"Mary, Gag Your Grandma" The Ref, 1994 It's a Christmas movie! It's a Connecticut movie! It's a Christmas in Connecticut movie! About... sports? No. "The Ref" has nothing at all to do with athletics unless you include hopeless family infighting as sport. And the family featured here certainly does their best to … [Read more...]
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Guatemala: Aurora’s Bakery and Restaurant
Aurora Campechanas Auroras Bakery and Restaurant, Hartford Winter 2021 I'm friends with former Courant and current Hearst Media food writer Leeanne Griffin. She and I rarely write about the same things, but when we do, the results go something like this: For her very rare brewery stuff, she may ask me for some … [Read more...]
Case Mountain Trails (South)
Head Case Case Mountain Trails (South) Manchester & Glastonbury November 2020 I have split the Case Mountain Trail network into northern and southern sections. If you're not familiar with the large tract of woods at the corners of Manchester, Glastonbury, and Hebron, let me be the first to tell you that it … [Read more...]
The Dinosaur Place at Nature’s Art Village
Digging Into Your Wallet Montville (Google Maps location) June 15, 2014 I'm wavering. Do I spend three paragraphs lamenting the prices at this place or do I celebrate the fact that Connecticut has an honest-to-goodness tourist trap? Actually, I think I can do both. And for the record, I don't consider our few … [Read more...]
RWA: Genesee Trails
I Gen eh See How It Is Genesee Trails, Guilford & Madison January 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access. Hot on the heels of my very first RWA hike down the coast at Maltby Lakes, I was all jazzed up for a dawn hike here, at the Genesee Property. I'd learned … [Read more...]
Over AndOver
I Can't Beat the Original Pun Over AndOver, Andover The only reason this page exists is because the people responsible for this mish-mash used furniture and upcycling artisan store and hangout named their Andover store Over AndOver. It is not a store that sells anything I'm interested in and it's not a hangout … [Read more...]
UConn Basketball Books (2000-2010)
U-C-O-N-N! UCONN! UCONN! UCONN! (basketball books) Dozens of books have been written about UConn's storied men's and women's basketball programs. After all, they won nearly 20 national championships together and in 2004 and 2014, they both won. I assume many are not dissimilar to many others. So I will read them, … [Read more...]
Bolton: Complete
Bolton: Complete! 3 J's Café Here is my list of everything I've done in Bolton! I’m very excited to write this page. This is the 24th of what may ultimately be 169 town completion celebration pages! Yes, of course I am fully aware of how absurd that is. But I love it. For those of you who are new here... … [Read more...]
Iraq: Dunya Market & Deli
I'm Not Dunya Dunya Market, Waterbury March 2021 Full disclosure: I don't know anything about Iraqi cuisine. While that surely won't come as a surprise to anyone, I think that's also the fun of this Connecticut World Food Tour side project I do once in a blue moon. An alternate title for this page could … [Read more...]
Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum (Closed)
Putting the Ire in Ireland Hamden (Google Maps location) June 14, 2014 This museum officially closed in 2021 but not without controversy. It may reopen in Fairfield. This museum was part of the Connecticut Art Trail. I have a whole massive list of all the stuff in Connecticut that is the oldest or largest … [Read more...]
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