Good Luck & Congratulations Mayor Benigni!

Have you read Mayor Benigni’s passionate resignation letter, yet? Click here.
While sad news for our City…I believe he was one of the best Mayor’s Meriden ever had (at least since I’ve been a resident for 36-years).
Why, you ask?

He was always down-to-Earth,
He was always available and willing to listen to the public.
He was here and there…You’d [...]

Ask Mrs. Zita Your Meriden’s Best Real Estate Questions

Introducing our newest edition: Ask Mrs. Zita!
Here you can ask me any and all your real estate questions.
The most common question being asked these days:
Q: How’s the Real Estate Market?
A: Slow lately…but with the warm weather, it’s finally picking up…which is good news for all of us
Positive signs include:

House prices are lower than [...]

Share Your Meriden’s Best!

The Best News about sharing Your Best Meriden News is that with a blog/online magazine we can and will publish any and all family-friendly news once we receive it–real-time. No need to wait for editorial space or an editorial calendar. We are here for You and because of You!
So, we need as much active participation [...]

Coming Soon…MeridensBest.com

Please be patient, as our design & development team is getting this measy ‘lil blog to a full-blown online magazine!
Yes! We feel that Meriden deserves Only the Best!
Meriden’sBest.com ==> Now, that’s a name you can’t forget, right!?
[4 u non-techies, u don't put the apostrophe when u type the URL in your web-browser...even MrsZita didn't get [...]

Meriden Soup Kitchen Always Need Your Help

MERIDEN SOUP KITCHEN. 460 Broad St. First Baptist Church of Meriden Meriden, CT 06450. SOUP KITCHENS. (203) 235-3994
Hours for drop-off 9:00 am – 12:00 noon.
There’s an on-going need for:

Can good donations (i.e., soup, tomato sauce, vegetables, fruits,etc.)
Perishables (i.e., any kind of pasta)

I’ve been volunteering for the past couple of months, and it has been an [...]

R U goin’ to the Daffodil Festival?

We believe that Meriden’s Daffodil Festival is one of the most defining event for us Meriden-ites…until, I had a surprising conversation with another mother this week.
A mom of 3 children as well, she was hush-hush when I asked proudly, “So, u wanna go to the Festival together?”…her reply was astonishing!
Briefly, she recommends that I re-think [...]

We’re members of Girls, Inc. of Meriden too

Girls, Inc. of Meriden has some Great programs too at highly-affordable rates!
For one, our eldest will be attending her Intro to Horseback Riding class this afternoon–and LOVES it.
1. Introducation to Horseback RidingHorse Is A Horse.
Learn the basics of horsemanship with a very interactive learning environment provided by Rosehaven Stabes located at 31 Valley View Drive off [...]

Boys & Girls Club of Meriden Rocks!

We LOVE Boys & Girls Club of Meriden!
Moving back to Meriden after 6 years living out-of-state, and yearS of living throughout New England since college & grad school…it’s as if I’m a brand-new Meriden resident. Well, not exactly :-/
Also, there’s NO comparison to raising a family from a Mom’s point-of-view rather than being raised as [...]

A Typical Day of a Meriden Realtor

Phew! I have a busy day ahead and my head is spinning just thinking about it before it even starts.
Here’s a short list of my day’s agenda:

Floor time (answer calls off of for-sale signs, newspapers ads, “Meriden Home Browser” (real estate booklet, etc.),
Preparing my Sunday’s Open House (creating brouchures to pass out, emailing prospective buyers, [...]

Meriden’s Daffodil Festival 2008 This Weekend

Don’t miss out on our City’s Annual Big-To-Do: the Meriden’s Daffodil Festival 2008: April 26 – 27, 2008.
Our grand-daughters attended the Pre-Daffodil Festival activities this Sunday and they had a blast!
–Yeah, they lucked out with some pretty awesome weather, huh!?
For all the activities of the weekend, click here for the main DaffodilFest website.
By the way, don’t [...]