It’s All About the Farting Mushrooms BLT Greer Road Red Trail November 22, 2015 If that title doesn’t draw you in... you are dead inside. I’m not saying that it will inspire you to pack a snack and hit the road to the backwoods of backwoodsy Burlington, but... actually, it should. Farting mushrooms?! … [Read more...]
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Harry C. Barnes Memorial Nature Center
Ain't No Party Like an Owl Party Bristol (Google Maps Location) November 22, 2015 You people have no idea. I have been waiting nearly ten years for this place to reopen. Not that I necessarily had high hopes for it or that I'm a huge Harry C. Barnes fan - it was more the principle of the thing. Back in … [Read more...]
Swan Preserve & Winsor Woods
Swan Preserve & Winsor Woods Canton Land Conservation Trust October & November 2015 Since the Canton Land Conservation Trust lumps these two trail networks together, so shall I. They are only a short drive away from each other (and a host to Simsbury Land Trust trails as well) and both traverse rather similar … [Read more...]
Jewish: Crown Market
Where is "Jewish?" Bishop's Corner, West Hartford October 2015 This is my first "food/restaurant" post in the "CT Restaurant Tour of the World" section in which I flew solo. I still don't really know what to do with this section and I darn well know that I'm not qualified to write about food. At … [Read more...]
Glacier Ridge Trail
The GRT at NVCC is for You and Me Glacier Ridge Trail, NVCC October 18, 2015 I don’t know why I hiked this trail or why I’m writing about it. It’s not a trail anyone is going to go out of their way for, that’s for sure. But then again, since it is in Waterbury, within sight of the constant stop-and-go traffic of … [Read more...]
Relic Brewing Company
Since 2012?! A True Connecticut Relic Relic Brewing, Plainville Updated December 2017 Ah, Relic. So much to say about Relic and its eccentric owner/brewer Mark Sigman. While there are 10,000-words worth of stuff to say about Relic, I will do my best to limit myself. There are many things with which to … [Read more...]
297. The Genius Museum
Gateway... to The Next Gateway Montville (Google Maps location) July 10, 2015 In 2018-19, the Gateway Museum expanded a bit and they changed the name. It is now the Genius Museum and if I want to be thorough, I suppose I should revisit at some point to view the expansion. I'll start off as I often have to do; … [Read more...]
SLT: Glover Property
Fits Like a Glove. Seriously. It's that Small. Glover Property, Simsbury Land Trust October 14, 2015 This trailed property is so small, that I really don't have to write all that much. Heck, I could just plop the SLT's nice description here and be done with it. The Glover property is a wet meadow, one of … [Read more...]
303. GEHMS Planetarium
Spacing Out Glastonbury (Google Maps location) October 10, 2015 This cool little planetarium ignited a heated debate in my house. I mentioned that I would be including it as a museum visit for this website, and my wife roundly chastised me for that. “It’s a planetarium. It’s not a museum.” “I know. But … [Read more...]
Pizza at Sally’s Apizza
The Best Pizza on Earth Sally’s Apizza, New Haven June 2015 Disclaimer: I love Sally’s. I love them more than I love Pepe’s and Modern and every other pretender to the exalted throne that lords over the Connecticut pizza kingdom. Unapologetically. (And you thought that disclaimer was going to be one … [Read more...]