Matchbox 20 x 2000 Durham February 2020 CT museum visit #459. Some photos and quotes are from the 2021 short documentary "The Matchbox Man." Charlie Mack has over 44,000 Matchbox cars and Matchbox-branded toys. In his house. In Durham. It's... overwhelming. Now, I've written many times here … [Read more...]
287. Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts Galleries
Rhymes With Mons Venus Old Lyme (Google Maps location) March 7, 2015 Good ol' Lyme. I mean, Good Old Lyme... Or, good ol' Old Lyme. It's a lovely little town on the Sound with a very important place in art history. And art present. The town was where the Old Lyme Art Colony was formed - the first major … [Read more...]
Connecticut Cellar Savers Fire Museum (Closed)
”Oh Fireman, There’s Somethin’ Smoking Hot On the Beach!” Portland (Google Maps location) November 29, 2014 2019 Update: This museum has closed. I’m the rare writer who starts pages with an aside. I'm pretty sure that makes me a bad writer, but don’t tell anyone. Anyway, if you live in Connecticut and have … [Read more...]
253. Mystic Museum of Art
Boobs and a Homeless Guy. Mystical! Groton (Google Maps location) October 5, 2013 Mystic: Bucolic seaside town with a rich whaling and fishing past. Mystic: Regionally renowned aquarium and curio shopping. Mystic: Incredible historic seaport museum, unmatched in size and quality perhaps … [Read more...]
South Florida: 2010
Everglades and South Beach April 20-23, 2010 Oh look! Hoang and I went to South Beach again. My parents were awesome for watching Damian for a few days in Delaware and we flew out of Philly for a few days in the sun. Here are 19 pictures. … [Read more...]
PhotoSynthesis Gallery
Down the Dark Alleys of Manchester* Manchester (Google Maps location) November 20, 2010 *Photosynthesis moved to East Hartford in 2018. See update at bottom! What a day. A surprise visit from EdHill, a hastily thrown together itinerary, A fairly well-behaved Damian, the largest serviceberry tree in America, … [Read more...]
114. Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery
A Quick One Fairfield (Google Maps Location) June 13, 2009 Oh man. I'm busted. Busted, busted, busted. You see, with art museums I rely heavily upon their websites to better be able to describe the collections semi-intelligently. So far, I've been able to "get by" via this method. However, as I sit here … [Read more...]
Yale University Art Gallery
How great Thou art, How great Thou art! New Haven (Google Maps Location) November 26, 2008 The Yale Art Gallery is a Connecticut Art Trail site The Yale Art Gallery is huge. Too huge for me to even pretend to do it justice here. Put it this way: If you are at least a little bit interested in art - good, … [Read more...]
97. Wallace Barnes and Barbara Hackman Franklin Art Gallery
When Toplessness Goes Very, Very Wrong Farmington (Google Maps Location) April 8, 2009 Continuing my Winter/Spring 2009 spate of campus art galleries, I happened by this teeny tiny one during a writer's event at Tunxis Community College. In fact, this gallery is so small, you can walk from the entrance to the … [Read more...]
80. Slater Memorial Art Museum
A Full Slater of Art Norwich (Google Maps Location) November 14, 2008 This place absolutely deserves a proper revisit, as they've updated the joint pretty significantly - and because this page doesn't capture the greatness of the Slater. The Slater Memorial Art Museum is a Connecticut Art Trail site Ahhh, my … [Read more...]