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CTMQ > Hartford County

Rosie’s Royal Chocolates

June 17, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Where Snacks Get the Royal Treatment Rosie's Royal Chocolates, Southington April 2022 We live in an age of repurposing empty factories. These buildings are very often hulking ugly brick structures with massive open floors and giant windows. Some have become loft apartment buildings, some now house breweries or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails, New Post Tagged With: CT Chocolate Trail, Hartford County, Southington

West Hartford Art League Galleries

June 16, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Don't Mind Me, I'm Getting VerKlimpt West Hartford (Google Maps location) April 2017 & 2018 As a resident of West Hartford I've always sort of felt that out arts scene is a bit lacking. For such a "liberal" and "wealthy" town (neither of which holds entirely true), you'd think we'd have a thriving community with a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Hartford County, Hoang, West Hartford

The Norfeldt Kindergarten Museum

June 13, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

This is My Site and My Son, So There West Hartford May 4, 2017 Warning: This is a vanity post. I am writing this for me and my family, not any of you. It's not the first and it won't be the last. And I don't care. I deserve to be able to do such things once every five years or so. The Norfeldt Kindergarten … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Art, Calvin, Damian, Free Museums, Hartford County, Hoang, Not Really a Museum Museum, schools, West Hartford

Coles Road Brewing Company

June 9, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

What a Long Strange Trip It's Been Coles Road Brewing Company, Berlin June 2021 The married couple who own and brew at Coles Road Brewing in Berlin, Paul and Lea Marchinkoski have slowly built up and improved upon a pretty well respected little central Connecticut brewery. Sure, we have other husband and wife … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breweries, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: Berlin, Hartford County

Sichuan: Song

June 2, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Sing It! Song, West Hartford April 2021 I am wholly unqualified to write this page. I know, I know... I've said this many times before on this website, and especially when it comes to writing about restaurants, and especially about cuisines about which I know nothing. I am a white man. I grew up mostly in Delaware … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink, New Post Tagged With: China, Food Tour of the World, Hartford County, West Hartford

Pistol Creek

May 18, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

A Bang-Bang Hike Pistol Creek Berlin & Middletown Way back in the day, I worked for Aetna in Middletown. Very near there, on the border with Berlin, up sprang the Pistol Creek golf course in 2001. I'm not a golfer, nor will I ever be, but I do recall people being fairly impressed with the course. It looked nice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Berlin, Hartford County, Middlesex County, Middletown

Water Works Brook

April 26, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Cue the Waterworks Water Works Brook, Windsor Locks April 2022 I'm going to provide all of you - yes, you people that feel the urge to go for a walk at Water Works Brook - a huge service. When you go to look up where this place is, every map and resource will point you to the wrong place. Different wrong places … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Hartford County, Windsor Locks

Cajun: Roux

April 20, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Let's Geaux! Roux Cajun Eatery, Simsbury March 2022 A rare day off from work with the boys in school? Be still my heart. A Cajun eatery has come to Connecticut? Clog my heart's arteries. Yes, let's go eat lunch at Roux, who is "bringing Louisiana food, music & culture to New England," according to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Food Lists & Trails, New Post Tagged With: Food Tour of the World, Hartford County, Hoang, Simsbury

ASME: Pratt & Whitney Single Crystal Turbine Blade

April 11, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

ASME Landmark #265 (1970) Pratt & Whitney Single Crystal Turbine Blade New England Air Museum Windsor Locks Years ago I began my page about a different American Society of Mechanical Engineers National Landmark located at The New England Air Museum thusly: In a way, this might be the hardest of the CT ASME … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: ASME Landmarks, Aviation, Hartford County, Windsor Locks

Carpenter Property Trail

April 4, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

Carpenter Rants The Carpenter Property Trail, Canton March 2022 Oh Canton, you keep pulling me back. You alluring, alluring town, you. What I mean is... I'm on top of Canton. All over it. She is my muse. I think it's fair to say that on CTMQ, I sort of obsess over certain towns - namely, those that I've … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Canton, Hartford County

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