Category Archives: The City That Works: Stamford, CT

We Lost Our House

November 8, 2008 –

We had an agreement to buy a house at 108 Sawmill Road in Stamford (here it is on zillow, realtor.com, the agent’s site), but the deal blew up yesterday.  So we’re back in the market.
I feel very lucky, even though we lost 3 weeks of house searching and $1,300.  The place was a money pit [...]

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Changing it all up

October 26, 2008 –

Herbietown has been neglected.  I’ll be the first to admit it.  My loyal readers, I owe you an apology.  I am begging for forgiveness.
But the last couple of months were rollercoaster crazy.  Everything is changing.
1.  Greta is pregnant again.  She is due April 13 with #2.  Wowza.  You are probably as surprised as we were.
I [...]

By Chris | Also posted in Because I'm Not Independently Wealthy: Work, Connecticut, My Other Passion: Media, Stuff Happening in 06901 | Comments

Good Supermarkets in CT?

September 20, 2008 –

Before moving to The City That Works, we lived in Lebanon, New Hampshire.  We bought food at the Co-Op.  It was glorious.
Sure, it was a bit tree-huggery.  But they had fresh produce and meats, do-it-yourself peanut butter, a huge wine selection, and 78 varieties of Kashi cereal.
Life was good.
Here in Stamford, we go to the [...]

By Chris | Also posted in Connecticut, Stuff Happening in 06901 | Comments

Best of Today

August 9, 2008 –

A few thoughts from today…
1. We saw this bumper sticker at the beach near my father’s house in Fairfield. I laughed. It reminded me of how many people think the world is “dog eat dog,” and, in fact, it just might be. There is some funny dialogue on this topic in [...]

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CT Plates 392-DKO: MOVE YOUR CAR!

June 8, 2008 –

I just posted this flyer up and down Prospect Street.  This car’s alarm has been going off since Thursday night.  It’s times like this that I wish I believed in hell, so I could curse people to it.
Hopefully the flyers will attract some attention to the problem.  Or perhaps the owner of this Lincoln Continental [...]

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Family Dollar Makes Way For Equinox

March 26, 2008 –

It looks as if The Family Dollar won’t be renewing its lease on Prospect Street.
I am thrilled about this development. Hopefully, some upscale gym will move in. This will enable me to do 2 things:

Regain my manly figure
Rebuild my fragile ego by inviting city-folk out to the suburbs and impressing them with the [...]

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Pong on Prospect Street

March 20, 2008 –

New people just moved into the apartment directly above ours. Last night, we heard all kinds of banging, like they were installing shelves or putting up hundreds of picture frames.
Tonight, Greta and I were curled up in the front of the TV, enjoying an episode of Lost and eating chocolate ice cream. [...]

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Stamford Blogs

January 26, 2008 –

I just discovered a few amazing blogs about Stamford. If you live in The City That Works, you will also enjoy these sites:

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