one year down

Three days ago (aka September 22) marked my 1 year anniversary of living in Connecticut.  To be perfectly honest, I can't believe it's been just one year.  Although this place will never be considered home, I can say that it has become familiar.  After so many weekend trips this summer, the return to CT somehow managed to put me at ease.  However, let's put this in perspective: this 1 year anniversary simply means that most likely, the amount of time I've previously spent in CT is greater than the amount of time I have left to spend here!

Most important things I've learned about my little bubble in Connecticut:

• Mini Coopers are all the rage.  Will and I now play "punch mini" instead of "punch bug"

• If you don't have a Mini, you definitely have a Land/Range Rover

• Connecticut driving laws include blowing through stop signs, turning left on red lights (I've seen this multiple times), never ever using a turn signal, and merging onto major highways like I-95 while going 35 mph is perfectly okay - and not at all unsafe

• Farmer's markets are big around here, but convenient times are not: Rowayton Farmer's Market is open from 12 to 5 on Friday and the Darien Farmer's Market is open from 11 - 6 on Wednesday - not for a working woman like me

And my life in Connecticut in picture form:

 We took puffy jackets to the extreme and went to the see the tree at Rockefeller Plaza - in the snow!

The next morning, this is all the snow that was left.  Not the blizzard I was hoping for.

The last night in the Prospect St apartment.  The lights made the street feel so pretty in gloomy January!

T.O. was a jerk so I didn't get my picture taken with him, but I found Turk!!

Kelcey came to visit and this is the best picture we got out of it.  Maybe next time we'll start taking pictures before 1 am?

The house we live in in Rowayton!