Tag: Family Fun
Holiday Happenings in Darien 2011
Here’s to a happy 2011 holiday season! Like prior years, this post will be a regularly-updated, running report on whatever holiday happenings around town I hear about, so bookmark it and check back often, and if you hear of something fun going on in town or have a special holiday announcements or specials, send [...]
Chuck’s Is Celebrating Summer, So Kids Eat Free!
One of my favorite family-friendly restaurants in Darien is making it easier than ever to have a delicious and relaxing meal away from the house this summer. From today (June 30th) through July 31st at Chuck’s Steakhouse, kids under 10 yrs old can select from a delicious variety of meals off the kids’ menu and [...]
Darien Sidewalk Sale & Family Fun Days
Live Band • Kids Toys • Bargains Galore — July 14, 15 and 16, Rain or Shine Here’s the scoop on kids’ entertainment throughout the weekend: FRIDAY Pirate Combo Bounce — William Pitt Sotheby’s Int’l Realty 1057 Post Rd & Live Music — Gofer Plaza (next to Gofer Ice Cream) SATURDAY Slap Shop Hockey — [...]
Darien and Area Fireworks Scoop 2011
Fireworks are BACK in Darien this year, July 3rd, 2011 — at the Darien High School! For the scoop on parking, rules & regulations, check out the Darien Chamber website here. For a second serving of fireworks fun, don’t miss New Canaan’s Waveny Park on July 4th, 9pm: rain date is July 5th. A July [...]
July 4th Annual Push-n-Pull Parade
REVISED FOR 2011 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 Monday, July 4th in the YWCA of Darien-Norwalk 6th Annual Push-n-Pull Parade! It’s a party from the beginning of the [...]
Summer Circus Saving$ from AllAboutDarien
The circus is coming! The circus is coming! No Metro North required! The Big Apple Circus is coming to STAMFORD, THIS WEEKEND, and will be here through July 4th, and AllAboutDarien.com has scored a promo code that gets you up to $15 OFF EACH TICKET — see below for details and use promo code “DARIEN11” [...]
Memorial Day Festivities
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! The parade [...]
Darien Boy Scouts Tag Sale Scoop
So if you’ve never been to the Darien Boy Scouts Annual Tag Sale, I can tell you it is truly a bonanza tag sale event. We’re talking indoor furniture, outdoor furniture, toys, fabrics, sports equipment (last year there were jet skis!), lawnmowers, electronics, jewelry, bikes, strollers, and more. It’s a really fun experience that everybody [...]
Model Boat Regatta at Tilley Pond (how fun?!)
The Darien Youth Commission is responsible for a countless number of fun, family events in Darien throughout the year, my two favorite being the sunset picnics / beach concerts in June and this one: the model sailboat regatta, coming up this Saturday, April 30, at Tilley Pond. So here’s the scoop: you and your kids [...]
Pancakes, Pumpkin Fair and Family Fun
On this blustery autumn Friday night, does anything sound better than an all-you-can-eat pancakes and sausage feast tomorrow morning on the shores of Holly Pond at the Darien YMCA, hosted by the Y-Guides and Princesses? $6 gets you in from 7:30am to 11am: this is a super casual and very fun family event — a [...]
A Festival of Wreaths
Last night I had the opportunity to sneak preview the wreath-covered wonderland that has transformed the Darien Nature Center, and all I can say is WOW. Darien has soooo many amazingly creative and talented residents! Whether or not you can attend the fundraiser and silent auction tonight, try to get over to the Nature Center [...]
Darien’s Halloween Parade
Mom’s Morning In presents Hallowee Parade Friday, October 30 10:00 am 15th Annual Halloween Parade Our parade has become a ghoulish tradition! Dress up your little ones for trick or treating at the doors of local merchants along the way to Tilley Pond. Then join us for snacks and a special show with our favorite [...]
Darien Halloween Happenings
UPDATED: 10/05/09 HOORAY FOR HALLOWEEN DARIEN! Check back throughout the month for the latest on Halloween Happenings around town … Now Open — Noroton Heights Fire Station Pumpkin Patch — Sip warm cider while tromping through the Heights Station’s second annual pumpkin patch and fund-raiser, which includes fire truck rides and that warm, fuzzy, neighborhood [...]
