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THE FEED: 5 Things To Do With The Kids This Weekend

Every Friday in The Feed Kevin talks to Megan from CampByMama.com about all the great things to do in Connecticut with the family. This weekend there is a lot going on if you and the kids like live music, animals, and PIRATES! Arrrrr…

MEGAN’S PICKS

1. Wakeman Town Farm’s Family Fun Day, Saturday July 9th 11-3 in Westport, CT. Bring the entire family to the Farm for their annual summer fun event. Kids of all ages will get the chance to visit and feed the animals, plant sunflower seeds, and listen to music from the School of Rock Fairfield! A schedule of fun activities, signature Farm Olympics. Plenty of food and drink for purchase, including ice cream, smoothies, iced coffee + lemonade, and wood-fired pizza. Avoid the line by ordering tickets in advance (below). Walk-ins are welcome as well.

2. River Rambler in July 9th 11-3 in Rowayton. This event is filled with fun and entertainment for kids and adults at Pinkney Park. Children’s activities include bouncy houses, a petting zoo, kids’ games, and more.

3. Summer Stage at Scalzi Park in Stamford, Free Show on July 10th, 4-6pm. Will feature local arts organizations, theater groups, singers, bands, and dancers.

4. Family Pirate Adventures in Essex, July 9th 9:30am. Bring your little pirates to Essex Steam Train and Riverboat and have the adventure of a lifetime. The boat leaves at 9:30am take a one hour boat trip on the Connecticut River. Snacks and drinks can be purchased on the boat. It’s a good idea to buy tickets ahead of time.

5. The NICE Festival in Norwalk at Oyster Shell Park, July 9 @ 11:00 am – 10:00 pm. A festival celebrating different world cultures through music, food and the performing arts.

Megan’s Mom Quote of the Week: “Not to brag or anything but I can forget what I’m doing while I’m doing it.“

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I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! Only 10% of 5-year-olds can do THIS daily task

All week I have tickets to Backstreet Boys DNA World Tour 2022 at the XFINITY Theatre in Hartford Saturday July 17.

Play trivia every day at 4pm to win. If you get it right first you win. Would you have got today’s question correct?

Q: Only 10% of 5-year-olds can do THIS daily task

A: Tie their own shoes

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TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Connecticut actor stars in new viral streaming show

You might be hooked this show already and not even realize one of the main characters is from here in Connecticut.

It’s a new Amazon Prime series that’s based on a book of the same name called “The Summer I Turned Pretty”. Season 1 is out and people are loving it. One of the characters in the show, Conrad, is played by Connecticut native 24-year-old Christopher Briney

Christopher grew up and lived in the Hartford area most of his life. Then he went to Waterbury Arts Magnet School which is where he started getting into acting after taking a class there. After that he attended Pace University studying to get a degree in film, television, voiceover and commercial work.

Now he’s on this hit show! Nice job, Christopher. Remember that name, he could be in Hollywood on the big screen soon.

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: The REAL reason hotels have free ice machines

A lot of summer vacations happening which means you’re probably staying in a lot of hotel rooms. Every hotel stay you get the essentials… black out curtains, little soaps, maybe a bible in the drawer, and free ice! But the ice wasn’t always free.

Back in the day refrigeration wasn’t what it is now and ice was expensive so hotels used to charge for it. But you can thank Holiday Inn for it being free now. The founder of Holiday Inn couldn’t compete with the other hotel chains so they decided to just make all their ice free for guests and that would be their hook. It worked. In fact, it worked so well that it obviously caught on over the years and every hotel started doing it.

So now you know the reason why you get that little bucket and free cubes next time you’re in a hotel room.

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Five Calls Say It All: Free Samples

Anna watched a man help himself to at least four to six free samples at a “free sample” table at a grocery store. She says the unwritten rule is that you get ONE free sample, Raven very much disagrees. He thinks you take as much as you want, it’s a sample! What do you think?

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Things to Know: July 8th

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Darien best friends create plant food company Flourish CT Post

25+ things to do this weekend in Connecticut, July 8 – 10 CT Post

CT’s Christian Siriano to open Westport store ‘The Collective West’ CT Post

This is the one thing you have to eat in CT, according to Food & Wine CT Post

Medical emergency with John Mayer’s father forces cancellation of Dead & Company concert CT Post

Gasoline prices in Connecticut continue to decline, but don’t expect them below $4 any time soon CT Post

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SHOOTING STARS COUNTDOWN Week of July 7: Kate Bush tries to run up that hill to Number 1

These are the top 5 biggest songs in Connecticut this week, voted by you! Listen to the Shooting Stars Countdown every weeknight at 8pm.

5 Nicky Youre & Dazy – Sunroof

4 Beyoncé – Break My Soul

3 Harry Styles – Late Night Talking

2 Lizzo – About Damn Time

1 Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

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TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Couple’s engagement proposal ends with a fun twist that they never saw coming

You’ve probably seen a million engagement proposal videos on the internet by now. But this one has a fun twist at the end that even they couple never saw coming.

It happened at the recent Glastonbury Music Festival in England a few weeks ago. Kim wanted to surprise her boyfriend and catch him off guard by getting down on one knee and proposing to HIM at the fetival with all their friends there. But as she did it, only a few seconds later, he also pulled out a ring that he had planned to give HER too! How crazy is that?! I guess it was meant to be for these two.

They also met wedding officiant at the festival who agreed to marry them. Gotta love music festivals.

You can see how the whole thing went down here

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MUNDANE MYSTERIES: PEZ was originally invented for WHAT?!

PEZ, who’s visitor center is right here in Orange, CT, was not meant as a fun candy at all. It started as more of a mint type item to help people quit smoking.

The creator or PEZ who was Austrian named the candies after the German word for peppermint (Pffefferminz). They were first released in 1927 as round mints sold in tins, almost like Altoids that we have now. The fun toy dispensers we all know and love came later.

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Manifest Your Best Life: Part One

There are four steps to manifesting your dream life. Every day this week, you’ll conquer another step. Up first? Identifying your best life out loud. What is everyone’s version of their best life? They all sound pretty amazing and relaxing, except for Producer Sean’s, who sounds insane. Hear them all in the podcast!