Responding to an Anonymous Comment

The first time anyone comments on my blog, it needs to be approved by me before it’s displayed on the post. This is mostly to keep rogue X-rated comments from showing up that were missed by my Akismet spam catcher. But sometimes real people, who refuse to give real names and contact information, make nasty comments on my blog, hoping they’ll get published. Sometimes I do publish them and respond. Sometimes I just spam them

Thank You Friends

I would just like to thank all of the neighbors and friends that came to our home yesterday for our annual Holiday Open House party. It was wonderful to see everyone, catch up on what’s new, and enjoy some warm food and drink. We are most thankful for the donations you brought for our annual contribution to Foodshare. My car was jammed full today when I dropped off our donations at the Bloomfield warehouse. The

Greater Hartford Real Estate Market Statistics- November 2008

November and December are traditionally slow months for real estate sales. People would rather focus on the various holidays, rather than think about buying and selling houses. Well, this year things appear to have slowed a little bit earlier than usual. Based on the towns I’m tracking below, the number of closed sales for single family homes was down 31% overall when comparing November 2008 to November 2007. That’s fairly significant. Here are the monthly

The 2008 Mark Twain Holiday House Tour

I think the cold weather is finally here to stay and the 10 pages of Macy’s ads in the Courant today were also a blunt reminder that the shopping season is upon us. So that means it’s time for all things holiday to begin and one of the most anticipated events of the season in the Hartford area, The Mark Twain Holiday House Tour. For 28 years, The Friends of the Mark Twain House &

Will Regionalism Ever Happen in Greater Hartford?

NOTE: This is going to be a long post, but hopefully informative. Grab a snack as you dive in… This morning I attended a Key Issues Forum focusing on the idea of regionalism, held at the University of Hartford. The event was co-sponsored by the Courant and UHart’s Center for Integrated Design. The panel of speakers was a good balance between academics and politicians, so the discussion focused on both theory and practice. The panelists