If you haven't experienced them yet, you will want to check-out Big Green Truck Pizza! They are a one-of-a-kind catering service that hosts pizza parties from the back of an antique truckwhich has beenspecially outfitted as a mobile pizzeria.Not only that but they bring all the materials and equipment (right down to dessert and paper goods) you need to pull-off anawesome backyard picnic with fabulouswood fired pizza.

A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of hosting a backyard movie night and pizza party for a ton of kids and their families. With the help of the Big Green Truck Pizzaand Big Wave Events, who provided a large movie screen and projector for a drive-in style showing ofThe Karate Kid (the original!), the night was a bigsuccess.

Big Green Truck Pizza

New Haven, CT

203-752-9547

doug@biggreentruckpizza.com

Big Wave

Roxbury, CT

800-291-9837

http://www.bigwaveevents.com/

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If you are looking for a great activity to do with your kids in the area this summer, consider looking intoSoundWaters. My boys visited last week and had a wonderful time.

About SoundWaters

SoundWaters, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1989, is the leading environmental education organization on Long Island Sound. Programs take place at the Coastal Education Center in Cove Island Park, in Stamford, Connecticut, on the SoundWaters, an 80 three-masted schooner; at schools, community centers and field sites throughout the region; and at our summer program for children ages 2-14.

The mission of SoundWaters is to educate children and adults about the wonders and beauty of Long Island Sound and its watershed. Through education, SoundWaters provides people with an understanding and awareness of the changes they can make in their lives and communities to restore, protect and preserve Long Island Sound and the Environment.

To learn more, visit their website here: http://www.soundwaters.org

We are thrilled to have our listing, Rye House at Avalon Farms, featured in the Real Estate section of Connecticut Cottages & Gardens this month. [Click below image to view article].

The quality and style you have grown to expect from Finial Home & Garden is now being offered by Finial Flowers Floral Design Studio. Elegant floral arrangements, cut flowers delivered right to your door, personalized accents to parties, events and weddings, and exquisite holiday decor. Visit: www.finialflowers.com.

In honor of the Litchfield Community Center's 10th Anniversary, they are offering a series of fun and fabulous events between July 11th and July 17th. Some of the highlights for each day include...

Sun, 7/11 @ 1-3PM - "Tour de Blooms" Garden Tour of Six Local Gardens

Mon, 7/12 @ 9am-9pm - Movie Marathon! Oscar winning movies will be showing all day! AVATAR @ 1 pm - Free! Also, from 7pm-9pm - FREE Outdoor Concert for all ages - Potter's Field Band!

Tues, 7/13 @ 11am-1pm - Teddy Bear Social for kids!

Weds, 7/14 @ 9am-4pm - Charym Spa hosts Health & Wellness Day featuring FREE yoga, meditation, nutrition, reflexology and more.

Thurs, 7/15 @ 11am-8pm - Family Fun Fest! A full day of wacky and wild events for families - clowns, magicians, bouncy houses, popcorn, games, pizza and more!

Fri, 7/16 @ 12pm-3pm- Learn how to play bridge & mah jongg at aFREE lesson.

Sat, 7/17 @ 6pm - Tenth Anniversary Gala Dinner & Dance - Ticket Event

Visit the Litchfield Community Center Website for a full schedule of events: www.thecommunitycenter.org.

After all the buzz,I couldn't wait to try the NEW Community Table restaurant on Rt.202 in Washington. Having watched the pain staking muti year renovation on my daily drives to Washington Mostessori, I was wow-ed by what they have acheived. Its certainly the "coolest" interior of anyrestaurant in the area. Well, I've been twice and have to say,the food isGREAT!We weren't sure how we felt about being seated at the "community table," amassive black-walnut table seating 12, but, aftersitting down besideConan O'Brien and some other delightful people, we decided to embrace the concept and wound up having a great time.

I still think the no reservation policy is a tough sell around here with long drives from neighboring towns and no guarantee of getting a seat...(Not to mention,no cell service to call around to other restaurants if the wait is too long). Once the buzz wears off, I hope they will change this policy (as does everybody else I have spoke to about it).That said, we didn't have to wait too long ineither case and the food was worth it.

The small, ever-changingmenu provides an opportunity to eat outside your normal range - I tried some things I normally wouldn't have and they wereexcellent.Eating local, fresh food is certainly one of the joys of living in the Litchfield Hills!

The Community Table

223 Litchfield Turnpike (Rt. 202), Washington, CT

(860) 868-9354 (oh, but you won't need this as they don't take reservations)

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I was lucky enough toenjoy a half-day of relaxation atCharym last month and it was a lovely experience -with excellent estheticians. They are hosting two fabulous events this July, both for good causes...