Snake Oil Oil City at Rainbow Reservoir, Windsor There is a lot going on at Northwest Park in Windsor. Today, you can find all sorts of stuff from a little nature museum to a tobacco history museum to a dozen miles of trails and more. And stuff has been happening here for a long time. I don’t typically … [Read more...]
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Book Review: Connecticut River From the Air
The Connecticut River from the Air: An Intimate Perspective of New England by Jerry Roberts (Author), Tom Walsh (Photographer) This is a beautiful book. As your friendly expert on Connecticut coffee table books, I’m pleased to report that this is one of the best. Not only are the many hundreds of photographs … [Read more...]
267. Josephine A. Dolan Nursing Museum
Will I Nurse This Review, Or Just Milk It? Mansfield (Google Maps location) May 30, 2014 What up, SON? I said, What up, SON?" Oh, hello. That's George, a heart patient simulator at UConn's School of Nursing (SON) program in Storrs. He lies in the Josephine A. Dolan Collection of nursing history and … [Read more...]
FLT: Hetzel Refuge
Hike the Hetzel Pretzel Flanders Land Trust: Hetzel Refuge ~1.5 Mile, May 2019 The trail system at the Hetzel Refuge isn’t remotely pretzel-shaped, but I’m sticking with my title. I did, in fact, hike a couple loops that – oh never mind. No use in trying to invent some sort of Hetzel Pretzel logic here. The … [Read more...]
The Stepford Wives (1975)
How Dar-ien You The Stepford Wives, 1975 Rare is the movie or book (both, in this case) that creates a new, universally used way to describe something. Sophie’s Choice was certainly one. The Stepford Wives is another. I remember listening to Howard Stern in the 1980’s and 90’s talking about his ex-wife’s circle of … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Deep River
Everything Deep River 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” Deep River CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
Beetle Bung Pond
Beetle Bung Pond Middlebury Beetle Bung Pond is an inherently funny name for a pond. Funny enough for me to make my way into the northern Middlebury woods to stand upon its murky shoreline and then to dedicate an entire CTMQ page about it. Beetle Bung Pond. Beetle Bung. Beetle. Bung. But here’s the … [Read more...]
Luppoleto Brewing Company
Buon Giorno! Luppoleto Brewing Company, Windsor Locks November 2019 When I began writing about Connecticut breweries in 2009, only Thomas Hooker in Bloomfield was between my workplaces in Windsor and Enfield. Since then, Back East, Powder Hollow, Broad Brook v.East Windsor (now Problem Solved) all opened. Then … [Read more...]
457. The Academy
Threat Level: Orange Orange (Google Maps location) January 11, 2020 With a new year dawning, I asked my son Calvin to pick a Connecticut town to focus on for possible CTMQ completion. After thinking about several others, he settled on Orange. Because… it’s named Orange and that’s a straight up funny name … [Read more...]
Marlborough: Complete!
Marlborough: Complete! Sadler’s Restaurant and Bakery Here is my list of everything I've done in Marlborough! I’m very excited to write this page. This is the 21st 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 … [Read more...]
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