Fostering Larger Waistlines J. Foster Ice Cream, Avon May 2019 The Simsbury location closed in October 2020. It’s a bit weird to me to write about something I’ve been to a dozen times already over the course of the last decade. Such is the case with J. Foster Ice Cream in Avon. They have a satellite location in … [Read more...]
Holy Cow Ice Cream Shop
Harry Caray’s Fave Holy Cow Ice Cream Shop, Newtown May 2019 Something happens to me far more infrequently than you’d believe: I visit a place for this website and wonder if I’d been there before. That has happened to me exactly once in 13 years so far and it was here, at The Holy Cow Ice Cream Shop in Newtown. … [Read more...]
Pine Grove Schoolhouse
Pining For the Past Avon (Google Maps location) June 2019 Connecticut museum visit #436. Someone asked me the other day a question I love ("OMG! You read and care about CTMQ?!") and hate ("OMG! If I answer you honestly, you'll think I'm nuts!"). Part of the question was related to the whole "town completion" … [Read more...]
361. Woodcock Nature Center
Not the Woodcock You Thought Wilton/Ridgefield (Google Maps location) June 27, 2017 I just spent too much time comparing maps to determine if the actual Woodcock Nature Center building sits in Wilton or Ridgefield. It is in Wilton for those of you playing along, but the Center’s property and trails do extend up … [Read more...]
368. Farm Tool Museum
Look at These Tools East Windsor (Google Maps location) August 12, 2017 I was having a discussion with my wife recently and mentioned something about East Windsor and how I was excited to be closing in on visiting every museum and hiking every trail and all that good stuff I do for this here website. She kind of … [Read more...]
Iwo Jima/World War II Traveling Museum
Catch the Trailer East Hartford (Transient) June 10, 2017 Connecticut museum visit #357. In November 2024, the proprietors announced they are seeking a permanent brick and mortar home in East Hartford. There's just something about catching up with a museum on wheels. Or one that pops up every few years in … [Read more...]
369. Broad Brook Barbershop & Courthouse Museums
Don't Judge My Haircut East Windsor (Google Maps location) August 12, 2017 These two tiny standalone museums are part of the larger East Windsor Historical Society Museum complex. There are two historic house museums, a farm tool museum, a schoolhouse museum, and the two that I've combined onto this one page. … [Read more...]
Robb’s Farm Ice Cream
Not Our First Ice Cream Rodeo Ice Cream at Robb's Farm, Glastonbury August 2013 Here I am, cleaning up old messes on this here website. Unfortunately, the folks at Robb's Farm, Robb's Ice Cream, and Riverview Farms are making a mess on top of my mess. Robb's Farm has a website. Riverview Farms has a website. They … [Read more...]
Academy Hall Museum
What is a Shad Horn? Academy Hall Museum, Rocky Hill (Google Maps location) March 2019 Connecticut museum visit #409. There are a lot of museums in Connecticut with the word "Academy" in their names. Somewhere around 10. You can probably figure out why... there were lots of academies that served a town's … [Read more...]
East Windsor Academy Museum
It's Not All Academic East Windsor (Google Maps location) June 2014 East Windsor is funny. Depending on how you count such things, there are either 9 museums or 2. Note: if you say two, you're not qualified to be a CTMQ reader. There are two "complexes" of museums in town; the Trolley Museum complex has three … [Read more...]
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