Home of the Barberians East Windsor (Google Maps location) August 10, 2019 Connecticut museum visit #454. I think we’d all agree that this nearly empty little one-room schoolhouse doesn’t deserve its own page here on CTMQ. After all, it’s smack dab in the middle of the East Windsor Historical Society array of … [Read more...]
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Hockanum River Trail 1: Meadow Hill
Starting Off with a Bang Hockanum River Trail: Meadow Hill, East Hartford 1 mile, May 2019 Hello. Thank you for being here. The journey you’re about to take with me is a crazy one. What follows are two dozen write-ups of the 24 sections of the wondrous, insane, vexing, perplexing, hilarious, impressive, and … [Read more...]
Elllington: Complete!
Ellington: Complete! Chuck Wagon Restaurant Here is the CTMQ Guide to Ellington with my list and stories about everything I've done there! After a decade of writing CTMQ, I decided to try to “complete” towns. In that decade of traveling and writing, I had already done a lot of stuff in many of our towns … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Kent
Everything Kent I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Kent CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If I’ve … [Read more...]
Lincoln Financial Sculpture Walk
Honestly, Abe, Take a Shower East Hartford & Hartford (Google Maps location) May 28, 2019 I don't want to make this more confusing than necessary. Riverfront Recapture is an organization that seeks to reclaim the land along the Connecticut River in Hartford and East Hartford. A reconfiguration of the horrible … [Read more...]
Charter Oak Brewing Company
TIMMMBERRRR! Charter Oak Brewing Company, Danbury May 2019 My word, where to start with Charter Oak. While they were a newer Connecticut brewery when I visited in 2019, they’ve also been around forever. Okay, 2012, but that’s nearly forever in Connecticut-breweryland. I’ve followed the company’s trajectory since … [Read more...]
The Scandinavian Gift Shop
Scandi Candi Ain't So Dandi The Scandinavian Gift Shop, Ellington April 2019 The shop moved to a new location in East Windsor in 2020 and the founder's granddaughter, Olivia, took over. In April 2019 I totally planned to visit this place and write a page about it. In May 2019 I totally scrapped that idea … [Read more...]
Great River Park
Great River? Or the Greatest River? Great River Park (Riverfront Recapture), East Hartford May 2019 I never planned to walk this walk. Well, I mean I didn’t plan to walk the entirety of Great River Park the day that I did. But I’m glad I did. While Great River Park stands on its own as a fairly worthwhile … [Read more...]
Farmington Valley Arts Center
Fusing Art and History Farmington Valley Arts Center, Avon (Location) May 2019 Connecticut museum visit #419. When I wrote about Avon's nearby Climax Road, it reminded me about the Farmington Valley Arts Center. I had poked my head in a few times over the years for various reasons, one being my friend Eina … [Read more...]
Franklin: Complete!
Franklin: Complete! Emely’s Pizza Restaurant Here is the CTMQ Guide to Franklin with my list and stories about everything I’ve done there! After a decade of writing CTMQ, I decided to try to “complete” towns. In that decade of traveling and writing, I had already done a lot of stuff in many of our towns … [Read more...]
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