LADIES, 10% off your online or in-store wine purchase at Nicholas Roberts Fine Wines every Wednesday ~ check out this week’s recommended selections here. For those who have never been, this hopping little wine store is conveniently located downtown next to Erica K, with parking on the street right in front for easy breezing [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
An out of town friend and former Darienite emailed me the other day saying she was making her summer plans and trying to pick the best time to visit her family in Darien, and wondering if I had any suggestions as to a good time when fun things for the whole family would be going [...]
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 [...]
Following a hugely successful sneak preview party and fundraiser for OPUS for Person-to-Person with more than 1300 people in attendance, we’ve got the long-awaited opening of Whole Foods this morning: ribbon-cutting at 8:45 and opening at 9am.
PLUS we’ve got The Goose opening (972 Post Road, across from train station/ next to CVS) for dinner tonight, [...]
Featured Events
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