CT National Historic Landmark Frederic Remington House Ridgefield Sometimes I have nothing more than an address, a hope, and a dream when I go in search of something for this website. Such was the case when my wife and I spent a day exploring southwestern Connecticut. We went to important things like the Weir Farm … [Read more...]
NHL: Bush-Holley House
CT National Historic Landmark Bush-Holley House Greenwich The Bush-Holley House is very deserving of its landmark status, but I must mention that it also appears on a few other "trails" and such in Connecticut. It is part of the CT Women's Heritage Trail and the CT Art Trail. It is also a museum, of course, and … [Read more...]
Crullers at Speedy Donuts
A Nice Quickie Speedy Donuts, Norwalk I have way too many pictures for what should be a quickie little page about a very specific item at Speedy Donuts in Norwalk. I like a quickie every so often, you like a quickie every so often... so let's get going. The reason I have too many pictures is because when I … [Read more...]
Stevenson Dam & Bridge
Bridge Over Troubled... Dam? Route 34 and The Stevenson Dam Monroe & Oxford Stop me if you've heard this one before: "the Stevenson Dam is one of only two dams in the country that has a public road over the top." Wait. That's ridiculous, even if I've seen it in print. The actual claim is more specific: "the … [Read more...]
NewSylum Brewing Company
The Hills Are Alive NewSylum Brewing Company, Newtown November 2020 NewSylum is such a doofy name for a brewery... or any business for that matter. It wasn't the founders' original choice, but they were sort of forced into it. But we'll get to that in a bit. NewSylum was Newtown's second brewery and it opened … [Read more...]
Brewport Brewing Company
Hot Off the Presses Brewport Brewing Company, Bridgeport July 2019 Brewport Enriches Lives with thin crust pizza, gourmet salad, and Connecticut style beers so amazingly great, that staff and guests keep coming back for more. That's Brewport's tagline. And it's really weird, right? No one is going to Brewport … [Read more...]
Reverie Brewing Company
Daydream Believer Reverie Brewing Company, Newtown June 2019 There is nothing wrong with Reverie Brewing. It is located right off of I-84 in an big, rectangular industrial warehouse space. Not exactly the beauty one often associates with Newtown, but typical of a brewery in early 21st century America. As … [Read more...]
Stateside (2004)
Mad Love Stateside, 2004 Warning: This review contains clips with very bad words. You're not going to watch this movie and I'm here to tell you that you probably shouldn't watch this movie. But I watched this movie. A movie, supposedly, "based on a true story," although from everything I've read "based on" is … [Read more...]
NFA: Brunot Preserve
B-U-C-O-L-I-C Brunot Preserve, Newtown September 2014 Here we are, together again... writing (me) and reading (you) about a small little land trust parcel on the Newtown/Bethel Border. Surely there's nothing too interesting about this typical slice of land that was once a farm and is now a forest - the story of … [Read more...]
Auntie Mame (1958)
Auntie Awesome Auntie Mame, 1958 I love this movie. My wife loves this movie. If you don't at least like this movie, you are dead inside. And while it's only peripherally a "Connecticut movie," it's "Connecticutness" is enough to warrant a page on this website. It's a long movie with many twists and turns. … [Read more...]
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