Musical Moments: Victor Borge -- Hands Off!

Wonderful...

Victor Borge, lefthandbrofeld.dk

Musical Moments:  Victor Borge -- Hands Off!

Musical Moments features music and artists I've enjoyed over the years.

This week Victor Borge and opera singer Marilyn Mulvey keep an audience rolling in laughter in Hands Off!

I hope you enjoy it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JQwvfNLfFU

 

Darien Real Estate Activity Surges

Operation Overlord...

U.S. Army troops wade ashore on Omaha Beach in Normandy

on D-Day morning, June 6, 1944 -- 70 years ago today.

Darien Real Estate Activity Surges

Darien saw a surge in residential real estate activity in the week ending today.

Results in major real estate categories, according to the Darien MLS, included:

-- 13 new listings of property for sale;

-- 16 price changes;

-- 12 accepted offers; 

-- Four properties going under contract, and

-- Five closings.

For more about today's historic D-Day anniversary:

In commemoration of those who contributed to D-Day's success and in honor of those who have served and are serving our country, here is the introductory theme to the Band of Brothers: http://kenallensforum.blogspot.com/2014/06/musical-moments-d-day-at-70.html

For details about today's latest weekly update for Darien:

 

Rebounding from Failure to Success

Overcoming adversity...

One of Leonardo da Vinci's great successes:

The Mona Lisa, c. 1503,

Louvre Museum, Wikipedia

 

 

 

 

Rebounding from Failure to Success

 

 

What's one of the key, common denominators for success after a failure?

History’s greatest figures overcame failure and achieved success in almost exactly the same way, Adam Westbrook reports at the outset of a fascinating two-part video series on creativity and achievement.

Westbrook illustrates his point with the example of Leonardo da Vinci, who overcame adversity to achieve fame as a genius of the Renaissance.

The missing chapter in the story of success reveals the secret to do meaningful work, Westbrook wrote. 

But rather than celebrating that part of the creative process we ignore it, he reports.

And in today's world, full of distraction, do we have what it takes to do great things, he wonders.

Take a few minutes and watch Westbrook's story about how da Vinci and others overcame failure and applied the long game of experience that led to their eventual success: http://twistedsifter.com/videos/the-importance-of-failure/

Rowayton Average Home Sale Price up in May

Update...

Rowayton, K. Allen, 2013

Average Rowayton Home Sale Price up in May

Rowayton's average home sale price increased 8.2 percent at the end of May compared with a year ago, according to a new report by the Darien MLS today.

In other major real estate categories, comparing year-to-date 2014 and 2013, Rowayton's results showed:

-- Sales volume down 25.4 percent, and 
-- Sales off 31 percent, from 29 units last year to 20 in 2014.

On a month-to-month comparison of May 2013 to May 2014, Rowayton's average sale price rose 29 percent, while units sold declined 3.9 percent from 77 to 74.

For more:

Update: Darien Average Home Sale Price up in May

Moving on...

Along Five Mile River Road, Darien, K. Allen, 2013

Update:  Darien Average Home Sale Price up in May

Darien's average home sale price rose 2.2 percent at the end of May compared with a year ago, according to a new report from the Darien MLS today.

Results in other major real estate categories, comparing year-to-date 2014 with the same period in 2013, showed:

-- Sales volume slipped 5.1 percent, and

-- Sales declined 7.1 percent from 84 to 78 in 2014.

For more:

A Lady and Her Car

Arriving in style...

 

Margaret Dunning and her beautiful 1930 Packard, wheelsblog.nytimes.com

 

 

   A Lady and Her Car  

  

 

Margaret Dunning and her classic car make quite an impression.

 

Ms. Dunning will be 104 later this month and is mighty proud of the sparkling, 84 year-old Packard convertible she drives.

 

She loves tinkering with old cars, and she keeps her beautifully restored Packard in mint condition.   

 

She says she can change its oil and spark plugs herself. 

 

And she loves to talk about its horse power and show off features like its dashboard map light.  

 

Let Ms. Dunning take you for a spin in her Packard in this video:  https://www.youtube.com/embed/qxCpK1W_Gjw?feature=player_embedded

Here's a very good story about Ms. Dunning and her love of cars from last year:  http://www.wheels.ca/feature/meet-margaret-dunning-still-cruisin-at-103/

For more about Ms. Dunning and her many achievements:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Dunning

 

Thanks for my friend Bob LeWinter for telling me about the remarkable Ms. Dunning..

 

 

Musical Moments: D-Day at 70

Normandy landings...

 

D-Day C-47 at Ramstein Air Base in Germany en route to the upcoming Normandy invasion anniversary this week.

Michael Abrams, Stars and Stripes, stripes.com

 

 

 

Musical Moments:  D-Day at 70

 

 

Musical Moments features music and artists I've enjoyed over the years.

 

Next Friday will be the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy during World War II.

 

To commemorate the anniversary, and in honor of all who have served and are serving our country, here's one of my favorites -- the introductory theme to the Band of Brothers:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gec7OUrj87M

 

 

Above:  Members of the team responsible for taking Whiskey 7 to Europe from the United States pose in front of the aircraft at Ramstein a few days ago.  The vintage plane dropped paratroops of 82nd Airborne Brigade behind enemy lines in Normandy before dawn on D-Day.

 

For more about Whiskey 7, her team and her history:    http://www.stripes.com/news/d-day-c-47-stops-at-ramstein-en-route-to-normandy-for-invasion-anniversary-1.285820