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Day 13. Le Grand Bornand & The Alps

September 25, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

July 22 Ahhhh. The day before was spent hiking up a mountain then standing on it for hours to watch the Tour de France time trial. As if that weren't enough, we then had to deal with a traffic and crazy roads through the Alps to get to the ski resort town of Le Grand Bornand - site of the next day's Tour finish. … [Read more...]

Day 12: L’Alpe d’Huez, France (TdF)

September 22, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

July 20 We made it! The famous 2004 individual time trial stage straight up L'Alpe d'Huez. It's is referenced to this day as one of the largest crowds ever for a sporting event - they like to say there were one million people on L'Alpe that day. Who knows... We woke up pre-dawn, took one of the thousands of … [Read more...]

Days 10 & 11: Carcassonne & Grenoble

September 22, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

July 19 and 20 I was told by a friend that we should avoid Carcassonne on our trip. We did avoid staying there - or even really staying too long there - as it's basically a tourist trap. A really, really cool tourist trap. We went to the city's famous fort and then pretty much got out of there and over to Grenoble … [Read more...]

Peter Greenwood Glass Blowing Studio

August 17, 2011 by Steve 2 Comments

You Can Blow, But This Place Doesn’t Peter Greenwood Glass Blowing Studio, Barkhamsted (Google Maps location) February 2010 Connecticut museum visit #152. Wow. Where to begin? This place is sort of like three museums in one: A Riverton history museum, a world-class art gallery and a glass blowing … [Read more...]

Salem Valley Farms

August 2, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment

Ah-Salem `A-Makum My Ice Cream Salem Valley Farms, Salem July 16, 2011 I know I’m the king of clever title puns, but c’mon, this one is extra special good. Just like the ice cream down in Salem, right at the end of the current Route 11. You see what I did there? Geeze, it’s almost like I’m a real professional … [Read more...]

158 Pt 2. Stepping Stones Revisit

July 26, 2011 by Steve 2 Comments

Stepping Stones Museum For Children Redux June 25, 2011 I’ve visited several museums more than once – usually for my son and almost always near my house. But I’ve never written a separate page about a revisit. (I’ve been challenged by readers over the years to revisit places when they have new exhibitions or … [Read more...]

Sweet Claude’s

July 25, 2011 by Steve 4 Comments

I Clawed My Way Over You for Ice Cream Sweet Claude’s, Cheshire June 25, 2011 I can’t remember where I read a blurb about Sweet Claude’s, but it was pretty much at the same time I decided to seek out Connecticut’s homemade ice cream spots. I read it was great and that the ice cream was made on-premises and bam! It … [Read more...]

Brown Cow Café at Ekonk Turkey Farm

July 23, 2011 by Steve 3 Comments

Ekonk! If You Love Ice Cream Brown Cow Café at Ekonk Turkey Farm, Sterling March 19, 2011 All you can eat FREE HOMEMADE ICE CREAM SUNDAES? Corny food bloggers would say, "Yes please!" CTMQ says, well, I can't type the expletives here but there were some excited ones. Especially since Hoang was about 9 months … [Read more...]

Rich Farm Ice Cream

July 21, 2011 by Steve 5 Comments

You Don't Have to be Rich, To be my Swirl Rich Farm Ice Cream, Oxford November 2010 Other locations have opened in Bristol, Middlefield... and Placentia, California! As I was happily going along eating up delicious ice cream listed as “the best” by Jane and Michael Stern in their Roadfood book, I kept getting … [Read more...]

SoNo Brewhouse (Closed)

July 17, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

So, No They Don’t Brew Beer Here SoNo Brewhouse, South Norwalk Multiple Visits SoNo Brewhouse closed in 2014. I have a love-hate relationship with the SoNo Brewhouse. First I’ll divulge what I hate: I hate the fact that it bills itself a “brewhouse” but doesn’t actually brew any beer. This is especially … [Read more...]