Not Our First Ice Cream Rodeo Ice Cream at Robb's Farm, Glastonbury August 2013 Here I am, cleaning up old messes on this here website. Unfortunately, the folks at Robb's Farm, Robb's Ice Cream, and Riverview Farms are making a mess on top of my mess. Robb's Farm has a website. Riverview Farms has a website. They … [Read more...]
Academy Hall Museum
What is a Shad Horn? Academy Hall Museum, Rocky Hill (Google Maps location) March 2019 Connecticut museum visit #409. There are a lot of museums in Connecticut with the word "Academy" in their names. Somewhere around 10. You can probably figure out why... there were lots of academies that served a town's … [Read more...]
Ernie Boothroyd & Bellante Preserves
Sitting and Finding Balance Balanced Rock & Sitting Rock Trails, Northern CT Land Trust, Ellington May 2019 & December 2023 The original Boothroyd Preserve trail system here was expanded with the addition of the adjoining Bellante Preserve in 2019. Ernie Boothroyd Nature Preserve Balanced Rock Trail After … [Read more...]
Brass Works Brewing Company
I Fowl'd Up Brass Works Brewing Company, Waterbury March 2019 Funny story... (not really) - there was a time when I perhaps cared a bit too much about brewery stuff in Connecticut. I don't mean to say I was binge-drinking Connecticut beer every other day. Not at all. I mean that I was on top of things. Like, I'm … [Read more...]
Book Review: Barkhamsted Lighthouse
You Never Know What Comes in My Mail... Barkhamsted Lighthouse By Kenneth Feder I'm on a current kick of ripping through a giant stack of books I've had stacked for years. Literally years. Literarily years? Literally. Many of these books are what I lump into the category of "Connecticut books," which surely … [Read more...]
East Windsor Academy Museum
It's Not All Academic East Windsor (Google Maps location) June 2014 East Windsor is funny. Depending on how you count such things, there are either 9 museums or 2. Note: if you say two, you're not qualified to be a CTMQ reader. There are two "complexes" of museums in town; the Trolley Museum complex has three … [Read more...]
Witchdoctor Brewing Company
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bang bang... Witchdoctor Brewing Company, Southington November 2018 Some of you must be familiar with that terrible song "The Witchdoctor." You know, the "Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang walla walla, bang bang" song? Interesting fact: the guy who wrote and originally … [Read more...]
Four Franklin Fails
Lots of F's Devil's Den v.Franklin, Rachel's Hut, Giant's Grave, Cushman Farms Trail Franklin As I was wrapping up my "completion" of Franklin, I was determined to find a few things that had eluded me for years. Unfortunately, for different reasons, I failed finding all four. But since I'm not convinced that none … [Read more...]
East Windsor’s Town Trails
East Windsor's Town Trails I'm sorry you've somehow found yourself on this page, for there are no East Windsor-owned properties with trails as far as I know. If I'm wrong, please contact me or comment below. My East Windsor Town Hikes: None CTMQ's Guide to East Windsor Various maps of East … [Read more...]
East Hampton’s Town Trails
East Hampton's Town Trails I'm sorry you've somehow found yourself on this page, for there are no East Hampton-owned properties with trails as far as I know. If I'm wrong, please contact me or comment below. There are properties to hike in the town, just not town-owned ones. I suppose you could walk around … [Read more...]
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