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190. Ashbel Woodward House Museum

March 6, 2012 by Steve 5 Comments

Franklin My Dear, I DO Give a Damn Franklin (Google Maps location) October 2, 2010 When I say “Franklin,” what image comes to mind? That children’s story turtle? A key and a kite and a bolt of lightning? Ben Franklin himself? Almost certainly not Franklin, Connecticut. Franklin is one of our smaller, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Damian, Franklin, Free Museums, Historic Houses, Hoang, Rarely Open, Town History

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

February 23, 2012 by Steve 3 Comments

Ain’t Nobody Like the Peabody I Got New Haven (Google Maps location) September 11, 2010 The Peabody was closed for three years from 2021-2024 for a full refresh. This page will be updated at some point. Here I am again. Staring at a blank screen and 150 photos of a huge and wonderful museum wondering how in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Museums Tagged With: Calvin, Colleges & Universities, Cool Architecture, CT Dino Trail, Damian, Dinosaurs, Hoang, Natural History, New Haven, Yale

Mapleleaf Farm

February 5, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

Mooooo-vin' on Through the Farmer's Cow Farms Mapleleaf Farm, Hebron June 11, 2011 Mapleleaf Farm is part of the wonderful Farmer’s Cow. The Farmer’s Cow is a group of six Connecticut family dairy farms working for the future of our families and dairy businesses. They produce milk, half and half, eggs and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Animals, Calvin, Damian, Farmers Cow, Farms, Hebron, Hoang

The Concrete Factory (Closed)

February 2, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

You'd Hard Ice Cream... The Concrete Factory, Ashford November 2011 The Concrete Factory closed in 2013. Let's dispense with the obvious first: This is a very oddly named ice cream boutique. Ashford doesn't have too many attractions. It was late November yet we got ice cream. Now that you've wrapped your head … [Read more...]

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

Stonington Harbor Lighthouse

January 25, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Stonington Harbor Lighthouse 30 feet high, at sea level, Stonington September 3, 2010 *As with many of the lighthouse pages, I'm going to cut and paste information from Lighthouse Friends , below my own accounting. This lighthouse is open with your Old Lighthouse Museum admission and requires no water passage … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses Tagged With: Damian, Hoang, Lighthouses, Observation Towers, Stonington

185. Old Lighthouse Museum

January 24, 2012 by Steve 2 Comments

To The Lighthouse Stonington (Google Maps location) September 3, 2010 More on my ascent of the lighthouse proper - Right here. Hurricane Earl. Remember that one? You don’t? That’s because it didn’t really happen. We’d been in Rhode Island all week for vacation (CTMQ family vacation photos here! Woo … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, Damian, Hoang, Lighthouses, Military History, Nautical History, Stonington, stonington historical society

Hilltop Farm

January 9, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

To Top off Vacation Week Hilltop Farm, Suffield September 2010 Arrgh! This is (yet another) one of the pages on this website that make me crazy when it comes to placement. It’s not a museum, but it’s so much more than a farm and has such an interesting history – and future potential – that its borderline. This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Animals, Cars and Trucks, Damian, Farms, hilltop farm, Hoang, Suffield

Day 6: Rhode Island 2010

January 8, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Green Scene September 2, 2010 Tired of the beach, we struck out north up to Portsmouth for half the day. At some point in my life I got four free passes to any Newport Mansion properties. Two years prior, during our first Rhode Island trip, we all went to see The Breakers I think. Since the passes had no … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: BEARS!, Damian, Hoang, Plants, Rhode Island, Vacations

Days 4-5: Rhode Island 2010

January 7, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Just Beachy August 31 - September 1, 2010 Behold the mighty alabaster belly! Here, Hoang and Damian were signing "I love you" to each other. Awwww... Here, Damian was making faces and cracking Hoang up... ... Busting her up real good... Seriously, this went on for a good long while, and then... A … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Damian, Hoang, Rhode Island, Vacations

Days 1-3: Rhode Island 2010

January 7, 2012 by Steve Leave a Comment

Crazy ol' Rhode Island August 28-30, 2010 I don't even have any pictures of the 29th and can only assume we did nothing but lounge around and go to the beach all day. But on the 30th we did venture out to Newport for the usual Newport stuff but also a stop at the somewhat lame Save The Bay Exploration Center and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Non-CT, Travel Tagged With: Animals, Aquaria, Birds, Damian, Hoang, Rhode Island, Vacations

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