I wrote this post in late September 2009:
Trendy boutiques and New-York glam type salons – not to mention the restaurant of the MOMENT, Lolita Cocina (more on that in future posts) – are popping up all over formerly ramshackle, Byram. Combined with the splash that the Tarry Lodge (right down the street – but over the Byram River, placing it squarely in Port Chester, NY) created when it opened last year, this folksy, quiet section of Greenwich is quiet no more. One of the more notable and appealing newly-opened shops is Mill Street Home at 227 Mill St. (203) 813-3600. The three owners have very different tastes and work well together, so while one buys timeless classics, another purchases, say, “Tea Leaf Reading Kits,” ($12). Mill Street Home promotes the work of local artists - one exhibiting now whose work will be featured in the New Sex And The City Movie (selling at Nest in NYC for $1,000 per piece. Here, $850 and less on the artists website, which the store owners generously provide). There’s an Old English Alphabet 10′X8′ bamboo floor covering perfect for dorm rooms ($200) and lots of candles, soaps and funny greeting cards. “People come in just to read the cards and sit and laugh, “said owner, Christina. ”We’re kind of like a retail Cheers.”
And now, the Stamford Advocate has finally caught up. Read yet another of my odes to Byram here. This little niche is beginning to catch on – which thrills me as I grew up a “Byram” girl!
