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CTMQ's Guide to Suffield

Pussy Lane

October 24, 2019 by Steve 6 Comments

ME-owww Pussy Lane, New Hartford ***Warning!*** Not the usual CTMQ content. You can guess from the title of the page where it's going. You've been warned. Alright, look. This page has to exist on CTMQ, okay? I really don’t have a choice. This is just one of those things that most people don’t know about and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: CTMQ After DArk, New Hartford, Roads and Tunnels

Barley Head Brewery (Closed)

October 23, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

It Takes a Mystic Barley Head Brewery, Groton June 2019 The brewery closed in July 2024... then reopened with new owners as The Misfit Club a month later. The new owners are thinking of opening a brewery called Misfit Brewery at some point. Here we are, together again. About to discuss yet another tiny … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Groton, Mystic

The Farm at Carter Hill

October 23, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Marlborough Gotta Marlborough The Farm at Carter Hill, Marlborough July 28, 2019 Marlborough is one of our 169 towns with… not much to CTMQ-do. One art gallery, a few little trails here and there… a cool roadside rock… um… and this place. Whatever this place is. You’ve got me. The Farm at Carter Hill seems … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Animals, B&B, Damian, Farms, Marlborough

New Britain Bees

October 22, 2019 by Steve 2 Comments

Bzzzt! New Britain Bees vs. Sugar Land Skeeters, New Britain July 5, 2019 Update: See Danny Noonan's comment at the bottom for some context. For those of you who don’t know me personally, here are two facts that will help you with this particular page: I am not a baseball fan and I write the stuff for CTMQ … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: baseball, Calvin, New Britain

CTMQ’s Guide to New London

October 21, 2019 by Steve 2 Comments

Everything New London 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” New London 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: New London

Handsome Dan

October 21, 2019 by Steve 1 Comment

Dead Dan First College Mascot in the United States New Haven I toured some buildings on the Yale campus once, including the incredible Payne Whitney Gym. It's such an incredible gym, I called it a museum and wrote about it. And notably, no one called me an idiot for doing so. In the lobby of the massive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events, Superlatives Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, New Haven, Yale

449. Art/Place Gallery

October 18, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Place/For/Art Fairfield (Google Maps location) July 14, 2019 There are a few little hip enclaves around Connecticut that may fly under your radar. Granted, “hip enclaves” in Connecticut are a bit different than hip enclaves in, say, New York City or Copenhagen or even Northampton, MA. But whatever, we take what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Fairfield, Free Museums, Tiny Museums

East Windsor: Complete!

October 18, 2019 by Steve 2 Comments

East Windsor: Complete! Maine Fish Market Restaurant Here is my list of everything I've done in East Windsor! I’m very excited to write this page. This is the 19th of what may ultimately be 169 town completion celebration pages! Yes, of course I am fully aware of how absurd that is. But I love it. For … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Town Completion Celebrations Tagged With: East Windsor

Cromwell: Complete!

October 17, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cromwell: Complete! Here is my list of everything I've done in Cromwell! I’m very excited to write this page. This is the 18th of what may ultimately be 169 town completion celebration pages! Yes, of course I am fully aware of how absurd that is. But I love it. For those of you who are new here... In late … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Town Completion Celebrations Tagged With: cromwell

CTMQ’S Guide to Lisbon

October 16, 2019 by Steve Leave a Comment

Everything Lisbon 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” Lisbon 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: Lisbon

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