Stick to Ice Cream, Leave the Puns to Me Mortensen's Ice Cream, Newington January 2023 I'm 50 as I write this. I've lived within 10 miles of Mortensen's for decades. And I rather like good ice cream. Which is why it's really weird that this is the first time I'd ever had Mortensen's ice cream in my life. In … [Read more...]
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Mill District Nature & Bassett-Kell Preserves
Cross My Hart Mill District Nature & Bassett-Kell Preserves, Hartland February 2023 The first clue that you're in deep woods in northern Connecticut is the fact that you're in Hartland. It is, after all, our little slice of New Hampshire. The second clue is when you approach the trail kiosk and see that the … [Read more...]
Osborne Homestead Garden
OsFest Derby December 2022 The Historic Garden is located at the Osborne Homestead Museum which is part of the CT Women's Heritage Trail. There's also the Kellogg Environmental Center located right next door. On top of that, there are also trails to hike around the state park. All the pretty pictures with … [Read more...]
Kleindienst Family Nature Preserve
Trying To Be Kleind Kleindienst Family Nature Preserve, Plymouth February 2023 I love the hundreds of short little random loop trails that dot Connecticut. While they present quite a challenge to me to write about them in any interesting way, and they often present absolutely nothing of interest to me as an … [Read more...]
Wolcott: Complete!
Wolcott: Complete! Johnny B's Roadside Saloon Here is the CTMQ Guide to Wolcott with my list and stories about everything I’ve done there! After a decade of writing CTMQ, I decided to try to “complete” towns. In that decade of traveling and writing, I had already done a lot of stuff in many of our towns … [Read more...]
amArtHouse
I amArtHouse I Am Litchfield (Google Maps location) July 2022 Over the years of writing this website, I've seen the Bantam section of Litchfield grow up from a one stoplight, one gas station slice of Route 202 to a destination. Bantam Lake has always been there, and the cute little lakefront cottages have always … [Read more...]
Kern Park
Proper Open Space Kern Park, Bristol February 2023 Shout out to my graphic designer friends who appreciate my title above. Sorry to those of you who don't get the reference, because it's a pretty good one. Enough about my brilliance, let's go to Bristol. Northwest Bristol to be more specific. Up near … [Read more...]
BE Chocolat
BEautiful and BEwildering BE Chocolat, Fairfield December 2022 As you'd expect chic-chic Connecticut has its fair share of chic-chic chocolatiers. Places where you can go to buy your sweetheart a Valentines Day gift box with a fifty dollar bill and come up short. (We've also got a bunch of more affordable, yet … [Read more...]
Mary’s Meadows
Slightly Ticked Mary's Meadows, Wolcott February 2023 Ugh. This is a tough one. I take pride in my honesty on the thousands of pages of CTMQ. Often, I'll rip through writing about a small land trust or town trail and if it has issues, I don't hesitate to highlight those issues. After all, anything I write is a … [Read more...]
The Skulls (2000)
Numbskulls The Skulls (2000) Remember how in the 1970's, 80's, and 90's the year 2000 was going to be awesome? Everything was going to be futuristic and cool and, well, awesome! As it turned out, not everything in the Year 2000 was awesome. In fact, some of the stuff that happened in 2000 was pretty bad. Take … [Read more...]
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