I Gen eh See How It Is Genesee Trails, Guilford & Madison January 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access. Hot on the heels of my very first RWA hike down the coast at Maltby Lakes, I was all jazzed up for a dawn hike here, at the Genesee Property. I'd learned … [Read more...]
Over AndOver
I Can't Beat the Original Pun Over AndOver, Andover The only reason this page exists is because the people responsible for this mish-mash used furniture and upcycling artisan store and hangout named their Andover store Over AndOver. It is not a store that sells anything I'm interested in and it's not a hangout … [Read more...]
UConn Basketball Books (2000-2010)
U-C-O-N-N! UCONN! UCONN! UCONN! (basketball books) Dozens of books have been written about UConn's storied men's and women's basketball programs. After all, they won nearly 20 national championships together and in 2004 and 2014, they both won. I assume many are not dissimilar to many others. So I will read them, … [Read more...]
Bolton: Complete
Bolton: Complete! 3 J's Café Here is my list of everything I've done in Bolton! I’m very excited to write this page. This is the 24th of what may ultimately be 169 town completion celebration pages! Yes, of course I am fully aware of how absurd that is. But I love it. For those of you who are new here... … [Read more...]
Iraq: Dunya Market & Deli
I'm Not Dunya Dunya Market, Waterbury March 2021 Full disclosure: I don't know anything about Iraqi cuisine. While that surely won't come as a surprise to anyone, I think that's also the fun of this Connecticut World Food Tour side project I do once in a blue moon. An alternate title for this page could … [Read more...]
Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum (Closed)
Putting the Ire in Ireland Hamden (Google Maps location) June 14, 2014 This museum officially closed in 2021 but not without controversy. It may reopen in Fairfield. This museum was part of the Connecticut Art Trail. I have a whole massive list of all the stuff in Connecticut that is the oldest or largest … [Read more...]
Potsdam Cottages
Where There's Huy, There's Hope Potsdam Cottages Hartford Aside from Fishfry Street in Hartford, my favorite street names are those down around Coltsville. The mix of Dutch and Algonquin (or similar) is trippy. Van Block, Van Dyke, Huyshope, Hendrixson, and Curcombe intersect with Warwarme, Masseek, Weehasset, … [Read more...]
Cheney Silk Vaults
The Chene Gang The Cheney Silk Vaults Manchester I've written fairly extensively about various buildings within Manchester's Cheney Brothers Historic District and I thought I was done with it. Then Calvin and I rode the full Cheney Rail Trail which took us right into the heart of the historic mills and out to … [Read more...]
Book Review: American Cookery
American Cookery, Amelia Simmons (1796) I can be moderately proud that I've written about many, many hundreds of things for this site that previously had no internet presence. Every so often, though, I'm tasked to write about something that has been described, poked, prodded, and probed dozens of times over many … [Read more...]
East Granby: Complete
East Granby: Complete! J&G Restaurant Here is my list of everything I've done in East Granby! I’m very excited to write this page. This is the 23rd of what may ultimately be 169 town completion celebration pages! Yes, of course I am fully aware of how absurd that is. But I love it. For those of you who … [Read more...]
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