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...]
Classics from the Archives
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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Madeline Regan Preserve
A Proper Madeleines Has Ridges Madeline Regan Preserve, Tolland September 2026 This is a Joshua's Trust property. With luck, your household will have a person who hikes and/or enjoys geology and a person, who might be the same person, who likes baking and/or eating and appreciating baked goods. If that's the … [Read More...]
The Dutch Epicure Shop
Dutch Treat The Dutch Epicure Shop, Litchfield November 2025 This is one of those pages that I can't fully justify existing on CTMQ. There are plenty of similar specialty shops around the state. Like, why does the Dutch Epicure Shop get a page when there are probably 100 Italian specialty shops? Let's see if … [Read More...]
Wolcott Park & Children’s Forest
Waste Not, Wolcott Wolcott Park & Children's Forest, West Hartford October 2026 For some reason, if you Google this place right now in October 2026, it says that it is "permanently closed." I have no idea why it says that. I have read that the trails here became quite overgrown at some point several years ago, but … [Read More...]