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400th Museum Visit Celebration!

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...]

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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February 2025 Books

In descending order of most to least enjoyed. All the Light We Cannot See (2014): First half is a bit slow, but I really enjoyed the 2nd half.... Blind French girl lives through destruction of Paris and Saint-Malo in Brittany. Mean Nazis, unwitting child Nazies... there's a hunted jewel and museums and kindness … [Read More...]

Nigeria: Naija

Taking a Poundo on the Chin-Chin CT Food Tour of the World at Naija, Newington November 2024 Straight up, this will be a difficult page to write. I cannot find a single review of this restaurant. No explanations, no experiences... nothing to help guide me. Sure, I ate there and know the names of most of what I … [Read More...]

National Humane Alliance Fountain

Derby and Horses... Not in Kentucky National Humane Alliance Fountain, Derby December 2024 There are websites dedicated to locating and writing about all the statuary and memorials and plaques in Connecticut. I love those sites! This is not one of those sites. There is one website dedicated to locating and … [Read More...]

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