*Pancakes at Gail’s… Sort of
Pattycake Pattycake, Baker Steve Gail’s on the Common, Ridgefield My Kitchen 2016 Update: This seems like a wholly unnecessary “update,” but here goes. As you’ll read, Gail’s on the Common was closed before the book that contained the list I completed was published. The owner kept a sister restaurant (which had burned to the ground […]
104. Buttolph-Williams House
Get Olph Your Butt Already Wethersfield (Google Maps Location) May 28, 2009 This was perhaps the easiest pun-title on all of CTMQ. It’s been in my head for years and after finally visiting this easily accessible historic house museum and learning “Buttolph” is actually pronounced “Butt-off,” I was ecstatic. I would have bet that the […]
Book Review: How the States Got Their Shapes
How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein In case you were wondering, I’m a map geek. I’ve mentioned it all over the place on CTMQ and I make no secret of it. (I’m not alone mind you, and I’m not the most afflicted… Trust me.) But I am bad enough that I asked […]