Ten Pennies For Your Thoughts East Hartford Brewing Group, East Hartford December 2021 I waffled and wavered far longer than you'd want to believe on how best to present this page. Should I just write an addendum to my original Olde Burnside Brewing page? Or create a whole new page? Well, now you have the … [Read more...]
The Hubble Museum
Bursting Bubbles East Hartford (Virtual) December 2021 I'm feeling magnanimous... after all, I'm writing this during Christmas week and I'm off work and I'm happy. So I figured I'd throw the person behind The Hubble Museum a bone and include his "museum" among my massive list of Connecticut museums. It is … [Read more...]
South Meadows/Keeney Point/Hockanum Meadow
The Wethersfield Triangle Keeney Point/Hockanum Meadow, East Hartford, Glastonbury, Wethersfield November 2020 People often ask me how I continue to get excited about hikes in Connecticut. Especially anywhere outside of northwestern Connecticut. My answer is always the same: I like to try to find what's unique … [Read more...]
Major League Soccer
Major League Mess Toronto FC vs. Miami CF at PAWSaRF, East Hartford November 2020 "Soccer is gonna be the next big thing in the US! I swear! For real this time!" We've all been hearing this for decades. It's never going to happen to the degree some people wish, but at least a legitimate professional soccer … [Read more...]
Charter Oak Greenway
Not a Showcase Charter Oak Greenway, 15.4 Miles Bolton, Manchester, East Hartford Every other "trail report" for the Charter Oak Greenway is nothing more than some mileage markers and a few comments about its hills or propensity for highway proximity. Not CTMQ. Oh, no. So sit back and prepare for a billion of my … [Read more...]
Paddle Creek Beer Company
Curieux Paddle Creek Beer Company, East Hartford October 2020 There was this weird month in late 2018 when it became clear that East Hartford's venerable Olde Burnside Brewing wasn't going to make it to 2019 and that some other guys were going to start up a new brewery in the same town called Paddle Creek. … [Read more...]
East Hartford: Complete!
East Hartford: Complete! Pho 501 Here is my list of everything I've done in East Hartford! I’m very excited to write this page. This is the 16th of what may ultimately be 169 town completion celebration pages! Yes, of course I am fully aware of how absurd that is. But I love it. In late 2016, after a … [Read more...]
WR3 NHT: East Hartford
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Sites East Hartford The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (W3R) is a National Historic Trail that commemorates the allied French and Continental armies during the American War of Independence, and the hundreds of miles travelled to, and from, … [Read more...]
CT Collegiate Football Tour: UConn
UCan't UConn vs. University of South Florida, East Hartford October 5, 2019 *Sigh* Books will be written about UConn football and its unique place in the history of the ultimate implosion of the NCAA. Chapters will be filled with details about the expensive dream. The rise and precipitous fall of the football … [Read more...]
East Hartford Nature Park
Nature Always Wins East Hartford Nature Park, East Hartford June 2019 Ever heard of East Hartford’s eponymous nature park? No? Me neither. How about those of you from East Hartford? Maybe? No? That’s okay, I understand. It’s also why CTMQ is here for you. East Hartford Nature Park is a real place with … [Read more...]
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