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Monthly Archives: July 2009

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Officially Old. Melissa Gilbert is Ma in Little House On the Prairie at PaperMill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey

By: Roxy on 07/31/09 @ 5:39 pm

I will be writing more as the date gets closer, but London’s Girl Scout Brownie troop leeader just wrote to let us know that we’re going on a field trip in October to see Little House on the Prairie at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey… and Melissa Gilbert is playing Ma.

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Roxy’s Wish List for Mother’s Day 2010: Mer-Mom by Jersey Shore Artist Wendy McCarthy

By: Roxy on 07/21/09 @ 8:27 pm

Wendy McCarthy’s new show at the Anchor & Palette Gallery in Bay Head, New Jersey, just opened last Saturday… but I’ve already found my “dream gift” for Mother’s Day 2010.  Her newest painting in the Mer-Moments series is “Mer-Mom” and it just leaves me weepy.  I don’t know if you can see the detail in [...]

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Cluck-U Grand Opening Celebration Today — Saturday, July 11th — in Somerville, NJ

By: Roxy on 07/11/09 @ 11:22 am

Congratulations and good luck to our friends from London and Maddie’s 4-H prep club, Michele, Gordon and their partners, who have just opened a new Cluck-U in Somerville, New Jersey, where Roxy went to high school way back when.  Come out today — Saturday, July 11, 2009 between 12 noon and 4pm – and join them in celebrating the [...]

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Happy Birthday to the Blue Point in Duck, North Carolina

By: Roxy on 07/9/09 @ 3:49 pm

Only one more year and you’ll be legal!
Rex and I received an e-mail invitation to join the Blue Point, one of our two favorite restaurants in Duck, North Carolina, for a glass of champagne in celebration of their 20th birthday.  We’re spending the rest of the summer between our beach house in Bay Head, New Jersey, and [...]

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Ah, the Sweet Routines of Summer… London and Maddie Start Summer Stars Camp at Annie’s Playhouse

By: Roxy on 07/7/09 @ 9:49 am

I’m working from home today, since I need to be here to take London and Maddie for their annual doctor visit with Dr. Eric Yorke of Somerset Pediatric in Bedminster, so I had my first opportunity to drive the girls to camp… it’s a top down day, and we had our CD of last year’s [...]

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The Great Bay Head Duck Derby Returns — Saturday, July 18th, 2009 at 11:00am

By: Roxy on 07/6/09 @ 9:42 pm

Bay Head, New Jersey is having its second annual rubber duck derby to benefit the Bay Head School Foundation. Scheduled for Saturday, July 18th, starting at 11:00am, the Great Bay Head Duck Derby includes a $10 Duck Race, gift auctions and silent auctions. The day’s events will begin at 11:00am, with the races taking place, rain [...]

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Bay Head Summer Recreation is Back, Starting July 6th

By: Roxy on 07/6/09 @ 9:18 pm

Callie just stopped by my Bay Head Blog post from last year about the terrific summer camp for Bay Head residents, and reminded me that camp is back and better than ever this summer (see her comment below). Last night, Rex and the girls and I came back up north to the Roxiticus Valley after [...]

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Fourth of July Parade in Mantoloking, NJ

By: Roxy on 07/3/09 @ 8:11 pm

It’s Friday the 3rd of July, and we’re celebrating Rex’s birthday week here in Bay Head, NJ, wth a perfect string of sunny days at the beach.  Tomorrow morning, we may or may not wake up at the crack of dawn for the start of Fourth of July celebrations in Mantoloking, NJ.  There’s a one-mile [...]

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Fourth of July 2009 Fireworks and Parades in Hunterdon, Morris, and Somerset County, NJ

By: Roxy on 07/3/09 @ 5:56 pm

In addition to the “Dancing in the Street” Parade in Mendham Township, NJ featuring Martha Reeves and the Vandellas this year, and the Fourth of July Fireworks event at North Branch Park in Bridgewater, NJ, there are Independence Day celebrations going on all over the Morris County and Somerset County areas. Here are just a [...]

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Fourth of July 2009 Fireworks and Parades in Morris and Somerset County, NJ

By: Roxy on 07/3/09 @ 10:09 am

In addition to the “Dancing in the Street” Parade in Mendham Township, NJ featuring Martha Reeves and the Vandellas this year, and the Fourth of July Fireworks event at North Branch Park in Bridgewater, NJ, there are Independence Day celebrations going on all over the Morris County and Somerset County areas. Here are just a [...]

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They’ll Be Dancing In the Street In Brookside, NJ On the 4th Of July: Brookside Community Club 86th Annual Parade

By: Roxy on 07/3/09 @ 9:40 am

According to a long standing annual tradition, Rex and the girls and I are spending the week from his birthday through the 4th of July at our beach house in Bay Head, New Jersey, but for those of you who are sticking around the Roxiticus Valley (Mendham, Chester, Bernardsville, Peapack-Gladstone, and Morris County), I thought [...]

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