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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

Cromwell: Complete!

October 17, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cromwell: Complete! Taphouse 150 (Closed) Here is the CTMQ Guide to Cromwell with my list and stories about everything I’ve done there! After a decade of writing CTMQ, I decided to try to “complete” towns. In that decade of traveling and writing, I had already done a lot of stuff in many of our towns … [Read more...]

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

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

Lisbon’s Town Trails Intro

October 16, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

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

D’Elia Antique Tool Museum

October 15, 2019 by Steve 3 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Appointment Only, Free Museums, Libraries, Scotland, Tools

Avon: Complete!

October 15, 2019 by Steve 1 Comment

Avon: Complete! The North House Here is the CTMQ Guide to Avon with my list and stories about everything I’ve done there! After a decade of writing CTMQ, I decided to try to “complete” towns. In that decade of traveling and writing, I had already done a lot of stuff in many of our towns already. However, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Town Completion Celebrations Tagged With: Avon, Hoang

CTMQ’s Guide to Brooklyn

October 15, 2019 by Steve 2 Comments

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

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

Brooklyn’s Town Trails

October 14, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Brooklyn’s Town Trails This… could get interesting. You’ll see below a nice list of seven trails in Brooklyn. Three land trusts manage property and maintain trails in town. A town that, on paper, should have this number of trailed properties. However, while putting this page’s list together – as well as … [Read more...]

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

Heartstone Farm & Winery

October 14, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Stone Cold Good Heartstone Farm & Winery, Columbia September 8, 2019 While the Connecticut brewery industry has been exploding over the past four years, our wineries have also been quietly enjoying an expansion as well. Though certainly nowhere near the crazy growth of beer, wine drinkers have many more options … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, New Post, Wineries Tagged With: columbia

Traveler’s Championship at TPC

October 10, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Lots of Green PGA Travelers Championship, Cromwell June 22, 2019 I don’t golf and I’ve no designs on ever picking up the game. I will always call golf a game rather than a sport because, well, it’s not a sport. It’s a game. Granted, it’s an incredibly difficult and frustrating game that requires as much practice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: cromwell, professional sports

Skygazer Brewing (Closed)

October 9, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Beer From Uranus Skygazer Brewing Company, Southington June 2019 I'm not sure how to handle this page for historical purposes here on CTMQ. The brewery began as Skygazer Brewing in the little warehouse space in Southington. The owners/brewer parted ways in June 2020; Skygazer went to contract at Twelve Percent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, skygazer brewing company, Southington

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