Putting the "Ew" in "Dew" Wacky Wings at The Dew Drop Inn, Derby February 2023 - December 2024 As you see from the dates above, this was a multi-visit, multi-year project. As such, I will split this page up into my 3 visits. Intro Visit 1: Buffalo Hot, Imperial Coffee Stout Dry Rub, Tikka Masala Peanut … [Read more...]
Osborne Homestead Garden
OsFest Osborne Homestead Garden, Derby December 2022 The Historic Garden is located at the Osborne Homestead Museum which is part of the CT Women's Heritage Trail. There's also the Kellogg Environmental Center located right next door. It is also located within Osbornedale State Park. All the pretty pictures … [Read more...]
Osborne Homestead Museum
The Land of Os Osborne Homestead Museum, Derby (Location) December 2022 The Osborne Homestead Museum is part of the CT Women's Heritage Trail and features a CT Historic Garden. There's also the Kellogg Environmental Center located right next door. It is also located within Osbornedale State Park. Connecticut … [Read more...]
Sterling Opera House (Abandoned)
No Ficken Joke Sterling Opera House, Derby I suppose I could have tried to get a personal tour of this place. After all, NBC30 did. So did Atlas Obscura as well as Damned Connecticut. In a way, I consider all three of those outlets peers. I'll also consider them primary source material for this page. Because, as … [Read more...]
Old Derby Uptown Burying Ground
Derb Nap Old Derby Uptown Burying Ground, Derby December 2022 There's a lot of CTMQ-worthy stuff crammed into tiny little Derby. When I began compiling all of that stuff, I was rather surprised to learn that the "oldest public burying ground in the US" is located here, on a sweeping hillside above the Naugatuck … [Read more...]
Osbornedale State Park
Osbornedale State Park Derby & Ansonia It's kind of amazing that a 350-acre state park even exists (almost entirely) within the teeny tiny city of Derby. The land was once the lushly forested hunting grounds of the Paugussett Indians of course, but its preservation as public land is directly tied to the two … [Read more...]
Books by the Falls (Closed)
The Falls of Man Books by the Falls, Derby This place was absorbed by another business and then just sort of faded away. Nobody reads books anymore. Personally, I used to read maybe 30-35 books a year, but thanks to 2020 being the most insane timeline, I find myself staring at screens following the reality show … [Read more...]
BAD SONS Beer Company
The Derty Derb BAD SONS Beer Company, Derby January 2018 and subsequent visits I visited BAD SONS a few more times in 2023 and 2024. Some updates at bottom. I don’t care if the beer at BAD SONS turns out to be the best beer on the planet at some point, it still won’t be better to me than the name BAD … [Read more...]
Gilder Boathouse
Gilder... Or Gilded? Gilder Boathouse, Derby January 2018 I'm not sure why I'm writing about this place other than it's a cool building. Wait, I think I'm writing about this place simply because it's a cool building. A building I haven't been inside and don't really have a particular need to ever be inside. … [Read more...]
Derby’s Carnegie Library
Derby Neck Library Derby There were 11 total Carnegie Libraries built in Connecticut. Today, only six remain as libraries. Back in the day, wealthy business magnates sometimes did cool philanthropic things like give money for libraries all over the world. Andrew Carnegie was one such rich guy, helping to build … [Read more...]