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CTMQ > Dubious Claims

O’Reilly’s Irish Gifts (Closed)

March 9, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

O-Oh-No-O’Reilly’s! O’Reilly’s Irish Gifts, Farmington January 2018 O'Reilly's closed in September 2019 after 22 years in business. Aye, lasses and laddies! It's time for another visit to one of my favorite types of things I visit for this website! Surely some of you are wondering, “why is Steve devoting such … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Calvin, Closed/Gone/Former, Dubious Claims, Farmington, Hartford County, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, Other Companies and Businesses

NCLT: Firefly Sanctuary

March 4, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Marvin, Massarella, & Friends Firefly Sanctuary New Canaan Land Trust, New Canaan November 2020 First, let's take a moment to recognize the fact that New Canaan has an active land trust and that they are involved with preserving forests and fields in a town where land is a tad bit expensive. Shout out to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Fairfield County, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, New Canaan, new canaan land trust

The Boat Building

February 14, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

We're Not Gonna Need a Bigger Boat The World's First Two-Sided Building, Hartford Yes! Another page about another insurance company in Hartford. This isn't a surprise, is it? After all, the capital city laid claim to being the "Insurance Capital of the World" for a century. (While people still say it, I believe … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Cool Architecture, Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hartford, Hartford County, Modern Architecture

Kriz Farm Horseshoe Pile

February 2, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Krizt! Kriz Farm Horseshoe Pile, Bethany January 2021 Once in a blue moon a reader alerts me to something in Connecticut about which I was wholly unaware. After writing everything on this website for so many years, that's not bragging... it's just a fact. And really, would that even be something to brag … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Bethany, Calvin, Dubious Claims, Farms, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, New Haven County

The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)

September 15, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Boooo! The Haunting in Connecticut, 2009 Straight up: I'm not a horror film fan. Sure, there are a few I've liked. From the campy fun (Evil Dead) to the cool (The Ring) to the not-really-horror (Get Out). By and large, they're all terrible. I simply don't enjoy torture and gore and cheap scares. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: connecticut movies, Dubious Claims, Hartford County, horror movies, movies, Southington

Lake Basile

September 2, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

BaSilly Lake Basile East Granby, Granby, Simsbury I'm sorry, for those of you familiar with tiny Lake Basile. I know right now you're wondering why in the world it features on this website. It's a little pond (not a lake) choked with vegetation that no one really thinks about. I get it, I do. There's just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Calvin, Dubious Claims, East Granby, Granby, Simsbury

Book Review: Connecticut 169 Club

August 9, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

In Da Club Connecticut 169 Club Your Passport & Guide to Exploring Connecticut, Martin Podskoch Please understand that everything below is a singular review, written by me. And by me, I mean the weirdo who has been compiling and writing about the most comprehensive “passport and guide to exploring Connecticut” for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Connecticut Books, Connecticut Travel Guides & Cookbooks, Dubious Claims

SCELBI Computer Virtual Museum

August 4, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

SCELBI Date Milford August 1, 2020 The COVID-19 Pandemic is a strange time. I'm writing this in early August, now five months into this nightmare... thinking about the year that should have been. And how much we simply couldn't do. Sigh. Way, way, way down the list of "stuff I didn't do" is, of course, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Museums, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Milford, New Haven County, Not Really a Museum Museum, virtual museum

Auer Farm Mushroom Barn

May 18, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Only Remaining Hollow Tile Mushroom Barn in... Auer Farm Mushroom Barn, Bloomfield All Things Auer Farm I know you historic mushroom barn fans wouldn’t let me get away with not including this on CTMQ. I’m happy to not have let you down. There’s a lot going on with this humble little building everyone sees on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: auer farm, Bloomfield, Dubious Claims, Farms, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hartford County

266. Tourtellotte Memorial Room Museum

March 9, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Nice $&^$! Museum... #$&$! Thompson (Google Maps location) May 28, 2014 I apologize for my crude title, but it's just very hard for me to say "Tourtellote" without thinking of Tourettes Syndrome. As a parent of a special needs child with very different, but similarly debilitating behaviors, I'm not making fun of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: Appointment Only, Dubious Claims, Free Museums, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, Thompson, Windham County

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