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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

188. 4-H Education Center at Auer Farm

April 5, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Historic, Hot, Hip and Happenin’ Bloomfield (Google Maps Location) August 8, 2009 All things Auer Farm This page was written about a 2009 visit - two years before my younger son was born. That younger son went to a preschool that visited Auer Farm every month, even in single-digit temperatures. I chaperoned … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Museums Tagged With: Animals, auer farm, Bloomfield, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Not Really a Museum Museum

Campbell Falls

April 5, 2010 by Steve 4 Comments

No Soup for Connecticut Campbell Falls , New Marlborough, MA(!) April 2010 & April 2014 [Note: For my Waterfalls pages, I’m using the town designation used by the Connecticut Waterfalls 2013 guidebook. Because sometimes it’s fun. This one is quite unique because the fall themselves are in Massachusetts, mere feet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: campbell falls state park, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Justin Coleman Photography, Massachusetts, Monuments and Plaques, Norfolk, Waterfalls

Art Trail Viewpoint: Connecticut River

March 28, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Connecticut River Viewpoint, Overlooking Chester-Hadlyme Ferry CT Art Trail Viewpoint Gillette Castle State Park, Lyme Even though I never found the actual Viewpoint sign, I'm going forward with this page. Maybe someday when I'm back in East Haddam Lyme and East Haddam to hike around the state park, I'll seek it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Everything Else Tagged With: Art, Art Trail Viewpoints, Calvin, Connecticut Art Trail, Damian, Gillette Castle State Park, Hoang, Lyme

SMS in the News

March 28, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Here is a collection of news stories I've found over the years about SMS. Some are good, some are excellent. I urge you to take a few minute to watch and read them. Also note some of the commenters; particularly the ones who claim SMS is "cured" via "better parenting" or "a good pastor." SMS is hard enough to deal with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Smith-Magenis Syndrome Tagged With: Smith-Magenis Syndrome

157. Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford

March 27, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Do Not to Passover This Place (Pt. 2) West Hartford (Google Maps location) March 11, 2010 Spurred on to experience more of the Jewish experience after enjoying the Sherman Museum of Jewish Civilization at the University of Hartford, I crossed the street (a week later) and made some time for the Jewish Historical … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Appointment Only, Free Museums, Jewish, Libraries, Not Really a Museum Museum, West Hartford

Donuts at Coffee An’ Donuts

March 23, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Coffee An a D would be nice Westport 2016 Update I don't really have much of an update for this page, as Coffee An' is still named Coffee An' and it's in the same location and still has a terrible parking lot and still makes good donuts. So I'll tell a story. We (all four of us) stopped in recently on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Damian, doughnuts, Hoang, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die, Westport

Donuts at Neil’s Donut and Bake Shop

March 23, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

Boola Boola for Neil’s Yalesville (Wallingford) 2016 Update Neil's is another excellent Connecticut donut purveyor. Not only do I love their donuts, I love their location. Right off of the Wilbur Cross in Wallingford, they make a for a great stop on my way to New England Brewing Company. Or to my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Damian, doughnuts, Hoang, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die, Wallingford

Connecticut’s Historic Gardens

March 23, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

My Lists Keep Growing Connecticut Historic Gardens I like the idea behind this initiative. I like gardens and I like history so I must really like historical gardens. 13 of the current 15 gardens are at museums, so I’ll get to them by default. Although, I’ve run into an issue with this… I’ve been to two in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Connecticut Landmarks, Gardens, Historic Gardens, Plants

Birthplace of World’s First Business Computer

March 23, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

Nerd Dawn Rowayton (Norwalk) March 13, 2010 I hate that I have to qualify this with “in the US” because some clowns in England developed a computer before our home state heroes, but a) only by a few months and b) their model was lame. I became interested in this story a few years ago after reading one short … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Norwalk

Concept of Freedom Trail: Norwalk

March 22, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Village Creek Neighborhood Dock Road, Outer Road & Split Rock Road I don’t know if it was because I had Hoang (and Damian) with me or what, but I found this entry onto the Freedom Trail list one of the most interesting. And that was before I got home and poked around some more to find out even more cool stuff … [Read more...]

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

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