Damian – Page 3

Ethel Walker Woods and Town Forest

September 20, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

We Can All Be Ethel Walkers Ethel Walker Woods and Town Forest, Simsbury September 2022 This is a weird one for me. I took the boys here several years ago and only have vague recollections of what happened. We didn't get too far, but I don't know if that was because of Damian, Calvin, me, or a combination thereof. … [Read more...]

Jennifer’s Ice Cream

September 6, 2022 by Steve 4 Comments

Jenny From the Choc Jennifer's Ice Cream, East Haven August 2022 "All Products made fresh daily on the premises.Ice cream cakes, ice cream sandwiches, cones, sundaes, milkshakes." That's it. That's all I can tell you about Jennifer's Ice Cream, located in a busy section of East Haven on a corner lot. … [Read more...]

Edward V. Sabotka Civil War Museum

August 17, 2022 by Steve 4 Comments

It's All About the Union Windsor Locks, (Google Maps location) October 2017 Because I couldn't differentiate between Memorial Hall Museum and the Edward Sabotka Civil War Museum, I've combined the two but have published two separate pages. But I've given this page a brilliant title; it's a reference to The Wire … [Read more...]

Memorial Hall Museum

August 17, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Thanks For The Memories Windsor Locks, (Google Maps location) October 2017 Because I couldn't differentiate between Memorial Hall Museum and the Edward Sobatka Civil War Museum, I've combined the two but have published two separate pages. Memorial Hall is a striking building, right in the center of Windsor … [Read more...]

ARRL Heritage Museum

August 11, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Go Ahead, Ham it Up Newington (Google Maps location) August 2016 Hoo boy. Here's a museum that I'm afraid I don't know much about. I clearly visited it. I clearly spent a good amount of time there. And I was clearly welcomed by the kind folks in Newington: Awwww *blushing*. That was very sweet. You … [Read more...]

Cape Cod (2016)

August 10, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Are We Doing This Again? Yes. Brewster, Etc., MA Hello family. This is for you. To anyone else looking at this... okay. Cool. Here are a bunch of pictures from our August 2016 trip to the Cape. Museums! Radio History and Marconi Stuff Because I had just visited the ARRL Heritage Museum in … [Read more...]

The Ice Box (Closed)

August 10, 2022 by Steve 1 Comment

No Scoop Til Brooklyn The Ice Box, Brooklyn July 2022 After a protracted and absurd battle against the town of Brooklyn, The Ice Box was forced to close. They plan to reopen in a different town. "We make Small Batch Ice Cream." That's it. That's all they say on their website's landing page. And really, what … [Read more...]

Welles-Shipman-Ward House

July 11, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Welles-Shipman-Wow Glastonbury (Google Maps location) June 2016 Welles, Welles, Welles. Another historic house museum in another Connecticut River town. Welles, Shipman, Ward... Except... except this time I had Damian with me and the docent at the house museum was magical. I wound up taking videos during my … [Read more...]

The Museum of Fife and Drum

July 7, 2022 by Steve 4 Comments

I'm a Yankee Doodle Ding-Dong Essex (Google Maps location) June 2016 Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pum... Come to the Museum of Fife and Drum. So I did on Connecticut Open House Day 2016. I knew that one of the oldest, and supposedly the largest, musters occurs each year in Deep River, right next door to … [Read more...]

Old Mystic History Center/Indian and Colonial Research Center

June 22, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

That Old Mystic Mystery Stonington (Google Maps location) June 2016 I know I whine about "Mystic" from a geography standpoint too much. I'm sorry. I'm going to do it again because this tiny little building exemplifies the whole Mystic, Old Mystic, Stonington, Groton thing beautifully. It is located at 39 … [Read more...]