Category: Home & Family
Take A Sunday Drive in Darien
A resident of Noroton Heights, I’m inclined to associate with the water side of Darien when I think about my surroundings … but I’ll tell you something, as much as Darien has sweeping soundscapes and a variety of cute capes and enormous castle-like estates along the waterfront, while driving to New Canaan the other day [...]
Snow on the Sidewalks
Hooray for the first snow of the season — looks like we might have a white Christmas this year! I thought it might be helpful to some of the new homeowners whose houses are “abutted upon” by a sidewalk to know that it is your responsibility (not the town’s) to shovel/remove the snow and ice [...]
Darien Public School Bus Schedule
You might have already gotten this as part of your Back To School package, but in case the dog ate it, the bus schedule for Darien Public Schools (as well as information about the first day back, early dismissals, etc) is here. If you don’t have the Darien Public Schools website bookmarked, you definitely should: [...]
A ‘Gal Friday’ For Home Project Planning and Execution
One of my goals for this website is to connect Darien’s small businesses and individuals providing services of value to the community with the people in our community who need them. They’re the “people in your neighborhood” with odd or not-easily-classified skills and services, and a listing in the Yellow Pages just wouldn’t do what [...]
Feeling neighborly?
My little neighborhood is one of the things I love best about living in Noroton Heights (aside from the close proximity to beaches, tons of fun parks for the kids and walking distance to a little shopping center that offers everything from a coffee cafe to yoga classes and movie rentals – but I digress) [...]
Town Ordinances, Rules & Regulations
A very motivated neighbor of mine who obviously wanted to beat the heat by getting an early start on his yard work revved up his (very loud) lawnmower at 7:15am on a recent Sunday morning, which also happened to be one of those once-in-a-million mornings when the baby had fallen back to sleep and my [...]
Walking and Running Routes in Darien
Okay, so if we can make this work it will be one of my first visions for this site realized … I mean, I love to walk through the neighborhood, and I get bored with the same old route but never have time (or remember) to actually clock the whole variety of them when in [...]
