Lake Chargoggagogg…maugg

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg Thompson, CT & Webster, MA June 3, 2011 Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaug is one of the longest words in the English language (that’s a stretch) and certainly one of the longest place name in the world. Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg is a 1,442-acre lake with a 17-mile shoreline. Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg has about 7-8 islands. Some have houses […]
Collins Creamery

Dreamery Creamery Collins Creamery, Enfield September 2010 Collins Creamery deserves a revisit and rewrite someday. Of all the ice cream places on the “official” “Eat Before It’s Too Late List” that we’ve eaten, as well as my list of “other” great ice creams, I think I’ve received the second most nudges to visit Collins Creamery […]
Ice Cream at Buttonwood Farm

We’ve Buttoned Up the Ice Cream List Buttonwood Farm, Griswold August 2010 When is eating delicious ice cream a sad affair? When it’s the last of the 7 Roadfood “Eat Before It’s Too Late” ice cream joints on the list I’m completing. I think Hoang shed a tear. A butterfat tear. Of course, Hoang convinced […]
209. Lyme Art Association

I’ve Got Lyme Art Association Disease Old Lyme (Google Maps location) May 18, 2011 It’s unfortunate that the Lymes of Connecticut (Old Lyme, Lyme and East Lyme are real towns, Hadlyme is not and is actually not even part of one of them. And while I’m stuck in this parenthetical, I might as well mention […]