Everything Lyme 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” Lyme CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. After all, that is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
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Hooker Brewery at Colt (Closed)
What’s the Hook? Thomas Hooker Brewery at Colt, Hartford August 2018 This outpost closed in June of 2025, selling it to a restaurant group. Ah, Hooker. One of the granddaddies of the local brewery scene. The incubator. The survivor. The innovator. For the nuskool Millennials who scoff at Hooker (for … [Read more...]
Bozrah: Complete!
Bozrah: Complete! Bozrah Pizza Restaurant Here's the list of everything I've done in Bozrah! I’m very excited to write this page. This is the 11th of what may ultimately be 169 town completion celebration pages! Yes, of course I am fully aware of how absurd that is. Send your condolences to my wife and children, … [Read more...]
Ansonia Nature Center
Sticks and Stones... Ansonia (Google Maps location) February 2013 There are a lot of nature centers in Connecticut. Some are state-run, some are Audubon centers, some are private entities, and some are town-run. Having visited dozens of them, very few stand apart. I’m happy to report that Ansonia’s version does, … [Read more...]
Still Hill Brewery
Still Getting New Breweries... Still Still Hill Brewery, Rocky Hill December 2017 In the stilllll of the niiiiiight… Still Hill is a hill in South Glastonbury, CT. In the 1800’s if you stood on Still Hill you could see the whole town of Glastonbury. One of the town’s founding fathers had a working still on … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Winchester
Everything Winchester 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” Winchester CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
Maples Farm Park
Something About Marla Maples Maples Farm Park, Bozrah September 2018 [I used to have a couple paragraphs here about Marla Maples and American evangelical Christian hypocrisy and then I remembered we now live in an alternative Trumpian universe and decided to focus on what's important here...] BOZRAH HAS A … [Read more...]
CTMQ & Bozrah: A Love Story
BOZRAH! I Love Bozrah BOZRAH! Ever-lovin' Bozrah. My nemesis and my muse. The butt of my jokes for decades. Bozrah. I love Bozrah. And I will always love Bozrah. Boz. Rah. Rah-Rah, Boz! When you parse the name, it sounds darn exciting! I envision the 'z' being a lightning bolt. BOZRAH! When I began … [Read more...]
Bailey’s Ravine Falls
AYYYYYYYYYYYYYY(ers) Bailey's Ravine/Ayers Gap Falls, Franklin September 2018 There are, quite literally, still thousands of things for me to do in Connecticut. Many of those things are not exciting. Many are. Very few land on the mythical list of “stuff Steve thinks Steve really should have seen by now.” This is … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Sherman
Everything Sherman 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” Sherman CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]
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