Big and Tall Treats Tall Man's Homemade Ice Cream, Cromwell July 2023 Holy cow, I just realized that this website is nearing its 17th birthday and our Seattle nephews have never appeared on it. Let's change that today. Welcome to CTMQ Ryland and Jonah! They were visiting with their mom (my wife's … [Read more...]
Berlinetta Brewing Company
BPT to BK by way of Berlin Berlinetta Brewing Company, Bridgeport December 2022 I made a comment about myself the other day that went something like, "I am listening to LCD Soundsystem while replying to a McSweeney's editor with a cryptic David Foster Wallace reference while drinking overpriced coffee. Apparently … [Read more...]
Beach Rock Vista Trail
Short Walk, Long Peer Beach Rock Vista Trail, Barkhamsted June 2023 Barkhamsted is beautiful. Its cute Riverton village area is a little Connecticut version of a Vermont puzzle scene. I love it. The hiking at Peoples State Forest is good and of course the Tunxis Trail east of the reservoir is fantastic. The … [Read more...]
Sonny’s Place Carousel
Not Garbage at All Sonny's Place Carousel, Somers June 2023 I just spent way too long learning about the Antonacci family that owns Sonny's Place in Somers. I've heard the rumors... rumors that will always chase families with names like "Antonacci" who happen to be very successful in the sanitation and horse … [Read more...]
Caius Farm Brewery
In Caius You Needed Another Brewery... Caius Farm Brewery, Branford June 2023 This here website you are reading was born in 2006. A time when the Connecticut brewery scene was... nearly barely there. I've been able to chronicle the meteoric rise of the industry; from the handful of breweries "way back then" to the … [Read more...]
Brick Yard Point
Pfizer the Pfhixer Brick Yard Point, North Haven June 2023 "Where did you hear about this place?" "I just happened to see something online." "What made you want to come here?" "To be honest, I was attracted to the exclusivity of it." Laughter. Then some introspection. Then my … [Read more...]
Rocky Neck State Park Nature Center (Closed)
Protect Ya Neck East Lyme Look, man, I tried visiting this place. At least three times! But I never got to it when it was open - and I suppose there's a chance it will open again in the future. I have no idea. Regardless, I'm fairly confident I have an idea of what the Rocky Neck Nature Center was like. … [Read more...]
Eli Terry Jr. Water Wheel
Poppin' Wheelies Eli Terry Jr. Water Wheel, Plymouth I'm sure I've written before how Plymouth really should have just been called Terryville. At some point I looked at a map and realized that the "Terryville section of Plymouth" is pretty much the whole of Plymouth. And, of course, everyone from Plymouth says … [Read more...]
Chapman-Sinoway Park
"Sinoway, Sinoway, Sinoway... In the Jungle, The Mighty Jungle, the Chapman Sleeps Tonight... Sinoway, Sinoway, Sinoway..." Chapman-Sinoway Park, North Haven April 2023 New Trails are sometimes dicey. Despite trail builders' excitement and pronouncements, newly cleared trails are rarely "complete" when they are … [Read more...]
Nehantic State Forest Intro
Nehantic State Forest Lyme & East Lyme A couple nice trails are blazed through these woods, which are lovely woods... but not much more than that. Nehantic was the first state forest in New London County, and has all been purchased since 1925. Considerable difficulty was experienced in selecting the site. Although … [Read more...]
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