"Hi. I’m Mike. Mike the Mockingbird. I'm Here to Mock You.” Westport (Google Maps location) March 26, 2016 Earthplace, "Where science, conservation, and education meet." Load up the minivan honey, we're taking the boys to... school? The way Earthplace sells itself, it almost sounds like that. But I'm here … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Westport
Everything Westport I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Westport CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]
Westport’s Town Trails
Westport's Town Trails The Gold Coast. Paul Newman's hometown. Money. Lots and lots of money. And trails? Sure, why not. The Aspetuck Land Trust maintains the bulk of trails in town, but there are a couple other properties worth exploring as well. Sure, one is at the private Earthplace museum and the other … [Read more...]
Le Rouge Chocolates by Aarti
Pure Aarti Le Rouge Chocolates, Westport February, 2020 Check this out: The owner and chocolatier at Le Rouge Chocolates is named Aarti Khosla. She specializes in making high-end chocolates and cakes with hand-painted artistic flourishes. Her little shop is in Westport. And Westport? Arguably Connecticut's … [Read more...]
312. Westport Arts Center
This Place is WAC Westport (Google Maps location) March 26, 2016 In September 2019, the arts center moved to a new, much larger location and is now called MoCa Westport. As it's an entirely different place, I will create a separate page when I visit. I have this crazy idea that taking kids to art exhibits is … [Read more...]
Aspetuck Land Trust Intro
Aspetuck Land Trust Bridgeport, Easton, Weston, Fairfield, Wilton & Westport Knowing what I know of Easton and Weston, I would certainly expect there to be a large and organized land trust there. There is pretty much no development in those two towns – which is wholly by writ and design. The archaic bylaws of … [Read more...]
162. Westport History Museum
Oh, Like You Wouldn’t Kiss Paul Newman Westport (Google Maps location) April 10, 2010 Wow, the Westport Historical Society has done a bang-up job on their page about this small museum, adjacent to the much larger Wheeler House Museum across the small driveway. It’s almost like I don’t have to write anything myself … [Read more...]
161. Westport Museum For History & Culture at The Wheeler House
Modern History: Excellent! Westport (Google Maps location) April 10, 2010 In 2019, the Westport Historical Society changed their name and the names of their museums to all fall under "Westport Museum For History & Culture." This may sound impossibly odd to anyone familiar with CTMQ reading this, but I don’t … [Read more...]
Sherwood Island State Park Intro
Sherwood Island State Park Westport I know it says "intro" above, but this page is more of an "intro and long-winded history" of Sherwood Island State Park. And that's fine, right? If you're looking for something specific though, perhaps these other pages I wrote will help: Sherwood Island Trails Sherwood … [Read more...]
175. Sherwood Island State Park Nature Center
Wanna Go to the Nature Center? I Sher Wood! Westport (Google Maps location) July 18, 2010 CTMQ's Sherwood Island State Park Intro I purposely waited until autumn to write about Sherwood Island. I figure that anyone looking for a very clean, uncrowded and very pretty beach in Connecticut won’t find this now … [Read more...]