Take a Break from Technology: CT Audubon Society Center at Pomfret
Bird lover or not, put down your smart phone and visit the Connecticut Audubon Center at Pomfret for some nature time. With the 700-acre Bafflin Sanctuary to peruse at your leisure, you’ll fall in love with the forests, grass, streams and meadows waiting for you at every turn. Locals and tourists alike enjoy the instructor-led day and evening hikes, but you...
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Put the Pedal to the Trail. Cycling the Niantic area.
Sick of the stationary bike? It’s summer, time to go places! Eastern Connecticut has many wonderful places to ride with scenery, cool places to stop and rest, and good food along the way to keep your strength up. I recently did a bike route for the north eastern part of Connecticut. Today, Niantic and the coast. If you’ve got a bike, head to the...
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Downtown Putnam Perfect for Arts Lovers
For a long time, Putnam was known as the antique hub of New England. While it’s still a favorite of antiquers, the influx of a lot of new energy into its beautiful historic buildings and quaint street has given Putnam the reputation of a funky arts town. It’s easy to spend an entire day here taking it in, from cool stores to art to great food. Start...
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Experience the Best in Community Street Festivals – Celebrate East Lyme
If it’s a street festival you’re looking for, make sure you visit eastern Connecticut in time for Celebrate East Lyme. Think it sounds strange to plan your trip around one event? Think again! People from as far as California keep this one on their calendars. For one afternoon every July, Main Street in Niantic is packed. They come for the community, the...
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Find Your Next Treasure at the Mansfield Flea Market
Spend a day in the town of Mansfield – it may look like a quiet little town, but looks are often deceiving! Mansfield is one of the prettiest towns in the northeast corner, right next to Willimantic and home to UConn (and the famous Dairy Bar), as well as Mansfield Hollow State Park. If you’re with the family, come by on a Sunday so you can experience...
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Avid Bikers Find a Lot to Love in Northeast Connecticut
When I hit the road with my bike, I don’t want to worry about competing with traffic and tangoing with pedestrians rather than enjoying the ride. Although the occasional car does share the winding country roads of Woodstock, Pomfret, Thompson, and Eastford, the pleasure here is a ride where I can take in the lush greenery, discover a view at the top of a hill,...
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Mystic Seaport’s Lobster Days
Get your lobster crackers polished up for Mystic Seaport’s Lobster Days going on this Memorial Day weekend. Saturday through Monday, May 29-31, it’s a regular New England lobster fest, with lobsters-in-the-rough, activities and presentations, events for children, and discounts with purchase to the Seaport. This event, a fundraiser for the Rotary Club of...
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Fore! Golfing in Mystic Country
If you’ve got a hankering for that tiny white ball, 18 holes and rolling greens, Mystic Country is teeming with golf courses that will leave you wishing you had a summer home nearby. The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation’s gem, Lake of Isles, is adjacent to Foxwoods Resort and Casino and boasts two championship, award-winning courses, a private and a...
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Olde Mistick Village
There’s always one place I keep tucked in my pocket as a guilty pleasure, my treat to myself when I have a free Saturday or Sunday: Old Mistick Village. Located right off exit 90 in Mystic, next door to the Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration, the Village’s variety of shops always has what I’m looking for, no matter what mood I’m in. The...
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Get Outside – Mansfield Hollow State Park
Gather up the dog and the kids and head into the Mansfield Hollow State Park, a short drive from the fabulous UConn campus (and the Dairy Bar and barns). The park is perfect for an afternoon out with the family or a one-on-one hiking trip with pooch. If you’re bringing your entourage, pack the picnic basket. There are plenty of places to eat once you’ve worked...
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