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Charlie Krug & Indian Jack Caves

January 30, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Don't Know Jack Indian Jack & Charlie Krug Caves, Plymouth December 2022 If for some odd reason you've been reading through my pagef on various Connecticut caves and dens, you're surely tired of reading that almost none of our state's caves are actually caves. And that sometimes our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Caves & Dens, Litchfield County, Plymouth

Book Review: Connecticut Farms and Farmers Markets

January 28, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Yee-Haw Connecticut Farms and Farmers Markets Eric D. Lehman and Amy Nawrocki (2022) I didn't plan on actually reading this book. I don't think the prolific Connecticut authors plan for anyone to read read Connecticut Farms and Farmers Markets. That's not the point of it at all. I, however, actually read the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: books, Connecticut Books, Connecticut Travel Guides & Cookbooks, eric lehman

Sterling Opera House (Abandoned)

January 25, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

No Ficken Joke Sterling Opera House, Derby I suppose I could have tried to get a personal tour of this place. After all, NBC30 did. So did Atlas Obscura as well as Damned Connecticut. In a way, I consider all three of those outlets peers. I'll also consider them primary source material for this page. Because, as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, derby, New Haven County, theaters

Buttermilk Falls (Plymouth)

January 24, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Feel the Churn Buttermilk Falls, Plymouth December 2022 Every state has its own Buttermilk Falls. Most states have multiple. Connecticut even has two. That's right, our little state with a general paucity of decent waterfalls couldn't come up with different names for Plymouth's Buttermilk Falls and the much … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Justin Coleman Photography, Litchfield County, Mattatuck Trail, Plymouth, Waterfalls

Old Derby Uptown Burying Ground

January 16, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Derb Nap Old Derby Uptown Burying Ground, Derby December 2022 There's a lot of CTMQ-worthy stuff crammed into tiny little Derby. When I began compiling all of that stuff, I was rather surprised to learn that the "oldest public burying ground in the US" is located here, on a sweeping hillside above the Naugatuck … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Religion, Remembrances, & Outdoor Art, Superlatives Tagged With: Cemeteries, derby, Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, New Haven County

Taking a Shot at Love (2021)

January 14, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

He Shoots... He Scores! Taking a Shot at Love (2021) Oh man. An absolute classic right here. Just a slammin' Hallmark banger. There has been a lot written in the local press about Avon resident Julie Sherman Wolfe and all the Hallmark movies she's been writing that are set in Connecticut, but nowhere did I read how … [Read more...]

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

Dragon’s Breath Forge

January 13, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Straight Fire Dragon's Breath Forge, Wolcott December 2022 Swords. Knives. All kinds of swords and knives. Types of swords and knives that no one not deeply involved in the world of swords and knives have ever heard of. And who, pray tell, is "deeply involved in the world of swords and knives" in our little … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: New Haven County, Other Companies and Businesses, Wolcott

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

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

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