Everything East Haven 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” East Haven CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
East Haven Land Trust Intro
East Haven Land Trust East Haven Yes, you mopes, East Haven has a land trust. A rather active one at that. The oversee/own a whole slew of parcels around the town. What’s that? Half of them are less than an acre? Oh. Actually, so what. That’s how a land trust builds and grows and how larger parcels of land … [Read more...]
East Haven’s Town Trails
East Haven’s Town Trails The ‘Staven. A town that gets dumped on quite a bit; squished between Connecticut’s greatest city and cultural hub (New Haven) and the more attractive Branford. Famous for nothing other than its 9-term mayor, Joseph Maturo. A guy who is infamous for appointing a racist police chief and then … [Read more...]
Broad Brook & Paper Mill Falls
I Made Up The Following Waterfall Names… Broad Brook Falls, East Windsor Paper Mill Falls, East Hartford June & July 2019 I was listening to my friend Peter Marteka on NPR recently and he was discussing waterfalls with the host. He said something I found interesting… well, I found everything he said interesting, … [Read more...]
J. Foster Ice Cream
Fostering Larger Waistlines J. Foster Ice Cream, Avon May 2019 The Simsbury location closed in October 2020. It’s a bit weird to me to write about something I’ve been to a dozen times already over the course of the last decade. Such is the case with J. Foster Ice Cream in Avon. They have a satellite location in … [Read more...]
252. Fort Stamford
It's a Fort. In Stamford. Stamford (Google Maps location) July 25, 2013 Fort Trumbull, Fort Griswold, Fort Saybrook, Pequot Fort... maybe even Forts Black Rock and Nathan Hale. These are all Connecticut forts people may have heard of. But Fort Stamford? Miles inland from the Long Island Sound? Tucked away along … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to West Haven
Everything West Haven 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” West Haven CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
West Haven’s Town Trails
West Haven’s Town Trails The town of West Haven doesn't really oversee any real trails, but since they do have the longest stretch of public beach in the state, and there is a sort of walkway covering the length of most of it, and since there are some cool aspects to the shoreline there... here we are. … [Read more...]
Land Trust of West Haven Intro
Land Trust of West Haven West Haven West Haven, one of the our state's four havens, isn't too much of a haven for open enjoying open space for hiking. West Haven is home to the longest stretch of public beach in the state, so there is beautiful open space here, just not your typical land trust open … [Read more...]
The Brewery at Maple View Farm (Closed)
Reassessing Everything The Brewery at Maple View Farm May 2019 The brewery closed at the end of November 2024. I’ve been thinking about the old adage, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” While I’ve been clear in my 13 years of writing everything on this website that I sometimes … [Read more...]
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