The Ol' Ball & Socket Ball & Socket Arts, Cheshire (Location) June 2025 Connecticut museum visit #548. Remember when men would refer to their wives or girlfriends as "the ol' ball and chain?" I'm sure plenty still do, but not in my orbit. Men can be such dorks. I'm a dork, but a different kind of … [Read more...]
The Beehive Bridge
New Britain is Buzzing The Beehive Bridge, New Britain November 2023 When all is said and done, and former New Britain mayor Erin Stewart serves a few days in jail for (alledgedly) stealing a bunch of money from her governor campaign funds and town coffers, one of her positive lasting legacies will be this: The … [Read more...]
Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort
There's Almost Never Powder at Powder Ridge Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort, Middlefield January 2025 As I write this, Connecticut has a whopping four ski resorts. Mountains. Hills. When it comes to the actual skiing, Powder Ridge is one of the weaker two. But this place makes up for that with a billion other … [Read more...]
Wagner Woods & Hall farm
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...]
Mystic River Chocolate Cafe
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...]
NITRO Cream ‘n Crumbz
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...]
Kelly’s Cone Connection
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...]
Sweden: IKEA Swedish Restaurant
"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...]
Windham Textile and History Museum – The Mill Museum
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...]
Glenwood Drive-In
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...]
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