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Roxy and a team of local bloggers share the best kid stuff, restaurants, food and wine, shopping, home and personal services, art, culture, and local community events… starting in New Jersey, expanded to San Francisco, Laguna Beach, Austin TX, Hartford CT and coming soon to a town near you!

Monthly Archives: August 2008

Clean Out the Closets…the Visiting Nurses Rummage Sale Starts Accepting Donations Saturday, September 6th!

By: Roxy on 08/31/08 @ 11:38 am

Just like I don’t like thinking about Back to School until Labor Day Weekend, I can’t clean out my closets to get ready for the semi-annual Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) Rummage Sale in Far Hills, NJ, until the date gets much closer. However, it’s the Sunday before school starts, the Visiting Nursing Association tents are [...]

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Introducing Roxy’s Best Of… San Francisco, California, Hosted by Jason Buckley

By: Roxy on 08/30/08 @ 7:32 pm

Welcome to Roxy’s Best Of… San Francisco, one of the very first Roxy blogs not written by Roxy. I’d like to introduce you to Jason Buckley, best known in and around the blogosphere for his blog, Washington Interns Gone Bad.
Another BlogExplosion favorite, Jason describes himself in his online profile as follows:

I am somewhere between 30 [...]

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London and Maddie Train for the Olympics at Randolph Gymnastics in Randolph, New Jersey

By: Roxy on 08/29/08 @ 10:01 pm

I first learned about Randolph Gymnastics in Randolph, New Jersey, back in the Fall of 2004 when London and Maddie were pre-schoolers, invited to a different Westmont Montessori classmate’s birthday party almost every weekend.  As you can see from the photo on the right, the facilities are huge and conjure up visions of Olympic training [...]

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Roxy, Rex, London & Maddie Frolic in the Private Sandbox of the Rich

By: Roxy on 08/28/08 @ 7:27 pm

From the Roxiticus Desperate Memoirs:
Thursday, August 28, 2008, after 5:30pm
It smells so good out here on the beach…ocean air, sea breeze. Our girls have grown up to the point where they will disappear for hours at a time on the beach with their friends, their shovels, their buckets, barbies and Polly Pocket dolls. “Act your [...]

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I Don’t Want to Go Home! Southside Johnny at Martell’s Tiki Bar on the Boardwalk in Pt. Pleasant Beach, New Jersey

By: Roxy on 08/26/08 @ 10:42 am

Oh, I know that it’s getting late
But I don’t want to go home
I’m in no hurry baby time can wait
‘Cause I don’t want to go home
Listen to the man sing his song
I don’t want to go home
I don’t mind if it takes all night long
‘Cause I don’t want to go home
Listen, baby, I know we [...]

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Introducing Roxy’s Best Of…Whitewater, Hosted by Matt Urdan

By: Roxy on 08/26/08 @ 9:27 am

Welcome to Roxy’s Best Of… Whitewater, one of the very first Roxy blogs not written by Roxy, and the very first Roxy blog that covers the best of a specific topic (whitewater rafting) for the entire United States and the whole wide world instead of the best of a specific town. I’d like to introduce [...]

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Introducing Roxy’s Best Of…Detroit, Michigan, Hosted by Matt Urdan

By: Roxy on 08/25/08 @ 4:51 pm

Welcome to Roxy’s Best Of… Detroit, Michigan, one of the very first Roxy blogs not written by Roxy. I’d like to introduce you to Matt Urdan, best known in and around the blogosphere for his blog, Meltwater. Torrents. Meanderings. Delta.

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From Roxy’s Mailbag: The Cottage Schools Open Doors to Grades Pre-K through 4th Grade in Bernardsville, New Jersey

By: Roxy on 08/24/08 @ 6:24 pm

Dear Roxy,
I’m also a local mom (in Gladstone) and have read through portions of your blog - lots of fun commentary. I think it would be an ideal place to post information about a new Pre-K to 4th Grade school opening in Bernardsville, New Jersey. You may be familiar with the Cottage School in Peapack-Gladstone. [...]

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Bernardsville Realtor with the Patience of a Saint: Ann Tannen, Realty Executives

By: Roxy on 08/21/08 @ 8:31 pm

If you’re thinking about joining Roxy and the rest of the Roxiticus Desperate Housewives by moving to the Greater Roxiticus Valley (Bernardsville, Mendham, Far Hills, Peapack-Gladstone, Bedminster, and Basking Ridge, New Jersey), have I got a recommendation for you!
Ann Tannen, a great realtor with the patience of a saint, spent 2 years searching Bernardsville, NJ [...]

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Station Pub & Grub in Bernardsville, New Jersey

By: Roxy on 08/21/08 @ 7:15 pm

Rex and I “diverge” when it comes to the Station Pub & Grub in Bernardsville, New Jersey. After a disappointing experience there about a year ago, Rex will not likely go back. That afternoon started with the opening of Charlotte’s Web at the Clearview Bernardsville Cinema, where the seats smelled rank and moldy and the [...]

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The Great Bay Head Duck Derby — Saturday, September 6th, 2008 from Noon to 3pm

By: Roxy on 08/19/08 @ 10:55 pm

Bay Head, New Jersey is having its very own rubber duck derby to benefit the Bay Head School Foundation.  Scheduled for Saturday, September 6th, from Noon to 3pm, the Great Bay Head Duck Derby includes a $50 Diamond Duck Race, a $10 Dainty Duck Race, gift auctions and silent auctions.  The day’s events will begin [...]

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Mendham Township Elementary School Outdoor Learning Center

By: Roxy on 08/19/08 @ 6:21 pm

As we start thinking about going back to school, I’d like to remind everyone that an exciting project is underway at the Mendham Township Elementary School. The Mendham Township Education Foundation is working to construct an Outdoor Learning Center in the Mendham Township Elementary School library courtyard. The project will convert an unused area to [...]

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Oysters Bingo at the Limestone Cafe in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey

By: Roxy on 08/12/08 @ 1:46 am

Since we first moved to the Roxiticus Valley in October 2003, Rex and I have often enjoyed a “business lunch” (just the two of us) at The Limestone Cafe in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey. However, it’s only been in the past couple of years that we’ve started taking the girls there for dinner. It is Maddie’s [...]

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Dinner at Cafe Azzurro

By: Roxy on 08/12/08 @ 1:38 am

Rex and the girls and I came back from the beach a few Sunday nights ago, and Rex didn’t feel like cooking, so we enjoyed a delicious dinner at Cafe Azzurro in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey.
Cafe Azzurro. Italian bistro. BYOB. Open 7 days a week for dinner from 5pm to 10pm, Monday-Friday for lunch from [...]

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Yum. Cakes, Crumb Buns and Other Baked Treats from CocoLuxe in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey.

By: Roxy on 08/12/08 @ 1:07 am

CocoLuxe is like a taste of Paris right here in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey.  Yum…you’ll find cakes, cookies, crumb buns, croissants, and lots of other baked treats at CocoLuxe. Click through to their web site, or you can reach them by phone at (908) 781-5554.

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Sweet Charity Event September 18th at McLoone’s in Sea Bright, New Jersey

By: Roxy on 08/6/08 @ 11:37 pm

I was over at the Anchor & Palette on Mount Street in Bay Head, New Jersey, and picked up a flyer about a fund-raiser to be hosted on Thursday, September 18th, 2008 by Sweet Charity, a new division of Toys.calm, a non-profit organization dedicated to easing the anxiety of ailing children that goes along with [...]

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Best of Chester, NJ: Black River Music & Art Festival Saturday, August 16, 2008

By: Roxy on 08/2/08 @ 10:14 pm

The Black River Music and Art Fest, coming to Chester, New Jersey on Saturday, August 16th, is a FREE all day event featuring some of the best local original musical acts as well as numerous visual artists displaying their work. Last year’s event drew an estimated 9,000 people, and they’re expecting an even bigger turnout [...]

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