Pub Crawl I was on WFBS this morning! Will update this later if the segment goes online. Over my 11 years of writing CTMQ, I’ve been featured in all the places you’d expect. The Courant, Connecticut Magazine, WNPR, various smaller papers, and oh yeah, The New York Times. Seriously. I swear! As we near … [Read more...]
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SCC: Woodlawn Trail
The World is Upside-Down Stafford Conservation Commission (SCC): Woodlawn ~2 Miles, July 2017 I lamented the lack of proper scaling on the three Stafford Conservation Commission trail maps back when Damian and I explored the Diamond Ledges over in West Stafford. I don’t wish to belabor the point, but for a … [Read more...]
347. Stafford Historical Society Museum
Spring Has Sprung Stafford (Google Maps location) March 12, 2017 Most of you realize that one of the reasons Connecticut has many hundreds of museums is because each of our 169 towns operates as its own little fiefdom. Therefore, almost every town has its own town history museum. That’s 169 museums right there. … [Read more...]
CT H4H: Firefly Hollow Brewing
CT Hops for Hope Spotlight 21 Firefly Hollow Brewing, Bristol With Firefly, I always feel compelled to use the official name at least in the titles of the pages I write about them. Even if no one actually ever uses the “Hollow” part of their name. I also always feel compelled to explain what it is that I love … [Read more...]
CT H4H: Westbrook Lobster
CT Hops for Hope Spotlight 20 Westbrook Lobster, Wallingford & Clinton Everyone has a favorite place in Connecticut that serves a nice line-up of craft beer. If you’re into “the scene,” you could probably rattle off 10 or so that are well-known. I would sincerely hope that one of those 10 would be Westbrook … [Read more...]
Scantic River State Park (Scitico/East)
More Than Scant Remains Scantic River State Park, Enfield/Somers ~2 miles of mish-mashing around, November 2016 & February 2017 I’ve been procrastinating on writing up my treks in Scantic River State Park for a while. Simply put, it’s all a bit confusing. Parts of it are called Scantic River Linear Park. Some … [Read more...]
Scantic River State Park (Hazardville/West)
Hazarding a Guess... Scantic River State Park, Enfield ~2 miles of mish-mashing around, November 2016 & February 2017 I’ve been procrastinating on writing up my treks in Scantic River State Park for a while. Simply put, it’s all a bit confusing. Parts of it are called Scantic River Linear Park. Some sources refer … [Read more...]
CT H4H: SingleCut Beersmiths
CT Hops for Hope Spotlight 19 SingleCut Beersmiths, NYC While CT Hops for Hope certainly focuses on the great breweries of Connecticut, we do venture outside of our borders to bring in some of the best that distribute here. So of course we had to have SingleCut from Queens. When they came to Connecticut, it caused … [Read more...]
Patten District One Room Schoolhouse Museum
Generally Authentic Stafford (Google Maps location) July 2017 There's nothing quite like chasing down tiny little museums an hour away from my house that are only open a few days for a few hours per year. For those of you who don't engage in this worthwhile pursuit, I'm here to tell here there are a lot more of … [Read more...]
CT H4H: Counter Weight Brewing
CT Hops for Hope Spotlight 18 Counter Weight Brewing, Hamden I had the pleasure this morning of appearing on First Thing Fairfield County to help promote CT Hops for Hope. (Thanks Ken!) I was all done by 10:30 AM and headed back north. No breweries are open in the morning, but as I passed the exit for Counter … [Read more...]
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