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Wagner Woods & Hall farm

January 22, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Nature Show Simsbury Land Trust's Wagner Woods, Simsbury September 2013 & November 2024 The Hall Farm parcel was added to Wagner Woods after I first published this page. I hiked the new parcel 11 years later. Wagner Woods I'll apologize up front. This is one of those pages that I put together for me and my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Simsbury, Simsbury Land Trust, video

Mystic River Chocolate Cafe

October 23, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cacao Ka-Ching! Mystic River Chocolate Cafe, Groton August 2024 Do you like chocolate? Do you like really expensive high-quality chocolate? The kind where you talk about single-sourcing and Ecuadorian vs. Nicaraguan cacao? Well, then hit up my man Fernando at Chokaico at one of his pop-up events. Or, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, CT Chocolate Trail, Damian, Groton, Hoang, Mystic

NITRO Cream ‘n Crumbz

October 2, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

C.R.E.A.M. 'n Just Crumbz Leftover NITRO Cream ‘n Crumbz, Middletown July 2024 Straight up: This place is comically expensive. I'm going to do something I never do off the bat: explain my brilliant title for those of you unfamiliar with the lyrical brilliance of The Wu-Tang Clan. Cash Rules Everything … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Middletown

Kelly’s Cone Connection

September 6, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Kan I? I Think I Kan. Nah, I Kan't... Kelly's Cone Connection, Hamden June 2024 ... Write about this place without delving into the past. As my son said when I told him some of the backstory here, "bruh." Bruh indeed. I realize it would be easier to just do what I usually do and write about how Calvin … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Hamden

Sweden: IKEA Swedish Restaurant

June 14, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

"Bork, Bork, Bork!" IKEA Swedish Restaurant, New Haven March 2024 You know what's crazy. In preparation to write this page I did what I often do when writing about food I know very little about: I poked around the Internet for inspiration and clarity. I didn't find anything interesting, probably because this is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Ethnic Restaurants, Food Tour of the World, New Haven, restaurants, sweden, unique restaurants and/or food

Windham Textile and History Museum – The Mill Museum

June 6, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Wait Just a Cotton Pickin' Minute... Windham Textile and History Museum -The Mill Museum, Windham January 2019 CT Museum #408 I do not know why this museum has two names. Or rather, one official name that is two different names. My 20 seconds of research into the important matter took me to the museum's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Industrial History, willimantic, Windham

Glenwood Drive-In

June 6, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Walk-In the Drive-In Glenwood Drive-In, Hamden June 2024 Probably saying too much here, but I'm going for it: my 13-year-old son is having an existential crisis related to his soccer "career." He plays on a high-level team and it's all quite intense. This year, training began in late August and his season will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Classic Diners & True Taverns, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Classic Diners, Hamden

Plasko’s Farm Creamery

May 16, 2024 by Steve 1 Comment

Flat Farm, not Fat Farm! Plasko's Farm Creamery, Trumbull April 2024 In late 2024, the owner announced plans to turn Plasko's into a franchise, where other farms will be able to sell their ice cream and coffee under the farm's name. Contrary to what their website says, you'll be welcome here no matter where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Trumbull

Millers Pond State Park Trails

January 17, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Hike It or Bike It Millers Pond State Park & Cockaponset State Forest, Durham/Haddam Septemeber 2016 & November 2023 There are several trails at Millers Pond and aside from the Mattabesett, they all pretty much loop back to the same parking lot near the Durham/Haddam border off of Foot Hills Road. In fact, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, cockaponset state forest, Damian, Durham, Haddam, Hikes with my Boys, Hiking Challenges with Rewards, millers pond state park, Sky's the Limit Challenge

CTfastrak Multi-Use Trail

December 6, 2023 by Steve 1 Comment

Hoodie Ride Newington & New Britain November 2023 A month before Christmas Calvin and I went on a quickie 10-mile out and back jaunt along the CTfastrak bike trail. He was was too big for his bike at the time, but this would be the last ride before we traded up to an adult bike. The kid is 5'7" now and is still … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bike Trails, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, cycling, New Britain, Newington

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