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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

East Hartford Brewing Group

January 21, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Ten Pennies For Your Thoughts East Hartford Brewing Group, East Hartford December 2021 I waffled and wavered far longer than you'd want to believe on how best to present this page. Should I just write an addendum to my original Olde Burnside Brewing page? Or create a whole new page? Well, now you have the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: East Hartford

Mattatuck State Forest

January 21, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mattatuck State Forest Harwinton, Litchfield, Plymouth, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown What started as an over-timbered little 723 acres gifted to the state in 1926 has grown to 4,510 acres in 20 parcels across six towns. Most of what people are familiar with is in Thomaston, Waterbury, and Watertown though. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: mattatuck state forest, Plymouth, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown

Scovill/e/Woodtick Reservoir Loop

January 20, 2022 by Steve 3 Comments

Scoville, Scovill, Woodtick, Cornelis, Mill Pond, Whatever ? Reservoir Mill Pond Way Loop December 2021 When all is said and done with regards to CTMQ, and I'm rocking in my chair telling the youngins about my decades-long project to do everything in Connecticut and one scamp asks me, "what do you remember most … [Read more...]

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

Water Trails

January 19, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Connecticut's Canoe & Kayak Water Trails This page will likely never be complete... nor completed. I'm not yet sold on whether or not I'll pursue this list myself, but here it is. (The logistics of doing these almost requires two people, which is problematic for me.) If you know of missing trails, please let me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles

Stamford Museum & Nature Center

January 19, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Otters, Udders, and... Light Sabers? Stamford (Google Maps location) December 2015 The Stamford Museum & Nature Center is a Connecticut Art Trail site We visited the Stamford Museum and Nature Center in 2015 and I'll state here at the outset that this is the rare Connecticut museum that I will definitely be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Animals, Art, Calvin, Connecticut Art Trail, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Natural History, Nature Centers, Stamford, Town History

Onion Mountain

January 17, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

"L'il Bit O' On-yon" Canton Land Conservation Trust, Canton December 2021 Who among you remembers Justin Wilson, the Cajun Chef, from his old PBS cooking shows? Man, that guy was great. Between his accent and Julia Child's accent (and the foods they made), watching PBS cooking shows was great. Those shows with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Canton, Canton Land Conservation Trust

A Quiet Place Part II (2020)

January 16, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Shhhh, Keep Our Islands Secret A Quiet Place Part II (2020) Let's do this. Keep quiet about it though, since I'm going to try to rip through this quickly and I don't want anyone hearing I'm getting lazy. Shhhhhhhh... I saw A Quiet Place on a plane somewhere over the Atlantic on one of my many trips to Europe … [Read more...]

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

Cape Cod 2014

January 15, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Brewster's Millions Brewster, MA If you happen to be looking at this page, please know that it exists simply for me and my little goofball family to look at it in the future to reminisce about family vacations back in the day. You're certainly welcome to look. Our kids were cute enough in 2014. I'm putting this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Calvin, cape cod, Damian, Hoang, Massachusetts, Vacations

The Mayflower Dining Room

January 14, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

This Place is Money The Mayflower Dining Room, Washington November 2021 Alright look, I didn't stay a night at the Mayflower Inn. And I'm never going to. I live 45 minutes away and there's no reason for me to spend major coin to stay at a hotel. Even if it's arguably the nicest hotel in the state. Rates are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Everything Else, Food & Drink, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Hoang, restaurants, Washington

Nassahegon State Forest Intro

January 13, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Nassahegon State Forest Burlington I don't know how many of Connecticut's state forests are contained entirely in one town like the Nassahegon is. The forest was originally designated in 1926 to protect the watershed for the state fish hatchery, now called the Burlington Trout Hatchery. Today the forest is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bike Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Burlington, nassahegon state forest

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