You know you’re a Westporter if you…
According to Dan Woog’s cute article in this weeks Westport News:
Circle Church Street,the Post Road, Main Street and Elm Street over and over,searching for the perfect parking spot–so you won’t have to walk too far for your workout at the Y.
Believe that any house bigger than your own-no matter how large yours is- is “too big”
Hear “Staples” and think “high school,” not “office supply superstore.”
Could recognize Superintendent of Schools Elliott Landon’s voice without seeing him, based on the number of times you’ve called the snow line.
Tut-tut about the number of people you didn’t know the last time you went shopping on Main Street.Note: You can do this no matter how recently you moved here. The acceptable amount of time for living here before decrying the changes in Westport’s small town character is three days.
Have a tried-and-true routine for Memorial Day.You sit in the same spot for the parade every year, and know the best place to park.Ditto for the 4th of July fireworks.
Your kids have vacationed in more Caribbean nations than American states.
Head to the beach not just on sunny summer weekends, but the moment you feel the first breath of spring;at high tide on windy days, to see actual whitecaps; the day after Thanksgiving, not only to walk off your feast but to show it off to visitors from afar.
Joke about the number of banks we have in Westport, even though you work in finance and spend much of your life thinking about our banking system, talking about banks, and hanging out with bankers.
Spend even more money in restaurants than you did on your recent kitchen renovation.
Read the “Police Reports” more closely than any other part of the Westport News.
Sit in your Lexus RX at the foot of your road, waiting for your kid to get off the bus so you can drive him 50 yards home; you listen to an NPR story about childhood obesity, and shake your head in disgust.
Fully,whole-heartedly,100 percent support the no-cell-phones-while-driving law - no one should ever be so distracted behind the wheel. Except when your spouse, child, parent, boss, colleague, friend, neighbor, nanny or any random stranger for that matter, calls you.
Well, atleast us Wesporter’s can laugh at ourselves!! For all things Westport go to Dan Woog’s informative and fun blog at www.danwoog06880.com