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CTMQ > Damian

Apple Pie at Beardsley’s Cider Mill

February 21, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

A Pretty, Crumby Pie Beardsley's Cider Mill, Shelton October 2009 I revisited in 2024 and it's much the same, except they've added a distillery in a separate building a few hundred yards away. It's called White Hills Distillery here's my visit. Ah, bliss. An October weekend in New England with a trip … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Damian, Hoang, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die, Shelton

112. Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy

February 17, 2010 by Steve 2 Comments

Duck, Duck, Emperor Goose Litchfield (Google Maps Location) June 7, 2009 People always ask me how I find stuff for my giant museum list. Short answer: Every which way you can imagine - and then some. Well over three years into this thing now, I'm still finding out about new places on a fairly frequent basis. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Animals, Birds, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Litchfield, Not Really a Museum Museum, Outdoor Museums

151. Lamothe’s Sugar House

February 8, 2010 by Steve 6 Comments

Sweeeeeeet! Burlington (Google Maps Location) February 7, 2010 It just occurred to me that if I assume I go to about 600 museums in Connecticut when all is said and done - which is a fair assumption - I'm now about one quarter done. That took about 3.5 years so that means I'll be at this another 10 years or so. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Museums Tagged With: Burlington, Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Not Really a Museum Museum, Other Companies and Businesses

Winvian Farm

February 4, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

Our Day With Paolo From Rome. In a Helicopter. Swoon. Winvian Farm, Morris January 23, 2010 [2018 Update: This is definitely a place that deserves a revisit... if only because I really want to revisit this place and take much better/bigger pictures.] It is so incongruous to everything else surrounding it, and so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Damian, Hoang, Hotel, Morris, Other Companies and Businesses, winvian

126. Wilbur Cross Gallery (Gone)

February 2, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

No Need to Get Cross With Me Storrs/Mansfield (Google Maps Location) July 17, 2009 Please note that this was written in 2009 and that I am pretty sure this gallery no longer exists as it did back then. I spent four (and, ahem, a half, ahem) years and several tens of thousands of my father’s hard-earned money at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Colleges & Universities, Damian, Mansfield, Not Really a Museum Museum, Storrs, UConn

Cato Corner Farm

January 27, 2010 by Steve 3 Comments

The Cato Institute of Cheese Cato Corner Farm, Colchester August 2009 I should tell you all that I stop in at Cato pretty much every single time I travel down Route 2. This page is now ancient, and Cato Corner deserves better, but... such is the nature of CTMQ. As this page is so old, I can't pretend that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Animals, Colchester, CT Cheese Trail, Damian, Farms

Haddam Shad Museum

January 20, 2010 by Steve 7 Comments

Shadrach, InnaShack and AwayWeGo Haddam Google Maps Location May 2009 The singular Dr. Joseph Zaientz passed away in March of 2023, but his beloved Shad Museum will continue. The building was moved to the grounds of the Haddam Historical Society and will continue on into the future. It lost a lot of its … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Damian, Fish, Free Museums, Haddam, Hoang, Tiny Museums

136. Nellie E. McKnight Museum

January 19, 2010 by Steve 2 Comments

Whoa Nellie Ellington (Google Maps Location) August 13, 2009 Ellington. Ellington. Ellington. Hm. I’m stumped. I don’t have anything to say about the rural community in north central Connecticut. Other than it’s rural and in the north central part of the state. Ellington, in fact, is very proud and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Damian, Ellington, Free Museums, Historic Houses

Fish Family Farm

January 10, 2010 by Steve 5 Comments

Milk and Ice Cream and Cheese From a Fish Fish Family Farm, Bolton August 2009 No, the Fish Family does not raise or sell fish. They raise cows and chickens and sell milk and ice cream and cheese eggs and other related items. The Fish Family Farm Creamery and Dairy really is a great little reminder of days gone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Animals, Bolton, CT Cheese Trail, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Farms, fish family farm

137. Audubon at Bent of the River

December 31, 2009 by Steve 5 Comments

Get Bent Southbury (Google Maps Location) August 14, 2009 Before Damian transitioned to a new in-town daycare (and before I started my new job), I decided to spend a couple weeks with him in order to save some money – and if you know how much daycare costs, we’re actually talking a lot of money saved. And so, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Museums Tagged With: audubon, Damian, Natural History, Southbury

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