Mashamoquet Brook State Park Pomfret Ignoring the two state parks in my proverbial backyard... and ignoring Hammonassett Beach... I think I've been to Mashamoquet more than any other state park. Weird, right? Out in Pomfret? Yeah, we used to go there all the time on the UConn cycling team on hilly Route 44 … [Read more...]
Putnam Memorial State Park Intro
Putnam Memorial State Park Bethel & Redding Is it me or do all of the state parks out in this part of the state cross town lines? This one is half in Redding and half in Bethel. It was the site of the Continental Army's 1779 winter encampment under the command of General Israel Putnam. The site consists of remains … [Read more...]
These Guys Brewing
Guyyyyyyyyyyysssssss! These Guys Brewing, Norwich August 2017 and January 2023 These Guys Brewing is slated to move in-town to 49 Church Street, into a former Breligious school, in the summer of 2023. You know what's funny? These Guys Brewing is named "These Guys" and it's co-owned by a woman and its head … [Read more...]
College Farms
College Prospectus Prospect Land Trust, Prospect April 2023 I recently wrote the following on another, shorter, Prospect Land Trust trail page: I have long been a champion of little trails maintained by little organizations. Securing rights-of-way and clearing, blazing, and maintaining little trails in residential … [Read more...]
Jericho Falls
Gold, Jericho! Gold! Jericho Falls, Watertown May 2009 Here I am, thirteen years after I visited these falls, writing a few paragraphs about this little thing along the Jericho Trail in the Mattatuck State Forest. Why? Because the other day I was skimming a Connecticut hiking group page and saw some guy … [Read more...]
NHL: Jonathan Sturges House
CT National Historic Landmark Jonathan Sturges House Fairfield Back in the early days of CTMQ... back when this whole monster was a different website entirely... I had a page about the Jonathan Sturges House. I had driven by (just as I've done more recently in 2022), taken a bad picture from the car (just as I've … [Read more...]
Summit Heights
For the Dogs Prospect Land Trust, Prospect March 2023 I have long been a champion of little trails maintained by little organizations. Securing rights-of-way and clearing, blazing, and maintaining little trails in residential areas is arguably just as difficult and important as any 10-mile loop up and down remote … [Read more...]
Mark Twain Library
Wherever the Twain Shall Meet Mark Twain Library, Redding What a life this Mark Twain guy had, huh? Being a Connecticut resident, it's hard for me to assume which former home of his most people associate with the legendary author, traveler, critic, and raconteur but I've always felt it's his childhood home of … [Read more...]
Birds of America (2008)
Doesn't Fly Birds of America (2008) I watched this near the beginning of this "Connecticut Movies" project and didn't feel it was "Connecticut-enough" at the time. Well, it is to me now because it was filmed entirely in lower Fairfield County. But there's no way I'm watching this dreck again, so this review is a … [Read more...]
Marcus E. Cooke Memorial Park
Cooke'n With Gas Marcus E. Cooke Memorial Park, Wallingford March 2023 You never know what you're going to get with trails in Wallingford. Sometimes you'll expect a lovely graded path through pristine woods and end up being turned back by an overgrown trail through invasive junk. Other times you'll wonder how the … [Read more...]
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