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Old Town Hall Museum

December 1, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Pootatucks, Nazis, and Russians, Oh My! Old Town Hall Museum, Southbury (Location) June 2025 Connecticut museum visit #546. I popped in the Ol' Town Hall Museum in Southbury during the Connecticut's 2025 Open House Day. Oh, wait. I popped in the OLD Town Hall Museum in Southbury. It's on the smaller … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Free Museums, Rarely Open, Southbury, Town History

Old South End School

November 24, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Southie Old South End School, Southington (Location) June 2025 Connecticut museum visit #545. I've been on a run of one-room schoolhouse museums lately. I'm very happy that each and every preserved building is preserved. These little museums are cool glimpses into small town Connecticut history. But, since I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Free Museums, Rarely Open, School Houses, Southington, Tiny Museums

Lobster, Shrimp, and Scallop Ponsinella at Roseland Apizza

November 21, 2025 by Steve 1 Comment

High Roller Derby Lobster, Shrimp, and Scallop Ponsinella at Roseland Apizza, Derby November 2024 While this isn't the Shrimp Oreganato Pizza that Roadfood included on the list I've been eating my way through, it's close enough. If you happened on this page from that list, deal with it. Sometimes you just gotta … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Damian, derby, Pizza, unique restaurants and/or food

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

Highlawn Forest

January 15, 2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Herbert's Way is the Only Way CFPA's Highlawn Forest, Middlefield & Middletown April 2009 & November 2023 No one would complain if I just ignored my "hike" here in 2009 as it was maybe a third of a mile total. Back then, the trails here weren't trails as much as they were demonstrations of how the CFPA trails … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Middlefield, Middletown

Quinnipiac Dawnland Museum

November 13, 2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

It Just Dawned on Me... Quinnipiac Dawnland Museum, Guilford (Google Maps location) September 2012 & October 2024 I revisited the Dawnland Collection in 2024 as it is now part of the Dudley Farm Museum complex. Update at bottom. I still consider it Connecticut museum visit #238. 2012 At the time of my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Damian, Free Museums, Guilford, native american history

Riverbound Farm Nature Center

October 30, 2024 by Steve 1 Comment

Centered on Birds Riverbound Farm Nature Center, Cheshire May 2019 Connecticut museum visit #419 Classic. This rarely open Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society nature center is a straight up, old school, nature center. Even though it's in someone's living room. Essentially. And I love it. Well, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: audubon, Birds, Cheshire, Damian, Free Museums, Nature Centers, Rarely Open

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

American Mural Project

October 3, 2024 by Steve 1 Comment

AMPed Up, Up, Up... American Mural Project, Winchester September 2024 Connecticut museum visit #524. Also, this is billed as the "largest indoor collaborative artwork in the world." I love big, ambitious projects. Heck, you're reading a very big ambitious project right now. Look at that first italicized bit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Museums, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Art, Damian, Dubious Claims, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, Not Really a Museum Museum, Winchester, Winsted

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

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