I’m Plane Nuts East Hartford (Google Maps location) June 10, 2017 Ahhh, yes, June 10, 2017. A fine day that was. Another year, another fantabulous Connecticut Open House Day! An annual event that I treat like the holiday it should be. I went to a bunch of places in the Connecticut River Valley, but found myself … [Read more...]
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CTMQ’s Guide to East Haven
Everything East Haven 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” East Haven CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
Broad Brook & Paper Mill Falls
I Made Up The Following Waterfall Names… Broad Brook Falls, East Windsor Paper Mill Falls, East Hartford June & July 2019 I was listening to my friend Peter Marteka on NPR recently and he was discussing waterfalls with the host. He said something I found interesting… well, I found everything he said interesting, … [Read more...]
J. Foster Ice Cream
Fostering Larger Waistlines J. Foster Ice Cream, Avon May 2019 The Simsbury location closed in October 2020. It’s a bit weird to me to write about something I’ve been to a dozen times already over the course of the last decade. Such is the case with J. Foster Ice Cream in Avon. They have a satellite location in … [Read more...]
252. Fort Stamford
It's a Fort. In Stamford. Stamford (Google Maps location) July 25, 2013 Fort Trumbull, Fort Griswold, Fort Saybrook, Pequot Fort... maybe even Forts Black Rock and Nathan Hale. These are all Connecticut forts people may have heard of. But Fort Stamford? Miles inland from the Long Island Sound? Tucked away along … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to West Haven
Everything West Haven 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” West Haven CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
The Brewery at Maple View Farm
Reassessing Everything The Brewery at Maple View Farm May 2019 I’ve been thinking about the old adage, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” While I’ve been clear in my 13 years of writing everything on this website that I sometimes simply must not be so nice, something about the … [Read more...]
Hockanum Hose Company Fire Museum
A Couple of Hosers East Hartford (Google Maps location) June 21, 2019 A funny thing happened at this little museum: I didn't take a picture of the star of the show... the Belle of the ball, Maxine. Now, getting a picture of the vintage 1940 Mack fire engine would have been very difficult, owing to the small space … [Read more...]
Holy Cow Ice Cream Shop
Harry Caray’s Fave Holy Cow Ice Cream Shop, Newtown May 2019 Something happens to me far more infrequently than you’d believe: I visit a place for this website and wonder if I’d been there before. That has happened to me exactly once in 13 years so far and it was here, at The Holy Cow Ice Cream Shop in Newtown. … [Read more...]
Four Okay TRLC East Granby Hikes
If You Can't Trust a Land Trust... Four (Former) East Granby Land Trust Hikes April 2019 The East Granby Land Trust became part of the Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy in 2023. One assumes these trailed properties will remain the same: Ian Clarke Preserve (Formerly Newgate Farms) Eastfield Farms Great … [Read more...]
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