We've Buttoned Up the Ice Cream List Buttonwood Farm, Griswold August 2010 When is eating delicious ice cream a sad affair? When it's the last of the 7 Roadfood "Eat Before It's Too Late" ice cream joints on the list I'm completing. I think Hoang shed a tear. A butterfat tear. Of course, Hoang convinced me … [Read more...]
159. Weston Woods (RIP)
How the Weston Woods Was Won Weston (Google Maps location) March 13, 2010 Update: Morton Schindel passed away in 2016 at the age of 98. This place no longer exists as we visited it, and that makes my wife and I very, very sad. We both loved meeting Mort and could have spent a week with him in Weston. His house and … [Read more...]
Churaevka (Russian Village)
Ahhh-Churaevka! Gesundheit! Russian Village, Southbury April 2, 2011 I should be used to this by now. Finding out about something mildly interesting in Connecticut, going there, and learning it’s ten times cooler than I’d ever thought it would be. In the case of Churaevka, once I read up on the place after … [Read more...]
Fidelco Guide Dogs
Fidelco Guide Dogs/Kaman Company Bloomfield April 16, 2011 Another cold and dreary spring weekend here in Connecticut with a bored special needs five-year-old, who NEEDS to get out and about or we ALL go crazy. What to do, what to do… Oh I know, we’ll go see some doggies! Damian loves dogs! And, truth be … [Read more...]
Calvin
April 2011 We went and did it. We had another kid! Calvin Dán was born healthy and hale in April 2011. Hoang did great throughout the process it went much quicker than Damian – despite Calvin being almost a pound and a half bigger. I sat here a while wondering for a while what I’d write about regarding this new … [Read more...]
Family
Our Boys April 2011 Our lives just got 50% more complicated. And wonderful. With baby Calvin entering the world in April 2011, we have entered the world of multiple children. Actually, our journey with Calvin began years ago – in a way. In an odd twist of irony, Damian was an easy baby. Quiet and compliant; we … [Read more...]
Southford Falls State Park
Southford Falls State Park Southbury/Oxford April 2, 2011 This is, in a way, the perfect state park for me to deal with here on CTMQ. I’ve always had issues with how in the world to write about some of these places; it’s not like I can do everything on offer in each park – nor do I even want to do that. But at … [Read more...]
Southford Falls
Southford Falls State Park Oxford April 2, 2011 For more on Southford Falls State Park, check out my dedicated park page. For more on the Southford Falls Watchtower, check out my dedicated tower page. As I start writing this, I realize that for some reason Damian always seems to be with me on waterfall … [Read more...]
Southford Falls Watchtower
Southford Falls Watchtower Southford Falls State Park, Oxford Metal Fire Tower (~25 feet) on Unnamed hill (not too high) This page is only about the Southford Falls State Park's watchtowner. For more on the falls themselves, go here. For more on the state park, go here. And for a more recent trip to the watchtower … [Read more...]
Heublein Tower
Heublein Tower on Talcott Mountain Simsbury Stone Tower (165 feet) on Talcott Mountain summit (1000 feet) For everything else at Talcott Mountain State Park, go here. I don’t know which of CT’s lookout towers is the most visited, but surely it’s either this one or perhaps Sleeping Giant’s. I would guess … [Read more...]
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