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WR3 NHT: East Hartford

October 7, 2019 by Steve 2 Comments

Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Sites East Hartford 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, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: East Hartford, Historic Houses, Military History, National Historic Trails, Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail

CT Collegiate Football Tour: UConn

October 7, 2019 by Steve 2 Comments

UCan't UConn vs. University of South Florida, East Hartford October 5, 2019 *Sigh* Books will be written about UConn football and its unique place in the history of the ultimate implosion of the NCAA. Chapters will be filled with details about the expensive dream. The rise and precipitous fall of the football … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: college football tour, Colleges & Universities, East Hartford, football, rentschler field, UConn

Book Review: Connecticut Made

October 3, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Made in the Shade (Tobacco State) Connecticut Made, 2016 By Cynthia Parzych This book is a perfectly fine book. It’s also (yet another) book that shines a light on one of the reasons I don’t write a book. You see, books like this are very temporal in nature. They have an expiration date; a short shelf life of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else Tagged With: Connecticut Books, Connecticut Travel Guides & Cookbooks

440. Huntington Homestead Museum

October 2, 2019 by Steve 1 Comment

Hunting in Scotland Scotland (Google Maps location) June 8, 2019 You’ll likely find this ridiculous - and you should - but I’ve always had this weirdly romanticized vision of what Scotland, Connecticut is like. This vision is formed, obviously, by its namesake country. It’s not exactly easy to get to for most of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Museums, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Free Museums, historic house museums, Historic Houses, Military History, National Historic Landmarks, Scotland, Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail

Getting Off (RIP)

September 23, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Finished Getting Off, Winchester I regret to inform you that Getting Off has closed. Located next to Stop & Shop in Winsted, people can no longer shop at Getting Off. I never had the pleasure of shopping at Getting Off myself, so I can’t properly review what Getting Off is like, but this person on facebook … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Other Companies and Businesses, Winchester, Winsted

Stop-Log Exercises

September 10, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

When the Levee Doesn’t Break Stop-Log Exercises East Hartford I can’t be alone in finding this weird thing East Hartford does fascinating. Perhaps I should clickbait the title… THIS ONE WEIRD THING EAST HARTFORD DOES WILL SAVE THE TOWN FROM DISASTER! But really, that’s a truthful statement. And I’m 99% certain … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Canals and Dams, East Hartford

Book Review: Going Outside in Connecticut

September 9, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

SCORP-de-DORP Going Outside in Connecticut, 2017 By Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Why am I “reviewing” this “book?” Why was it on the “special” short lending period shelf at the library? Like, who in the world is checking this thing out? As the (probably) one person who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Connecticut Books, Connecticut Hiking & Outdoors Books

Book Review: Mystic Seaport

September 4, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Salty Mystic Seaport, 1974 By The Mystic Seaport, Inc. I was perusing the shelves at the Windsor Library the other day and happened upon this book. It’s a picture book. There is one page of text. I could copy those three paragraphs and delight you with them, but you can probably guess what they say. So … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else Tagged With: Connecticut Books, connecticut photography books, Mystic, Mystic Seaport, Ships & Boats & Submarines, Stonington

Plymabama

September 3, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Plymabama... Alabamouth? Plymouth I notice things. Oftentimes, the things I notice are pure nonsense. Take, for example, this entire page. The joke here is, “Plymouth really is the Alabama of Connecticut!” Then I show you this: Then we all laugh because Plymouth really is the Alabama of Connecticut! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, New Post Tagged With: alabama, Plymouth

PT Barnum Monument (Bridgeport)

September 3, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Still a Showman PT Barnum Monument, Bridgeport May 17, 2008 Phineas Taylor Barnum’s life is intertwined with the history and layout of Bridgeport. This surely comes as a surprise to many, as Barnum is certainly not the first thing people think of when pondering the issues of the BPT. Although, I guess … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Religion, Cemeteries, Monuments, Statuary, Greens, & Outdoor Sculpture & Art Tagged With: Bridgeport, pt barnum, Statuary

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