Deeper Shade of Sol Soulstice Kombucha Brewing Company, Wallingford October 2024 Oh no. Please don't tell me that kombucha is the next "craft beer" or "overpriced cupcake" thing in Connecticut. I made the ludicrous decision that since kombucha is a fermented drink, I would visit and write about the places that … [Read more...]
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Quarry Park
Well, There Was a Rocky Hill Quarry Park, Rocky Hill September 2024 One of the best things about hiking every trail in Connecticut (or so I pretend) is doing zero research on a place before hiking it... and learning it's a hundred times cooler than you'd imagined it would be. Welcome to Quarry Park in Rocky … [Read more...]
Riverbound Farm Nature Center
Centered on Birds Riverbound Farm Nature Center, Cheshire May 2019 Connecticut museum visit #419 Classic. This rarely open Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society nature center is a straight up, old school, nature center. Even though it's in someone's living room. Essentially. And I love it. Well, I … [Read more...]
George Dudley Seymour State Park & Higganum Meadows WMA
Happy to See Mour George Dudley Seymour State Park & Higganum Meadows WMA, Haddam October 2024 I don't know why the state decided to split what is one tract of public land along the border of East Hampton and Haddam. To the north (East Hampton), it's Hurd State Park. To the south (Haddam), it's George Dudley … [Read more...]
East & West West Hill Roads
What the Hill? Barkhamsted & New Hartford "Hey. Where are you headed?" "Some new place in Hartford." "Oh yeah? What's that?" "Camp Workcoeman." "That's not new and that's not in Hartford." "Huh?" "That's in New Hartford and it's been there for many years. It's a Boy Scout Camp." "Oh. How do … [Read more...]
Bethany Interpretive Nature Trail (Private)
Appealing to my Pedan Tree Bethany Interpretive Nature Trail, Bethany October 2024 This trail is private and may be visited by appointment only. I'll try... errr, I'll tree. No, that's not right. How about I leave the zealoTRY for tree puns to Rick KaletSKY of BethaNY because clearLY my abiliTY to do so … [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...]
Mystic River Chocolate Cafe
Cacao Ka-Ching! Mystic River Chocolate Cafe, Groton August 2024 Do you like chocolate? Do you like really expensive high-quality chocolate? The kind where you talk about single-sourcing and Ecuadorian vs. Nicaraguan cacao? Well, then hit up my man Fernando at Chokaico at one of his pop-up events. Or, … [Read more...]
Mill Woods Park
Run of the Mill Stuff? Mill Woods Park, Wethersfield October 2024 Several years ago I found myself at Mill Woods Park to watch my son's mighty West Hartford travel soccer team crush the Wethersfield boys. I remember that day not for the soccer game, but because it was the first time I had an Italian chicken cutlet … [Read more...]
Dividend Pond Falls
Pays Dividends Dividend Pond Falls, Rocky Hill December 2023 Everyone loves a nice waterfall that doesn't require effort to enjoy, right? We have several in Connecticut, and some are near interstate highways in the center of the state. Dividend Pond Falls in Rocky Hill checks all those boxes. You just park, … [Read more...]