Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
I have criticized the National Association of Realtors here many times for its unremitting Pollyanna approach to markets. The organization's economists never met a housing situation, good or bad, that...
"Hold up a 1-iron [during a lightning storm]. Even God can't hit a 1-iron." -- Lee Trevino I have been losing distance on all my shots the last few years. The more I lose the harder I swing which, of...
You can approach Fox Hopyard Golf Club in a number of ways. We took the ferry, after the antique GPS system in my car dead-ended us at the Connecticut River. Lucky for us, the state of Connecticut runs...
August was the best month in Golf Community Reviews' short happy life. Almost 4,000 separate visitors made 7,500 visits to the site last month and read more than 43,000 pages of material, surpassing...
As a member of the Junior/Senior Golfing Society of Connecticut, I have the opportunity to play a handful of private golf courses in the state each year that I might otherwise have to beg to play. ...
It isn't every day you get to see a hole in one. That was just part of my interesting day on Friday at Fox Hopyard, an upscale daily fee course in a beautiful part of Connecticut that, nevertheless,...
Times are tough enough for private golf clubs, even those connected to big real estate development projects (especially those). To attach strings like mandatory membership to buyers of lots adjacent to the...
I love the hit TV show Mad Men. Its insight into the mentality and practices of ad agencies in the 1960s is more interesting to me than its soap opera couplings, breakups and intrigues. Much has...
My review of the Yale Golf Club yesterday elicited two comments, one from someone who has not played the course and another from a reader who has never forgotten his first round there. "Wow," wrote...
I have a love/hate relationship with Yale Golf Club in New Haven, CT. Don't ask too many questions. It's complicated. Yale is one of classic architect Seth Raynor's many famous designs, and its...
The Wall Street Journal Report "Your Money Matters" in today's (Monday) edition features an essay that should be of interest to those contemplating purchase of a second home or relocating to a...
I am off to revisit Gillette Ridge today, a unique golf community and golf course in Bloomfield, CT. The course threads its way through an office complex that includes the CIGNA and MetLife...