Art Space Needs to Continue Apace Norwalk (Google Maps location) December 2022 One of my favorite pastimes is reading internet comments from lower Fairfield County residents about how degenerate and awful Norwalk is. This "destitute" city has suffer the ignominy of being surrounded by New Canaan ($1.7M median … [Read more...]
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Evergreen Walk Trail
It's a Walk... Walk Evergreen Walk, South Windsor January 2023 Walk enough urban trails around Connecticut and you'll get cynical about these things too. On the one hand, it's great that this and other similar trails exist at all, but on the other hand, I can't help but thinking the only reason they exist is … [Read more...]
Old Derby Uptown Burying Ground
Derb Nap Old Derby Uptown Burying Ground, Derby December 2022 There's a lot of CTMQ-worthy stuff crammed into tiny little Derby. When I began compiling all of that stuff, I was rather surprised to learn that the "oldest public burying ground in the US" is located here, on a sweeping hillside above the Naugatuck … [Read more...]
Taking a Shot at Love (2021)
He Shoots... He Scores! Taking a Shot at Love (2021) Oh man. An absolute classic right here. Just a slammin' Hallmark banger. There has been a lot written in the local press about Avon resident Julie Sherman Wolfe and all the Hallmark movies she's been writing that are set in Connecticut, but nowhere did I read how … [Read more...]
Dragon’s Breath Forge
Straight Fire Dragon's Breath Forge, Wolcott December 2022 Swords. Knives. All kinds of swords and knives. Types of swords and knives that no one not deeply involved in the world of swords and knives have ever heard of. And who, pray tell, is "deeply involved in the world of swords and knives" in our little … [Read more...]
East Coast Kombucha Company
Doing the Kombucha-cha-cha East Coast Kombucha Company, Norwalk December 2022 "I hate kombucha." "Really? My wife and I drink it all the time! We love it!" "How? It tastes like vinegary garbage water." "You just haven't had good kombucha!" I've had this conversation a few times. I'm the negative … [Read more...]
Avalonia: Fennerswood Preserve
Coming Up Daisy Fennerswood Preserve, Stonington November 2022 You all should know that I love the Avalonia Land Conservancy. Their advocacy, their reach, their passion, their website... all absolutely top notch. And they have a ton of properties all over southeastern Connecticut. And when an … [Read more...]
American Museum of Tort Law
The Nadir of Connecticut Museums? Winchester (Google Maps location) October 2018 Out of the surfeit of Connecticut museums, you can count on one hand how many have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The PBS NewsHour, The Wall Street Journal, and most importantly, CTMQ. … [Read more...]
Robert Stanley Nature Trail
Mighty Phragmites Robert Stanley Nature Trail, Newington January 2023 Newington has a lot of sports fields for a town its size. It doesn't have very many trailed properties, but it does publish a trails guide. Most of the hikes in that guide are walks along suburban streets to connect the town's parks. … [Read more...]
Spacecat Brewing Company
SoNo More Bad Breweries? Spacecat Brewing Company, Norwalk December 2022 I imagine that those of you casual readers who don't really care about yet another brewery trying to make it in Norwalk (the Bermuda Triangle of Breweries) only care to know why a brewery is named "Spacecat." Totally understand. My first … [Read more...]
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