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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

The Farm at Carter Hill

October 23, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Marlborough Gotta Marlborough The Farm at Carter Hill, Marlborough July 28, 2019 Marlborough is one of our 169 towns with… not much to CTMQ-do. One art gallery, a few little trails here and there… a cool roadside rock… um… and this place. Whatever this place is. You’ve got me. The Farm at Carter Hill seems … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Animals, B&B, Damian, Farms, Marlborough

New Britain Bees

October 22, 2019 by Steve 2 Comments

Bzzzt! New Britain Bees vs. Sugar Land Skeeters, New Britain July 5, 2019 Update: See Danny Noonan's comment at the bottom for some context. For those of you who don’t know me personally, here are two facts that will help you with this particular page: I am not a baseball fan and I write the stuff for CTMQ … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: baseball, Calvin, New Britain

CTMQ’s Guide to New London

October 21, 2019 by Steve 2 Comments

Everything New London 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” New London CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: New London

Handsome Dan

October 21, 2019 by Steve 1 Comment

Dead Dan First College Mascot in the United States New Haven I toured some buildings on the Yale campus once, including the incredible Payne Whitney Gym. It's such an incredible gym, I called it a museum and wrote about it. And notably, no one called me an idiot for doing so. In the lobby of the massive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events, Superlatives Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, New Haven, Yale

New Haven Looks Like a Wallaby

October 19, 2019 by Steve 2 Comments

New Haven Looks Like a Wallaby New Haven really does look like a wallaby. And a reader alerted me to a graphic designer who figured out that New Haven looks like a wallaby as well. Shout out to HayHay Design in New Haven. Which looks like a wallaby. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography Tagged With: geo-oddities, New Haven

New London Town Trails Intro

October 18, 2019 by Steve 1 Comment

New London’s Town Trails At a hair over 5.5 square miles, the city of New London is the second smallest of Connecticut’s 169 towns. Everyone goofs on Derby for being the smallest, but New London only has half a square mile on it. It’s kind of like being from Delaware, as I am, and moving to Connecticut only to hear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: New London

449. Art/Place Gallery

October 18, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Place/For/Art Fairfield (Google Maps location) July 14, 2019 There are a few little hip enclaves around Connecticut that may fly under your radar. Granted, “hip enclaves” in Connecticut are a bit different than hip enclaves in, say, New York City or Copenhagen or even Northampton, MA. But whatever, we take what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Fairfield, Free Museums, Tiny Museums

East Windsor: Complete!

October 18, 2019 by Steve 2 Comments

East Windsor: Complete! Maine Fish Market Restaurant Here is my list of everything I've done in East Windsor! I’m very excited to write this page. This is the 19th of what may ultimately be 169 town completion celebration pages! Yes, of course I am fully aware of how absurd that is. But I love it. For … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Town Completion Celebrations Tagged With: East Windsor

Cromwell: Complete!

October 17, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cromwell: Complete! Here is my list of everything I've done in Cromwell! I’m very excited to write this page. This is the 18th of what may ultimately be 169 town completion celebration pages! Yes, of course I am fully aware of how absurd that is. But I love it. For those of you who are new here... In late … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Town Completion Celebrations Tagged With: cromwell

CTMQ’S Guide to Lisbon

October 16, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything Lisbon 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” Lisbon CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. After all, that is the ultimate goal of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: Lisbon

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