"The World's Largest Dairy Store," Stew Leonard's Stew Leonard's Dairy Store, Newington March 2012 I realize I will sound like a crank for the next five minutes of your lives, but I don't care. It's true I don't enjoy grocery shopping, but I really don't hate it either. It's just something I have to do every few … [Read more...]
118-(and counting)-Year-Old Lemon Tree
A Real Lemon Party Logee's Greenhouse, Danielson June 3, 2011 I feel badly for people who live in Danielson. Ever since The Karate Kid, everyone must say the name of the town like "Daniel-san!" And that must be annoying. Almost as annoying as the fact that Danielson isn't even a real town but is instead the … [Read more...]
Connecticut River Valley Wildlife Museum
Hunting for a Trap, I Found a Museum East Hartford (Google Maps location) Multiple visits Tell me if this hasn't happened to you: You till the soil and plant your vegetable gardens in late spring, your crops burst forth in all their glory, a plague of rabbits burst forth from their hutch under your deck and … [Read more...]
Liuzzi’s Cheese
Mama Mia! Liuzzi’s Cheese, North Haven December 2010 North Haven doesn’t have a huge representation on CTMQ. A few little museums and some trails here and there. And there’s this: Liuzzi’s Cheese – which is really much, much more than just cheese – tucked away amidst some ugly industrial and office buildings … [Read more...]
Time Machine Toy and Hobby
Lost in a Train of Thought Time Machine Toy and Hobby Manchester I’ve recently been going through old pictures I burned off onto CD’s to be sure I haven’t missed anything I meant to write about on the blog. I figured that possibility was ludicrous as A) my memory is pretty darn good for this stuff and B) I’m a … [Read more...]
ASME: Jacobs Engine Brake Retarder
ASME Landmark # 108 (1957) Jacobs Manufacturing Company Bloomfield This is the ASME Landmark that really got me interested in this little list of eight nine rather random engineering achievements in Connecticut. Two reasons: One, Jacobs Manufacturing is only a few minutes from my office and two, I’d read a … [Read more...]
151. Lamothe’s Sugar House
Sweeeeeeet! Burlington (Google Maps Location) February 7, 2010 It just occurred to me that if I assume I go to about 600 museums in Connecticut when all is said and done - which is a fair assumption - I'm now about one quarter done. That took about 3.5 years so that means I'll be at this another 10 years or so. … [Read more...]
Winvian Farm
Our Day With Paolo From Rome. In a Helicopter. Swoon. Winvian Farm, Morris January 23, 2010 [2018 Update: This is definitely a place that deserves a revisit... if only because I really want to revisit this place and take much better/bigger pictures.] It is so incongruous to everything else surrounding it, and so … [Read more...]
Mrs. Bridges’ Pantry (Closed)
Cheerio! Have You Anything to go with my Cheerios? “A Little Slice of Britain,” Woodstock November 2009 Mrs. Bridges' closed in early 2019. I try to limit the stuff I write about in these untamed sections of the blog. I really do. The stores have to be very, very unique or interesting to make the CTMQ grade … [Read more...]
Houses, Communities, Urban Legends, Lighthouses, Libraries, Schools, Businesses, & Theaters
Houses, Ruins, Communities, Urban Legends, Lighthouses, Libraries, Post Offices, Schools, Companies, Businesses, Hotels, B&B's, Theaters, and Hauntings Hoo boy, this is a tough category to nail down. There’s just so much crossover with museums and superlatives and National Historic Landmarks and restaurants and … [Read more...]