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Beatrice Fox Auerbach House

January 19, 2013 by Steve

Foxy Lady Beatrice Fox Auerbach House, Hartford September 13, 2012 All Things Auer Farm My page about City Steam Brewery, which is in a beautiful part of the old G. Fox Department store Many people write blogs as a means of getting free crap. Mommy bloggers (apparently) love free yogurt and laundry … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses Tagged With: famous people houses, Hartford

Site of World’s First Pay Phone

January 13, 2013 by Steve 7 Comments

I'm Writing This on my Phone Site of First Pay Phone in US, Hartford Southeast Corner of Main and State Streets I'm at a payphone trying to call home All of my change I spent on you Where have the times gone Baby it's all wrong, where are the plans we made for two? Really Maroon 5? You're at a pay phone? In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hartford

Arethusa Farm

January 9, 2013 by Steve 4 Comments

Arethusa AreShoesa Arethusa Farm, Litchfield July 21, 2012 Skip to the Arethusa Milk and Homemade Ice Cream page Skip to the Arethusa Cheese page along the CT Cheese Trail Connecticut. After six years of writing this, the pre-eminent website about all the things to do in this little state, I still find … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Animals, Arethusa, Calvin, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Litchfield

Pequot Museum Observation Tower

January 5, 2013 by Steve 2 Comments

Mashuntucket Pequot Museum Observation Tower Ledyard Elevator-facilitated Tower (185 feet) I have good news* for the cost-conscious among you CTMQ Tower List completists: This one is actually free! I never knew that until I visited the (decidedly not free) museum. So yes, you can drive out to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Calvin, casinos, Damian, foxwoods, Great Views, Hoang, Ledyard, Observation Towers

Summer Brook Valley Farm Alpacas (Closed)

October 23, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

Alpaca? But I Hardly Know Ya Summer Brook Valley Farm Alpacas November 26, 2011 This page is... crazy. Summer Brook closed in 2015 for one, and it goes way too deep into alpaca-dom for some reason. But this is the only alpaca place you'll find on CTMQ, though other similar places are of course still operating in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Animals, Closed/Gone/Former, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Middletown, Zoos

Bobcats Kittens

October 2, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Best Bobcat Kittens, Windsor I've worked where I work for a few years now and have had the pleasure of seeing our mama bobcat a few times in the woods behind our parking lot. She's beautiful and regal and has let me approach within 10 feet of her. I love her. Someone else apparently loves her too, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Animals, Wild Animals, Windsor

Shepaug Dam Bald Eagles

October 2, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

Dam! That's a Bald Eagle! Shepaug Dam Bald Eagle Observatory January 14, 2012 Hot dam! Who doesn't love seeing bald eagles? 1. People in Alaska where they've become a bit of a nuisance. 2. "Hot dam" makes no sense, because January 14, 2012 was single-digit cold with a biting and constant wind. After … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Animals, Birds, Canals and Dams, Southbury, Wild Animals

NNL: Beckley Bog

October 1, 2012 by Steve 3 Comments

National Natural Landmark: Beckley Bog Norfolk Designation Date: 1977 I do not hesitate when asked what my favorite area of Connecticut is. While I love many diverse parts of the state from Stonington’s downtown borough to Yale’s historic buildings and New Canaan’s modernist neighborhoods, the extreme northwest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff" Tagged With: Bushwhack, National Natural Landmarks, Norfolk

Dog, Bear, Dog Rocks (Winchester)

September 30, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

3 Animal Rocks in varying stages of decay Road around Highland Lake, Winsted/Winchester I see no need to separate these three rocks onto their own pages. If you're going to see one, you're going to see all three as they are only about a third of a mile or so apart. Of course, if you are purposely going to this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Animals, Art, Painted Rocks, Winchester

Brush With Fame: Jim Calhoun

September 14, 2012 by Steve 2 Comments

Jim Calhoun announced his retirement two days ago. 1:22 PM, I tweeted that I have a Calhoun story 1:23 PM, Rep-Am sportswriter Ed Daigneault tells me to write it down. I just did. 2:22 PM, I publish it for your enjoyment August 1990 I toured UConn’s Storrs campus in the late summer before my senior year of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: basketball, Brushes with fame, Mansfield, national Champions, Storrs, UConn

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