Chartering the Oak Hartford (Google Maps location) January 2011 (& Others) The museum was "rebranded" from the Connecticut Historical Society Museum to the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History in August 2023. I’m a planner. Some would accuse me of being obsessive, but I don’t think I’m that bad. I just … [Read more...]
GLT: The Godard Preserve
Rocketing Through Granby The Godard Preserve, Granby September 2014 Godard... Goddard... Robert Goddard... "Rocketing Through Granby? ... Never mind. As per usual, I took a break hiking with the boys for the hotter months. I do this because, well, because it's hot and when it's hot, the deer ticks and poison … [Read more...]
Aero Diner
Love is in the Aero Aero Diner, North Windham August 2014 I should listen to long-time reader and friend Laura more. She has left a few comments on this website touting the virtues of the Aero Diner in North Windham for a few years. “Yeah, yeah, another diner,” I thought, “not exactly earth-shattering stuff for … [Read more...]
Grassroots Ice Cream
Careful, They May Have a Grass and Root Vegetable Flavor Grass Roots Creamery, Granby, Simsbury, & New Milford Original visit: September 2014 "Grass Roots Ice Cream" in Granby became "Grassroots Ice Cream & Street Food" with newer locations in Simsbury and New Milford. This was originally written in 2014, added to … [Read more...]
The California Raisins, Gumby, and CelebriDucks Museums
A Singing Raisin, a Green Blob of Talking Clay, and a CelebriDuck Enter a Museum... Cheshire (Google Maps location) September 6, 2014 [I have stolen two pictures - the good ones - from BuzzFeed for this page, because I didn't know these museum existed within the larger museum until after I visited.] CTMQ’s … [Read more...]
Gillette Castle State Park Trails
One Sister Is Enough For Me Gillette Castle State Park Train Trail East Haddam & Lyme, August 10, 2014 Note, I've written Several other Gillette Castle pages, including an updated hike through the park! If you are more than a casual reader of this website, you very most likely have been to Gillette Castle. It … [Read more...]
Gillette Castle State Park Train Tunnel
No Isht Sherlock Gillette Castle State Park Train Trail Tunnel, East Haddam August 10, 2014 See also: 2017 hike around the park (with tunnel again!) “There is nothing like first-hand evidence.” Sherlock Holmes in A Study in Scarlet Indeed. With so few tunnels in our small state, I can certainly … [Read more...]
Pizza Works
Where Everyone’s a Trainee Pizza Works, Old Saybrook January 18, 2014 There are approximately 7,245,900 pizza restaurants in Connecticut (+/- 7.244 million). And, as everyone knows, the best pizza in the country is made right here in Connecticut. This has been stated as the fact that it is by several prominent … [Read more...]
268. Railroad Museum of New England
A Train? In THOMASton? Thomaston (Google Maps location) June 1, 2014 I have to preface this page with something very, very rare here on CTMQ. A Mommy/Lifestyle/Foodie/Shill-Blogger Disclaimer! The very thing I hate. So bear with me as a choke this out: I received free entrance onto the Naugatuck Railroad … [Read more...]
Western Barndoor Hill Preserve
"Shut the Barn Door!" Western Barndoor Hill Preserve, Granby May 2014 Those of you who have read through my various hikes in the upper Connecticut River Valley know that I have an affinity for the area. And while I usually cite Simsbury and Canton because they are closest to my home in West Hartford, but Granby … [Read more...]
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