Monthly Archives: November 2011
I wonder if Peggy Joseph got comped for this wing ding?
Obummer’s in New York with his rich friends but where’s Peggy?
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But do they live on Round Hill Road?
Greenwich Marketing Associates owner Peter Pfabe and his squeeze Heidi Walker indicted for fraud, spent the loot on a horse farm and vibrators. UPDATE: Oh my heavens, what a small world. Heidi, Peter and I have communicated in the past concerning Heidi’s … Continue reading
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Hurricane season ends, Owlgore refuted again
Remember “Global Warming”? When that scare story collapsed the eco-terrorists switched to “Climate Change” and redefined the phenomenon to include any patch of weather that wasn’t blue skies and sunny days. But we still had the hurricanes, those dreaded storms … Continue reading
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How slow is the market?
This slow. Four sales reported, seven price reductions. The sales were not impressive: $717,000, $605,000, $525,000 (land sale, asking price was $849,000) and $401,000.
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Buyer/seller disconnect
A house at 11 Brown House Road in Old Greenwich sold for $1.665 million in July, 2009. It’s back on today – no improvements mentioned – for $2.050 million. Hmm. Sellers seem to think prices have improved since 2009 while … Continue reading
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The Lacoff Three go to the mattresses
They’ve hired PR guru Howard Rubenstein, I hear from a very reliable source. Hiding something or just using the Powerball story to boost their business? Damned if I know.
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Mad Woman
Camiellie Meyer catmeyermeyer@aol.com 11:19 AM (9 minutes ago) to me You must have a very small dick, I post reply’s [sic] to your site and you do not put them up….little dick has to exert some sort … Continue reading
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Blog etiquette lesson
“Next to chastity, the greatest virtue in a woman is to leave, when she puts on her hat and says goodbye.” Samuel Johnson, 1776 (or so) We’ve had a number of hysterical female writers recently who, after dumping on this … Continue reading
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Genius pricing
15 Peters Road, a bungalow in Riverside conveniently located next to the Thruway, was purchased at the height of the market in 2007 for $1.125 million and put back up for sale in April 2010 at $1.440. Five price cuts … Continue reading
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Shocking news
Except that this is just a continuation of crony capitalism: U.S. taxpayers will bail out European banks. That’s not out of any love for the Frogs, I suspect, but because the U.S. Banks and their friends in government face some very … Continue reading
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Terrorist now admits he held fund raiser for Obummer
We’ve known it for years but the main stream media dismissed it as the rantings of the crazed Right: Bill Ayers confesses.
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Useful Idiots
The worst president in U.S. history arrives in NYC today at the height of rush hour and just in time to paralyze the city during the tree lighting ceremony. The FDR will be shut down, subways jammed, streets clogged, but … Continue reading
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Yup, they’re really that stupid
San Francisco voters force parents to buy toys with that Happy Meal, enriching McDonalds.
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Murky waters in Greenwich
The Lacoff Three are out with a new statement and deny that there’s any “mystery man” behind the lottery loot. ”These gentlemen pooled their funds and just barely managed to come up with that dollar,” Lacoff spokesman Jennifer Nckwzzyjk told FWIW’s … Continue reading
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One mystery solved, now it’s back to those lottery guys
Jennifer Nacewicz, the staunch defender of the defunct Beacon Hill condominium and fan of this blog is not, as I suggested, a former urinal swabber at the project. Thanks to an (anonymous) reader’s tip, we learn that Ms. Jennifer Nacewicz … Continue reading
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Two beautiful houses, two ugly prices
Two of Joe Barbieri’s Old Greenwich listings had their terms extended today, 7 Little Cove Road and 55 Binney Lane. Joe’s a friend of mine and the most successful agent in Greenwich so I’m not inclined to teach him how to suck eggs, but … Continue reading
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What’s the difference between a crooked tax dodge and a Sulzberger Trust?
Well, one is a philanthropy funded by a Republican and the other is a legitimate estate planning tool employed by the owners of the New York Times. Guess which one was slimed in a front page article in the Times last … Continue reading
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Jennifer Nacewicz of Old Greenwich doesn’t like you, either
From the lunatic fringe comes this scribble. The author works for Cablevision, a broadcaster known for its professionalism and in-depth reporting, so it’s easy to understand why this lady is so upset with us nattering nabobs of negativism. Blogs are … Continue reading
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Not the oldest listing on the market, but it’s got aspirations
Way up on Upper Cross is a twenty-year-old listing and, assuming it never sells, no one will ever catch it, but this house at 216 Byram Shore Road seems determined to try. The owner listed it at $5.3 million in … Continue reading
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Of course he is
Cain “reassessing” his campaign. He had the slimmest of chances of surviving the sexual harassment claims but denying a thirteen-year affair? Come on.
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