The Ice Storm By Rick Moody When I started getting a little bit more serious about reading and writing about books about Connecticut, I began collecting a list of titles in which I was interested. It quickly became apparent to me that there was a proliferation of books that take place in New Canaan, Darien, and … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Glass House
You Bet Your Glass The Glass House By Paul Goldberger and Philip Johnson As far as architecture is concerned, Philip Johnson's Glass House is one of the most important buildings in Connecticut. The 47-acre property, which is home to several buildings, structures, and art installations is much more than the Glass … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to New Canaan
Everything New Canaan I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” New Canaan... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. After all, that is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. What … [Read more...]
New Canaan’s Town Trails Intro
New Canaan's Town Trails New Canaan New Canaan is one of the wealthiest town's in the country. Depending on which measure one uses, it's always going to land in the top 0.1% or so of wealthy towns. And that explains why one of the more popular town-owned spots to walk takes you past this summer home: That … [Read more...]
341. Carriage Barn Arts Center
Judgmental Bathrooms are Fun! New Canaan (Google Maps location) October 2, 2016 Most barns in Connecticut are decrepit and if they are filled with anything, they are filled with rotting old equipment. Or tobacco leaves. Barns are often seen as romantic relics of days gone by… but in some cases, especially in … [Read more...]
Grace Farms
Graceful Grace Farms New Canaan This is the first post I'm writing in 2016. Perhaps it will grant me the grace and peace I need to continue forward in a kind and forgiving manner. But most likely not. (I am posting larger pictures than ever before on CTMQ. Enjoy!) I pulled off the Merritt after our … [Read more...]
New Canaan Land Trust Intro
The New Canaan Land Trust New Canaan Oh how I love New Canaan. I often get asked where in Connecticut I’d most like to live. I almost always say, “in a mid-century modern in New Canaan.” I love them. I love the town’s proximity to New York City and Stamford. I just can’t afford to live there. But I … [Read more...]
Gelatissimo
Yes, Generalissimo, to Gelatissimo Gelatissimo, New Canaan As is the case with so many of my CTMQ lists – almost all of them, actually – I started them with the ignorant notion that I’d easily finish them. Yeah, I’m a ding-dong. Turns out, there are a million “homemade ice cream joints.” And when I … [Read more...]
255. Gores Pavilion
All Gores, No Gore New Canaan (Google Maps location) October 13, 2013 I love my wife. Like, I love her silly. And you know what the best part is? She loves me back. So on this day, her birthday, I look Hoang to the Gores Pavilion to once again get the opportunity to pretend for a few minutes that she lives … [Read more...]
God’s Acre
Shortchanging the Big Guy God's Acre New Canaan I've always said that if Israel is the Judeo-Christian god's "promised land," then he's never been to New Zealand or Provence or the Alps or Hawaii or... pretty much anywhere else in the world. But after visiting His Acre in New Canaan, I'm beginning to think … [Read more...]