Museums Make the World Go 'Round Bristol (Google Maps location) June 11, 2016 Over the decades, many "trails" have come and gone in Connecticut. A few are long-lasting like the Wine Trail and the Historic Gardens Trail, but most are fleeting ideas of someone in some marketing or tourism office that last only for … [Read more...]
Hoppers-Birge Pond Nature Preserve
Oh Snap! Hoppers-Birge Pond Nature Preserve, Bristol October 2014 Downtown Bristol, baby. Certainly one of the favored whipping posts of state residents. Not quite a big city, not a suburb, Bristol falls somewhere in between; a post-industrial small city that never regained its footing after several large … [Read more...]
Bristol Boys (2006)
Bristol Deserves Better Bristol Boys, 2006 Which one of you said I should review Connecticut movies? Because whoever you are, your suggestion then led to a friend making me aware of the 2006 independent film, Bristol Boys. And now I’m just mad at you all. Because this movie suuuuuuuuuuucks. The whole … [Read more...]
Better Half Brewing
What’s the Lesser Half Like? Better Half Brewing, Bristol November 2019 There is a very good brewery in Bristol that brews very good beer, spanning a wide array of styles. I very much enjoy that brewery in Bristol. This is not that brewery. Better Half Brewing opened in the summer of 2019 in a former CVS along … [Read more...]
317. Bristol Historical Society Museum
Making the Case for Bristol Bristol (Google Maps location) June 11, 2016 Connecticut Open House Day 2016 Woot! Woot! The annual holiday for me and my family, Woot! Woot! And where better to spend it than in Bristol, Woot! Woot! Seriously though, we did a lot of things in Bristol on Open House Day … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Bristol
Everything Bristol 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” Bristol CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. After all, that is the ultimate goal of … [Read more...]
Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut Trust Trails
Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut Trust Bristol & Burlington Hi. What are you doing here? I don’t know what I’m doing here, so you really need to question your life. This is one of those hopelessly confusing things that I spend way too much time trying to sort out. The ELCCT owns two nature centers … [Read more...]
Bristol’s Town Trails
Bristol's Town Trails It may come as a surprise to some of you that there is any hiking to be had in Bristol. If that’s the case for you, I’m here to dispel your misconception. The CFPA’s Tunxis Trail has forays into Bristol, both from the north and from the south. Beyond that, the town has a few rather nice hiking … [Read more...]
Cusgutter Falls
Aw, Cuss. Cusgutter Falls, Bristol March 22, 2008 Falls Facts: Long 300-foot series of little cascades For a longer description of the hike on the Cascade and other Tunxis Regional Trails in Southington and Bristol, go here. Aw, cuss... I’m writing up these falls in 2016. I hiked past them nearly eight … [Read more...]
Harry C. Barnes Memorial Nature Center
Ain't No Party Like an Owl Party Bristol (Google Maps Location) November 22, 2015 You people have no idea. I have been waiting nearly ten years for this place to reopen. Not that I necessarily had high hopes for it or that I'm a huge Harry C. Barnes fan - it was more the principle of the thing. Back in … [Read more...]