A Lively Spot Ice Cream at Deborah Ann's Sweet Shoppe, Ridgefield August 2012 Deborah Ann's is also on the CT Chocolate Trail and you can read that page here. How sweet is this? Steve Wood took wife Hoang and their sons Calvin (16 mo's) and Damian (6) on an old-fashioned date in Connecticut Friday … [Read more...]
Deborah Ann’s Sweet Shoppe
How Sweet It Is Deborah Ann’s Sweet Shoppe, Ridgefield August 27, 2012 You know how when you look at pictures of your kids when they were young and you get all wistful and misty eyed because they were just so cute and perfect and fun? But that if your spouse happens by and reminds you of the true situation … [Read more...]
Daniel’s Dairy Downtown (Closed)
I’d like a Double D Cup Ice Cream and Milk at Daniel’s Dairy Downtown, New London September 1, 2012 2019 Update: Daniel’s Dairy Downtown has closed. It’s sister shop, Michael’s on the Mitchell College Campus is still open in 2019, but no longer serves Connecticut made ice cream. But I'll keep this page for … [Read more...]
Brunn Barn Museum
Don’t Eat the Brown Acid… Or Anything Else Brown Woodstock (Google Maps location) September 2012 Some readers are probably aware of my dislike for Connecticut's town fairs. I can report that my dislike has morphed into more curiosity than anything. Like, why do people love these things? Is it anything more than … [Read more...]
Arethusa Dairy Store
Are Thu Seriousa? Ice Cream and Milk at Arethusa Farm Dairy, Bantam July 21, 2012 Since we are we, and we are CTMQ, and by we I mean me with my compliant family, we visited the almost eerily clean Arethusa Farm about 5 miles away before coming here, to the retail store, to enjoy the end products. If you … [Read more...]
Arethusa Farm
Arethusa AreShoesa Arethusa Farm, Litchfield July 21, 2012 Skip to the Arethusa Milk and Homemade Ice Cream page Skip to the Arethusa Cheese page along the CT Cheese Trail Connecticut. After six years of writing this, the pre-eminent website about all the things to do in this little state, I still find … [Read more...]
Pequot Museum Observation Tower
Mashuntucket Pequot Museum Observation Tower Ledyard Elevator-facilitated Tower (185 feet) I have good news* for the cost-conscious among you CTMQ Tower List completists: This one is actually free! I never knew that until I visited the (decidedly not free) museum. So yes, you can drive out to the … [Read more...]
240. Sculpturedale
Lions and Tigers and Sharp Metal Edges, Oh My! Kent (Google Maps location) September 15, 2012 Having been to 240 museums so far in Connecticut, it stands to reason that I've met some really interesting and talented people. I can add sculptor Denis Curtiss to that growing – but distinctive! – list. I can’t … [Read more...]
Thomas Darling House
It’s Just… Just So… I Can’t Think of the Word Woodbridge (Google Maps location) December 2012 CT Museum #244 In what seems to have become an annual tradition, I visited another historic house museum during their December holiday party. I’ve sort of figured out how this whole thing works. (I know, I know… I’ve … [Read more...]
223. New Pond Farm Education Center
Oh That’s Rich West Redding (Google Maps location) October 15, 2011 What a day, what a day. After a long drive out to Wilton for the annual Strength For Sydney 5K fundraiser for the Smith-Magenis Syndrome Research Foundation – we made the short drive over to Redding’s New Pond Farm during their Harvest … [Read more...]
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