New York & New Jersey 2021 The Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Red Bulls Arena, & Bronx Zoo Back in early 2020, Calvin's aunt had promised to take him to the Statue of Liberty and his mom promised him the Bronx Zoo, and I promised him an MLS game. None of that happened thanks to the pandemic, so I bundled it all … [Read more...]
World Soccer Stadium Tour
Can We Kick It? Yes We Can! World Soccer Stadium Tour 2020 - I told my soccer-mad son Calvin I'd put this page together for him because he apparently has designs of visiting many MLS, USL, English Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1, and who knows what other leagues' soccer stadiums around the world in … [Read more...]
Eli Whitney Museum
Ginning Up Excitement, to Cotton Favor Hamden (Google Maps location) December 2014 & November 2017 This museum is located in one of those awesome areas in Connecticut where an invested person could spend a lot of time. Edgerton Park, all the East Rock Trails, East Rock Brewing... Yale is just a few blocks south. … [Read more...]
Crullers at Speedy Donuts
A Nice Quickie Speedy Donuts, Norwalk I have way too many pictures for what should be a quickie little page about a very specific item at Speedy Donuts in Norwalk. I like a quickie every so often, you like a quickie every so often... so let's get going. The reason I have too many pictures is because when I … [Read more...]
Sun, Wind, and Woodland Trails
... And Ferns And Mushrooms Trail Sun, Wind, and Woodland Trails July 2021 This is a Canton Land Conservation Trust property. Western Canton is a wild and rugged place. At least as far as Hartford County Connecticut is concerned. I have very much been enjoying my walks through the Canton Land Conservation … [Read more...]
The Bristol Center for Arts & Culture
Glo Sessions is a Woman’s Name Bristol (Google Maps location) June 11, 2016 Alright, now I'm getting silly. The Bristol Center for Arts & Culture exists in a back corner of the New England Carousel Museum. When I visited, I was quite taken by the fact that the second floor of the joint has two distinct and legit … [Read more...]
Museum of Greek Culture
What the Hellenic? This Place is a Bust Bristol (Google Maps location) June 11, 2016 I think this still exists, though I'm not entirely sure. Regarding the above italicized statement, I know that doesn't matter a whit. I can't imagine there's a soul on earth who is going to the New England Carousel Museum … [Read more...]
Museum of Fire History
Bonus Museum? Ding-Ding-Ding! Bristol (Google Maps location) June 11, 2016 I know you all have felt that indescribable rush of learning that there's a museum within a museum. There's nothing quite like that "two for one" feeling. At the New England Carousel Museum in Bristol, it's even better - or at least it … [Read more...]
West Mountain Trails
Total Masters Simsbury Land Trust's West Mountain, 60 Westledge, & Cathles Trails, Simsbury December 2020 Although I'm writing this page in 2021, it has a distinction that is important to... a few people. (I was going to write "absolutely no one" but then I remembered that way back when it was originally … [Read more...]
A.C. Petersen Farms
Petering Out Ice Cream at AC Petersen Farms, West Hartford July 2021 I'm about to commit heresy. Connecticut heresy. Hometown of 20 years West Hartford heresy. Just warning you now. AC Petersen Farms, a name which has always bothered me syntactically, is a local landmark. The company's origins date back to … [Read more...]
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