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O’Reilly’s Irish Gifts (Closed)

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O-Oh-No-O’Reilly’s! O’Reilly’s Irish Gifts, Farmington January 2018 O'Reilly's closed in September 2019 after 22 years in business. Aye, lasses and laddies! It's time for another visit to one of my favorite types of things I visit for this website! Surely some of you are wondering, “why is Steve devoting such … [Read more...]

Roaring Brook Falls Park

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Roaring? I'd be Lion. Roaring Brook Falls Park, Cheshire July 2014 This is a weird one. Roaring Brook Falls is most often cited as Connecticut's "largest waterfall" in the sense that it contains the largest single drop of any falls in the state. Somewhere around 80-feet of drop. Awesome. That mention almost … [Read more...]

Book Review: Connecticut a la Carte

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a la Free Library Cart Connecticut a la Carte Edited by Melinda M. Vance Isn't it weird that cookbooks are still so popular? We have several dozen of them in my house and every once in a while we may notice a pretty cover. But anytime we need a recipe, we go online. And yet... we still buy cookbooks. It's a weird … [Read more...]

NCLT: Firefly Sanctuary

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Marvin, Massarella, & Friends Firefly Sanctuary New Canaan Land Trust, New Canaan November 2020 First, let's take a moment to recognize the fact that New Canaan has an active land trust and that they are involved with preserving forests and fields in a town where land is a tad bit expensive. Shout out to … [Read more...]

WR3 NHT: Bolton

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Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Sites Bolton The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (W3R) is a National Historic Trail that commemorates the allied French and Continental armies during the American War of Independence, and the hundreds of miles travelled to, and from, the … [Read more...]

PCU (1994)

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So True PCU, 1994 I love this movie. Now, that's not to say this is a good movie. It's a totally stupid movie. But I love it anyway. Why? Because I sort of lived through everything in PCU. Let me explain. I went to UConn from 1991-1995. My high school girlfriend went to Wesleyan at the same time. We lasted as a … [Read more...]

The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

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Let's Rochambeau! Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Connecticut has parts of two National Historic Trails. This one and part of The Shaker National Historic Trail up in Enfield. While the Shaker trail is contained in a very small area, the W3R NHT essentially traverses the … [Read more...]

Route 9 in Middletown

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Bumper to Bumper... Because There's a Red Light! Route 9 Through Middletown Since writing this, I've come to lean of a 2011 Hartford Courant article all about the stop sign merge. I'm happy to have learned that the stop sign IS actually worse than the lights. More at the bottom. I'm going to do my best to focus … [Read more...]

Outside Providence (1999)

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FARrelly Outside Outside Providence, 1999 I don't think it will come as a surprise for you to learn that I don't exactly visit/hike/watch or whatever something for this website and immediately sit down to write about it. Not even close. I can usually get away with it, but sometimes, like now, I have to come … [Read more...]

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