Fred, I am a native Midwesterner, a Lake Michigan and Huron sailor and racer in my youth out of Chicago and Detroit (C&C 29, Peterson 34, Tartan 10, Erickson 37 with several Chicago-Mackinaws under my keel). Since 1999 I have lived in Connecticut, so I think I can safely recommend some points of interest.
On your way to Mystic, stop in New Haven for two things, Pepe's pizza on Wooster St. (said to be the place this delicacy started in America, and still baked in its original coal fired oven) and the newly renovated and expanded Yale University Art Gallery on Chapel St. It is free and one of the best in the world. It will bowl you over. One of the best CT shoreline seafood restaurants, very casual, is Lenny and Joes. The New Haven restaurant is on the water with a great view and outstanding New England seafood very reasonably priced and a good bar too. However, if you do go the Yale Art Gallery there is a great, French owned, French classic Bistro just one block south of the museum on Chapel St. called the Union League. This is a real treat, and will certainly impress your wife and daughters, but it is at least a business casual place and at lunch expect each meal with a glass of wine and a tip to run around $30. New Haven is a gem, with the gothic splendor (modeled after Oxford) of Yale in its center. I recently had a visit from some friends from England who are conversant with Oxford and Cambridge and they were duly impressed. By the way Chapel St. and Yale Campus was the set for a good part of the last Indiana Jones movie. I also highly recommend the town of Stonington, a few miles East of Mystic for a very well preserved Colonial and Victorian New England seaport village and likewise a very good seafood restaurant on a wharf, Skippers Dock. I am a fellow at Yale so if you care to stop I would be happy to give you and your family a quick, Cliff's Note, tour of inside the University. John Maturo [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 2:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: CnC-List Digest, Vol 89, Issue 5 Send CnC-List mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CnC-List digest..." Today's Topics: 1. fun stuff in Connecticut? (Frederick G Street) 2. Re: fun stuff in Connecticut? (Hoyt, Mike) 3. Re: fun stuff in Connecticut? (Bill Bina) 4. Re: fun stuff in Connecticut? (Edd Schillay) 5. Re: fun stuff in Connecticut? (Joel Aronson) 6. Re: fun stuff in Connecticut? (Frederick G Street) 7. Re: fun stuff in Connecticut? (Frederick G Street) 8. Re: Circumnavigating Vancouver Island (Martin DeYoung) 9. Re: fun stuff in Connecticut? (Ronald B. Frerker) 10. Re: fun stuff in Connecticut? (Indigo) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 11:04:16 -0500 From: Frederick G Street <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Stus-List fun stuff in Connecticut? Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I've got a wedding to attend this Saturday in Middletown, CT with my wife and daughters. We're staying through until Tuesday, and I've been looking into some fun stuff to do/see on Sunday and Monday. I've already got the Mystic Seaport on the list (maybe Monday, as Sunday will probably be busier?); and one other possibility would be to take the fast ferry from New London to Block Island for the day. Any listers in the area have other ideas for activities or restaurants (seafood!!!) in the immediate area for us? We probably won't have the time to go out on someone's boat (as much as I'd like to), and wouldn't want to be the victim of weather in that case. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20130603/b51de568/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 13:34:30 -0300 From: "Hoyt, Mike" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Stus-List fun stuff in Connecticut? Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Mystic Pizza? Maybe Julia Roberts still works there ..... We ordered pizza and donairs from Mystic Pizza the day we arrived there after our all night drive to pick up Nut Case. Unfortunately it was delivered by some guy and not julie Roberts ... ________________________________ From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frederick G Street Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 1:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Stus-List fun stuff in Connecticut? I've got a wedding to attend this Saturday in Middletown, CT with my wife and daughters. We're staying through until Tuesday, and I've been looking into some fun stuff to do/see on Sunday and Monday. I've already got the Mystic Seaport on the list (maybe Monday, as Sunday will probably be busier?); and one other possibility would be to take the fast ferry from New London to Block Island for the day. Any listers in the area have other ideas for activities or restaurants (seafood!!!) in the immediate area for us? We probably won't have the time to go out on someone's boat (as much as I'd like to), and wouldn't want to be the victim of weather in that case. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20130603/31a69aff/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:51:33 -0400 From: Bill Bina <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List fun stuff in Connecticut? Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" As long as you are in Mystic, the Mystic Aquarium is also a great stop. I believe they have a deal on a combined admission to both that is good for two days. The restaurants we like most in Mystic are Alfred Packer Inn, The Seahorse, and for a truly great breakfast, Kitchen Little, which is located in a marina, and is on the second floor with panoramic views of the River. They even have an outdoor balcony with seating under an awning. The restaurant on the grounds of Mystic Seaport Museum, which was formerly awful, changed operators about a year or two ago. We haven't tried it yet, but the people who took it over had another place that was top shelf. Bill Bina On 6/3/2013 12:04 PM, Frederick G Street wrote: > I've got a wedding to attend this Saturday in Middletown, CT with my > wife and daughters. We're staying through until Tuesday, and I've > been looking into some fun stuff to do/see on Sunday and Monday. I've > already got the Mystic Seaport on the list (maybe Monday, as Sunday > will probably be busier?); and one other possibility would be to take > the fast ferry from New London to Block Island for the day. > > Any listers in the area have other ideas for activities or restaurants > (seafood!!!) in the immediate area for us? We probably won't have the > time to go out on someone's boat (as much as I'd like to), and > wouldn't want to be the victim of weather in that case. > > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20130603/5cddfec7/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 13:06:42 -0400 From: Edd Schillay <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List fun stuff in Connecticut? Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Fred, Dock n Dine in Old Saybrook has great seafood with a great water view of the CT River. So does The Boathouse in Mystic, but that's land-locked. In Clinton, AQUA is at the Cedar Point Marina and has some great seafood overlooking the water. There are also two major outlet malls less than 1 half-hour drive (Tanger and Clinton Corner). There are also two major casinos nearby with great restaurants and shows (Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods) Yes -- see the seaport (the location of the 2012 C&C rendezvous) and the aquarium. There is all some great shopping/walking at the Olde Mystic Village. Not far from Mystic (ten minutes) is the US Submarine Base, which includes a tour of the USS Nautilus. There are plenty of other museums in the area too. Lots to see. You may want to break up the wedding couple just so you have the time to see it all. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website On Jun 3, 2013, at 12:04 PM, Frederick G Street <[email protected]> wrote: > I've got a wedding to attend this Saturday in Middletown, CT with my wife and > daughters. We're staying through until Tuesday, and I've been looking into > some fun stuff to do/see on Sunday and Monday. I've already got the Mystic > Seaport on the list (maybe Monday, as Sunday will probably be busier?); and > one other possibility would be to take the fast ferry from New London to > Block Island for the day. > > Any listers in the area have other ideas for activities or restaurants > (seafood!!!) in the immediate area for us? We probably won't have the time > to go out on someone's boat (as much as I'd like to), and wouldn't want to be > the victim of weather in that case. > > > Fred Street -- Minneapolis > S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20130603/68ef2a7e/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 12:11:42 -0500 From: Joel Aronson <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Stus-List fun stuff in Connecticut? Message-ID: <-8072247048134926175@unknownmsgid> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Defender Marine is nearby. Joel Aronson On Jun 3, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Edd Schillay <[email protected]> wrote: Fred, Dock n Dine in Old Saybrook has great seafood with a great water view of the CT River. So does The Boathouse in Mystic, but that's land-locked. In Clinton, AQUA is at the Cedar Point Marina and has some great seafood overlooking the water. There are also two major outlet malls less than 1 half-hour drive (Tanger and Clinton Corner). There are also two major casinos nearby with great restaurants and shows (Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods) Yes -- see the seaport (the location of the 2012 C&C rendezvous) and the aquarium. There is all some great shopping/walking at the Olde Mystic Village. Not far from Mystic (ten minutes) is the US Submarine Base, which includes a tour of the USS Nautilus. There are plenty of other museums in the area too. Lots to see. You may want to break up the wedding couple just so you have the time to see it all. All the best, Edd Edd M. Schillay Starship Enterprise C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B City Island, NY Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log Website<http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> On Jun 3, 2013, at 12:04 PM, Frederick G Street <[email protected]> wrote: I've got a wedding to attend this Saturday in Middletown, CT with my wife and daughters. We're staying through until Tuesday, and I've been looking into some fun stuff to do/see on Sunday and Monday. I've already got the Mystic Seaport on the list (maybe Monday, as Sunday will probably be busier?); and one other possibility would be to take the fast ferry from New London to Block Island for the day. Any listers in the area have other ideas for activities or restaurants (seafood!!!) in the immediate area for us? We probably won't have the time to go out on someone's boat (as much as I'd like to), and wouldn't want to be the victim of weather in that case. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20130603/12cfbe49/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 12:21:58 -0500 From: Frederick G Street <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List fun stuff in Connecticut? Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" It's my niece who is getting married; what they do after the wedding is their own business! :^) This is just me, my wife and our two college-aged daughters. We did the aquarium with the girls several years ago, when we spent a week or so staying at Point Judith, RI; so I think we'll skip that. The Sub Museum looks interesting; but the outlet centers might catch the girls' eyes more effectively... Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Jun 3, 2013, at 12:06 PM, Edd Schillay <[email protected]> wrote: > You may want to break up the wedding couple just so you have the time to see > it all. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20130603/f749f688/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 12:22:27 -0500 From: Frederick G Street <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List fun stuff in Connecticut? Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" This is ALREADY going to be an expensive weekend? :^) Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( On Jun 3, 2013, at 12:11 PM, Joel Aronson <[email protected]> wrote: > Defender Marine is nearby. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20130603/eeff2495/attachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 17:33:27 +0000 From: Martin DeYoung <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Stus-List Circumnavigating Vancouver Island Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> ... going to be some times when I just can't get to an internet >> connection. I'm not sure we can survive without the internet. << When we took Calypso around in 2011 there was no cell coverage North of Hot Springs Cove (near Tofino) on the West coast and North of Port Hardy on the East coast. We did not go closer than a few miles to Winter Harbor so there might be some coverage there, and maybe some of the small fishing resorts will have wi-fi. Calypso's co-owner and some of the crew that were new to sailing in remote areas or offshore went into cell phone/internet withdrawal. I really enjoyed the isolation from most modern day distractions (save GPS). When sailing into Nootka Sound without another boat in sight I could almost hear an echo of Capt. Cook as he moored the HMS Resolution in Ship Cove (now known as Resolution Cove). If you have the time, anchor in Bligh Cove (a ways back into the sound). The entrance is a little tight, but if you are the only boat in there it will seem as if it is 1779 again. Martin Calypso 1970 C&C 43 Seattle From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Watts Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2013 5:07 PM To: 1 CnC List Subject: Stus-List Circumnavigating Vancouver Island We're heading out at the beginning of July, going around counterclockwise about 1 1/2 times if everything works out. Anyone wanting to follow our adventures can check out our blog...paradigmchafe.blogspot.ca<http://paradigmchafe.blogspot.ca> I'm going to try and keep it as current as possible, but there's probably going to be some times when I just can't get to an internet connection. I'm not sure we can survive without the internet. Anyone else going around or going to be in those parts when we're passing through? Please throw us bacon. -- Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, June 3, 2013, 11:04 AM I've got a wedding to attend this Saturday in Middletown, CT with my wife and daughters. ?We're staying through until Tuesday, and I've been looking into some fun stuff to do/see on Sunday and Monday. ?I've already got the Mystic Seaport on the list (maybe Monday, as Sunday will probably be busier?); and one other possibility would be to take the fast ferry from New London to Block Island for the day. Any listers in the area have other ideas for activities or restaurants (seafood!!!) in the immediate area for us? ?We probably won't have the time to go out on someone's boat (as much as I'd like to), and wouldn't want to be the victim of weather in that case. 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Message-ID: <4A724BB7CCD74FBA916313AA46A17493@JTDesktop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Some "cultural" things to do / see 20 miles and 20 minutes from Middletown in Farmington CT there is the most amazing museum called the Hillstead Museum Here is some info from Google Hill-Stead Museum, also known as Hill-Stead, is a Colonial Revival house and art museum in Farmington, Connecticut, USA. It is best known for its French Impressionist masterpieces, architecture, and stately grounds. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill-Stead_Museum> Wikipedia <https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&hs=aya&rls=org.mozilla:en-US :official&q=hill-stead+museum+opened&sa=X&ei=nOCsUZ2DIofG0AHi2IDwAw&ved=0CKc BEOgTKAEwEA> Opened: 1901 <https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&hs=aya&rls=org.mozilla:en-US :official&q=hill-stead+museum+hours&sa=X&ei=nOCsUZ2DIofG0AHi2IDwAw&ved=0CKoB EOgTMBA> Hours: Closed on Monday. - See all <javascript:void(0)> <https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&hs=aya&rls=org.mozilla:en-US :official&q=hill-stead+museum+address&sa=X&ei=nOCsUZ2DIofG0AHi2IDwAw&ved=0CK 0BEOgTKAEwEA> Address: 35 Mountain Rd, Farmington, CT 06032 <https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&hs=aya&rls=org.mozilla:en-US :official&q=hill-stead+museum+phone&sa=X&ei=nOCsUZ2DIofG0AHi2IDwAw&ved=0CLAB EOgTMBA> Phone: (860) 677-4787 <https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&hs=aya&rls=org.mozilla:en-US :official&q=hill-stead+museum+architectural+style&sa=X&ei=nOCsUZ2DIofG0AHi2I DwAw&ved=0CLQBEOgTKAEwEA> Architectural style: Colonial Revival architecture <https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&hs=aya&rls=org.mozilla:en-US :official&q=hill-stead+museum+artwork&sa=X&ei=nOCsUZ2DIofG0AHi2IDwAw&ved=0CL cBEOgTKAEwEA> Artwork: Grainstacks, <https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&hs=aya&rls=org.mozilla:en-US :official&q=grainstacks+white+frost+effect+claude+monet&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAG Oovnz8BQMDAx8HsxKXfq6-gZlxjolxrvO9RO_cozmbVJ9rPAjLPNOkNHfBJgAAQe7lKwAAAA&sa= X&ei=nOCsUZ2DIofG0AHi2IDwAw&ved=0CLgBEJsTKAIwEA> White Frost Effect 30 minutes in the opposite direction is New Haven. The Yale College tour is quite interesting -especially the visit to the library. Yale also has some great art collections. The schooner Amistad has its base in New Haven - but I am not sure whether it is there or not right now - last time I saw her, she was in Mystic Seaport for repair Jonathan Indigo 35III - Southport _____ From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frederick G Street Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 12:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Stus-List fun stuff in Connecticut? I've got a wedding to attend this Saturday in Middletown, CT with my wife and daughters. We're staying through until Tuesday, and I've been looking into some fun stuff to do/see on Sunday and Monday. I've already got the Mystic Seaport on the list (maybe Monday, as Sunday will probably be busier?); and one other possibility would be to take the fast ferry from New London to Block Island for the day. 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