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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Become a CTMQ Patron!
Be the Coolest Cat on Your Block CTMQ Patron Hello! Thanks so much for being a CTMQ reader - some of you for over a decade! You know the drill, so skip the explanation and go straight to Patreon! CTMQ began as a bit of a lark in September 2006 and has grown over the years to be the top website about … [Read More...]
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Mill Woods Park
Run of the Mill Stuff? Mill Woods Park, Wethersfield October 2024 Several years ago I found myself at Mill Woods Park to watch my son's mighty West Hartford travel soccer team crush the Wethersfield boys. I remember that day not for the soccer game, but because it was the first time I had an Italian chicken cutlet … [Read More...]
Dividend Pond Falls
Pays Dividends Dividend Pond Falls, Rocky Hill December 2023 Everyone loves a nice waterfall that doesn't require effort to enjoy, right? We have several in Connecticut, and some are near interstate highways in the center of the state. Dividend Pond Falls in Rocky Hill checks all those boxes. You just park, … [Read More...]
Hilltop Farm Creamery
This Page Amounts to a Hilltop o'Beans Hilltop Farm Creamery, Suffield October 2024 It wasn't until after I visited and written half this page that I learned this place does not make its own ice cream. Sad face emoji. Hilltop Farm was built by Indian Motorcycle co-founder, George Hendee, starting in 1913, as a … [Read More...]