Didn’t these dolts get the news? Their targets have all moved to Palm Beach.

Connecticut teachers union CEUI coming to Greenwich for a “Billionaire mansion” drive-by.

Ho-hum; these people dust off this media tactic every few years, annoy us, and leave. I assume that this time there’ll be only one screaming-meemie per car? Otherwise, I’ll be terribly worried about their health.

Have these people ever considered harassing Hollywood stars? Drive-by tours of their homes are available, and in these trouble economic times I’m sure the operators would be happy to stop in front of the gated mansions for a little alfresco picketing.

The Ultimate troll, ever

Not my idea, some genius’s: Trump should pardon Obama.

Oh please, puleezze?

20 Octogenarians, 3 septuagenarians died from Covid yesterday (maybe).

That’s what this data base says.You’ll search in vain for either that link or even a breakdown by patient age in Greenwich Time’s story today, “23 new fatalities in CT’s pandemic”. The paper does admit that hospitalizations dropped for the 27th day in a row, but this continued refusal to disclose the age group of COVID fatalities can only be deliberate; the media has too much invested in its storyline to permit questioning of the merits of a general shutdown, and an understanding of who is at risk and, more importantly, who isn’t, might lead readers to question what they’re being told.

May 18 2020 deaths

may 17 2020 deaths

Don't they ever get tired of this?

That’s not funny!

Last week it was all about black people not getting outside much and hiking because racism. Now, the NYT reports, joggers are racists too. Ho hum.

I haven’t read the article, and won’t, but I wonder if the reporter [sic] addresses that old question, what’s the difference between a pygmy hunting party and a girl’s track team?

Answer: One’s a pack of cunning runts ….

Summer madness

6 Willow Lane, Old Greenwich, listed as a summer rental at $18,000 per month, rented in 4 days.

I don’t want to insult the owners of this residence by describing the house and the street it’s on as hardscrabble, but $18,000 a month is … surprising.

The flu seems to be making a sick market well

Lots of contracts these days, some for new listings, some for old, stale listings that have suddenly found buyers. That’s good news for homeowners, and even buyers should take comfort that there’s still a demand for Greenwich — after all, they’ll have to sell themselves, at some point.

Here, in no particular order, are some examples from the past 24 hours:

55 Londonderry Drive, $2.599 million. 7 days from listing to pending, with no time even to take pictures.

55 Londonderry Drive

45 Stanwich Road, $3.495. On since October, when it started at $3.795.

45 Stanwich RD

74 Summit Road, Riverside, $2.865. Seven days, listing to pending.

 42 Winding Lane, $2.549;

142 Lower Cross Road, $1.495; and

142 Lower Cross

And 8 Ridge Road, Cos Cob, $1.899

Due to technical issues, the missing Stacy Adams picture appears here

I was hoping for a kinder, gentler, approach

“It’s similar to how Hubby and I watch baseball: he kisses me between the strikes, I kiss him between the balls”

Nasau County Executive Laura Curran explains the new rules for tennis.

You can “kick their balls but you can’t touch them.”

Pending on John Street

16 John Street, asking $3.495 million. Beautiful, 7-acre grounds, the 1932 house needs some serious updating. Owner tried for $6 million in 2012, then let it mellow until 2016 when it returned at $5.3 million. It’s been falling ever since.

This house has a lot of potential, but the fact that it went from active to pending, do not stop at contingency, suggests no building inspection which in turn suggests that ice for this house will be ending at 220 years. I hope not.

What price will it actually sell for? Hmmm. Figure land at maybe $1.8; if the buyer intends to keep the house and restore it, he’d still want to be all-in at no more than $3.5, so maybe $700,000 for the house in its current condition, for a total of $2.5?

Just a guess; it will be interesting to see the actual final price.

Game, set, match, 40-love (for Lendl)

Ivan Lendl sold 16 Rock Ridge Avenue to the current (until yesterday) owners for $4.8 million in 1993. They put a lot of money into it and put it up for sale in 2018 at $11.9 million. It sold yesterday for $5.225.

That’s a big whiff.