"D'Oh! Another Fake Cave” Baker's Cave, East Lyme August 2016 Tuesday in August, no camp/school/activities for the boys. What to do, what to do... I didn't really know as I buckled them into the car and headed south. The forecast called for rain, and lots of it. So I thought we'd go to Rocky Neck State Park … [Read more...]
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CT County Highpoints
Yeah, I Promised Myself I’d Never Do This Eight Pseudo-County Highpoints in Connecticut You read that title correctly. But here I am, writing the introductory page of the list of the 8 Connecticut County highpoints. Heck, I have all sorts of dumb lists that I’m doing, and this one isn’t even the worst. … [Read more...]
Smith-Worthington Saddlery
Giddy Up! Smith-Worthington Saddlery, Hartford As far as America goes, Connecticut is pretty old. This has its plusses (history out the wazoo!) and its minuses (industry has flown the coop). However, here and there around the state, some old businesses still exist. Still doing what they’ve always done - … [Read more...]
Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center Museum
THE Kate at The Kate Old Saybrook (Google Maps location) May 18, 2011 This museum expanded and improved in 2022. Who doesn't love a little museum devoted to an impressive and/or famous person? At this one, Cynthia McFadden, the ABC/NBC newswoman who graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from Bowdoin … [Read more...]
Argentina: Aby’s Bakery
Dulce de Leche Can Get Messi 765 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford Several visits between 1999 & 2016 When I renewed my promise to myself to write as much original content for CTMQ as I can in mid-2016, I also promised to try to do more food stuff. Mostly these hole-in-the-wall specialty ethnic places. As … [Read more...]
Monkey Farm Cafe
Just Monkeying Around Here Monkey Farm Cafe, Old Saybrook There are something like 1800 pages on CTMQ. I've done, visited, experienced, eaten, drank, etc. every single thing on every single one of those pages. Which makes this page quite unique. For I have not actually been inside the Monkey Farm Cafe in Old … [Read more...]
Portland’s Brownstone Arch
Where Weather is the Arch Enemy Portland's Brownstone Arch May 18, 2011 Way back in 2011, I did a full CTMQ Day down the Connecticut River Valley. From Middletown to Old Saybrook, I hit several museums and other “stuff” for this website. Now, five years later, I’m going through those pictures and seeing some … [Read more...]
General Mansfield House
A Nice Historic House Museum, Generally Speaking Middletown (Google Maps location) May 2011 As you know by now, there are 2,346 historic house museums in our small state. Give or take. Some are fantastic and dynamic; some exist as museums simply because... the structure exists. I take it as a personal challenge … [Read more...]
Mystic Spite House
Such Spite in Such a Beautiful Place Mystic section of Groton June 14, 2016 If you happened to have come to this page from a link on Connecticut's other, more colorful, spite house, I must warn you: this one isn't nearly as exciting. In fact, it's for sale today (June 2016) for $1.35 million dollars. And … [Read more...]
Fisher Meadows
Dead Fisher Fisher Meadows, Avon May 8 & 21, 2016 I have no idea why we started hiking the trails of Avon in early 2016, but we did. I used the hikes as sort of a filler on those weekends when we didn’t have time to do a “real” hike or to go on another adventure. "We only have a couple hours? Fine, lets go over … [Read more...]
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