LEEROOOOYYY!!!!! anderson Woodbury, (Google Maps location) June 2018 Woodbury is a quirky little town. Home of America's first Episcopal Bishop and... Rob Zombie. Home of Connecticut's Antiques Central and... the modernist Hogpen Hill Farms Sculpture Park. Home of a little pewter museum and... a weirdo little zoo. … [Read more...]
King Solomon’s Lodge No. 7
Mason-The-Cliff King Solomon's Lodge No.7, Woodbury This is one of those CTMQ pages that simply must exist, as this is one of those buildings that everyone has driven past on Main Street (Route 6) in Woodbury and wondered, "what the heck is that thing up there?" That thing up there is King Solomon's Lodge … [Read more...]
Hogpen Hill Farms Sculpture Park
Statistically Significant Woodbury (Google Maps location) October 17, 2015 Are you comfortable? Good. You have clicked on what is one of my most favorite places in all of Connecticut. Large outdoor sculpture parks are always high on my list, but Hogpen Hill has the added bonus of being created and owned by … [Read more...]
Woodbury Brewing Company
A Place To Chat, Chew, and Drink Brew Woodbury Brewing Company, Woodbury June 2019 There's a formula for naming breweries and it's a pretty boring formula. One brewery began by going against that formula. Of course it would be weird if I wasn't talking about this one, Woodbury Brewing Company. Yes, this … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Woodbury
Everything Woodbury I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Woodbury CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]
Flanders Land Trust Intro
Flanders Land Trust Middlebury & Woodbury Hi diddly ho neighborinos! Let’s explore the Flanders Land Trust trails! Flanders owns land in Bethlehem and Southbury, but there are no trails there as of this writing. The large bulk of their trails are in Woodbury, with one outpost in the middle of Middlebury. … [Read more...]
384. Woodbury Pewter Museum
Pew! Pew! Woodbury, (Google Maps location) June 2, 2018 I read pretty much anything and everything having to do with anything in Connecticut. That is pretty much my answer to the oft-asked question, “Steve, how do you create your thorough lists?” I don’t remember where I read that Woodbury Pewter calls a … [Read more...]
Dairy De-Lite
Dari Delight? Dairy Delite? Dairy De-Lite, Woodbury Woodbury is quite famous for being the antiques capital of Connecticut. A drive down route 6 through town certainly bears this out. There are approximately 218 antique galleries here. Alas, I’m not into antiques and while I'm sure these shops and galleries are … [Read more...]
Walker Road Vineyards
DYNO-MITE! Walker Road Vineyards, Woodbury June 28, 2013 Connecticut’s wineries all have much in common, from the wines served to the tasting room set-ups to the countrified air about them. Even when you’re thinking about the big boys like Jonathan Edwards or Sharpe Hill as you enter the small driveway to Walker … [Read more...]
Woodbury’s Town Trails
Woodbury's Town Trails Fun fact: Someone from Philly or the surrounding area will likely pronounce Waterbury and Woodbury so similarly, you won't be able to tell the two apart in conversation. I used to be like that until my (now) wife fixed me. I used to also think that towns themselves didn't have … [Read more...]