Oy vey Middletown (Google Maps location) December 2023 CT museum visit #513. I don't quite remember how I first came to learn of the small museum at this synagogue in Middletown. I would guess it was more than a decade prior to my visit. I probably was poking around online when I was completing my walk around … [Read more...]
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Polmart Post Office
Polishing Off Another Superlative Polmart Post Office, New Britain In a sense, we could find infinite things that are only in Connecticut. Like, "only Whole Foods that used to be a Wild Oats that's only a mile or two away from two other Whole Foods" (West Hartford) or "Only town that is shaped like a wallaby" (New … [Read more...]
Hotel Marcel
Something's Breuering Hotel Marcel, New Haven August 2023 Since when did I start staying in and writing about "Hotels of Connecticut?" Today, I guess. Just don't let me get any notions of pursuing "Motels of the Berlin Turnpike" please. There are a few high-end hotels on a couple lists I've been … [Read more...]
First Safety Fuse in the US
Slow Burn First Safety Fuse in the US, Simsbury The Ensign-Bickford Company of Simsbury is responsible for the early manufacture and widespread use of the safety fuse in America. Developed in 1831 by Cornishman William Bickford, the Miner’s Safety Fuse was introduced to Farmington Valley mining operations in 1836. … [Read more...]
The Durham Fair
Giving it a Fair Shake Durham September 2023 As a general rule, I do not write about Connecticut's town fairs unless they have a superlative attached to them like the Brooklyn Fair (the oldest fair in the US). However, several have museums onsite and therefore I must go. The Durham Fair does, indeed, … [Read more...]
Wadsworth Falls Covered Bridge
A Wads Worth of Poo Wadsworth Falls Covered Bridge, Middletown November 2023 You don't visit Wadsworth Falls State Park for the covered bridge. You visit it for the falls. Or the pond. Or the trails. Heck, you probably don't even notice the little covered bridge near the main parking lot in Middletown. But I … [Read more...]
Middlefield’s Town Seal
A Bang-Bang Write-Up Middlefield's Town Seal I really don't have much to say here other than Middlefield's town seal is seen through a gun sight. And I think that's pretty weird since, to me, it appears that the town is in someone's crosshairs. And that being the case, Middlefield's seal suggests that someone is … [Read more...]
Coginchaug Cave
Chaugging Along Coginchaug Cave, Durham November 2023 I'd been to this fake cave before, way back in 2008 when it was right along the Mattabesett Trail. In fact, it was on the main trail for many decades, until a 2021 reroute put it onto the "Coginchaug Cave Connector" trail. This reroute is an excellent one, … [Read more...]
Book Review: new haven noir
NwahNoir new haven noir, Anthology Collected & Edited by Amy Bloom (2017) I'll admit to some personal bias up front: I was pretty stoked to read this book. Proper noir is one of my favorite genres for one, but throw in the "everything takes place in New Haven written by people who are or were intimately familiar … [Read more...]
Durham Pest House
A Pox On You All The Pest House, Durham September 2023 While a lot of what I uncover and research and seek and find in Connecticut is a solo effort, sometimes that's just not good enough. So I very much appreciate when helpful readers come to my aid. (Allow me to take a moment to lament the death of Twitter. … [Read more...]
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