Two important organizations (Homes with Hope and the Norwalk NAACP) will benefit from a drive sponsored by 2 important department (Westport Police and Human Services), and an important business (Mental Grit Fitness).
This Friday (December 18, 12 noon to 4:30 p.m., Imperial Avenue parking lot), you can drop off non-perishable foods, toiletries and cleaning supplies.
You can help another way too: by volunteering at the drive. Click here to sign up.
Congratulations, Autumn Smith! The Staples High School senior soccer player has been named to United Soccer Coaches’ All-America team.
She scored 38 goals, and added 49 assists, in her stellar career (shortened this year by COVID). Due to the coronavirus too, there will not be an actual awards ceremony as in previous years.
That hardly diminishes Autumn’s accomplishment though. Well done!
Autumn Smith
Dan Hoffman writes about a pet peeve:
“When I make a local phone call with a 203 area code, I try to guess whether I need to use a prefix of ‘1’ or not.
“When I’m wrong, a program tells me either I need to use a 1 or I don’t need to use a 1.
“If the phone system knows the answer, why does it make me redial instead of just putting the call through? Always drives me nuts.”
They don’t call it JoyRide for nothing.
A new app — JoyRideGO — brings the popular Westport-based fitness community’s joy and energy to cyberspace.
It features on-demand and live fitness class to enJoy (ho ho) anywhere, any time. They include the signature JoyRide cycle classes; popular JoyX Strength, Pilates, barre and yoga classes, and hybrids like Cycle + Strength, Cycle + Pilates, Abs + Arms, and Abs + Glutes. All are taught by JoyRide instructors.
Classes range from 15 to 50 minutes. A 14-day free trial is available on the App Store and Google Play. Questions? Email joyridego@joyridestudio.com.
No one likes waiting in traffic.
Unless you’re by Playhouse Square, in front of Winslow Park Animal Hospital.
They always manage to amuse drives. Here’s their latest holiday tableau.
PS: Enjoy it now. Tomorrow it may be covered by snow.
(Photo/Molly Alger)
Speaking of traffic: How’s this for a great photo of Westport’s worst intersection?
Taken this way by Rowene Weems, it looks almost magical.
(Photo/Rowene Weems)
As COVID cases rise, the Pequot in Southport — Westporters’ 2nd favorite library — has temporarily suspended browsing hours. Curbside pickup is still available.
The Pequot Library.
And finally … in honor of today:
