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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

Days 1-3: Rhode Island 2010

January 7, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Crazy ol' Rhode Island August 28-30, 2010 I don't even have any pictures of the 29th and can only assume we did nothing but lounge around and go to the beach all day. But on the 30th we did venture out to Newport for the usual Newport stuff but also a stop at the somewhat lame Save The Bay Exploration Center and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Animals, Aquaria, Birds, Damian, Hoang, Rhode Island, Vacations

Rhode Island 2010 Intro

January 7, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Point Judith, Narragansett, RI August 28 - September 4, 2010 I grew up in Delaware, live in Connecticut and we’ve started this Rhode Island vacation house thing. That means I grew up in the second smallest state, live in the third smallest and vacation in the smallest. That’s weird, right? No, no, not weird that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Damian, Hoang, Rhode Island, Vacations

Dalice Elizabeth Winery

January 5, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

ImPrest? In Preston Dalice Elizabeth Winery, Preston August 2010 & November 2011 With over 30 wineries in the state at the time of this writing, there's bound to be one that I sort of gloss over and don't really give a fair shake. This would be the one. First of all, it's in Preston and it's not like Preston is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Wineries Tagged With: Hoang, Preston

Arts Council of Gr. New Haven Galleries (Closed)

December 23, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

Four Dates for Art New Haven (Google Maps location) Varying Dates There were four galleries that make up the Arts Council of Greater New Haven Galleries back when I started this website. They were the Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery, Gallery 195, The Parachute Factory, and Haskins Laboratories Gallery. As is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Closed/Gone/Former, Free Museums, New Haven, Not Really a Museum Museum

Montreal 2001

December 22, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

Burlington VT/Montreal, QC October 2001 Truth be told I'm just cleaning up my desktop and came across these old scanned in pictures from a little weekend trip Hoang and I took to Montreal back in October 2001. I happen to love Montreal and used to go up there more than I'd go to New York in my pre-children days. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: canada, Hoang

Devil’s Dens: Plainfield & Sterling

December 22, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment

Plainfield: Note: This page appears over on my Satan in Connecticut! section, so it takes on a different flavor. As if the whole Hell Hollow story wasn't enough (Here), I set out for the same evil area a month later in order to pick up some miles on the local CFPA Trails (Pachaug and Quinebaug) as noted just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Caves & Dens, Cool Rocks, Plainfield, Quinebaug Trail, Satan!, Sterling

The Yale Boulder

December 21, 2011 by Steve 3 Comments

Yale was first in Old Saybrook? Boulderdash? Original Site of Yale University, Old Saybrook Almost all of the links to original articles are dead and I've removed them. Sorry. This page would have had a higher word:picture ratio of any other on this entire website if I didn't take some creative liberties. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Religion, Cemeteries, Monuments, Statuary, Greens, & Outdoor Sculpture & Art Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Cool Rocks, Dubious Claims, Historic Rocks, Old Saybrook, Yale

Rockfall Foundation & Col. C.S. Wadsworth Living Museum

December 20, 2011 by Steve 4 Comments

The Rockfall Files Middletown (Google Maps location) May 2011 Connecticut museum visit #204. Perhaps you're not old enough to remember the show that my title alludes to, but if not I have a slightly newer pop culture reference for a secondary title: "Trees Glorious Trees!" Remember those "Cheese, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Museums Tagged With: Arboreta, Free Museums, Middletown, Not Really a Museum Museum, Trees

182. Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill Estate

December 15, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Museums, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Appointment Only, Free Museums, Historic Houses, Middletown, Not Really a Museum Museum

Hot Dog at Chez Lenard

December 12, 2011 by Steve 3 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, Superlatives Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Another Freaking Hot Dog, Ridgefield, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

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