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CTMQ > Damian

Arethusa Dairy Store

January 9, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

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

Arethusa Farm

January 9, 2013 by Steve 4 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Animals, Arethusa, Calvin, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Litchfield

Pequot Museum Observation Tower

January 5, 2013 by Steve 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Calvin, casinos, Damian, foxwoods, Great Views, Hoang, Ledyard, Observation Towers

Quaker Diner

January 3, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Classic Diners & True Taverns, Food & Drink Tagged With: Classic Diners, Damian, restaurants, West Hartford

240. Sculpturedale

December 11, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Appointment Only, Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Kent, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums, Public/Outdoor Art

Thomas Darling House

December 5, 2012 by Steve 4 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Calvin, Creepy Dolls, Damian, Free Museums, historic house museums, Historic Houses, Hoang, Woodbridge

Summer Brook Valley Farm Alpacas (Closed)

October 23, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Animals, Closed/Gone/Former, Damian, Farms, Hoang, Middletown, Zoos

223. New Pond Farm Education Center

September 10, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Oh That’s Rich West Redding (Google Maps location) October 15, 2011 What a day, what a day. After a long drive out to Wilton for the annual Strength For Sydney 5K fundraiser for the Smith-Magenis Syndrome Research Foundation – we made the short drive over to Redding’s New Pond Farm during their Harvest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Astronomy, Calvin, Creepy Dolls, Damian, Farms, Free Museums, Hoang, Natural History, Redding, Tools

Fenwick Island, DE: 2012

September 1, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

Yeah, That's Right. Delaware. Fenwick Island, DE 2012 August 21-27, 2012 Who vacations in Delaware? We do. Some family friends have a house in Fenwick Island, which is on the border with Maryland and is more or less the sleepy northern end of Ocean City, MD. Because we’re cool, we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Delaware, Vacations

Il Bacio

July 19, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Licensed to Il Ice Cream at Il Bacio, Danbury My first thought upon entering Il Bacio was, “since I can’t get the phrase ‘Licensed to Il’ out of my head, wouldn’t it be awesome if they had a Brass Monkey ice cream or gelato flavor?” Sadly (and expectedly), they did not. Because really, that would be kind of … [Read more...]

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

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