Pootatucks, Nazis, and Russians, Oh My! Old Town Hall Museum, Southbury (Location) June 2025 Connecticut museum visit #546. I popped in the Ol' Town Hall Museum in Southbury during the Connecticut's 2025 Open House Day. Oh, wait. I popped in the OLD Town Hall Museum in Southbury. It's on the smaller … [Read more...]
Paul Pawlak Sr. Bypass Channel & Tingue Mill Falls
I Heart This Bypass and Falls Paul Pawlak Sr. Bypass Channel & Tingue Mill Falls, Seymour February 2025 A two-for-one page! (For those of you unaware of these dustier and darker corners of this website, I visit and write about Connecticut's waterfalls and fish ladders/bypasses. For those of you who were unaware … [Read more...]
Old South End School
Southie Old South End School, Southington (Location) June 2025 Connecticut museum visit #545. I've been on a run of one-room schoolhouse museums lately. I'm very happy that each and every preserved building is preserved. These little museums are cool glimpses into small town Connecticut history. But, since I … [Read more...]
Lobster, Shrimp, and Scallop Ponsinella at Roseland Apizza
High Roller Derby Lobster, Shrimp, and Scallop Ponsinella at Roseland Apizza, Derby November 2024 While this isn't the Shrimp Oreganato Pizza that Roadfood included on the list I've been eating my way through, it's close enough. If you happened on this page from that list, deal with it. Sometimes you just gotta … [Read more...]
Thimble Islands Cruise
Just a Thimbleful Thimble Islands Cruise, Branford October 2025 I must apologize up front. My wife Hoang and I took the Sea Mist Thimble Islands cruise in the middle of my self-imposed (and much enjoyed) hiatus from CTMQ. As such, I didn't approach this excursion as an "assignment" for this website but instead … [Read more...]
The Gallery Selfie Museum
Sometimes I Hate My Selfie The Gallery Selfie Museum, Ledyard (Location) April 2025 Connecticut museum visit #544. I visited this museum twice in the same week. I didn't actually visit this museum, nor will I. Huh? For one, this isn't a museum by anyone's definition, though that hasn't stopped … [Read more...]
Newington: Complete!
Newington: Complete! Olympia Diner & Carvel Ice Cream Here is the CTMQ Guide to Newington 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 … [Read more...]
Nigeria: Naija
Taking a Poundo on the Chin-Chin CT Food Tour of the World at Naija, Newington November 2024 Straight up, this will be a difficult page to write. I cannot find a single review of this restaurant. No explanations, no experiences... nothing to help guide me. Sure, I ate there and know the names of most of what I … [Read more...]
National Humane Alliance Fountain
Derby and Horses... Not in Kentucky National Humane Alliance Fountain, Derby December 2024 There are websites dedicated to locating and writing about all the statuary and memorials and plaques in Connecticut. I love those sites! This is not one of those sites. There is one website dedicated to locating and … [Read more...]
Book Review: A Reverence for Wood
All Things Wood are Good A Reverence for Wood, Eric Sloane (1965) Look, man, I'm going to keep this review very short. If you're familiar with Eric Sloane's books, you almost surely love Eric Sloane books. If you're not, you can go read my longer review of his A Museum of Early American Tools published a year … [Read more...]