An Auer of Chaos Auer Farm, Bloomfield December 2020 All Things Auer Farm, which is also called Auerfarm. This page is a bit silly. Not that Auer Farm is silly - it's not. The page is silly because I have too many separate pages on Auer Farm. And now two separate pages on the trails at the property. (The … [Read more...]
Major League Soccer
Major League Mess Toronto FC vs. Miami CF at PAWSaRF, East Hartford November 2020 "Soccer is gonna be the next big thing in the US! I swear! For real this time!" We've all been hearing this for decades. It's never going to happen to the degree some people wish, but at least a legitimate professional soccer … [Read more...]
Chocolate Geeks
Shot! Shot! Shot! Chocolate Geeks (Formerly Truffle Shots), Essex Feburary 2020 Here we are. Back in Essex. Connecticut's "cutest town." Our "quaintest village." And, of course, "Quintessential Connecticut." Poor Essex, always having to live up to these expectations year after year. And somehow it does … [Read more...]
JT: Two Sisters Preserve
Don't Get it Twister, Sisters Joshua's Trust Two Sisters Preserve, Chaplin March 2021 As I was gathering stuff for Calvin and I to venture out to Chaplin, I alerted my wife to our destination. "Oh. Chaplin, have fun. It's a beautiful town." I paused for a moment, wondering if and when Hoang had ever … [Read more...]
275. The Dinosaur Place at Nature’s Art Village
Digging Into Your Wallet Montville (Google Maps location) June 15, 2014 I'm wavering. Do I spend three paragraphs lamenting the prices at this place or do I celebrate the fact that Connecticut has an honest-to-goodness tourist trap? Actually, I think I can do both. And for the record, I don't consider our few … [Read more...]
Rose Trail at the historic Bolton Heritage Farm
A Rose is a Heritage is a Rose Rose Trail at the historic Bolton Heritage Farm April 2020 After hiking this property and only then learning of its recent troubled past, I must say that I'm shocked. One would think that the handsome old farm with sweeping views across the historic fields and hills where … [Read more...]
O’Reilly’s Irish Gifts (Closed)
O-Oh-No-O’Reilly’s! O’Reilly’s Irish Gifts, Farmington January 2018 O'Reilly's closed in September 2019 after 22 years in business. Aye, lasses and laddies! It's time for another visit to one of my favorite types of things I visit for this website! Surely some of you are wondering, “why is Steve devoting such … [Read more...]
Roaring Brook Falls Park
Roaring? I'd be Lion. Roaring Brook Falls Park, Cheshire July 2014 This is a weird one. Roaring Brook Falls is most often cited as Connecticut's "largest waterfall" in the sense that it contains the largest single drop of any falls in the state. Somewhere around 80-feet of drop. Awesome. That mention almost … [Read more...]
288. Timexpo, The Timex Museum (Closed)
Time To Pretend Waterbury March 14, 2015 The museum closed in late 2015. The Easter Island head still stands in early 2021. Whilst sitting in traffic in Waterbury, you probably notice two things every time. The cross up on the hill at Holy Land, USA and the Easter Island Mo'ai head near the mall. I'm fairly … [Read more...]
Bolton Notch State Park Trails (South)
Fudge 2020 Bolton Notch State Park Trails (South), Bolton October 2020 Li'l ol' Bolton Notch State Park. With its horrible access road and graffiti covered rock outcrops... is, dare I say, awesome? Yes, it's awesome. It is a hub for so many things! Two lengthy multi-use trails - one which is a state park that … [Read more...]
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