Play Well August 2018 I celebrated my 100th Connecticut museum with cake at home with family. 200 was an overnight at Foxwoods. 300? The Upscale Bernard's restaurant in Ridgefield. How would I ever outdo myself at 400? Oh, I know! At work! How exciting. I thought it would be kind of neat. I worked at … [Read More...]
Classics from the Archives
Completed Towns & Celebrations
Completely Nutsmeg An astute reader once asked, “Hey Steve, how will you ever actually complete a Connecticut town?” What she meant was that new things open all the time. New breweries, new museums, new trails, new whatevers. And believe it or not, I sometimes learn of things that belong on a CTMQ list after I’ve … [Read More...]
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Simsbury Farms Fitness Trail
I Enjoy Fitness... Simsbury Farms Fitness Trail, Simsbury November 2024 My son used to have a t-shirt that said "I Enjoy Fitness..." then a picture of a taco, then... "Fitness Taco in my Mouth." It always cracked me up. Anyhoo... There are dozens of these fitness trails around the state. At least there were at … [Read More...]
Cobalt Post Office
Mining the Depths for This Website Cobalt Post Office, East Hampton Pro-tip: If a town is linked on CTMQ, it's a real town. If it's not, it's not. I used to get all fired up when people would say certain non-towns were towns in Connecticut. I'm mostly over that now with a few exceptions: I'm looking at you … [Read More...]
Boyd Woods
Oh Boyd! Litchfield Hills Audubon Society's Boyd Woods, Litchfield November 2024 Another year, another random Litchfield trail hiked on the day I pick up our turkey from Bunnell Farm for Thanksgiving. The turkey for which I drive the 45 minutes west, pay ten times what others pay for their frozen Butterball, curse … [Read More...]