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Non-CT Travel, Hikes, Books, & Movies
Highpointing and Peak-Bagging Intro
Why State Highpointing?
US National Parks
Modern Library's Top 100 Novels
Top 100 Books Tallies & Reviews

Cape Cod 2015

January 28, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Tilting at Windmills Brewster, MA If you happen to be looking at this page, please know that it exists simply for me and my little goofball family to look at it in the future to reminisce about family vacations back in the day. You're certainly welcome to look. Our sons were cute enough in 2015. I'm putting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Calvin, cape cod, Damian, Hoang, Massachusetts, Vacations

Cape Cod 2014

January 15, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Brewster's Millions Brewster, MA If you happen to be looking at this page, please know that it exists simply for me and my little goofball family to look at it in the future to reminisce about family vacations back in the day. You're certainly welcome to look. Our kids were cute enough in 2014. I'm putting this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Calvin, cape cod, Damian, Hoang, Massachusetts, Vacations

Cape Cod 2020

September 19, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

There was a Pool Brewster, MA Peak Pandemic Summer on the Cape. Desperation. Wealthy city folk snapping up every rental property from Newfoundland to Hilton Head. Prices through the roof. Going crazy stuck in our house for months. Must go somewhere. Must make it worth our while. Must have a pool. Must pay … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Calvin, cape cod, Damian, Hoang, Massachusetts

Maine 2021

September 12, 2021 by Steve 4 Comments

Ogunquit & Kennebunk, Maine August 2021 After eight or so years of vacationing on Cape Cod, I convinced Hoang that it was time to mix it up. Why not downeast Maine? Less driving time and I could find essentially the same experience. She (very) reluctantly agreed and that's how we ended up in the center of Ogunquit. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hoang, Maine, Vacations

New York & New Jersey 2021

September 3, 2021 by Steve 2 Comments

New York & New Jersey 2021 The Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Red Bulls Arena, & Bronx Zoo Back in early 2020, Calvin's aunt had promised to take him to the Statue of Liberty and his mom promised him the Bronx Zoo, and I promised him an MLS game. None of that happened thanks to the pandemic, so I bundled it all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Calvin, new jersey, New York, Vacations, Zoos

World Soccer Stadium Tour

September 1, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Can We Kick It? Yes We Can! World Soccer Stadium Tour 2020 - I told my soccer-mad son Calvin I'd put this page together for him because he apparently has designs of visiting many MLS, USL, English Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1, and who knows what other leagues' soccer stadiums around the world in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Calvin, canada, collegiate sports, major league soccer, Massachusetts, new jersey, pennsylvania, professional sports, soccer, United soccer league, washington dc, world soccer stadium tour

Oscar Best Picture Winners & Nominees

October 25, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Thanks Pandemic! Ranking Every Oscar Best Picture Winner & Nominee Ever Current Tally: 397/612 I am not a "movie guy" by any measure. There are years in my adult life during which I've never watched any movies. I am the guy who quietly slinks away when conversations turn to The Godfather or Casablanca, because … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT Tagged With: movies, Oscar Movies

Maui

March 30, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Wowie Maui, Hawaii May 2005 Exactly two years after our honeymoon to Hawaii (Kauai, Big Island, Oahu), Hoang's performance at work earned her a trip to Maui. Yes folks, your generous Aetna premiums in the early to mid 2000's helped the company pay for a couple hundred or so top performers and their spouses to stay … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Hawaii, Hoang, Vacations

Non-CT Travel, Hikes, Books, & Movies

March 26, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Non-CTMQ Everything I Feel Like Chronicling Not in or Related to Connecticut I've resisted putting this together in some cohesive way for years. Many years. But as I've settled on the major sections of this website, I realized I have a few outlying subjects that simply never fit in elsewhere. Granted, many of these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT Tagged With: highpointing, Modern Library Top 100 Novels, Oscar Movies, peakbagging, state highpoints, tallies, Vacations, world soccer stadium tour

US State Counts

January 2, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Tally-Ho! I’ve created this page for my son, Calvin. He was 8 when I put this together because 8-year-olds love this stuff. (So do their fathers, shhhhhhh.) I know that some people have all sorts of rules for this stuff, like overnighting vs. driving through vs. airport layovers, but… I don’t. If a foot was set in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hoang, tallies

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