Greenwich, Connecticut real estate, politics, and more.
Greenwich, Connecticut real estate, politics, and more
May 14, 2021: why is this man masked in the wilderness?
Actor Mathew McConnaughey considering running for Governor in Texas
If he is, this picture should put paid to that idea – Texans are made of sterner stuff, so far. I’d give it another election cycle or two, Mat, to give your friends time to get there.
69 Rockwood Lane closed yesterday at $6.0 million. It was purchased new in November ‘12 for $6.250 (after starting at $7..250 in Apri, 2011). Perfectly nice house, typical of its class, on a decent street. I have a hard time distinguishing the houses built between, say, 2005 and 2021 in the $4.5-$7.5 range because they all seem to offer the same amenities and the same high-quality finishes.
I think it comes down to a buyer’s choice of location, more than any significant difference in design or build.
Shopping for Dr. Tony
Can’t fool either of them, no matter what Fauci’s foes at the CDC say
The Times reports:
Whenever Joe Glickman heads out for groceries, he places an N95 mask over his face and tugs a cloth mask on top of it. He then pulls on a pair of goggles.
He has used this safety protocol for the past 14 months. It did not change after he contracted the coronavirus last November. It didn’t budge when, earlier this month, he became fully vaccinated. And even though President Biden said on Thursday that fully vaccinated people do not have to wear a mask, Mr. Glickman said he planned to stay the course.
In fact, he said, he plans to do his grocery run double-masked and goggled for at least the next five years.
5/17/21: “Who ya gonna believe, me, or your own lying eyes?”
Just how insane is Mr. Glickman? Having developed at least some natural immunity from his past infection, and full immunity from being double-vaxxed, he dons his protective garb and drives to the supermarket. That simple ride is a million-times riskier than any Chinese Flu he might encounter along the way, yet he persists. Why doesn’t he call for home delivery and stay inside for the next five years?
Circling Back: In fairness, I just DuckDucked Mr.. Glickman and found a Facebook page on which he complains that the NYT edited and sensationalized his comments (no, would the NYT do that?). He still strikes me as whacky, but as he points out, why should what he chooses to do affect the rest of us? Carry on, Joe.
as endorsed by her holiness, the duchess of sussex
Sick of public scrutiny and determined to live a quiet, secluded life in their $11 million mansion, the boy child and his older bride have nonetheless succumbed to the lure of lucre extended by the world’s largest manufacturer of skin-whiteners. “Such a deal”, cooed Ms. Markle, “and Carrot Top here will be getting just oodles of Man Tan, free!”
The Duke himself was indignant when reached for comment by FWIW: “You write anything about this, peasant, and I’ll sue you so hard you’ll find yourself living in a cardboard box on the sidewalk. And don’t give me any shite about your bonkers First Amendment — I’ve got friends in Washington, and you’ll soon find out how long that loophole lasts!”
MS-13 gang members, future Democrat voters, or both?
AOC and dozens of her fellow Democrats fight ICE’s targeting gang members and aggravated felons for expulsion: “It’s discriminatory”.
“Discriminate: to distinguish by discerning or exposing differences: to recognize or identify as separate and distinct”
With 30 million + illegal aliens in our country, it’s impossible to deport them all, so it makes sense to focus on the most dangerous among them, to recognize them as a distinct class, different and separate from ordinary run of the mill illegals. It makes sense, that is, unless you’re a Democrat.
someone call the child abuse hotline
Cinderella's new fairy "godmother" is here to teach us "magic has no gender"
Topping the charts as this week's winner for next-level intersectionalism, we have Amazon's new Cinderella reboot and a fairy "godmother" played by a gay black man
They just can’t leave it alone: our country; our children; our schools; the military; books; media — everything. When they speak of a total reset being necessary to destroy capitalism and bring in a dictatorship of the oligarchy, this is what they mean, and what they’re doing.
As my cousin Ed would say, “Elegant, without being overly ostentatious”
10 Neighborly Way, NoPo Riverside, wasn’t selling at $1.299 million so today, eleven days after listing it, agent Angela Swift dropped it to $1.199. And she was right to do so; even a year ago, eleven days without an offer wasn’t necessarily a matter of concern, but today it’s an eternity. If you aren’t drawing decent bids in the first few days, you’re too high.
This same house sold in 2016 for $862,000 and is basically unchanged, so somewhere between that 2016 price and this year’s I’m sure a satisfactory compromise can be reached.
Cos Cobbers are popular in, well, Cos cob, but not so much in riverside; even north of Post Road
24 Bayside Terrace asked $1.4 million back in March; it closed Friday at $1.490. The MLS shows the days on market as 50, but it was under contract 15 days after being listed, so I don’t know where that number came from.
The house is going to need (a lot of) work, but there’s not much available in Riverside in this price range, so I get it.
5 Indian Knoll Place, $4.250 million.
Convenient to Westchester.
111 Lockwood Road, Riverside, 0.19 acre, $1.980 million. This is not a house or a location that shrieks “I’m a Two Million Dollar Buy!”, to me, but then again, I didn’t hear its call back in 2013 when it sold for $1.8, so what do I know?
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