Prospecting For Deliciousness Big Dipper Ice Cream Factory, Prospect May 2010 This is getting tricky. Hitting places “on a list,” which has become sort of a CTMQ household joke, to spice up the drives back up from visiting my family in Delaware is starting to become more difficult. For obvious reasons, each time … [Read more...]
Niantic Children’s Museum
Getting Into the Guts of Children’s Museums East Lyme (Google Maps location) July 2009 The Southeastern Connecticut Children's Museum changed its name to Niantic Children's Museum in 2020. For the first few years of writing this website, I did my very best to retain my sort of anonymous integrity. By the … [Read more...]
132. Chase Family Gallery at Mandell JCC
They Couldn’t Chase Us Away West Hartford (Google Maps location) July 30, 2009 It’s 100 degrees outside and you have to do something with your three-year-old. I can’t think of anything better than going to a nearby art gallery! Woo-hoo! Or, as Damian seems to be saying here, "Lawwwwds!" After some … [Read more...]
Collin’s Diner
Canaan Able to Eat Collin’s Diner, North Canaan April 2010 The word “iconic” is tossed about the American lexicon with wild abandon these days. I blame sports writers the most, but the word has invaded all corners or writing and commentating. I’m proud to say I don’t think I’ve used it more than a few times on … [Read more...]
The Last Post Cat Sanctuary
Crazy Cat Lady (and Damian) Paradise The Last Post Cat Retirement Home, Falls Village April 3, 2010 In early November 2011, this place suffered a terrible fire which destroyed at least one building and killed a bunch of the cats. They were still open as recently as 2025 at least. I have no memory of how I found … [Read more...]
188. 4-H Education Center at Auer Farm
Historic, Hot, Hip and Happenin’ Bloomfield (Google Maps Location) August 8, 2009 All things Auer Farm This page was written about a 2009 visit - two years before my younger son was born. That younger son went to a preschool that visited Auer Farm every month, even in single-digit temperatures. I chaperoned … [Read more...]
Campbell Falls
No Soup for Connecticut Campbell Falls , New Marlborough, MA(!) April 2010 & April 2014 [Note: For my Waterfalls pages, I’m using the town designation used by the Connecticut Waterfalls 2013 guidebook. Because sometimes it’s fun. This one is quite unique because the fall themselves are in Massachusetts, mere feet … [Read more...]
Art Trail Viewpoint: Connecticut River
Connecticut River Viewpoint, Overlooking Chester-Hadlyme Ferry CT Art Trail Viewpoint Gillette Castle State Park, Lyme Even though I never found the actual Viewpoint sign, I'm going forward with this page. Maybe someday when I'm back in East Haddam Lyme and East Haddam to hike around the state park, I'll seek it … [Read more...]
Donuts at Coffee An’ Donuts
Coffee An a D would be nice Westport 2016 Update I don't really have much of an update for this page, as Coffee An' is still named Coffee An' and it's in the same location and still has a terrible parking lot and still makes good donuts. So I'll tell a story. We (all four of us) stopped in recently on … [Read more...]
Donuts at Neil’s Donut and Bake Shop
Boola Boola for Neil’s Yalesville (Wallingford) 2016 Update Neil's is another excellent Connecticut donut purveyor. Not only do I love their donuts, I love their location. Right off of the Wilbur Cross in Wallingford, they make a for a great stop on my way to New England Brewing Company. Or to my … [Read more...]
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