Dick and Jane Call Jane (2022) This is an important movie. It's also a good movie. The acting is excellent and the story is relevant to today. It features big name stars. The writing is pretty good. The story is compelling. It was filmed largely in Hartford and West Hartford - my home town! And I didn't pay … [Read more...]
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Pork Hollow
"The British Are Coming... For Our Pork!" Pork Hollow, Ansonia Everyone knows the story of Paul Revere. Sure, his legendary ride was early in the War for Independence, as he rode at midnight to warn the locals and the militia that "The British are Coming" to Lexington and Concord. The midnight ride was dramatized … [Read more...]
Fishfry Street
Shad Roe Skid Row Fishfry Street, Hartford Everyone in Connecticut loves Roast Meat Hill Road in Killingworth. I don't know what it is about that road, but every time someone asks the algorithm-loving question of "what's your favorite street name in the state?", Roast Meat Hill Road always gets tons of … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Cold Blue Blood
Blue Bloods and Blood. Lots of Blood. The Cold Blue Blood, David Handler (2001) This is the first in David Handler's Berger and Mitry Mystery series I'm going to introduce this mystery series by using the publisher's introduction: Welcome to the quaint historic village of Dorset, the jewel of Connecticut's … [Read more...]
Osborne Homestead Garden
OsFest Derby December 2022 The Historic Garden is located at the Osborne Homestead Museum which is part of the CT Women's Heritage Trail. There's also the Kellogg Environmental Center located right next door. On top of that, there are also trails to hike around the state park. All the pretty pictures with … [Read more...]
The Skulls (2000)
Numbskulls The Skulls (2000) Remember how in the 1970's, 80's, and 90's the year 2000 was going to be awesome? Everything was going to be futuristic and cool and, well, awesome! As it turned out, not everything in the Year 2000 was awesome. In fact, some of the stuff that happened in 2000 was pretty bad. Take … [Read more...]
Osborne Homestead Museum
The Land of Os Derby (Google Maps Location) December 2022 The Osborne Homestead Museum is part of the CT Women's Heritage Trail and features a CT Historic Garden. There's also the Kellogg Environmental Center located right next door. On top of that, there are also trails to hike around the state … [Read more...]
Churchill Bridge
Taking a Gambrel on the Design Churchill Covered Bridge, Newington One of my favorite CTMQ readers once wrote a comment regarding one of these newer, uglier covered bridges, "Even the classics we all love were new once." Indeed. That doesn't mean that these random, rather non-functional covered bridges … [Read more...]
Book Review: Loop Year
I'm Loopy Loop Year, John Sheirer (2008) You'd think I'd really like this book. Heck, you'd think I'd love it. I thought I'd love it. I really wanted to love it. I can say I love the idea of it. Any longtime CTMQ reader (or personal acquaintance) will nod along when I say that the book is a daily chronicle … [Read more...]
National Iwo Jima Memorial
Oorah! National Iwo Jima Memorial, Newington & New Britain We all have "those things" that we live near that we just never check out. Be it a museum or a hike or restaurant or whatever. I think the unconscious thinking is, "I live nearby, so it's easy to get to, so I'll make the effort someday." The National … [Read more...]
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