For My City Girls

Join two of my favorite brands for cupcakes and champagne on Thursday to shop their newest spring arrivals at special trunk show prices. Kirribilla dresses and KEP baubles, what a great combo!

KEP Designs

157 East 71st Street NYC

kepdesigns.com

kirribilla.com

Happy Shopping!

You'll be ready for the Derby in this new sporting style!

New Canaan CARES Home Tour

Join more than 500 tour-goers visiting stunning and exclusive New Canaan homes showcasing the latest in kitchen and home design trends by nationally published designers. The tour will include seven homes that vary greatly in style, size and setting but all share an uncompromising commitment to quality and innovative kitchen design. This is New Canaan CARES major fundraising event with nearly 85% off proceeds directly supporting youth and faculty classroom instruction, after-school workshops and health promotion training.

Tickets are $60 before the event, $70 the day of
Gourmet boxed lunches from Rosies are also available for $15 to enjoy from 10:30 to 2:30 on your tour.
For more information visit New Canaan CARES website. Tour will be held rain or shine, no children or cameras allowed in homes.

New Canaan CARES 20th Annual

Kitchen and Home Tour

Visit 7 Luxurious New Canaan Homes

Thursday, May 10, 2012

10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Come out, have fun, support 
New Canaan CARES

Run for the Roses

Celebrate the running of the 138th Kentucky Derby at the 4th Annual Pequot Library Derby Day.

Saturday, May 5th
4:00-7:00pm
The Great Lawn at Pequot Library
720 Pequot Avenue, Southport

Join Pequot Library supporters for an afternoon of big hats, fast horses, juleps and jockeys as they take part in "the Greatest 2 Minutes in Sports!"

Tailgate Tickets (4 tickets and 3pm entry) - $300
Individual Ticket - $60
*all tickets include full open bar and Kentucky fare

Purchase tickets here

Be sure to participate in the best hat or best tailgate competition!

Sponsored by Lilly Pulitzer

Reminder: Lunch with Elin Hilderbrand!

Reminder: Friends of the Fairfield Public Library's lunch with Elin Hilderbrand is coming up next week! If you would like to go and haven't bought your ticket you can do so below. There will be a silent auction, lunch, a discussion with Hilderbrand as well as a book signing. This is sure to be a great event and a fun way to support your local library. Hope to see you there!

Join the Friends of the Fairfield Public Library
For a Ladies' Literary Luncheon
Wednesday, May 2, 2012, from 12-2pm
At The Patterson Club
1118 Cross Highway, Fairfield, CT 06824

Special guest, Elin Hilderbrand

Best-selling author of 11 books
including Silver Girl, The Island, Barefoot,
and the soon-to-be-released, Summerland.

Tickets are $55 per person and include
lunch, dessert and a glass of wine.
Reservations are required.

Purchase tickets here

or contact Danielle Sharp at
dsharp@fplct.org or (203) 912-5963.

If you can't make this event be sure to check out her newest book, Summerland, being released June 26th. 

JLG Shopping Extravaganza

Help support the wonderful projects of the Junior League of Greenwich by participating in their first annual Shopping Extravaganza. This is a great way to give back to your town solely by doing what you normally do - shopping and dining out! Please take this opportunity to go out and buy the items you've been meaning to pick up, a Mother's Day gift, a baby gift, that dress you've had your eye on, some summer wines. Or choose one of the restaurants on this list and bring your friends along for a great dinner out. All you have to do is print the below coupon here and present it to a participating retailer and they will give up to 15% of your purchase price back to the JLG - and some retailers will even be offering special discounts to shoppers who use their coupon.

Please take this easy step to help support the Junior League of Greenwich in all that they do - the new Byram Pool Project, the Greenwich Youth Film Festival, Positively Me, The Enchanted Forest, Touch A Truck and much much more!

We'll be headed to Morello for dinner on Thursday night and then hitting the Ave for some shopping on Friday!

Juliska and ASHA Trunk Show

A great combo of two of my favorite brands. Join Juliska for a Spring ASHA Trunk Show Thursday from 10am-4pm. All jewelry is 10% off AND you'll receive a special gift with purchase. This is the perfect time to start shopping for mom for Mother's Day and to check out the new spring arrivals at Juliska!

Juliska Flagship Store
465 Canal Street, Stamford
www.juliska.com
www.ashabyadm.com

$5 Pasta Dishes!

One of my favorite local restaurants, nessa, just started offering half price pasta night every Tuesday. Their hand made pasta is delicious and for as little as $5 for a half order you can't pass up this deal! Order some of their wonderful bruschetta, a glass of wine and a half order of pasta and you could be out the door for $15. Help yourself get through the week by enjoying a Tuesday out!

Grandma's Eggplant Siciliano with Ricotta and Reggiano $5
Rigatoni Bolognese $6
Cavatelli with Spicy Sausage and Swiss Chard with a Sage Cream Sauce $6
($10-$12 for full orders)

Also with the warm summer-like weather their garden and bocce court is now open for the season!

325 North Main Street, Port Chester
914.939.0119
nessarestaurant.com

Outdoor dining