LEEROOOOYYY!!!!! anderson Woodbury, (Google Maps location) June 2018 Woodbury is a quirky little town. Home of America's first Episcopal Bishop and... Rob Zombie. Home of Connecticut's Antiques Central and... the modernist Hogpen Hill Farms Sculpture Park. Home of a little pewter museum and... a weirdo little zoo. … [Read more...]
Weir Farm National Historic Site Gardens
WistWeiria Wilton May 2017 Weir Farm is a lot of things beyond being "just" a museum. It was Connecticut's only National Park(ish) for years and years until Coltsville in Hartford got its NHP designation more recently. In addition to the Historic Garden and hiking trails, Weir Farm is also on the Connecticut Art … [Read more...]
Weir Farm National Historical Park
First Impressions Are Everything Wilton & Ridgefield (Google Maps location) May 25, 2017 Weir Farm is a lot of things beyond being "just" a museum. It was Connecticut's only National Park(ish) for years and years until Coltsville in Hartford got its NHP designation more recently - but that still has a long way to … [Read more...]
Bahamas & Florida (2017)
I Wasn't Even There Bahamas and Disney World I didn't go on this trip. This was a Calvin and Hoang excursion along with her parents and sister. Looks like they had fun! I don't know anything else about it. Calvin's first flight! First cruise! First grossly overcrowded pool! First Disney! First rollercoaster! First … [Read more...]
Cape Cod (2016)
Are We Doing This Again? Yes. Brewster, Etc., MA Hello family. This is for you. To anyone else looking at this... okay. Cool. Here are a bunch of pictures from our August 2016 trip to the Cape. Museums! Radio History and Marconi Stuff Because I had just visited the ARRL Heritage Museum in … [Read more...]
West Hartford Art League Galleries
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...]
The Norfeldt Kindergarten Museum
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...]
EverWonder Children’s Museum
Ever the Wonder Newtown (Google Maps location) August 13, 2016 Newtown deserves great things. Its children deserve whatever fun and safe entity the town can support. Granted, the majority of the local kids visiting this children's museum were have no memory of - or were not alive when - tragedy struck their town … [Read more...]
Cajun: Roux
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...]
Earthplace
"Hi. I’m Mike. Mike the Mockingbird. I'm Here to Mock You.” Westport (Google Maps location) March 26, 2016 Earthplace, "Where science, conservation, and education meet." Load up the minivan honey, we're taking the boys to... school? The way Earthplace sells itself, it almost sounds like that. But I'm here … [Read more...]
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