Tally-Ho! I’ve created this page for my son, Calvin. He was 8 when I put this together because 8-year-olds love this stuff. (So do their fathers, shhhhhhh.) I know that some people have all sorts of rules for this stuff, like overnighting vs. driving through vs. airport layovers, but… I don’t. If a foot was set in a … [Read more...]
250. Hartford Public High School Museum
I-84 Lumber Hartford (Google Maps location) May 9, 2013 Does your high school have a museum? Mine certainly doesn't - nor does it deserve one. And I can't imagine many high schools anywhere do. One that does is Hartford High School. Whereas your high school was probably built in the mid-20th century and is … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Woodbury
Everything Woodbury I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Woodbury CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]
Book Review: American Wood & Metal Planes
Plainly About Planes American Wood & Metal Planes Andrew D'Elia This book right here is awesome*. *If you happen to be a person who really digs oldey timey wood and metal planes. When I visited the wonderful D'Elia Antique Tool Museum in Scotland, Andy D'Elia himself gave me this book. This was fairly … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Woodbridge
Everything Woodbridge I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Woodbridge CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Wilton
Everything Wilton I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Wilton CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If I’ve … [Read more...]
Wilton Land Conservation Trust Intro
Wilton Land Conservation Trust Wilton I originally had a few more trailed properties on this page. Then when I looked at what the town of Wilton claimed, I removed a few. By “claimed” I mean that Wilton the town claimed some of the land that the WLCT has listed on their site as their properties. Wilton … [Read more...]
Wilton’s Town Trails
Wilton’s Town Trails It never ceases to amaze me how many trailed properties these tony lower Fairfield County towns have. The land down here is not cheap, and NIMBYism is unparalleled. Yet, many towns including Wilton, have a robust catalog of properties to hike. Not only is that really cool, one would assume that … [Read more...]
Brignole Vineyards
!!!! Brignole Vineyards, East Granby May, 2019 Brignole Vineyards is very excited. And they have reason to be; while relatively new to the local winery scene, Brignole immediately vaulted to being one of the most exciting to visit if only for their beautiful building alone. I suppose when you're located on the … [Read more...]
Olympia Diner
Olympian Olympia Diner, Newington October 2019 The mighty Olympia will close and disappear in 2025. As it is an institution, I ate there one last time to celebrate my CTMQ "completion" of Newington. When I first put together my list of "Classic Diners" on this website, the list consisted only of actual classic … [Read more...]
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