Dam Fish! Windsor (Google Maps location) June 4, 2011 For those of you who don't know, and why would you, I am a professional researcher. I create wonderfully exciting reports for various life and health insurance companies on topics such as “Broker and Producer Expectations Under PPACA” and report on things … [Read more...]
Daniel’s Dairy Downtown (Closed)
I’d like a Double D Cup Ice Cream and Milk at Daniel’s Dairy Downtown, New London September 1, 2012 2019 Update: Daniel’s Dairy Downtown has closed. It’s sister shop, Michael’s on the Mitchell College Campus is still open in 2019, but no longer serves Connecticut made ice cream. But I'll keep this page for … [Read more...]
Brunn Barn Museum
Don’t Eat the Brown Acid… Or Anything Else Brown Woodstock (Google Maps location) September 2012 Some readers are probably aware of my dislike for Connecticut's town fairs. I can report that my dislike has morphed into more curiosity than anything. Like, why do people love these things? Is it anything more than … [Read more...]
Arethusa Dairy Store
Are Thu Seriousa? Ice Cream and Milk at Arethusa Farm Dairy, Bantam July 21, 2012 Since we are we, and we are CTMQ, and by we I mean me with my compliant family, we visited the almost eerily clean Arethusa Farm about 5 miles away before coming here, to the retail store, to enjoy the end products. If you … [Read more...]
Arethusa Farm
Arethusa AreShoesa Arethusa Farm, Litchfield July 21, 2012 Skip to the Arethusa Milk and Homemade Ice Cream page Skip to the Arethusa Cheese page along the CT Cheese Trail Connecticut. After six years of writing this, the pre-eminent website about all the things to do in this little state, I still find … [Read more...]
Pequot Museum Observation Tower
Mashuntucket Pequot Museum Observation Tower Ledyard Elevator-facilitated Tower (185 feet) I have good news* for the cost-conscious among you CTMQ Tower List completists: This one is actually free! I never knew that until I visited the (decidedly not free) museum. So yes, you can drive out to the … [Read more...]
Quaker Diner
Quaking With Anticipation Quaker Diner, West Hartford September 2012 I've started a tradition with Damian wherein we go to these classic diners on days it's just us at home. In West Hartford, the public schools have both Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana off - which means that our kids have 3 days off in September, the … [Read more...]
240. Sculpturedale
Lions and Tigers and Sharp Metal Edges, Oh My! Kent (Google Maps location) September 15, 2012 Having been to 240 museums so far in Connecticut, it stands to reason that I've met some really interesting and talented people. I can add sculptor Denis Curtiss to that growing – but distinctive! – list. I can’t … [Read more...]
Thomas Darling House
It’s Just… Just So… I Can’t Think of the Word Woodbridge (Google Maps location) December 2012 CT Museum #244 In what seems to have become an annual tradition, I visited another historic house museum during their December holiday party. I’ve sort of figured out how this whole thing works. (I know, I know… I’ve … [Read more...]
Summer Brook Valley Farm Alpacas (Closed)
Alpaca? But I Hardly Know Ya Summer Brook Valley Farm Alpacas November 26, 2011 This page is... crazy. Summer Brook closed in 2015 for one, and it goes way too deep into alpaca-dom for some reason. But this is the only alpaca place you'll find on CTMQ, though other similar places are of course still operating in … [Read more...]
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