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CTMQ > Damian

Grassroots Ice Cream

September 15, 2014 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Calvin, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Granby, Hoang, New Milford, Simsbury

The California Raisins, Gumby, and CelebriDucks Museums

September 11, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Cheshire, Damian, museum within a museum, Tiny Museums

Gillette Castle State Park Trails

September 10, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, East Haddam, Gillette Castle State Park, Hikes with my Boys, Lyme

Gillette Castle State Park Train Tunnel

September 10, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, East Haddam, Gillette Castle State Park, Model Trains, Roads and Tunnels, Trains and Trolleys

Pizza Works

July 7, 2014 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Model Trains, Old Saybrook, Pizza, restaurants, unique restaurants and/or food

268. Railroad Museum of New England

July 2, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Museums, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Hoang, Outdoor Museums, Thomaston, Trains and Trolleys

Western Barndoor Hill Preserve

June 20, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

"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...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Granby, Granby Land Trust, Great Views, Hikes with my Boys

Micalizzi’s Italian Ice & Ice Cream

May 27, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

Ice C.R.E.A.M. Micalizzis, Bridgeport Bridgeport. The BPT. You know, the bankrupt and corrupt blighted city situated in the “richest county in America.” I’ve lived in Connecticut over half of my life now, and Bridgeport is perhaps the most fascinating thing about this state to me. It is a glaring example of what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Bridgeport, Calvin, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Hoang

Tulmeadow Farm Store

May 23, 2014 by Steve 1 Comment

Jethro Tulmeadow Tulmeadow Farm, Simsbury My title makes no sense and means absolutely nothing, but it made me chuckle quietly to myself. What’s that I say? Chuckle To Myself Quietly? Did you know that is a little used text/Twitter/etc. acronym? That being “CTMQ?” It’s true. At one time, when searching … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Calvin, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Simsbury

234. Tarrywile Mansion

May 13, 2014 by Steve Leave a Comment

Tarry Here Wile I Poke Around Danbury (Google Maps location) June 22, 2012 Ah, another one of these places... Museum? Or not a museum? Well, the simple fact that you are reading these words on this page tell you that I’ve deemed it a museum. Though not really. But sort of. It’s just like the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Damian, Danbury, Free Museums, Historic Houses, Not Really a Museum Museum, tarrywile park

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