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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

94. St. Joseph College* Art Gallery

June 1, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Gettin' Nasty West Hartford (Google Maps Location) March 11, 2009 Update: This is now the "Art Gallery at the University of St. Joseph" as the school stepped it up a bit in 2012. Also, it is now part of the Connecticut Art Trail. I really should revisit this place and get better pictures, as it's only a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Museums Tagged With: Art, Colleges & Universities, Connecticut Art Trail, Damian, Free Museums, West Hartford

Art Viewpoints Trail Intro

June 1, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

A State with a View Five Connecticut Art Trail Viewpoints This popped up on my radar because of a 2002 New York Times article (below), and I'm likely the only person on earth who took note of this thing and is writing about it. Sure, Connecticut has a vibrant Art Trail, which is promoted and does great stuff. But … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: Art, Art Trail Viewpoints, Connecticut Art Trail

108. Plainville Library Museum

May 29, 2009 by Steve 2 Comments

All of Their Eggs in One Basket Plainville (Google Maps Location) May 28, 2009 Adhering to CTMQ bylaw 9.7 - "If they call themselves a museum, it's a museum" - I hereby present to you the smallest museum I’ve visited to date. I'll be quite surprised to find one smaller on my quest... But one never knows. (Which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Birds, Free Museums, Libraries, native american history, Natural History, Plainville, Tiny Museums

Cassidy Hill Vineyard

May 26, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

...NOT Cassidy Swill Cassidy Hill Vineyard, Coventry May 24, 2009 There we were, driving up Route 44 out to the Quiet Corner and the Pomfret Audubon Society. We also made a side trip down to Sharpe Hill Vineyard (Old visit here) to begin our 2009 Wine Tour - hitting 14 vineyards and getting our passport stamped … [Read more...]

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

Whitestone-Jericho Connector

May 23, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

CONNECT(icut) Plymouth/Thomaston/Watertown, 1.6 miles March 2009 This trail has been discontinued. There's no need for this post. Really. It's a nice connector trail to have available, as one can hook up from the Jericho to the Mattatuck and continue west or east. It's just not necessary for me to bother … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, mattatuck state forest, Plymouth, Thomaston, Watertown

Whitestone Cliffs Trail

May 22, 2009 by Steve 6 Comments

I Smell Hippies Plymouth, 1.7 miles March 31, 2009 Having just finished up the surprisingly excellent Hancock Brook Trail a couple miles to the southeast in Waterbury proper, I drove the 8 minutes over to Plymouth and the short Whitestone Cliffs Trail. This section of the Mattatuck State Forest is tucked into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Great Views, mattatuck state forest, Plymouth, waterbury area trails

102. CT Audubon Society Center at Pomfret

May 21, 2009 by Steve 4 Comments

Don't Fret; A Title Pun is in the Pom of my Hands... Pomfret (Google Maps Location) May 17, 2009 I'm pretty certain we are the only family who gets in their car, drives up and down hills for an hour east to Pomfret in order to check out a small Audubon Society nature center. After all, there are larger Audubon and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: audubon, Birds, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Nature Centers, Pomfret

Ice Cream at We-Li-Kit

May 19, 2009 by Steve 2 Comments

We-Lik-Everything-But-The-Name We-Li-Kit, Pomfret May 2009 2016 Update: This place still rules. It's still cheaper than other top-end Connecticut ice cream joints and it's still fresh, homemade, and delicious. They also sell beef and maple syrup, as this is a true farmstand. This page was written before I started … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Hoang, Pomfret, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Red Potato & Pickle Pizzas at Willington Pizza

May 19, 2009 by Steve 3 Comments

You Say Potato, I Say Delicious Willington Pizza House, Willington Multiple visits Way back in the 1990's, some college or college-age students used to do a thing called "dating." This was before online social media and smartphone apps made such a quaint practice obsolete among that demographic. And if you went … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Pizza, restaurants, unique restaurants and/or food, Willington

UConn Greenhouses

May 12, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Biology: The Study of Life... And What is More Important Than LIFE?! UConn Storrs (Google Maps Location) February 25, 2009 Ahhhh, home. Like the plants on view, I was rooted in this very building for four years. The smells... The sights... It was nice to be back "home." Yes folks, I hold a biology degree from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Museums Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Free Museums, Greenhouses, Mansfield, Not Really a Museum Museum, Plants, Storrs, UConn

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