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Monthly Archives: February 2009

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Zaki Kabob House

By: Jason on 02/18/09 @ 1:59 pm

We stumbled upon this new-ish restaurant on New Years Eve. It’s in the spot where Christopher’s Taxi used to be (1101 San Pablo Ave, Albany), and we had heard it was good. That night we just got the spicy lamb shawarmas and they were great! There was one stereotypical Berkeley lady in there who wouldn’t [...]

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Essex Connecticut Winter Festival and Eagle Watch

By: moomette on 02/17/09 @ 8:32 pm

The majestic Bald Eagle has been returning from Canada and Maine to nest in the Connecticut River Valley. For several years, the historic Town of Essex has been the hot scene for the gathering of viewing of the eagles at the Annual Eagle Festival

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Essex Connecticut Winter Festival and Eagle Watch

By: moomette on 02/17/09 @ 8:20 pm

The majestic Bald Eagle has been returning from Canada and Maine to nest in the Connecticut River Valley. For several years, the historic Town of Essex has been the hot scene for the gathering of viewing of the eagles at the Annual Eagle Festival.

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Looking Ahead: Good Times Planned at NJPAC in Newark, New Jersey

By: Roxy on 02/17/09 @ 12:34 am

As my loyal readers know, Rex and I have recently merged our small mergers and acquisitions firm with another Wall Street firm. The transition and my new investment banking role have taken much of my time and energy, and the longer hours and more frequent long commute have had an impact on our whole family.  [...]

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Getting Serious About Summer Camp 2009: Randolph Gymnastics

By: Roxy on 02/15/09 @ 8:44 am

Back in early January, I had started to think about summer camp options for my two girls, London and Maddie. Now that the weather has warmed up enough to melt the snow and ice before the next round of winter storms, it feels like it’s time to get serious about our summer camp options. While [...]

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Discount Tickets ~ Sesame Street Live: Elmo Makes Music

By: moomette on 02/12/09 @ 12:52 pm

See Sesame Street Live in New York City  February 5-16 and get great discount tickets!
If you would like to create memories with your children or grandchildren, here’s an opportunity to see Sesame Street Live in person with them, and receive a discount to do it! Feb 2009

Visit Moomettesgram’s Musings for more information:

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London and her BFFs at NJPAC… the Best Birthday Party Ever!

By: Roxy on 02/10/09 @ 9:43 am

London described it as “the best birthday party ever.” Maddie just loved having our own private balcony for ten, looking out over the crowd. Rex said, “Weird… but wonderful.” One of the other moms kept looking for Eloise from the Plaza Hotel… she didn’t find that naughty little six-year-old, but enjoyed many other surprises. I [...]

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Terrific News About the Mendham Township Elementary School Outdoor Learning Center

By: Roxy on 02/10/09 @ 12:47 am

London and Maddie brought home the following letter in their backpack mail on February 10th, 2009:
Dear Mendham Township Elementary School Parents and Guardians,
I wanted to give you a brief update on the status of the Outdoor Learning Center.  Through the generosity of Mendham Township families within and outside of the school system, the Mendham Township [...]

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London and her BFFs at NJPAC… the Best Birthday Party Ever!

By: Roxy on 02/8/09 @ 9:03 pm

London described it as “the best birthday party ever.” Maddie just loved having our own private balcony for ten, looking out over the crowd. Rex said, “Weird… but wonderful.” One of the other moms kept looking for Eloise from the Plaza Hotel… she didn’t find that naughty little six-year-old, but enjoyed many other surprises. I [...]

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More Carnaval 2009 Pictures From Austin, TX

By: search4beauty on 02/6/09 @ 2:20 am

To see the the additional pictures I promised from Carnaval In Austin, click here to be taken to the Flickr set.

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Carnaval 2009 - Austin TX

By: search4beauty on 02/3/09 @ 1:12 pm

We met some friends at the Apple Bar in Austin on Saturday. We were having pleasant discussion and this lovely person from Longview in a pirate suit appeared and asked if we wanted tickets to Carnaval. We looked at each other and she interjected, “I’m not trying to sell them. Our friends [...]

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