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CTMQ's Guide to Suffield

Murder in Greenwich (2002)

June 8, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Dark Fuhrman Murder in Greenwich, 2002 "My name is Martha Moxley. My friends call me "Mox". In 1974, my family moved to Belle Haven, which is in Greenwich, which is in Connecticut. It was the richest neighborhood in the richest town in the richest country in the world." Thus begins this made for TV movie … [Read more...]

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

Griffin Cascades

June 5, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

Merritts a Quick Look Griffin Cascades/Merritt Preserve, Bloomfield May 2020 You won't believe this - and you shouldn't believe this - but it took me maybe three trips to finally get these two pictures of the Griffin Cascades. Mostly because I never really cared to get a stellar picture. And also because it is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Bloomfield, Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy, Waterfalls

Andover Memorial Bridge

June 4, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

Take a Gap 12 Years Andover Gap/Memorial Bridge Andover Quick! What's the hottest, hippest, and coolest thing in all of Andover, Connecticut? You guessed it, it's the little covered bridge over Hebron Road, just off of route 6 and next to the town's history museum. Yes, Connecticut has two "really real" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Andover, Calvin, Covered Bridges, East Coast Greenway, Hop river state park trail, rails-to-trails

Hop River State Park Trail: Section 3

June 3, 2020 by Steve 2 Comments

Another Notch in Our Belts Bolton Notch State Park to Parker Bridge Road, 8.5 Miles Bolton, Coventry, & Andover, May 2020 As Calvin and I rode the first mile or so of this section of the Hop River State Park Trail, I pondered aloud, "This may be one of the coolest stretches of Rails-to-Trails in all of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bike Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Andover, Bolton, bolton notch state park, Calvin, Coventry, Covered Bridges, cycling, East Coast Greenway, Hop river state park trail, rails-to-trails

CTMQ’s Guide to Sterling

May 31, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything Sterling 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” Sterling CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. After all, that is the ultimate goal of … [Read more...]

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

Alien Siege (2018)

May 29, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

The District of ColumbiaForniaTicut Alien Siege, 2018 If you haven't seen 2018's Alien Siege, you haven't lived life. Please don't confuse this brilliantly written and acted movie with 2005's Alien Siege, which I have not seen. Do I have your attention? Good. Now listen to me closely: that first paragraph was a … [Read more...]

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

Cowles Park

May 27, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Don't be Cowled Cowles Park, East Granby May 2019 Before setting out at Cowles Park, whether on foot or on mountain bike, just know that you will take a wrong turn somewhere. You won't get lost in any real sense, but you will get confused. (If you get lost in a real sense, your sense of direction needs some work, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: East Granby

CTMQ’s Guide to Wethersfield

May 22, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything Wethersfield 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” Wethersfield CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]

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

Tox Brewing Company

May 21, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

C2H6O Tox Brewing Company, New London February 2020 In late 2024, Tox moved into a larger space in downtown New London, so a revisit is in order. I'll never forget the first time I heard about New London's Tox Brewing. They were a group of guys at a brewfest that invited homebrewers with branded jockey boxes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: New London, tox brewing company

Book Review: Connecticut Firsts

May 20, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

But First... Connecticut Firsts, Bill Faude & John Friedland This book is a one-hundred or so page compendium of all the things that first happened, or were invented, in Connecticut. Well, that's not true, as it would be impossible to create a fully comprehensive list of all of those things. There are just too … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Connecticut Books, Connecticut History Books

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