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Art Trail Viewpoint: Connecticut River

March 28, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Connecticut River Viewpoint, Overlooking Chester-Hadlyme Ferry CT Art Trail Viewpoint Gillette Castle State Park, Lyme Even though I never found the actual Viewpoint sign, I'm going forward with this page. Maybe someday when I'm back in East Haddam Lyme and East Haddam to hike around the state park, I'll seek it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Everything Else Tagged With: Art, Art Trail Viewpoints, Calvin, Connecticut Art Trail, Damian, Gillette Castle State Park, Hoang, Lyme

Donuts at Coffee An’ Donuts

March 23, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Coffee An a D would be nice Westport 2016 Update I don't really have much of an update for this page, as Coffee An' is still named Coffee An' and it's in the same location and still has a terrible parking lot and still makes good donuts. So I'll tell a story. We (all four of us) stopped in recently on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Damian, doughnuts, Hoang, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die, Westport

Donuts at Neil’s Donut and Bake Shop

March 23, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

Boola Boola for Neil’s Yalesville (Wallingford) 2016 Update Neil's is another excellent Connecticut donut purveyor. Not only do I love their donuts, I love their location. Right off of the Wilbur Cross in Wallingford, they make a for a great stop on my way to New England Brewing Company. Or to my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Damian, doughnuts, Hoang, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die, Wallingford

*Fries at Swanky Franks (Closed)

March 16, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

Less Swank, More Salt Swanky Franks, Norwalk Swanky Frank's closed in 2017. I promise: I'll return to Swanky Franks someday and have a proper sit down diner experience and order these fries again. Promise. (Update: this never happened... see above.) Because this review of their fries - one of Roadfood's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Hoang, Norwalk, restaurants, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die

Beaver Brook Farms

March 13, 2010 by Steve Leave a Comment

Beaver Cheese Beaver Brook Farms, Lyme 8/24/2009 It took some doing, but Hoang has finally convinced me that a warm and sunny lazy summer day at the beach is a worthwhile and wonderful pursuit. And I, on the flipside, have convinced her that stops along the way to sample some of Connecticut’s cheese is equally … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Ice Cream, Cheese, & Chocolate Trails Tagged With: CT Cheese Trail, Farms, Hoang, Lyme

111. Gillette Castle

March 9, 2010 by Steve 5 Comments

The Best (Castle) a Man Can Get East Haddam & Lyme (Google Maps Location) May 31, 2009 I've since visited Gillette Castle many times, for many different reasons. In fact, there are several other CTMQ pages about the state park, often with much better pictures. Aha! A rarity on CTMQ: A museum I’d visited … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Cool Architecture, Damian, East Haddam, Gillette Castle State Park, Hoang, Lyme

143. B.F. Clyde’s Cider Mill

February 27, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

How You Like These Apples? B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill, Stonington (Google Maps location) October 24, 2009 Since this first visit, we have been to Clyde's several times. There are some pictures from a 2013 as well. Since you were wondering, no, I haven’t used this title before. Over at the oldest operational cider … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Food & Drink, Museums, National "Stuff", Superlatives, Wineries Tagged With: Calvin, Damian, Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hard Cider, Hoang, Not Really a Museum Museum, Stonington

Curling in Norfolk!

February 25, 2010 by Steve 2 Comments

Curling Is Not a Sport. There, I Said It. Norfolk Curling Club, Norfolk February 20, 2010 Note: Some jackasses burned down the curling shed in 2011. But it has risen from the ashes and is back open in late 2013! This makes me very happy. You are not really a fan of curling. Oh sure, you pretend to be during … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: Damian, Hoang, Norfolk, wacky sports & games

C.H. Pease Museum of Natural History

February 23, 2010 by Steve 3 Comments

May I Pease See Your Museum North Canaan (Google Maps Location) February 20, 2010 CT Museum #153 No one will complain about me writing too much about this little museum. That’s because I don’t have anything to say about it. There is no information online anywhere at all and the signage at the museum was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: BEARS!, Damian, Free Museums, Hoang, Libraries, Natural History, North Canaan

Apple Pie at Beardsley’s Cider Mill

February 21, 2010 by Steve 1 Comment

A Pretty, Crumby Pie Beardsley's Cider Mill, Shelton October 2009 I revisited in 2024 and it's much the same, except they've added a distillery in a separate building a few hundred yards away. It's called White Hills Distillery here's my visit. Ah, bliss. An October weekend in New England with a trip … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Best, Unique, & Historic Restaurants & Foods, Food & Drink Tagged With: Damian, Hoang, Roadfood's Eat Before You Die, Shelton

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