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CTMQ’s Guide to Watertown

October 26, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

Everything Watertown I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Watertown CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: Watertown

Jacknife (1989)

October 23, 2020 by Steve 7 Comments

Jacked Up Jacknife, 1989 When I began putting together my list of Connecticut movies, I hadn't heard of the large majority of them. This didn't strike me as surprising, as I've never been a big movie watcher. And as far as knowing off the top of my head which movies were, like, Connecticut movies... well, I'm not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: connecticut movies, Meriden, movies

CTMQ’s Guide to Canton

October 20, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything Canton I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Canton CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If I’ve … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: Canton

CTMQ’s Guide to Fairfield

October 16, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything Fairfield I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Fairfield CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: Fairfield

Ericit Brewing Company

October 16, 2020 by Steve 4 Comments

Take the L Ericit Brewing Company, Manchester December 2019 In late 2025, this is a very different place as far as the beer is concerned: For one, I'm sure it's much better and there are now 25 in-house beers vs. 16 non-Ericit beers! Good for them. Ericit now has operations in Danbury and Fairfield as well, but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Danbury, Fairfield, Manchester

Rye Street Park

October 15, 2020 by Steve 2 Comments

Hiker in the Rye Rye Street Park, South Windsor October 2020 The trail network at Rye Street Park is ridiculous. They are not real trails planned by a serious trail planner. They are absurd double-backing crackhead trails. In fact, they are so dopey that when I first walked some of one a couple years ago … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: South Windsor

Book Review: The Invisible Island

October 12, 2020 by Steve 2 Comments

The Good Old Days The Invisible Island, Dean Marshall This book is a joy. Written in 1948, The Great Depression and WWII were behind us and the Cold War had yet to really get going, these were the halcyon days for (wealthy, white) Americans. The world was a safe place and children were allowed to venture … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Connecticut Books, Connecticut children's books, Connecticut Fiction books, Granby

Babb’s Beach

October 12, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Lots of Babble Babb's Beach Suffield I've waited a decade to write this page. And I should probably wait at least a decade more. But here we are... on a page about a tiny strip of sand along the shore of The Congamond Lakes' Middle Pond. For Babb's Beach was once an entertainment hotbed and there are hopes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Suffield

Books by the Falls (Closed)

October 7, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Falls of Man Books by the Falls, Derby This place was absorbed by another business and then just sort of faded away. Nobody reads books anymore. Personally, I used to read maybe 30-35 books a year, but thanks to 2020 being the most insane timeline, I find myself staring at screens following the reality show … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: book store, Closed/Gone/Former, derby, Other Companies and Businesses

The Hartford Gun Club

October 4, 2020 by Steve 2 Comments

Bangin' The Hartford Gun Club Oldest Gun Club in America, East Granby & Windsor There are very few pages out of the (literally!) thousands here on CTMQ where I don't actually do the thing I'm writing about. This is one of those rare pages and I'm not even a little bit sore about it. Okay, maybe I am a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: East Granby, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Other Companies and Businesses, Windsor

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