Stop-over city in CT?

[Stinger92860]

Sift Mystic

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Also a Middletown guy--and completely agree. Middletown has its warts in the north end, but overall it's a fantastic place to live.

I did not realize we had this many Yarders in Middletown! It would be pretty cool to do a happy hour meet up sometime

 

[Shamon30]

Go to Deep River. Falling asleep won't be a problem.

 

[JohnFSilver]

Greenwich, New Haven, Storrs. BDL best. Don't waste your time in CT summer except at beach

Whoa. Summer is nice here in Hartford county and northwest corner, and I have Farmington river and trails and small lakes. Not everything is urban amenities.

 

[husky99]

Hiking/Camping in the northwest part of ct is great.

 

[Kemba Time]

I’ll add to the Middletown love, it’s a great place to live and a great place to visit. We have a 9-month-old and absolutely love taking him around town.

Breakfast at O’Rourke’s or cross the bridge to Sarah’s on Main in Portland, Coffee at Perkatory, take a walk down the harbor, your kid will love Amato’s toy store and RJ Julia bookstore next door to each other and there’s even a place called Kid City downtown.

Way too many lunch/dinner options to list here but Krust, Mondo, Celtic Cavern, Sicily and Whey Stationary are some of our favorites. Beers on the beach at Eli Cannon’s or a trip over to Stubborn Beauty/Spoke & Spy/Forrest City for brews, cider and a food truck.

Wesleyan’s campus is beautiful and very walkable with a baby in the summer, Wadsworth Falls is right there and there are a ton of trails in the area.

 

[Ewekon]

Hi everyone! Going up to Maine in June with an 18 month old. Looking for a good idea to stop in either CT or thereabouts on the drive back to Manhattan. We are pretty flexible and easy to please; beaches, towns, etc., all of interest. I've been up to Hartford, Storrs, and New Haven a bunch but not with an infant.

Thanks in advance, go huskies!!!

Springfield, MA and Basketball HOF. Then in an hour, choice of PMS for apizza.

 

[husky429]

I’ll add to the Middletown love, it’s a great place to live and a great place to visit. We have a 9-month-old and absolutely love taking him around town.

Breakfast at O’Rourke’s or cross the bridge to Sarah’s on Main in Portland, Coffee at Perkatory, take a walk down the harbor, your kid will love Amato’s toy store and RJ Julia bookstore next door to each other and there’s even a place called Kid City downtown.

Way too many lunch/dinner options to list here but Krust, Mondo, Celtic Cavern, Sicily and Whey Stationary are some of our favorites. Beers on the beach at Eli Cannon’s or a trip over to Stubborn Beauty/Spoke & Spy/Forrest City for brews, cider and a food truck.

Wesleyan’s campus is beautiful and very walkable with a baby in the summer, Wadsworth Falls is right there and there are a ton of trails in the area.

First of all, not including Vecchitto's is sacrilege. I spend way, way too much there over the summer. My dogs and I split a pint of lemon-lime on our walks down from the north end. If you ever see a skinny white boy with a pitbull and rottweiler eating off a spoon, that would be me lol.

I'm probably in the minority, but I don't go to O'Rourke's anymore. Spring 2021, they were totally ignoring Covid protocols when I went there, and the owner and a waiter were screaming at each other for half an hour. It was a hell of a time lol.

Are you planning to stay in Middletown when your kid gets older? That's a decision my wife and I are grappling with because when we buy a home we're hoping to be there for a while. I really don't know anything about the schools other than the superintendent getting fired recently. There's a bunch of data on EdSight, but I haven't bothered to look. People tend to say they're bad, but I wonder if that's more a function of having poor brown kids in the north end and people making assumptions.

Re: A Middletown meet-up for some big away game next season. Absolutely.

 

[karstenkibbe]

Charlton, Mass is literally the midpoint between Manhattan and Portland, Maine. So… Treehouse is the no-brainer answer. Strap on the baby backpack and walk the beautiful trails, have a pour, and stock up on some canned or bottled beverages to do some taste testing against the bountiful beer options in Maine.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

First of all, not including Vecchitto's is sacrilege. I spend way, way too much there over the summer. My dogs and I split a pint of lemon-lime on our walks down from the north end. If you ever see a skinny white boy with a pitbull and rottweiler eating off a spoon, that would be me lol.

I'm probably in the minority, but I don't go to O'Rourke's anymore. Spring 2021, they were totally ignoring Covid protocols when I went there, and the owner and a waiter were screaming at each other for half an hour. It was a hell of a time lol.

Are you planning to stay in Middletown when your kid gets older? That's a decision my wife and I are grappling with because when we buy a home we're hoping to be there for a while. I really don't know anything about the schools other than the superintendent getting fired recently. There's a bunch of data on EdSight, but I haven't bothered to look. People tend to say they're bad, but I wonder if that's more a function of having poor brown kids in the north end and people making assumptions.

Re: A Middletown meet-up for some big away game next season. Absolutely.

It’s not a bad school system by any means. I went through it K-12 and I turned out ok. I post here so I’m not completely ok but you get the point.

I also have 3 younger cousins in the school system now and all 3 are doing well academically, socially, etc.

 

[Kolumbo]

Bristol, CT

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[Billy Bob]

Just keep driving.

Correct answer. BTW, is there anyone out of state that takes a vacation in Connecticut?

 

[husky429]

It’s not a bad school system by any means. I went through it K-12 and I turned out ok. I post here so I’m not completely ok but you get the point.

I also have 3 younger cousins in the school system now and all 3 are doing well academically, socially, etc.

Good to know. I'm pretty meh on Cromwell/Portland because the schools are SO small. Unlike most teachers, I'm a pretty big proponent of tracking and course choices... you don't get so much of that in tiny schools.

 

[Kemba Time]

First of all, not including Vecchitto's is sacrilege. I spend way, way too much there over the summer. My dogs and I split a pint of lemon-lime on our walks down from the north end. If you ever see a skinny white boy with a pitbull and rottweiler eating off a spoon, that would be me lol.

I'm probably in the minority, but I don't go to O'Rourke's anymore. Spring 2021, they were totally ignoring Covid protocols when I went there, and the owner and a waiter were screaming at each other for half an hour. It was a hell of a time lol.

Are you planning to stay in Middletown when your kid gets older? That's a decision my wife and I are grappling with because when we buy a home we're hoping to be there for a while. I really don't know anything about the schools other than the superintendent getting fired recently. There's a bunch of data on EdSight, but I haven't bothered to look. People tend to say they're bad, but I wonder if that's more a function of having poor brown kids in the north end and people making assumptions.

Re: A Middletown meet-up for some big away game next season. Absolutely.

This seems more like a DM me and we can talk more question than a derail the thread about best places to spend a day in CT convo, so I'll just say we built a house in Middletown near the Middlefield line about 6 years ago and have no plans to ever move again. Happy to talk more about the schools etc. offline.

And 100% in for a Middletown/UConn meetup for a game or happy hour.

 

[8893]

Correct answer. BTW, is there anyone out of state that takes a vacation in Connecticut?

Yes. Tons of them on the shoreline. Mostly New Yorkers.

 

[8893]

@husky429 and @Kemba Time , I am a big Middletown fan and go there very often, especially en route too and/or from UConn games.

Once upon a time, @tentoes4rings , @Huskybass , @Dove, @DogsBreath2u (rip) and I met up at La Boca for an @August_West show and UConn game watch.

Middletown is aptly-named, i.e., conveniently located mid-way between many points of interest.

Keep us in the loop for a meet-up.

 

[boog204]

@husky429 and @Kemba Time , I am a big Middletown fan and go there very often, especially en route too and/or from UConn games.

Once upon a time, @tentoes4rings , @Huskybass , @Dove, @DogsBreath2u (rip) and I met up at La Boca for an @August_West show and UConn game watch.

Middletown is aptly-named, i.e., conveniently located mid-way between many points of interest.

Keep us in the loop for a meet-up.

I'm in East Hampton if anyone ever wants to get together...

 

[CCSUblue]

Good to know. I'm pretty meh on Cromwell/Portland because the schools are SO small. Unlike most teachers, I'm a pretty big proponent of tracking and course choices... you don't get so much of that in tiny schools.

SO small? Good thing you don't live in Litchfield county.

 

[CTMike]

I’ll add to the Middletown love, it’s a great place to live and a great place to visit. We have a 9-month-old and absolutely love taking him around town.

Breakfast at O’Rourke’s or cross the bridge to Sarah’s on Main in Portland, Coffee at Perkatory, take a walk down the harbor, your kid will love Amato’s toy store and RJ Julia bookstore next door to each other and there’s even a place called Kid City downtown.

Way too many lunch/dinner options to list here but Krust, Mondo, Celtic Cavern, Sicily and Whey Stationary are some of our favorites. Beers on the beach at Eli Cannon’s or a trip over to Stubborn Beauty/Spoke & Spy/Forrest City for brews, cider and a food truck.

Wesleyan’s campus is beautiful and very walkable with a baby in the summer, Wadsworth Falls is right there and there are a ton of trails in the area.

I’m addicted to Celtic Cavern and don’t feel bad about that in any way.

 

[8893]

I’m addicted to Celtic Cavern and don’t feel bad about that in any way.

Went there for the first time before heading to the Senior Night game vs. Houston at Gampel on March 5, 2020, so I have a very fond memory of it as one of the last times anything felt remotely normal. Good booze, solid food, nice people.

 

[polycom]

Correct answer. BTW, is there anyone out of state that takes a vacation in Connecticut?

Depends on how you define "vacation" New Yorkers come to CT to say they are going to the suburbs or the hills... but the places they are going to are really New York light.

 

[Huskybass]

@husky429 and @Kemba Time , I am a big Middletown fan and go there very often, especially en route too and/or from UConn games.

Once upon a time, @tentoes4rings , @Huskybass , @Dove, @DogsBreath2u (rip) and I met up at La Boca for an @August_West show and UConn game watch.

Middletown is aptly-named, i.e., conveniently located mid-way between many points of interest.

Keep us in the loop for a meet-up.

Sicily treated me and Matty Ahbeetz well. Possible meet up spot?

 

[Kajik]

Depends on how you define "vacation" New Yorkers come to CT to say they are going to the suburbs or the hills... but the places they are going to are really New York light.

All new yorkers who come to ct to vacation own a home or cottage on the shoreline. Some might stop at mystic or the blackjack table on the way to the cape.middletown is not a destination

 

[Kolumbo]

the smell of money

 

[Kajik]

Smells nice where can I get some

 

[cullaville]

You're probably going to get a hundred different answers but I'd suggest Mystic. Right off of 95 and with decent weather there will be enough to walk around and see/do.

Going this way on the way back from Maine takes you way out of the way but if you are travelling this way try Newport, RI

 

[CTMike]

Good booze, solid food, nice people.

Put it on my tombstone

 

[I Bleed Blue]

Sicily treated me and Matty Ahbeetz well. Possible meet up spot?

Agreed Sicily along with Eli’s or Celtic are probably the best options.

If enough people are interested we could do a meet up sooner than a UConn game next season. Say maybe to watch an upcoming NBA finals game?

 

[Hoophound]

All new yorkers who come to ct to vacation own a home or cottage on the shoreline. Some might stop at mystic or the blackjack table on the way to the cape.middletown is not a destination

New Yorkers also go to the Northwest Hills in droves. They drive the real estate prices. You’d be very surprised how many go to the northeast corner too. Brian Dennehy and Rene Zellweger were both Quiet Corner long timers. Quite a few titans of industry and Wall St hiding out there too.

 

[8893]

You’d be very surprised how many go to the northeast corner too. Brian Dennehy and Rene Zellweger were both Quiet Corner long timers. Quite a few titans of industry and Wall St hiding out there too.

Does Calhoun still have a house in Pomfret?

I know he sold his Madison house a few years ago and bought one in Green Hill, RI. but I don't remember if he kept his Pomfret place.