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...]
New Haven Looks Like a Wallaby
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...]
New London Town Trails Intro
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...]
449. Art/Place Gallery
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...]
East Windsor: Complete!
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...]
Cromwell: Complete!
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...]
CTMQ’S Guide to Lisbon
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...]
Lisbon’s Town Trails Intro
Lisbon’s Town Trails There are nice trails in Lisbon, Maine and others in Lisbon, Portugal. As for our own little Lisbon, Connecticut… well, there are trails. And that’s cool, right? I like little trail networks in little eastern Connecticut towns. They are generally flat and featureless, but therein lies … [Read more...]
D’Elia Antique Tool Museum
Just Plane Nuts Scotland (Google Maps location) May 2014 Connecticut museum visit #265. What’s the dealio with this place? D’Elia is the dealio, that’s what. Oh what a tool I am. Here we are again, at a little museum devoted to the singular passion of one man. My favorite type of museum. The kind of … [Read more...]
Avon: Complete!
Avon: Complete! The North House Here is my list of everything I've done in Avon! I’m very excited to write this page. This is the 17th 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 … [Read more...]
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