Herbert's Way is the Only Way CFPA's Highlawn Forest, Middlefield & Middletown April 2009 & November 2023 No one would complain if I just ignored my "hike" here in 2009 as it was maybe a third of a mile total. Back then, the trails here weren't trails as much as they were demonstrations of how the CFPA trails … [Read more...]
Greater Middletown Military Museum
GMMMorning Middletown! Greater Middletown Military Museum, Middletown December 2023 Connecticut museum visit #515. As you read this page, keep in mind that this large museum has plans to expand quite a bit. Once funding is secured - largely through private donations and not just grants like the more well known … [Read more...]
NITRO Cream ‘n Crumbz
C.R.E.A.M. 'n Just Crumbz Leftover NITRO Cream ‘n Crumbz, Middletown July 2024 Straight up: This place is comically expensive. I'm going to do something I never do off the bat: explain my brilliant title for those of you unfamiliar with the lyrical brilliance of The Wu-Tang Clan. Cash Rules Everything … [Read more...]
Sergeant Stubby Statue
Woof Sergeant Stubby Statue, Middletown If we're to believe the entirely of Sergeant Stubby lore, this dog deserves even more than he got. And he got a lot, considering he was, y'know, a dog. I don't remember how I first learned of the rather incredible dog and his story, but I can tell you that the 2018 animated … [Read more...]
Pegasus and Niche Galleries at MxCC
Niche Indeed Middletown (Google Maps location) December 2023 CT museum visit #514. I might be the first person to ever drive to the out-of-the-way Middlesex Community College campus for the sole purpose of seeing its two tiny art galleries who is not a close friend or relative of an exhibited artist. Hooray for … [Read more...]
Adath Israel Judaica Museum
Oy vey Middletown (Google Maps location) December 2023 CT museum visit #513. I don't quite remember how I first came to learn of the small museum at this synagogue in Middletown. I would guess it was more than a decade prior to my visit. I probably was poking around online when I was completing my walk around … [Read more...]
Wadsworth Falls Covered Bridge
A Wads Worth of Poo Wadsworth Falls Covered Bridge, Middletown November 2023 You don't visit Wadsworth Falls State Park for the covered bridge. You visit it for the falls. Or the pond. Or the trails. Heck, you probably don't even notice the little covered bridge near the main parking lot in Middletown. But I … [Read more...]
Powder Hollow Brewery Middletown (Closed)
Hollow Thoughts Powder Hollow Brewing Company, Middletown May 2022 This location closed in May 2023. If you want to read a page on this website that shows you that I know nothing, this is the page for you. Or, looking at it differently, if you want to read a page on this website that shows the 21st century … [Read more...]
Pistol Creek
A Bang-Bang Hike Pistol Creek Berlin & Middletown Way back in the day, I worked for Aetna in Middletown. Very near there, on the border with Berlin, up sprang the Pistol Creek golf course in 2001. I'm not a golfer, nor will I ever be, but I do recall people being fairly impressed with the course. It looked nice … [Read more...]
Stubborn Beauty Brewing Company (Closed)
Humble Rodent Stubborn Beauty Brewing Company, Middletown First Visit January 2015, several subsequent visits The brewery closed in February 2025 after their canning line broke and a contract with Twelve Percent wasn't making financial sense. Call it education It was somewhere in between You gave me some … [Read more...]
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