Monthly Archives: August 2008

More effective than bribing the maitre d’The man pictured above, “Eddy”, was our fishing guide for a few days this week and Thursday night we invited Ed and his wife Paula to join us for a farewell dinner at Harvest, … Continue reading →

Back to work (after the weekend)The tuna and shark population remains unchanged, despite our best efforts, but a few striped bass are on their way to becoming dinners. That’s Sean Mathews holding a bass (Sean’s the one wearing sunglasses). Need … Continue reading →

Gone Fishing Back Friday – please check in then. Thanks!

So you’re thinking of buying a houseOkay, perhaps you aren’t, but maybe you should be. As I mention below, there are a lot of houses out there that have been on the market for a long time. Some of them … Continue reading →

A letter from NigeriaYou loved their emails – relative lost in horrible plane crash, secret fund that can only be removed from the country with your assistance, please send all private banking information most hastily – now there’s another chance … Continue reading →

Does the Back Country get a pass in the Police Blotter? Greenwich Divaposes this question today because, while the blog’s author knows of several instances of domestic abuse, with arrests, among her neighbors, she never sees the incidents reported in … Continue reading →

The World’s Smallest ViolinOur local daily reports that a young boy named Conor Holliday “has broken his ribs, wrist, ankle, shattered a bone in his left foot and fractured the Lisfranc joint in his foot – all in the name … Continue reading →

They’re back! Okay, they may not be as welcome as the swallows of Capistrano (when I Googled that term to check spelling I was asked, “did you mean swallows of cappuccino?” – er, no)) but buyers are finally stirring, poking … Continue reading →

Busted ones, anyway. Today’s NY Times has a good article on the housing bust in California. We’re not anything close to that bad here (in the area the Times writes about, 85% of the houses bought within the past three … Continue reading →

33 Crescent Road, Riverside This new construction (my listing, so take comments with a grain of salt) sold last week for $3.175 million (asking price, $3.195). That should make the neighbors on Crescent happy because the builder, Greenwich Construction, has … Continue reading →

$7.2 Million?I recently gave a price opinion for some property in central Greenwich. My advice was rejected, which is fine, but the figure I gave was considered too low, I suspect because there’s another new house nearby asking $7.2 million. … Continue reading →

Here’s what MADD should be mad aboutdrunk, high, naked driver crashes into parked car while masturbating. Instead, they have their knickers in a knot over the proposal by a group of college presidents and drinking experts (how does one apply … Continue reading →

Don’t tell my peers here in GreenwichBut things are bad all over, even in Bulgaria And Martha’s Vineyard

Copy Editor!The Greenwich Time, fresh from laying off half its editorial staff, announces today that Cops Relish in Golder Verdict. It seems to me that one may relish a verdict but, unless you’re a hot dog, can you relish in … Continue reading →

Havana, I hear you callingThe Wall Street Journal article I link to below mentions “Climate Crime Cards” that kids can use to spy on, and report environmental crimes committed by their parents, friends and relatives. I wondered if the editorialist … Continue reading →

The New Yorker articleThe Greenwich Time has discovered Nick Paumgarten’s article on Greenwich. Paumgarten’s tone may be a bit pessimistic on the current state of our real estate market (could be because he spent too much time talking with me) … Continue reading →

Our Environmental friends on the lunatic fringeI missed this opinion piece when it originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal but it’s still available on the web and it’s fun reading for people of all political persuasions. Well, perhaps not. … Continue reading →

Are newspapers next?Home Magazine shuts down

Parking ticket appealsIn my driving history I’ve probably accumulated 10 parking tickets over 39 years. Spread out over that time, that’s not bad (no, I’m not counting the tickets I got when I attended college in Boston, when, in those … Continue reading →

Soak the richA commentator below says, “Um, Chris, we live in Greenwich, CT – we ARE too rich and are [sic] fellow American [sic] absolutely need it. A $2B relief package for Americans in financial crisis sounds like a good … Continue reading →