It's Corn Maze season, when the corn is high and farmers make all kinds of cool designs and mazes for your enjoying pleasure. It is also a great way for farmers to earn a little extra money with their crops. Most Connecticut corn mazes open around September 1st and close in October or early November, depending on the ... Read more...
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Fall County Fairs and Festivals in Connecticut
September is the start of Fall Festival season in Connecticut. Connecticut offers some of the best fall agricultural fairs and festivals in New England. Think sweet stickiness of a caramel apple, the smell of fried dough, the sounds of kids screeching on the rides, bands playing, Midway games, cows and sheep, horse and ... Read more...
Buttonwood Farm Sunflower Festival in Griswold, Connecticut
Buttonwood Farm in Griswold, Connecticut is the place to go when you want awesome homemade ice cream and you want to bask in the glow of a 14 acres of sunflowers. Buttonwood Farm was named by Foursquare as one of the best places in to get ice cream in Connecticut. Back in 2003 the owners of the farm decided to plant an acre ... Read more...
Spend the Day at Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport Connecticut
The Connecticut Beardsley Zoo is a tiny zoo with a lot to do and it is the only zoo in Connecticut. The zoo is also open all year long so you can visit animals in warm or cold months and see how they live in different climates. Young children especially will be thrilled with the zoo as we saw that on our recent visit. Lots ... Read more...
Beardsley Zoo Makes Love Match with Two New Family Members
Hope and Love Spring Eternal with two new residents at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo. Love is in the air for two of Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo’s resident bachelors: Jabba the Sloth, and Rochan the Red panda. The Zoo is now the new home for Hope, a sloth that once made her home in Connecticut before transferring temporarily ... Read more...
Ice Skating Rinks in Southeastern Connecticut
If you’re looking to bring the family ice skating this winter, here is a list of ice skating locations to check out in Connecticut and just over the border in Rhode Island. Enjoy a fun skating day at a great indoor or outdoor ice skating rink. Dayton Arena at Connecticut College 270 Mohegan Ave. New London, CT ... Read more...
12 DIY Mother’s Day Beauty Gifts to Make for Mom
Some of the best gifts are actually the ones that are homemade and come from the heart and since you're making them for mom, she will appreciate the time and effort that went into these gifts. This Mother's Day why not make a gift mom will love and a gift she can use in her daily beauty regimen. Coconut Lime DIY Bath ... Read more...
Shop Local: The Choosy Chick for Non-toxic Health and Beauty Products
Do you really know what's in your personal care products? The Choosy Chick knows. The Choosy Chick is a Connecticut-based business that was created out of a couple's personal quest to find safe and effective health and beauty care products. Like many of you, they were shocked to learn that the products we had been using ... Read more...
Use Candy Eyeballs to Make Ghoulish Halloween Treats
Candy Chocolate Halloween Candy Bark made with candy eyeballs, Chocolate Strawberry Spider Treats, and Candy Corn Cookies round out out Halloween treat list. Try these spooky Halloween snack treat recipes for this year's Halloween party. I can almost bet your house will be where everyone hangs out next year when Halloween ... Read more...
Mystic Pirate Invasion Happens Each October
It's almost October and you know that that means. Pirates will be invading Mystic, Connecticut in the great Mystic Pirate Invasion. Avast, me Hearties! The Pirate Invasion is underway in Mystic. In early October the streets will be filled with scalawags and one eyed rascals, putting on a show for the rest of the world. Grab ... Read more...