Picture 116.pngWe don’t have to tell you bitching about bonuses is getting boring. Thankfully, the good people of Greenwich have nothing bad to say about them, and are actually just happy things are getting back to normal. They are spending like it’s 2005 all over again, although they admit that they’ll have to go about their business in a more demure manner this time around. Decency, and whatnot. “Last year was a big downer,” said Michelle Brunwasser, a partner in the chic Weber art gallery. “Things are definitely better now, and a lot of it has to do with the bonuses.”

Caterers’ cell phones are ringing again. Luxury car dealers are sending the Porsches out for test drives. An architect is booking multimillion-dollar jobs for his “masters of the universe” clients, titans of Wall Street who’ve made this leafy Connecticut suburb of New York one of the wealthiest towns in the country.
At the Ferrari dealership, a handful of middle-aged men in sweaters and jeans milled about the showroom on a recent Saturday, running their palms over sports cars so select that the prices weren’t listed. However, a new 458 Italia tops out at 202 mph and north of $300,000.

Comments (7)

  1. Posted by guest | February 8, 2010 at 5:33 PM

    Too Yael, didn’t read.

  2. Posted by mrpink | February 8, 2010 at 6:06 PM

    Models and bottles baby! Woo!
    Can’t wait for the Beamers outing….

  3. Posted by HAM05 | February 8, 2010 at 6:30 PM

    @mr.pink me too! strippers LOVE me!

  4. Posted by guest | February 8, 2010 at 7:15 PM

    I intend to ride around in my Ferrari naked

  5. Posted by tee | February 8, 2010 at 7:32 PM

    smoke and mirrors people… worse than before. check back in spring when house inventory will break records.

  6. Posted by guest | February 9, 2010 at 11:45 AM

    bull market people! buy before too late!

  7. Posted by guest | February 9, 2010 at 2:30 PM

    Is this why there are about 1000 houses still on the market?

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