The $10 Million Fiddle

Aaron Rosand, "the Last Romantic," lets part of his heart go

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The Greatest Westporter Ever

A statue dedicated to Helen Keller has been installed in the Capitol rotunda. It's a good time to remember her influence.

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Greenwich is Guilty

Was the Greenwich lifestyle at fault for the current economic crisis?

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Mad About 'Mad Men'

There had to be something more to suburban life in the 1950s besides slurping martinis, pinching fannies and succumbing to angst

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Joe vs. Alec?

Alec Baldwin wants to be Senator here? He wouldn't be the state's first actor-politician

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The Fearless Photographer

Don't miss the story in last Sunday's New York Times magazine on Hamid Karzai, the controversial president of Afghanistan, if only to see the fantastic photographs taken by Westport's own Lynsey Addario.

This is a particularly dangerous time to be a wartime photographer, and Lynsey surely knows. A longtime aide and driver was killed earlier this year, and she has suffered a broken collarbone. But still she goes out to worst places in the world.

If you go to the New York Times web page, you can catch up on some of her work. She talks about the dangers she sees (and mentions, rather off-handedly, that she's getting married). Take a look.

And if...

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Such an Animal!

Have you absolutely run out of things to do this summer with the kids? Have you thought about the zoo?

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The Way it Was

Walter Cronkite had the instincts of an old-fashioned newspaperman. But where did he get that voice?

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Shakespeare by Starlight

Sometimes it's all right to give the Bard a kick in the pants.

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Mel Gibson's house (buy now!)

He owns 75 acres here? Who knew?

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Iran via Weston

Even as a teenager, Jared was consumed with finding the real story about the Middle East. Now his predictions are coming true.

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Simply Prodigious

When the kids put on a show, stand back.

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Days of Heaven

Now is the time when suddenly defrosted New Englanders can declare victory.

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The book on Newman

Paul Newman will always be our local hero. But do his new biographers know that there are, you know, limits?

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Flying Over Fairfield County

Hello there, fresh reader. Pull up to the cyber-fence. Let’s get acquainted.

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About This Blog

Chris Hodenfield covers the waterfront. And the highlands. And the boulevards in between. This is the place to go for provocative items about culture, politics, the natural world and how to stay sane in Fairfield County.

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• The $10 Million Fiddle
• The Greatest Westporter Ever
• Greenwich is Guilty
• Mad About 'Mad Men'
• Joe vs. Alec?

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Chris Hodenfield is a journalist who has written about sports, politics, travel, cars and entertainment for a wide variety of publications. Besides Moffly Publications, his words have appeared in Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone and Golf Digest. After living in Westport and Norwalk, he now resides in Darien.
 
Favorite activities:

• Quiet walks in the woods.
• Loud guitars in the basement.
• Rambunctious times with friends.
• Good seats at the theater, ballet, concerts or the movies.