Proper Open Space Kern Park, Bristol February 2023 Shout out to my graphic designer friends who appreciate my title above. Sorry to those of you who don't get the reference, because it's a pretty good one. Enough about my brilliance, let's go to Bristol. Northwest Bristol to be more specific. Up near … [Read more...]
BE Chocolat
BEautiful and BEwildering BE Chocolat, Fairfield December 2022 As you'd expect chic-chic Connecticut has its fair share of chic-chic chocolatiers. Places where you can go to buy your sweetheart a Valentines Day gift box with a fifty dollar bill and come up short. (We've also got a bunch of more affordable, yet … [Read more...]
Mary’s Meadows
Slightly Ticked Mary's Meadows, Wolcott February 2023 Ugh. This is a tough one. I take pride in my honesty on the thousands of pages of CTMQ. Often, I'll rip through writing about a small land trust or town trail and if it has issues, I don't hesitate to highlight those issues. After all, anything I write is a … [Read more...]
The Skulls (2000)
Numbskulls The Skulls (2000) Remember how in the 1970's, 80's, and 90's the year 2000 was going to be awesome? Everything was going to be futuristic and cool and, well, awesome! As it turned out, not everything in the Year 2000 was awesome. In fact, some of the stuff that happened in 2000 was pretty bad. Take … [Read more...]
Guvnor’s Brewery (Closed)
Beer, Glorious Beer, Hot Sausage and Mustard! Guvnor's Brewery, Norwalk I never visited Guvnor's Brewery. Pictures stolen from "The Hour" I have no idea why you're reading this page. Maybe you're some weirdo Connecticut beer historian who is a glutton for punishment; reliving all the failed breweries of nutmeg … [Read more...]
Connecticut Brewery Collective (Closed)
Collective Failure Connecticut Brewery Collective, Wolcott Formerly Shebeen Brewing Company, this iteration of the brewery ceased operations in January 2022 before becoming Velvet Libations. The Connecticut Brewery Collective was probably the smartest thing the owner has done with his brewing operations during … [Read more...]
Antolini Woods
Nail It On Antolini Woods, New Hartford February 2023 I like wordplay and word games and such. Big crossword guy and everything. Even went to the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in Stamford and everything. So when I see words like "Antolini," which is surely just some woman's name, I see opportunity. … [Read more...]
Osborne Homestead Museum
The Land of Os Derby (Google Maps Location) December 2022 The Osborne Homestead Museum is part of the CT Women's Heritage Trail and features a CT Historic Garden. There's also the Kellogg Environmental Center located right next door. On top of that, there are also trails to hike around the state park. I … [Read more...]
Charles and Lois Beach Nature Preserve
Son of a Beach Charles and Lois Beach Nature Preserve, Hartland February 2023 The funny thing about hiking in Hartland is that pretty much the entirety of Hartland looks like the rest of Hartland. It is remote, wild, and forested. The whole dang place! It's like the entire border town with 1,900 people is a … [Read more...]
Churchill Bridge
Taking a Gambrel on the Design Churchill Covered Bridge, Newington One of my favorite CTMQ readers once wrote a comment regarding one of these newer, uglier covered bridges, "Even the classics we all love were new once." Indeed. That doesn't mean that these random, rather non-functional covered bridges … [Read more...]
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