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Avon’s Town Trails

January 14, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

Avon's Town Trails Avon is a great example of why keeping up with CTMQ is both impossible and fun. Since I began the site in 2006, Avon has done a fantastic job with the trail system it manages. They have connected what used to be a disjointed mishmash of properties and now one can hike long, contiguous … [Read more...]

Newington’s Town Trails

January 13, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

Newington's Town Trails No one ever thinks about Newington. Not even me, even though I'm often as close as two minutes away from it when I am in my own town of West Hartford. Well, that used to be me, until the town voted for one Mr. Stephen Woods for mayor in 2012. Although he has an extra 's' on his name, I still … [Read more...]

Farmington’s Town Trails

January 9, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

Farmington's Town Trails I spend far too much time on these "town trail intro" pages. They really don't serve much purpose for anyone other than me. After all, who understands the vagaries of "town trails" vs. similar introduction pages for the local land trust trails (among others)? But the real issue is the … [Read more...]

Mystic Shagbark Hickory Syrup

January 8, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

Shag(bark) Baby… Mystic Shagbark Hickory Syrup Purchased at BF Clyde's I know right? What is this page doing here? This isn't like anything else on this massive website. Heck if I know how to write about syrup. Or food of any sort. To me, it's just syrup. But I have this section about the "unique and … [Read more...]

Beer’d Brewing Company

January 8, 2014 by Steve 2 Comments

I'd be Aaren's Beer'd, If That Made Any Sense The Beer'd Brewing Company, Stonington This was written in 2013 and now needs a serious update in 2023. Beer'd is still great, but they've grown quite a bit since I wrote this - and have a second location in Groton now in 2020. I'll leave his page as is, but if you're … [Read more...]

Mystic Sweets and Ice Cream Shoppe

January 4, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

Sweet Childs O'Mine Mystic Sweets and Ice Cream Shoppe, Groton As we continue our trek around the state eating and enjoying every home/housemade ice cream place, I think I have the experience to say that this place on Mystic's Main Street is the only one directly across the street from another one: Mystic … [Read more...]

Mystic Pizza

January 3, 2014 by Steve 2 Comments

This Place Mystic-fies Me Mystic Pizza, Groton October 5, 2013 The things I do for you people. The sacrifices… the pain. Things like eating overpriced so-so pizza at one of Connecticut's few and true tourist traps. It just had to be done once. For the site. And for you. There's really no reason in the world … [Read more...]

Mystic Museum of Art

January 3, 2014 by Steve 3 Comments

Boobs and a Homeless Guy. Mystical! Mystic Museum of Art, Groton (Location) October 2013 This is a former Connecticut Art Trail site. Connecticut museum visit #253. Mystic: Bucolic seaside town with a rich whaling and fishing past. Mystic: Regionally renowned aquarium and curio shopping. Mystic: … [Read more...]

205. Joe Webb Peoples Museum of Natural History

December 10, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

Caught in a Webb of Rockin’ Excellence Middletown (Google Maps location) May 18, 2011 I take great pride in my massive list of Connecticut museums. I’m confident in saying that unless someone has copied and pasted it somewhere, it is by far the most comprehensive list of such things. (The same goes for several … [Read more...]

Giant Tree Grave

December 3, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

I'm Stumped on this One Giant Tree Grave Yantic Cemetery, Norwich Long time readers know that I’m not a cemetery guy. I’ve limited my pages about them as A) I don’t find them super compelling, B) It just opens up a whole world of stuff I’m not prepared to deal with on CTMQ and C) there are plenty of other blogs … [Read more...]