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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

400th Museum Visit Celebration!

January 2, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Play Well August 2018 I celebrated my 100th Connecticut museum with cake at home with family. 200 was an overnight at Foxwoods. 300? The Upscale Bernard's restaurant in Ridgefield. How would I ever outdo myself at 400? Oh, I know! At work! How exciting. I thought it would be kind of neat. I worked at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classic, Museums, New Post Tagged With: Milestones

Christmas in Connecticut (1992)

December 23, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Terminate This Christmas in Connecticut (1992) There is exactly one interesting thing about this movie: It was directed by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Now, Arnold has had a hugely successful Hollywood career and transformed himself from a 'roided up Austrian mute to a blockbuster star to the Governor of California (?!), … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Christmas, christmas movies, connecticut movies, movies, zero star movies

Christmas at the Carousel (2021)

December 22, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Carousel Carousing Christmas at the Carousel (2021) We've got a budding Hitchcock, Tarantino, Shyamalan, Kevin Smith over here. Yes, young Erik Bloomquist writes, directs, and stars in his own "Christmas at the Carousel." Bloomquist the director has several horror movies under his belt, so this Christmassy romantic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Carousels, Christmas, christmas movies, connecticut movies, movies

Christmas Caper (2007)

December 21, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

The ABC's of BC, not CT Christmas Caper (2007) Hoo boy. This was an ABC Family movie for their 25 Days of Christmas "event" way back in the day. Did ABC Family beget Hallmark and all that comes with that channel in the 2020's? And since it is Hallmark Channel that began filming so much of their treacle in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Christmas, christmas movies, connecticut movies, movies

A Very Nutty Christmas (2018)

December 20, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

7th Hell A Very Nutty Christmas (2018) What do you get when you write a terribly trite and hackneyed modern fairy tale and bring together the star of a late 1990's teen sitcom, the star of a late 1990's family drama, the star of a early 2000's hit sitcom, a star of a long-running Broadway musical, and... a guy who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Christmas, christmas movies, connecticut movies, Hallmark & Lifetime Bangers, movies

My Adventures With Santa (2019)

December 19, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

My Adventures in Bachelorhood My Adventures With Santa (2019) I'm writing this on April 9th. I watched this dreck on April 8th. Why? I'll tell you why. Because in 2021 the tidal wave of Christmas movies shot in Connecticut became too big for me to ignore. Too many of them were shot at places I'm familiar with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Christmas, christmas movies, connecticut movies, movies, zero star movies

Tree House Orchard & Farm Fermentory

December 16, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

By The Time They Got to Woodstock... Tree House Orchard & Farm Fermentory, Woodstock October 2022 Tree House began brewing beer here in September 2023, and I revisited this place for the brewery. I'm at a bit of a loss here. On the one hand, there's too much for me to say about Tree House The Company but on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Cideries, Farms, tree house, Woodstock

Avalonia: Knox Preserve

December 15, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Knoxing About Knox Preserve, Stonington November 2022 Everyone knows I love Stonington. Heck, everyone loves Stonington. How could you not love Stonington? Stonington is so cool that even the little one mile (in total) trail network squeezed in between the town's oldest cemetery, Route 1, and the active … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Avalonia Land Conservancy, Stonington

The Mysteries of Berlin

December 13, 2022 by Steve 8 Comments

Spoiler: I Have no Answers Berlin Every Connecticut town has its mysteries. Some are famous like Gungywump in Groton, and some are pretty much only known to me like the Mystery Pits in Somers. But Berlin is different to me because its mysteries are right there! In your face! And yet, I can't seem to land on any … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Berlin, Dubious Claims, town essays

Palestine Museum US

December 13, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Can’t We All Just Be Pals? Woodbridge, (Google Maps location) May 2018 I have very proud American Jewish friends and very proud Israeli friends. I know at least a few of them have very, very strong opinions on Palestinian statehood and the decades of violence some have used to try to achieve it. I know … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Woodbridge

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