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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

Devil’s Belt, Long Island Sound

May 21, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Tighten Up Devil’s Belt Is Satan responsible for those awful Long Island accents? Calling LIS the “Devil’s Belt” is archaic and fell out of usage – about 300 years ago – but I don’t care. Once touched by the Devil, always touched by the Devil is what I always say. I can’t recall how I came to find out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, Religious Tagged With: Long Island Sound, Religulous, Satan!

166. Hoyt Barnum House

May 21, 2010 by Steve 2 Comments

History is Hot, BarNone Stamford (Google Maps location) May 8, 2010 I think this was my third attempt at visiting the little Hoyt Barnum House, a property of the Stamford Historical Society perched up on a little knoll next to the modern police station along a busy road near downtown. The mere fact that this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Appointment Only, Free Museums, historic house museums, Historic Houses, Stamford, stamford historical society

Windsor Art Center

May 20, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

If I Take Photos of Really Good Photos, Will I Finally Have Good Photos? Windsor (Google Maps location) January 24, 2010 WAC is not wack. In fact, it’s dope. No doubt, no doubt. But as I settle in to write up our visit, I notice that their website is indeed wack in early 2010– it seems to have captured every … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Art, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Windsor

Jones Family Winery

May 19, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Keeping up With the Joneses Jones Family Winery, Shelton October 17, 2009 This was bound to happen. I write bits and pieces for CTMQ on two different laptops as well as during breaks at work once in a while and then load them onto the main iMac with the downloaded pictures and edit the pieces there. It gets a … [Read more...]

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

Concept of Freedom Trail: Stamford

May 18, 2010 by Steve 4 Comments

Jackie Robinson Park of Fame, Jackie Robinson Way (West Main Street) After a long and full day of CTMQ’ing with my friend Rob C, I dropped him off at the train station and set out to find one last item of interest in Stamford: The Jackie Robinson Park of Fame. Stamford is a funny town; one of the few in CT … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: Concept of Freedom Trail, CT Freedom Trail, Stamford

New York Route 120A

May 15, 2010 by Steve 3 Comments

New York Takes Its Empire State Thing Seriously A Drive Along NY 120A – In Connecticut May 8, 2010 2012 Update at bottom! Oh I hear you... “Really? Steve… Really?” Of course, many of you say that all the time while reading this site. But then again, you have now read the opening sentences of this page, so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: geo-oddities, Greenwich, New York, Roads and Tunnels

Westernmost Point in Connecticut

May 15, 2010 by Steve 2 Comments

Channeling My Inner Horace Greeley East side of Route NY 120, Greenwich May 8, 2010 I don’t need to tell you that I have seen a lot that Connecticut has to offer. In fact, I’m confident in saying that I’ve seen more here than 99.9% of the population. And yet, there are certain things that have a bit more of an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, Superlatives Tagged With: Geographic Extremes, Greenwich, Monuments and Plaques, New York

A Wiener in Mianus

May 15, 2010 by Steve 5 Comments

I Had to Have a Wiener in Mianus [With apologies to Jackass and others who have previously documented this same experience.] I just spent an entire day with my friend Rob C doing CTMQ things in Greenwich and Stamford. We saw a bunch of museums and several other types of things you’ve come to expect from this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Another Freaking Hot Dog, CTMQ After DArk, Greenwich, unique restaurants and/or food

ASME: Cos Cob Power Station

May 15, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

ASME Landmark #76 (1907) AC Electrification New York, New Haven & Hartford Cos Cob (Greenwich) I didn't think this Landmark was all that exciting. In fact, the original power plant no longer exists, so they supposedly hung a plaque at the train station nearby. And after I searched the tiny Cos Cob train station … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff" Tagged With: ASME Landmarks, Greenwich, Trains and Trolleys

118. Center for Contemporary Printmaking

May 12, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Stop the Presses! CTMQ is Here! Norwalk (Google Maps Location) June 13, 2009 The CCP is a Connecticut Art Trail site Tucked into the midst of a full day of traditional museum going, I wasn't sure what the Center for Contemporary Printmaking was all about. And to tell you the truth, I'm still not entirely sure … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Museums Tagged With: Art, Connecticut Art Trail, Free Museums, Norwalk

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