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...]
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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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Middletown’s Color Neighborhood
Primary and Secondary Research Middletown's Color Neighborhood, Middletown I typically like to provide some historic background or factual citations for the things I write about. Secondary research, they call it. Or, in this case, secondary colors research. Certain topics practically demand an explanation or … [Read More...]
Institute for American Indian Studies Museum
From Quinnetukut to Connecticut Institute for American Indian Studies Museum, Washington April 2019 Connecticut museum visit #411. I don't typically start off with a picture, but I guess a picture with words is okay: I like that. I like that the spelling seems to be a sort of compromise between the … [Read More...]
Madeline Regan Preserve
A Proper Madeleines Has Ridges Madeline Regan Preserve, Tolland September 2026 This is a Joshua's Trust property. With luck, your household will have a person who hikes and/or enjoys geology and a person, who might be the same person, who likes baking and/or eating and appreciating baked goods. If that's the … [Read More...]