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Union: Complete!

December 2, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Union: Complete! Traveler Food and Books Here is the CTMQ Guide to Union with my list and stories about everything I’ve done there! After a decade of writing CTMQ, I decided to try to “complete” towns. In that decade of traveling and writing, I had already done a lot of stuff in many of our towns already. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post, Town Completion Celebrations Tagged With: book store, Calvin, Tolland County, Union, unique restaurants and/or food

The Jumping Frog

August 18, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin... The Jumping Frog, Hartford Here I am in August of 2022 writing about a used bookstore that I first visited in... I'll say... 1996. And then again many, many times in the late 1990's when it was located at the corner of Prospect and Farmington Avenues in Hartford. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: book store, Hartford, Hartford County

Howard’s Bookstore and Noelke Gallery

April 5, 2022 by Steve 3 Comments

Howards End Howard's Bookstore and Noelke Gallery, Torrington February 2022 With used bookstores such rarities these days, I visit and write about some them on CTMQ if only because they'll likely be extinct by the time I die. Hoo boy, that was a rough lede. Sorry to bum you out. I'm sure some will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: book store, books, Litchfield County, Other Companies and Businesses, Torrington

Books by the Falls

October 7, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Falls of Man Books by the Falls, Derby Nobody reads books anymore. Personally, I used to read maybe 30-35 books a year, but thanks to 2020 being the most insane timeline, I find myself staring at screens following the reality show our government has become... with a half finished book by my side on too many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: book store, derby, New Haven County, Other Companies and Businesses

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