming through my mail in May of 2018. "Oh! A new issues of Connecticut Woodlands!" I say, as I rush off to go read it. While this is the … [Read more...]
The Little Stone House
Everybody Must Get Stoned Little Stone House, Storrs May 30, 2014 I would typically caveat my title with something like, “Don’t do drugs,” and, “It should be ‘Every State Must Get Stoned’,” but in this case, I won’t do that. Why? Because this awesome little building is within sight of the East Campus residence … [Read more...]
Brush With Fame: Jim Calhoun
Jim Calhoun announced his retirement two days ago. 1:22 PM, I tweeted that I have a Calhoun story 1:23 PM, Rep-Am sportswriter Ed Daigneault tells me to write it down. I just did. 2:22 PM, I publish it for your enjoyment August 1990 I toured UConn’s Storrs campus in the late summer before my senior year of … [Read more...]
UConn Men’s Soccer When # 1
Doo DooDoo Doo! UConn Men’s Soccer Game, Storrs October 12, 2011 It’s not all about the basketball in Storrs. Nope. The men’s soccer team has a longer and just as successful program. (Yes, I’m fully aware of the women’s basketball successes and I think that’s great.) The UConn soccer program has 3 national … [Read more...]
UConn Greenhouses
Biology: The Study of Life... And What is More Important Than LIFE?! UConn Storrs (Google Maps Location) February 25, 2009 [Note: This page is merely a reprinted excerpt from a slightly longer page I wrote about the greenhouses and EEB exhibits over on my museums list.] Ahhhh, home. Like the plants on view, I … [Read more...]
National Champion Huskies (2011)
2011 UConn Men’s Basketball Arrival of Champions Bradley Field, Windsor Locks For 38 years of life, my favorite two teams (by far) are the Philadelphia Eagles and Philadelphia Flyers. The Eagles have zero Super Bowls WON THE SUPERBOWL IN 2018!!! and while the Flyers have two Stanley Cups, I wasn’t old enough to … [Read more...]
Shenipsit Trail: Section 4
Section 4: SHHhhhhhhenipsit Vernon, Tolland, Ellington ~ 6 miles May 13, 2010 Ahhh, such a clever title. For this is the secret section of what has become quite the oddball trail. I’ve come to learn why the Shenipsit isn’t included in the conversation with CFPA’s “big” trails (Metacomet, Mattabesett, … [Read more...]
167. Fairfield County Sports Hall of Fame
I Went Here Just to Make Fun of Bruce Jenner Stamford (Google Maps location) May 8, 2010 Since the Connecticut Sports Hall of Fame disappeared* with the renovations at the Hartford XL (Civic) Center, I’m forced to go to smaller, more localized halls of fame. I uncovered a gem in Middletown (CTMQ Visit here) and … [Read more...]