Play Well August 2018 I celebrated my 100th Connecticut museum with cake at home with family. 200 was an overnight at Foxwoods. 300? The Upscale Bernard's restaurant in Ridgefield. How would I ever outdo myself at 400? Oh, I know! At work! How exciting. I thought it would be kind of neat. I worked at … [Read More...]
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Completed Towns & Celebrations
Completely Nutsmeg An astute reader once asked, “Hey Steve, how will you ever actually complete a Connecticut town?” What she meant was that new things open all the time. New breweries, new museums, new trails, new whatevers. And believe it or not, I sometimes learn of things that belong on a CTMQ list after I’ve … [Read More...]
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Triple Raven Brewing
Once Upon a Midnight Dreary, While I Pondered, Weak and Weary Triple Raven Brewing, Thompson November 2024 In the few years before the COVID-19 pandemic, breweries were popping up everywhere. It became a bit of a joke to say that every town in Connecticut was getting a brewery. For a while there, that seemed to … [Read More...]

Brainerd Quarry Preserve
A Flipping Success Middlesex Land Trust's Brainerd Quarry Preserve, Haddam October 2024 This is the 3,254th page I've published on CTMQ and I believe it's the very first time I've done a specific thing. I've stolen a punny title from someone else. In this case, something called the Connecticut River Gateway … [Read More...]

Devil’s Jump
Might as Well Jump! Jump! Devil's Jump, Derby December 2024 Here I am again... the guy slowly driving through a cemetery, past a burial service, looking for a place called Devil's Jump. Cemetery roads are notoriously maze-like, perhaps I'll just stop to ask someone directions to the place where Satan hangs … [Read More...]