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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

Ethiopia: Lalibela

January 17, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Lali, Lali, Lali Get Your Injera Here... CT Food Tour of the World at Lalibela, New Haven November 2024 I'm facing a crisis. And if my wife wrote about places like Lalibela like I do, she'd have the same issue. Is it an ethical issue? An existential one? I'm not sure, but it certainly won't be the first time I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Food Tour of the World, Hoang, New Haven

Meadowood

January 16, 2025 by Steve 2 Comments

I, Too, Have a Dream... But No Answers Meadowood, Simsbury November 2024 I try, with varied success, to be fairly politically neutral on this site. And I will continue to try on this page about some old tobacco barns in a farmed field in northern Simsbury as well. Mostly because I honestly don't know where I'd … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Farms, Simsbury

Highlawn Forest

January 15, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Herbert's Way is the Only Way CFPA's Highlawn Forest, Middlefield & Middletown April 2009 & November 2023 No one would complain if I just ignored my "hike" here in 2009 as it was maybe a third of a mile total. Back then, the trails here weren't trails as much as they were demonstrations of how the CFPA trails … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Middlefield, Middletown

Hell Hole

January 14, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Aw. I Think Simsbury is Nice! Hell Hole, Simsbury This page is a great example of who I am at my deepest core... for better or for worse. And I won't even burden you with how far down the Satanic rabbit hole I went just now either. Okay, so, yeah. I try to find all these places around the state named for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Religion, Cemeteries, Monuments, Statuary, Greens, & Outdoor Sculpture & Art Tagged With: Bushwhack, Satan!, Simsbury

Rimmon School House (Closed)

January 13, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Rimmon Job Rimmon School House, Beacon Falls November 2024 Y'know, this was never a museum and I'm 99% sure it will never be a museum, but here it is, what I'm calling Connecticut museum visit #531. Look, I get it. You think I'm just padding my museum visit stats. Fine. But do you really think that a guy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Beacon Falls, Closed/Gone/Former, Not Really a Museum Museum, School Houses

Stappa Vineyard

January 10, 2025 by Steve 1 Comment

Just Stahhpp Stappa Vineyard, Orange November 2024 The tasting room at Stappa Vineyard in Orange is lovely. The grounds are expansive and nice. The people working there were very friendly. Thank you for coming to my page about this winery. I really should stappa there. But you people expect more. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, New Post, Wineries Tagged With: Hoang, Orange

Old Canal Way Trail

January 9, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

So Much Canal Old Canal Way Trail, Simsbury November 2024 99,999 times out of 100,000 times you mention the Canal Trail in Simsbury, people will assume you're talking about the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail. And, frankly, 99,999 times out of 100,000 times people mention the Canal Trail in Simsbury, they are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Canals and Dams, Simsbury

The Dirty Derb

January 8, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Pimpin' Ain't Easy Dirty Derby Roads, Derby December 2024 ***Warning!*** Not the usual CTMQ content. You can guess from the title of the page where it's going. You've been warned. I was friends with a dude in high school whose last name was Durbin. Of course we called him Dirty Durb. He was a nice guy and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: CTMQ After DArk, derby, Roads and Tunnels

Brodie Park

January 7, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Bro Code Brodie Park (South) Trails, New Hartford October 2024 West Hill Lake straddles the Barkhamsted-New Hartford line, but is mostly in New Hartford. West and southwest of it lie two scout camps: Sequassen and Workcoeman. West of them is West West Hill Road and east of the lake is, of course East West Hill … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: New Hartford

The Ethel Walker School Interactive Museum

January 6, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Community Standards The Ethel Walker School Interactive Museum, Simsbury November 2024 Connecticut museum visit #537. Long time readers know of my fascination with Connecticut's boarding school scene. (This is currently even more fascinating to me as my 8th grader is getting looks from some because of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: ethel walker school, private museum, Private Schools, schools, Simsbury, virtual museums

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