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Global Gas, 1199 High Ridge Road, Opens With Fanfare This Saturday and Sunday October 1st and 2nd from 10am-4pm, FREE Hotdogs, Popcorn and Balloons!

Never in the annals of the City of Stamford has there been a GAS STATION opening so anticipated.  We’ve all been watching the construction area that bumps up against A&P near the Merritt Parkway, wondering, wondering…. if it would be at all different from the gas station that was there before all the backhoes and cement [...]

Learn to Cook “Chucks Classics” – Williams-Sonoma Technique Class, Sunday October 3rd at 11am, FREE, But Registration Required

Chuck’s Classics–Celebrating Founder’s Day

For the past five decades, Williams-Sonoma has helped customers
celebrate the pleasures of cooking. To commemorate our 2010 Founder’s
Day, we’re pleased to present a collection of recipes personally selected by
Chuck Williams. These easy-to-prepare dishes represent Chuck’s style of
cooking at home–simple, interesting and delicious. You’ll learn to make
crème brûlée plus many more of Chuck’s favorites.

Sunday [...]

Get $50 Worth of Food and Drink At Brasita’s for Only $25 Through Todays LivingSocial.com Deal; Today, Thursday September 30th, 2010 Only

You know me (and if you don’t,  keep reading); when I come across a great local bargain, I just have to trumpet it.
LivingSocial.com is offering a $50 dining certificate for only $25 at the terrific little palm-tree’d Spanish spot, Brasita’s on Main St. Stamford. I’ve been enjoying Brasita’s since before it offered “valet service” and [...]

County TV and Appliance Tent Sale; Great Discounts and FREE Cook-Out, Thursday September 30 – Sunday October 3rd

There’s nothing strange about a tent sale with a cook-out component.  Generally, these outdoor discount extravaganzas include a grill chef or two doling out $2 hotdogs, 50 cent bags of chips and $1 cans of soda.  But, County TV on Bedford St. is rolling out the Webers and showing us what they can do….for free on [...]

Story Time for Birth to 5 Years Old, Every Tuesday 11:15-11:45am, at Stamford Jewish Community Center (JCC), FREE

FREE Story Time at the JCC

Every Tuesday, 11:15-11:45 a.m.

Songs, finger-plays and stories!

Ages Birth-5

with a caregiver

Location:

Upstairs in Meeting Room B

The Jewish Community Center proudly serves the Fairfield County communities of Stamford, Greenwich, New Canaan, Darien and Norwalk in Connecticut and the Westchester County [...]

Sports and Action Photography Seminar at Camera Wholesalers, Kicks off Tent Sale, Thursday September 30th, FREE

The Tent Show festivities begin on Thursday night September 30th with a Sports and Action Photography Seminar taught by CWS in-house photo educator Fred Bonilla; for all photographers who have struggled with capturing photos of  kids during sporting events or for new moms and dads with a 2 ( or 4) legged loved one who won’t sit [...]

Stamford artist Fernando Luis Alvarez will discuss his work at the Main Library Saturday, Saturday October 2 at noon, Free

Stamford artist Fernando Luis Alvarez will discuss his work in a presentation at the Main Library Saturday, October 2 at noon.  Alvarez will focus on his trademark Lips: Women’s Lips in Art.

Fernando Luis Alvarez is a Colombian-American artist who developed his passion for art at an early age in his aunt’s bathroom, using her makeup as a medium [...]

Ethan Allen Designer Workshop; Gift Bags, Refreshments, Friday, October 1 1:30pm – 3:30pm, FREE

Get designer tips on decorating a whole room around one piece.  Join this fun and informative workshop, eat and leave with ideas and a gift bag.

2046 West Main St.
203.352.2888

RSVP required by September 29th to [...]

Wii Wednesday @ Ferguson Main Library, Ages 6-10, Wednesday, September 29 at 3 p.m., FREE But Registration Required

Any program that permits kids to get their wiggles out in a wholesome, safe way garners two thumbs up in my book.  Kudos to Ferguson Library which, despite drastic budget cuts, continues to offer programs like this -

Wii Wednesday

Wednesday, September 29 at 3 p.m.

Join us for a selection of Nintendo Wii games.  Ages 6-10 .  Registration required. Call 203 351-8242.

Main Library [...]

Shippan Designer Show House to Benefit Stamford Museum and Nature Center September 26 – October 31 Tuesday – Saturday, 11 am to 5 pm Sundays, noon to 5 pm, $30, But FREE When You Sign up to VOLUNTEER

Today, I got a taste of the creative and stunning decor temporarily appearing in a historic Shippan waterfront home. “Bubble” bathroom tiles, sharp blue and orange dining room, a bedroom patio set for afternoon tea (overlooking Long Island Sound), each room is a distinctive signature of its creator, and provides innumerable ideas for home decoration (as [...]