So I helped stuff the Goodie Bags that are going to be handed out to the first 200 families to arrive at the Darien Tree Lighting Event on Sunday, and all I can say is WOW! Seriously, the bags contain amazing free gifts and discounts and coupons (and chocolate!) from your favorite local businesses. As [...]
Noroton Gallery Donates To Art Programs You Choose
Noroton Gallery is happy to support our local future artists by donating 20% of all new framing orders during the month of November to the art department at the school of your choice …
Ward Pilates and Robeks Juice of Darien invite you to get fit and give back
In the spirit of giving, Ward Pilates will be offering a special Pilates Tower class on Sunday, November 30th at 10:30 with 50% of the proceeds going to the Community Fund of Darien to help local families struggling to get by [...]
Darien Sport Shop Dedicates “A Weekend to Mikey Czech”
Fundraiser to Benefit The Mikey Czech Foundation To Finance Medical Research For Pediatric Brain Tumors … Friday and Saturday, November 28 and 29 from 9-5:30 and Sunday from 12-5 …
Okay, so this will go into the Holiday Happenings Post as well, but it’s such a great fundraising event that I felt it deserved special attention and/or planning. For a mere $20 donation to the Depot, all of your present-wrapping anxiety can be laid to rest: drop off all of your stuff and leave [...]
You’ve no doubt seen the absolutely mind-blowingly fabulous new library building getting its finishing touches on the Post Road, and from what I hear this new building is going to completely change the way we think of a Library experience!
However, I do have a bit of a lump in my throat hearing that the [...]
So I was driving through the Darien train station parking lot the other day (I know, but I was going slowly) and noticed this beautiful, stylized white wooden sign to my left that read “Grove Street Parking Lot.” And I thought to myself, ‘huh, I’ve never even noticed that there was a parking lot there’ [...]
So my exciting announcement today is that the AllAboutarien.com Real Estate Guide now offers ~ ** VIDEO LISTINGS ~ **!!
Did you know that the Real Estate section is the second most frequently visited section of the entire AllAboutDarien.com site?! And that basic listings and Open House listings are FREE for everyone???? And that the listings [...]
So they’ve gone ahead and done it, and if you live in the area you have probably been bracing yourself for the eventuality, but if you don’t you should brace yourself: it’s a big pain. The Hollow Tree Ridge Road train and highway bridge (right at Noroton Heights train station) has been closed to [...]
Wow, so I just found out about this Bargain Tuesdays deal while checking movie times for this weekend’s AllAbout This Weekend bulletin: at the Darien Playhouse on Tuesday nights, after 6:30pm, all seats are only $5.50 per person — which, to me, is a pretty significant discount! Kind of makes a fun excuse to get [...]
(( HOLLA )) to Meg at FairfieldCountyChild.com for bringing this to my attention!! It’s a FREE Directory of 25 preschools in the FFC area, including Darien, and is something I know many of you (or your friends, pass it along!) will find extremely useful. For more information, click HERE.
Please feel free to post additions, reviews [...]
Okay, so, continuing on the “it’s not even Thanksgiving yet and you’re already talking about the HOLIDAYS?!” trend, I just couldn’t not pass this along … I mean, let’s face it, you really do have to start planning your holiday cards now if you want to get them out in time!
Here’s the great news: Darien [...]
Okay, so since tomorrow is such a big day I thought it might be useful to provide easy access to the information you’ll need to make sure you get your vote.
If you didn’t see it, there is an item-by-item breakdown of each of the local issues you’ll be asked to weigh in on, and [...]
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