Mr. Brownstone Brownstone Exploration & Discovery Park, Portland July 2019 This place is also called Brownstone Adventure Park which is a much better name. I'll say it: Brownstone Exploration & Discovery Park is probably the most fun place in Connecticut on a hot and sunny summer day. As long as you know how to … [Read more...]
JT: Bernard Church Woods
The Woods are Our Church Joshua's Trust Bernard Church Woods, Chaplin March 2021 Calvin and I arrived at the backwoods trailhead for The Joshua Trust's Bernard Church Woods property at the end of several hours of Chaplin exploration. Yes, it's truly possible to spend a few hours exploring Chaplin - and we didn't … [Read more...]
It Adventure Ropes Course
Bop It It at Jordan's Furniture, New Haven June 2019 The first thing you need to know here is that you're not allowed to have your camera (phone) with you on the course. However, I do see in the FAQ that chest-mounted GoPros are permissible. I do not have a chest-mounted GoPro. The second thing to know is … [Read more...]
BLT: Hein Trails
Heiny Ho! Hein Trails, Bethany January 2021 Bethany's trailed properties seem to always be in flux. The land trust keep acquiring property, tornados keep tearing up the woods, and new trails keep getting blazed. Not many of you think too much or too often about Bethany, but it's nice to see so much activity with … [Read more...]
Vintage Hi-Fi Museum
Waltzing Through Another Museum West Hartford (Google Maps location) June 13, 2015 As a West Hartford resident since 2000, I've seen the building at 485 New Park Avenue rise and fall... and rise again. Many of you will know the building for New Park Brewing and what it's brought to that part of town - an area West … [Read more...]
The Chocolate Shell
Where Being a Shell of Oneself is a Good Thing The Chocolate Shell, Old Lyme Feburary 2020 I've struggled for a decade to figure out how the state's tourism folks decide on what chocolate shops get to be on the Connecticut Chocolate Trail and which are left off. Most are no-brainers of course, but then there are … [Read more...]
Quassy Amusement & Water Park
Quaint Quassy Quassy Amusement & Water Park, Middlebury August 2019 Not having grown up in Connecticut, I'd never been to Quassy in my life until this visit in 2019. One of only two amusement parks in Connecticut, it always seems to be second-fiddle to Lake Compounce. People kind of dump on it a bit, so I wasn't … [Read more...]
Deming-Young Farm & House
What's Old is Newington Again Newington (Google Maps location) June 13, 2015 I have a skewed view of Newington's Deming-Young Farm and House Museum simply because I visited it on Connecticut's annual Open House Day. My sons and I got the full show with period costumes and acting! The house is pretty much never … [Read more...]
Amato’s Toy and Hobby
You Say Amato, I say Amayto Amato's Toy and Hobby, Middletown November 2014 Yes, there is an Amato's Toy and Hobby on Main Street in New Britain that has also been there forever. Yes, the store in New Britain is also staffed by 50+ year Amato's veterans and it was even named one of the top 25 independently owned … [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...]
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