It’s a Lovely Building, For What That’s WadsWorth Middletown (Google Maps location) August 4, 2010 My visit to this place came at the end of a full day of traveling around central Connecticut for CTMQ. I had some food stops and a bunch of National Historic Landmark stops down in New Haven, but looking back upon … [Read more...]
Hot Dog at Chez Lenard
Martha Stewart is a Horrible Woman Chez Lenard, Ridgefield Martha Stewart is a polarizing figure to say the least. Some people simply love her and her over-the-top advice. Others hate her for the very same. I always felt her insider trading jail sentence was ridiculous – all the more so now with what the Wall … [Read more...]
North Branford Potato and Corn Festival
North Branford Potato and Corn Festival August 2011 Attended: Saturday Afternoon Parking: $5 Distance to Fair: 6 minute walk from dusty lot Cost: You only pay the 5 bucks for parking here: Awesome Something Unique: The theme Overall rating: Fair Here it is in all its glory Anthropomorphizing food … [Read more...]
181. CT Agricultural Experiment Station at Lockwood Farm
Feeeeeeeeed Meeeee Hamden (Google Maps location) August 4, 2010 Mark your calendars now for the first Wednesday of August. I don’t care in what year you are reading this, it still works. Heck, it’s been working for over 100 years. So I don’t see it stopping any time soon. This “museum” is only “open” (in … [Read more...]
Bull’s Bridge
I’ve Got Bridge You Can See. No Bull. Bull's Bridge, Kent November 12, 2011 You know how covered bridges are pretty and quaint and always seem to be located in some picturesque setting deep in some hollow above some babbling brook? Well, Bull’s Bridge in Kent has one of those things – the Housatonic that gurgles … [Read more...]
180. Ethnic Heritage Center
Welcome to UkranItalAfriJewPotatoStan New Haven (Google Maps location) August 4, 2010 Ah, beautiful New Haven. Famed for its venerable university with brilliant students, incredible history and world class museums. Museums like The Ethnic Heritage Center, housed in what appears to be a giant cargo ship … [Read more...]
ASME: Rocky River Hydro-Electric Plant
ASME Landmark # 56 (1927) Rocky River Hydro-Electric Plant New Milford "The statement that a hydro-electric plant can pump its own water supply sounds absurd on the face of it, yet this is virtually what happens in the case of the Rocky River Hydro Plant..." - Chief Engineer Paul Heslop, Connecticut Society of … [Read more...]
118-(and counting)-Year-Old Lemon Tree
A Real Lemon Party Logee's Greenhouse, Danielson June 3, 2011 I feel badly for people who live in Danielson. Ever since The Karate Kid, everyone must say the name of the town like "Daniel-san!" And that must be annoying. Almost as annoying as the fact that Danielson isn't even a real town but is instead the … [Read more...]
The Washington Oak (RIP)
Washington Schlepped Here The Washington Oak, New Milford November 12, 2011 When I write my book, how am I going to incorporate all my brilliant title puns? I lose sleep over this question. During a car transfer in the middle of a day-long Appalachian Trail hike, I made it a point to seek out the … [Read more...]
Gaylordsville Spite House
Having Your Cake (House) and Saying Eat It Too Gaylordsville Section of New Milford November 12, 2011 2018 Update: See comments below - October 2018 I just was given a tour of the house that is being renovated by a local mason worker who now owns it. What a fabulous house, He installed high end new windows and I … [Read more...]
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