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ICYMI: September 2016

September 30, 2016 by Steve 1 Comment

In Case You Missed It September 2016 Just catching you up if you care to be caught up with all things CTMQ from the past month. Most importantly, CTMQ Turned 10! I published a whopping two new museum posts. Man, I’m lazy. Fort Saybrook Monument Park, Old Saybrook PEZ Visitor’s Center, Orange … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT Tagged With: Blog, icymi

You Won’t Believe How Crappy This One Website Is!

September 24, 2016 by Steve 16 Comments

Do you know what an aggregator/content farm is? They are hugely successful and tons of people still give traffic to this garbage! One in particular is "Only in Your State!" Almost every state has a dedicated site, and each one is as horrible as the next! How they work is really interesting! Let's focus on just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT Tagged With: Blog, oiys

10 Years Old!

September 8, 2016 by Steve 3 Comments

CTMQ-X 9/8/2006-9/8/2016 You know what? I think it's pretty darn cool that I've been at this CTMQ thing for ten years now. Nearly a quarter of my life... Twice the length of my son Calvin’s life. And the entirety of my older son Damian's life - and that's important because I cite Damian's birth and life as sort of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Post, Non-CT Tagged With: Blog, Calvin, Damian, EdHill, Hoang, Milestones

CCMQ

August 26, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cape Cod Museum Quest 2014- I have no plans to ever expand on this idea for several reasons: I've spent an entirety of 20 days on Cape Cod in my life (at least 10 of which were spent entirely at a beach), I have no idea how many more days I'll spend on the Cape in my life, and getting to museums is not even … [Read more...]

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

The Best Way I Know How to Say…

June 10, 2016 by Steve 3 Comments

... Thank You and Goodbye Have you ever had dozens of people to thank but find the process of thanking them all a bit daunting? That's the position my wife and I are in today. Fortunately, I have this platform on which to do my best. And even though I'm going to try my best, it's still not going to be nearly good … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, New Post, Non-CT, Smith-Magenis Syndrome Tagged With: Blog, Calvin, Damian, Family Chronicles, Hoang, Smith-Magenis Syndrome

TSTL 2015 – Afterword

September 29, 2015 by Steve 1 Comment

The Sky's the Limit. Really. It is. If you are the rare reader who has actually read through all 14 Sky’s the Limit posts, you are probably expecting some long-winded paean to my son(s). And while that would be apropos, I’m going to try to not do that. First, I’d like to thank the DEEP and the State of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Hiking Challenges, New Post, Non-CT, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Blog, Calvin, Damian, Great Views, Hikes with my Boys, Sky's the Limit Challenge

CT Hops for Hope Brewfest!

August 4, 2015 by Steve Leave a Comment

There are a lot of good things going on in CTMQ-land in 2015. This here brand new site redesign, talks with publishing houses, some good press, my 300th CT museum visit... But all those things combined pale in comparison to my involvement with the inaugural Connecticut Hops for Hope Brewfest. I am proud to be closely … [Read more...]

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2012 Top Comments

December 20, 2012 by Steve 4 Comments

CTMQ Gets Comments Every TV channel, website, magazine and blog does at least one year-end List at the end of the year. I never have before, but in an effort to take my mind off of Newtown without doing much heavy-lifting, I thought I’d put one together. I get a lot of really, really great comments. I’m not … [Read more...]

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Newtown

December 17, 2012 by Steve 8 Comments

Like everyone, I have been in a near-constant state of shock and stupor since 26 women and children were murdered in Newtown three days ago. There is so much to say, yet no way to say any of it as well as I'd wish. There is so much to assess and rectify, yet no one knows where, or how, to begin. For me, writing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT Tagged With: Blog, Family Chronicles, Newtown

– Hoang Drinking at CT Wineries

December 5, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Why I Love My Wife and Why You're Glad You're Not Married to Me Part 67 Congratulations on finding a "hidden" CTMQ page that I created just me for, because it makes me laugh. When I was going over my pages on our wineries I was pleased with the fact that I took the same general picture of my wife at so many of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink Tagged With: Blog, Hoang

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