Everything Wilton 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” Wilton CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If I’ve … [Read more...]
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Brignole Vineyards
!!!! Brignole Vineyards, East Granby May, 2019 Brignole Vineyards is very excited. And they have reason to be; while relatively new to the local winery scene, Brignole immediately vaulted to being one of the most exciting to visit if only for their beautiful building alone. I suppose when you're located on the … [Read more...]
Olympia Diner
Olympian Olympia Diner, Newington October 2019 When I first put together my list of "Classic Diners" on this website, the list consisted only of actual classic diners. For some reason, I've expanded that original idea to include a bunch of decidedly non-classic dinners in the years since. It sort of bothers me, … [Read more...]
Visit 245. Mashantucket Pequot Museum
Miss January, 1547 Ledyard (Google Maps location) January 5, 2013 Without reservation, I can say this museum is one of the most well-presented museums in Connecticut. And without reservation, I can say that there are more than a few issues going on here at this massive and incredibly expensive museum... … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Bolton
Everything Bolton 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” Bolton CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If I’ve … [Read more...]
256. Boothe Memorial Park & Museum
Great Connecticut Park? Or Greatest? Stratford (Google Maps location) October 19, 2013 A'ight, look, Boothe Memorial Park & Museum is actually a free, 32-acre park in Stratford just off the Merritt Parkway along the Housatonic River. I find it difficult to call the place a "Park & Museum" as it is a collection of … [Read more...]
Chateau Le’ Gari’
Laissez Le Mauvais Temps Rouler Chateau Le' Gari', Marlborough July, 2019 Let’s start with the name of this winery and event space in Marlborough. “Chateau Le’ Gari’.” I’m missing something. Chateau implies a bit of a more stately structure than what I found in Marlborough, and Le’ doesn’t really mean anything … [Read more...]
World’s Largest Indoor Planetarium Dome
Mohegan Sun(s) Casino of the Sky, Mohegan Sun, Montville Please don’t ask me what separates a “planetarium dome” from a “planetarium.” And please don’t bother Googling this claim to come back and tell me it’s rubbish. It very most likely is rubbish, but Mohegan Sun is especially proud of this claim, which is all … [Read more...]
ELT: Tariffville Gorge
An Ever Source of Confusion Tariffville Gorge, East Granby April 2019 The Eversource Land Trust is one of those entities that sort of exists on the fringes of CTMQ-land. It's real, and it's exactly what it sounds like: the massive utility company puts some land here and there into trust. Then they pretend they are … [Read more...]
Harmony in Bedlam
Bedlam in Harmony Chaplin There I was, driving the back roads of Chaplin - which, come to think of it, every road in Chaplin is a back road - and happened upon a scene of pure bedlam. I was on Bedlam Road! Then South Bedlam Road! Then North Bedlam Road! This place is pure Bedlam! Even the businesses here … [Read more...]
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