Archive for June, 2008
Darien Tag Sales Are Serious Business
Wow, I’m learning a lot by perusing the Darien Police website — it’s actually chock full of useful information. But don’t worry, I’ll extract what I think are the must-knows and post them here in the coming days in case you don’t have time to peruse it yourself! But I had no idea you have [...]
Breakfast On The Go-Go
Attention Darien Train Station Commuters, Working Professionals in Darien and Parents on the Morning Carpool Circuit: Skip Breakfast (and then become ravenously hungry by 10am and head directly to McDonald’s) No More: Robeks, the Official Juice Bar of AllAboutDarien.com, can give you a cool, refreshing, filling, healthy and FAST alternative to coffee, donuts, or that [...]
The Weekend So Huge It’s Got A Name! (Darien Days)
Indulge me in a little creative visualization: this post, jiggling on the page like an impending avalanche, suddenly cracks, like ice, into giant pieces, and the pieces begin to fall off, revealing words and phrases like “Mini Golf!” …. “Carnival” ….. “55 Shops on Sale” “Live entertainment” ….“Rides and Games ….” …“3 Days” … “All [...]
Pay Your Darien Parking Ticket ONLINE
Illegal parking in Darien is very, very BAD. Online payment of Darien parking tickets is very, very GOOD!
The Darien Sidewalk Sales are SUPER FUN for the whole family
In case the prospect of UP TO 70% OFF items in over FIFTY-FIVE Darien stores isn’t enough to make you cancel your ferry rezzie for the weekend of July 11th, perhaps the prospect of a 2-day carnival throughout Darien will be …?! To follow is a more specific breakdown of times and locations for fabulous [...]
Gifts for Good
Hi, it’s Jan! The next time you have a baby gift to buy, give a great gift that also does something good! These handknit cotton sweater and hats are made by women in a village in Thailand. You may have heard about Micro Finance, well this is it…women running very small businesses to make enough [...]
Got Gas? (Cheapest price in town)
I’ve gotten a lot of requests to post where to find the cheapest gas price in town … problem is, that tends to change from day to day and I can’t possibly commit to keeping up with it. So, rather than reporting it myself, I found a website that will do it for me. All [...]
Summer’s Here, The Sidewalk Sales Are A-Coming!
Well, you know it’s summer in Darien when it’s Sidewalk Sales time! Mark your calendars, this year it’s going to be the weekend of July 11th and 12th!! That’s rain or shine, out on the sidewalks in Goodwives Shopping Plaza (Map It!), Noroton Heights Shopping Center (Map It!), and downtown Darien along the Post Road [...]
“Tot Drop” Flexible Daycare
This is a great program run by the Noroton Presbyterian Church, open to the entire community: flexible daycare options. It is a licensed day care/flexible childcare service that also offers full-time and part-time day care for working parents.
Raves & Faves: Post-Mani Massages
Okay, well at the risk of completely alientating the few (maybe?) male website visitors I had, I can’t think of a better place to start the Raving and Fave-ing than with a good post-manicure massage … (I’m going to go ahead and disqualify day spas from the poll mix, simply because I feel like it’s [...]
About AllAboutDarien.com ‘Raves & Faves’
Welcome To AllAboutDarien.com’s Raves & Faves This section is where you’ll find popularity polls and guided commentary about various Darien businesses, services, and/or topics of interest, according to Darien Insiders. It’s a fun twist on the “inside scoop” on who to call and where to go for all of your local living, working and playing [...]
Darien, (Beyond) The Basics
You know, one of my goals when creating this site was to try to go beyond the basic, dry demographic and psychographic run-of-the-mill stats and information about Darien. I wanted to add some context and color and personality to it all. I was tired of New Canaan and Greenwich getting 6 pages each in the [...]
Summer Camps & Day Programs
In a panic because school’s almost out and you’re not sure how to keep the wee ones entertained this summer? Never fear — there is a refreshing and unexpected variety of day programs available in town offering everything from cartooning and LEGOs to ice hockey …!
