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Gelatissimo

November 2, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Yes, Generalissimo, to Gelatissimo Gelatissimo, New Canaan As is the case with so many of my CTMQ lists – almost all of them, actually – I started them with the ignorant notion that I’d easily finish them. Yeah, I’m a ding-dong. Turns out, there are a million “homemade ice cream joints.” And when I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Hoang, New Canaan

255. Gores Pavilion

October 15, 2013 by Steve 3 Comments

All Gores, No Gore New Canaan (Google Maps location) October 13, 2013 I love my wife. Like, I love her silly. And you know what the best part is? She loves me back. So on this day, her birthday, I look Hoang to the Gores Pavilion to once again get the opportunity to pretend for a few minutes that she lives … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Cool Architecture, Hoang, New Canaan

Peaches ‘n Cream

July 10, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Shake Your Smoove Cream Ice Cream at Peaches 'n Cream, Litchfield July 7, 2013 All I can think about is Peaches and Herb. (Read: I'm old.) They of "Shake Your Groove Thing" and "Reunited." No knock on Peaches 'n Cream, but that's where my head is at. Oh how I wished this place had a peaches and herb … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Calvin, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Hoang, Litchfield

Lake Waramaug State Park

July 9, 2013 by Steve 2 Comments

Lake Waramaug State Park Kent July 5&7, 2013 I live in West Hartford, about an hour away from Kent. So why in the world did I go to Lake Waramaug twice in 3 days? Especially when we had no plans to even go at all two days prior? Friends, this is what life is all about. Life with kids anyway. When you are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Beach, Calvin, Damian, Hoang, Kent, Lake Waramaug state park, Swimming

Deborah Ann’s Sweet Shoppe

May 28, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

A Lively Spot Ice Cream at Deborah Ann's Sweet Shoppe, Ridgefield August 2012 Deborah Ann's is also on the CT Chocolate Trail and you can read that page here. How sweet is this? Steve Wood took wife Hoang and their sons Calvin (16 mo's) and Damian (6) on an old-fashioned date in Connecticut Friday … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Calvin, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Hoang, Ridgefield

Deborah Ann’s Sweet Shoppe

May 28, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

How Sweet It Is Deborah Ann’s Sweet Shoppe, Ridgefield August 27, 2012 You know how when you look at pictures of your kids when they were young and you get all wistful and misty eyed because they were just so cute and perfect and fun? But that if your spouse happens by and reminds you of the true situation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Calvin, CT Chocolate Trail, Damian, Hoang, Ridgefield

The Chocolate Lab (Closed)

May 27, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

Good Job, Dawg The Chocolate Lab, Greenwich May 25, 2013 2014 Update: I have received word that this place is closed. Re-reading this page is annoying, because I seem to have mixed up the names of the restaurant chef, the chocolate chef, and the real chocolate chef guy whom I never named. But if they are indeed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Cool Architecture, CT Chocolate Trail, Greenwich, Hoang

Daniel’s Dairy Downtown (Closed)

March 1, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

I’d like a Double D Cup Ice Cream and Milk at Daniel’s Dairy Downtown, New London September 1, 2012 2019 Update: Daniel’s Dairy Downtown has closed. It’s sister shop, Michael’s on the Mitchell College Campus is still open in 2019, but no longer serves Connecticut made ice cream. But I'll keep this page for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: Calvin, Closed/Gone/Former, CT Homemade Ice Cream Trail, Damian, Hoang, New London

Arrigoni Winery

February 28, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Don't They Know How Much People Hate the Arrigoni Bridge? Arrigoni Winery, Portland October 20, 2012 I forget exactly when I learned of Arrigoni, Connecticut's newest winery (as of late 2012), but I remember thinking, really? A winery in Portland? Hm. We have enjoyed plenty of wines from the Portland... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Wineries Tagged With: Hoang, Portland

Brunn Barn Museum

February 25, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Don’t Eat the Brown Acid… Or Anything Else Brown Woodstock (Google Maps location) September 2012 Some readers are probably aware of my dislike for Connecticut's town fairs. I can report that my dislike has morphed into more curiosity than anything. Like, why do people love these things? Is it anything more than … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Calvin, Cars and Trucks, Damian, Fairs and Festivals, Farms, Hoang, Industrial History, Tools, Woodstock

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