Monthly Archives: June 2011

Hedge funders and Scott Frantz to meet with Governor and plead not to be slaughtered. Run away!

A million Ohioans sign petition to protect their state workers’ union. God bless them, the state’s already in the toilet and they might just as well finish the job. See ya in Connecticut? I’m still trying to find out whether I … Continue reading →

Shoemaker Justin Timberland espied on Greenwich Avenue

Who’d have thought it?

I have an email pal, John Schneider, out in Arizona (link over on the right) and I like to check in regularly to see how things are doing out west. Not well, but do check out this story. Huge bargains in … Continue reading →

The close of the month saw 14 sales reported, which will provide some good number crunching material – I’ll pull it together tomorrow, promise. In the meantime, notable sales include: 84 Field Point Circle, $38.5 million 60 Club Road, $5.3 … Continue reading →

Two Birch Lane started at $5.9 million, just sold for $4.8.

British personality who traps sex perverts on TV caught , via hidden cameras, cheating on his own wife. I was just showing a house where something, sort of, similar happened. First get divorced, then go play – or, in my case, … Continue reading →

I’ve been off showing real estate this morning on a street I grew up on, and extolling its virtues – truthfully and in fact – when a cop shows up – the house next door was burglarized last night and … Continue reading →

Stamps will honor some of our best designers. Of all honorees, I’m most impressed by Eliot Noyes, the guy who came up with the IBM Selectric typewriter. A wonderful - superb - machine.

North Korea named by UN to lead conference on disarmament.

“Prisons are made for people like you”. Judge sentencing a 26-year-old to 100 years for setting his wife and son on fire.

The entire state is dying from drought. I’ve been (sort of) following this for the past year or so, and these people are suffering. Pretty awful.

From my friend Walter Olson, of Overlawyered.com. LLS2, you might find your horizon expanded here.

Bank of America’s purchase of Countrywide Mortgage. It’s costing them billions and billions of dollars, with no end in sight. Countrywide’s CEO, Mozilla isn’t even under indictment, let alone facing jail time. Why is that?

I was busy trying to increase real estate sales this morning and so missed the NAR’s paid liar economist Yun’s speech at the Milbrook Club this morning. Greenwich Time sent along a young reporter who, not surprisingly, heard nothing and … Continue reading →

A reader says that Greenwich is cutting back to once-a-week garbage pickup. Really? My Ma and I have that arrangement with our carter but that’s because we’re just too old to generate much garbage. Were my kids still here, no … Continue reading →

Here’s a question from a reader (and by the way, I am always happy to post these things anonymously, as you see) Off topic, please don’t post directly. Can you ask your readers for a legitimate pool contractor for a … Continue reading →

Turtles on runway cause flight delays at JFK UPDATE: a reader sends along this audio link (from the WSJ) to the actual turtle incident.  Unless you were one of the passengers delayed for two hours, I think you’ll be charmed by … Continue reading →

I knew I had something scheduled for this morning: the appearance of NAR’s economist at the Milbrook Club. I was off showing a house and completely forgot it. Was anyone there who took notes?