{"id":1466,"date":"2023-05-05T00:07:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T00:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melsatlas.com\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2023-10-18T21:58:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T21:58:23","slug":"connecticut-reasons-to-go-what-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melsatlas.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/05\/connecticut-reasons-to-go-what-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"CONNECTICUT REVIEW: WHY GO; WHAT TO DO &#038; SEE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mostly past trips \u2013 drove through April 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years I spent a decent amount of time in Connecticut visiting my friend Julie over the many years she lived there.&nbsp; These visits were more frequent when I lived in Manhattan as I could arrive by train.&nbsp; On one of these trips, it turned out that my friend Steve from law school (whom I briefly dated post law school) had moved there with his new wife and stepson and the son attended school with my friend Julie\u2019s son Jake.&nbsp; Small world and was fun to put the parents together for the evening for dinner.&nbsp; In the present day, I decided to just drive through on my way from Massachusetts to Rhode Island.&nbsp; I tried to stop in Hartford to photograph a few of its very cool buildings but found safe parking elusive.&nbsp; Places to go would be Simsbury, a more upscale small town has a great ice cream spot on a farm (Tulmeadow Farm \u2013 just go when the wind is not blowing certain directions) and Canton, with its rolling hills, farms and dairies.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;As you approach Rhode Island to the south, there is a nice scenic drive that goes through Chester, a very cute town. &nbsp;Another pretty place to go is New Haven.&nbsp; Lots of cool consignment shops and cafes as one would expect for a college town.&nbsp; I don\u2019t seem to have photos as many of my visits were pre iPhone storage days.&nbsp; Bridgeport is supposed to be quite lovely but I did not make it there \u2013 though nearby there is a Pez museum which I definitely would have toured had I gone that direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/melsatlas.com\">Return to home<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mostly past trips \u2013 drove through April 2023 Over the years I spent a decent amount of time in Connecticut visiting my friend Julie over the many years she lived there.&nbsp; 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