Where did the summer go?! I can hardly believe it’s time to get planning for fall 2010 — in fact, I’m a little late to the game: registration has already begun in many cases, and classes are already filling up! Last year I put together this one-stop shopping list for all of the classes and [...]
FRIDAY
– Friday Night Wine Down: “Blankety Blank” Blanc … and Rosé
5pm to 8pm: Nicholas Roberts Fine Wines, 1053 Post Road
The latest and greatest way to end your week, kick off an evening out or just enjoy learning about wine with people who are passionate about fine wines and lots of fun: Friday nights at Nicholas [...]
Free Kids’ Entertainment All Day Saturday July 17th at the Following Locations:
*Castle Bounce — Noroton Heights Shopping Plaza
*Slap Shot Hockey — The Darien Sport Shop
*Super Slide — Beadz Boutique & Chunky Pam’s Sweet Shoppe (Friday and Saturday)
*Wild & Crazy Obstacle Course — Behind First County Bank, 1020 Post Rd
*Pirate Combo — Day Street
*Big Blue Bounce [...]
The Darien Days Carnival is THIS weekend, Thursday thru Saturday nights: offering a Hindley Happening-esque carnival with amusement park rides, games, concerts, refreshments and more …
- Thursday July 8th 6PM-10PM
- Friday July 9th 6PM-10PM
- Saturday July 10th 4PM-10PM
$20 wristbands to ride all night! At Hindley School, Post Road & Nearwater Lane.
Contrary to what I stated [...]
Darien is not having fireworks this year (I hear Woodway Country Club is doing fireworks Saturday night, so if you know someone in the area with an open lawn you might invite yourself over!) but there are a few places in Darien where you might be able to catch other towns’ fireworks: check out last [...]
This summer, Darien’s local businesses would like to thank us for our continued patronage by giving us the gift of free entertainment: a series of free movies (outdoors, on the big screen) on Saturday nights at Tilley Pond Park, and free concerts at Weed Beach on Sunday evenings! The schedule is as follows:
SATURDAY MOVIE [...]
Start stocking up on red, white and blue streamers and decorations so you’re ready to wrap your bikes and Radio Flyer wagons and join more than 2,000 of your closest friends this Sunday, July 4th in the YWCA of Darien-Norwalk 6th Annual Push-n-Pull Parade! It’s a party from the beginning of the route, where, [...]
Fun for the whole family this Saturday June 26 from 5pm to midnight: live music (a variety of great local bands), balloons, games, food — including a lobster bake, cold drinks — including beer, and more. All funds raised support the Noroton Fire Department.
In the field across from Hindley School, on the corner of Post [...]
Tonight (June 23) continues the Darien Youth Commission’s Family Concert Series at Weed Beach with “Drey Towey & Friends” playing at 6:30pm. Bring a blanket, beach chair, a picnic dinner for the kids (I have confirmed that Uncles By The Shore WILL be open during the concert as an alternative for dinner and/or for dessert), [...]
~ SAVE THE DATES for family fun in Darien this month: this post will be updated whenever new information becomes available ~
– Tues, June 8th: DRE TOWEY at the Darien Toy Box, free, 10:30am to 11:15am
– Weds, June 16th — Weed Beach: “ANNIE & THE NATURAL WONDER BAND” kicks-off the family concert series at Weed [...]
The time has come, again, to honor our veterans and kick summer into high gear! Darien’s Memorial Day Parade starts at 10am and promises tons of police cars, fire trucks, armored vehicles and uniformed officers across all armed forces groups, warm fuzzy feelings of American pride, and EVEN a possible fighter jet fly-over: those get [...]
Save the date — and request your Key — for access to a night of hot jazz and bathtub gin! Taking a Page from Darien’s own history… Prohibition is Back! See if your key can unlock the door to “The Speakeasy at the Scofield Barn!”
During Prohibition, which took place between 1920 and 1933, a [...]
There’s nothing like a great post-mani massage to temporarily relax me and provide me a millisecond of stress relief, but when I learned about these morning retreats by Tracy Fox, I realized that, for what’s really only about an hour more of my time than a good mani-pedi, I have the opportunity to experience [...]
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