Day Pond State Park Colchester There are hiking trails at Day Pond, but the park is very small and those trails almost all head off into the Salmon River State Forest, which is where you'll find my descriptions of them. Who spends the Fourth of July at some podunk little pond in the podunk town of … [Read more...]
121. The CRRA Garbage Museum (RIP)
One Word: Trashosaurus Stratford June 26, 2009 This place closed for good in late 2011. As I sit to write this I am pausing to wonder if other states have Garbage Museums. I’m sure a few do. But then I must ask a follow-up question – Do other states with Garbage Museums also have Trash Museums? Didn’t … [Read more...]
NHL: Philip Johnson’s Glass House
CT National Historic Landmark Philip Johnson’s Glass House 806 Ponus Ridge, New Canaan, Connecticut (Museum) I’m proud of CTMQ. It took me a while to get to this point (a few years), but I’m here. I now accept your praise. I’m also proud of my wife, Hoang. And this post is sort of the culmination of … [Read more...]
NHL: Coltsville Historic District
Coltsville Historic District CT National Historic Landmark 80 Wethersfield Avenue (Armsmear) and Colt areas to the east 2017 Update: Coltsville is now Coltsville National Historic Park! It joins Weir Farm National Historic Site as the only National Parklike things in the state. It took 20 years to get that … [Read more...]
Philip Johnson’s Glass House
My Love of this Place is So Transparent New Canaan (Google Maps location) August 1, 2009 Finally. A visit to the Glass House. Finally. (This was one of the most anticipated visits in the history of CTMQ.) Finally. (I tried to get a Saturday tour here for two years before I finally did.) Finally. … [Read more...]
Chicken Pot Pie at Dottie’s Diner
Chicken Pot, Chicken Pot, Chicken Pot Piiiiiiiiiiiiie Dottie's Diner, Woodbury Since this page was written, Dottie's has moved. They now have a bigger and better space on the same road, slightly south of the original location. They've also redecorated in way that tells me that my family is not welcome at Dottie's … [Read more...]
Windsor Art Center
If I Take Photos of Really Good Photos, Will I Finally Have Good Photos? Windsor (Google Maps location) January 24, 2010 WAC is not wack. In fact, it’s dope. No doubt, no doubt. But as I settle in to write up our visit, I notice that their website is indeed wack in early 2010– it seems to have captured every … [Read more...]
Jones Family Winery
Keeping up With the Joneses Jones Family Winery, Shelton October 17, 2009 This was bound to happen. I write bits and pieces for CTMQ on two different laptops as well as during breaks at work once in a while and then load them onto the main iMac with the downloaded pictures and edit the pieces there. It gets a … [Read more...]
141. Topsmead
Totally Tops Litchfield (Google Maps location) October 10, 2009 I used to maintain a personalized list on CTMQ called "Hidden Gems." After a while, however, I realized that there were just too many and defining what was hidden became impossible. So I scrapped the whole thing. If I had kept up with it, Topsmead … [Read more...]
Ice Cream at Big Dipper Ice Cream Factory
Prospecting For Deliciousness Big Dipper Ice Cream Factory, Prospect May 2010 This is getting tricky. Hitting places “on a list,” which has become sort of a CTMQ household joke, to spice up the drives back up from visiting my family in Delaware is starting to become more difficult. For obvious reasons, each time … [Read more...]
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