This Place is WAC Westport (Google Maps location) March 26, 2016 In September 2019, the arts center moved to a new, much larger location. I will update this page accordingly when I visit the new space. I have this crazy idea that taking kids to art exhibits is good for them. I love asking my sons about certain … [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, an adjunct of the much larger Wheeler House Museum across the small driveway. (CTMQ Visit here.) It’s almost like I don’t have to … [Read more...]
161. Wheeler House Museum
Modern History: Excellent! Westport (Google Maps location) April 10, 2010 This may sound impossibly odd to anyone familiar with CTMQ reading this, but I don’t often go to museums for specific temporary exhibits. I just go to the museums and see what they’ve got going on at the time. However, Westport’s … [Read more...]
Sherwood Island State Park
Sherwood Island State Park Westport Now you’d think that when I listed my top five Connecticut state parks that they’d all be up in the northwest hills. And even though I’ve never thought about such a list, you’d probably be 80% right. But I think there is a good chance that Sherwood Island would sneak onto that … [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 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 that it’s too cold to hit the beach. Even … [Read more...]
Art Trail Viewpoint: Sherwood Island
Sherwood Island Viewpoint CT Art Trail Viewpoint Sherwood Island State Park, Kent, July 2010 I drove the family all the way to Sherwood Island beach in Westport for three reasons: 1) It’s a nice enough beach, 2) It has a brand new nature center (CTMQ Visit here) and 3) it’s part of the Impressionist Art Trail … [Read more...]
Donuts at Coffee An’ Donuts
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...]