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Recent Community Posts:
- UPDATED TIMES: Mendham Little League Baseball and Softball Player Evaluations Scheduled for January 28 and February 5, 2012 - Posted to Roxys Best Of Community Posts
- Registration for Mendham Little League baseball and softball remains open at mendhamlittleleague.org. Player evaluations will be held at Mendham High School's gym. Saturday January 28 Baseball 9am-11:30pm Softball 11:30pm-1:00pm Sunday February 5 Softball 10-11:30 Baseball 12:30-2:30 All boys in AAA Minors or Majors or girls in Minors or Majors must be evaluated. This includes.. (Read More)
- UPDATED TIMES: Mendham Little League Baseball and Softball Player Evaluations Scheduled for January 28 and February 5, 2012 - Posted to Roxy's Best Of... Mendham, New Jersey
- Registration for Mendham Little League baseball and softball remains open at mendhamlittleleague.org. Player evaluations will be held at Mendham High School's gym. Saturday January 28 Baseball 9am-11:30pm Softball 11:30pm-1:00pm Sunday February 5 Softball 10-11:30 Baseball 12:30-2:30 All boys in AAA Minors or Majors or girls in Minors or Majors must be evaluated. This includes.. (Read More)
- Christmas Present Crisis...John's Painting and Basking Ridge Electric to the Rescue! - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Basking Ridge, New Jersey
- This year, the big item on London and Maddie's Christmas wish list was "new bedrooms"...and we've been working on making it happen this week. Yesterday, John's Painting (908-604-8759) from Basking Ridge did an awesome job. Maddie asked for Benjamin Moore's Aquarius (788) blue walls and Bainbridge Blue (749).. (Read More)
- Maddie and London's Costumes Have Arrived...Ready for the Bay Head Halloween Parade on Sunday, October 30th - Posted to Roxy's Best Of... Bay Head, New Jersey
- I know I’ve told you before, and I’ll tell you again…our family takes Halloween very very seriously. Even before London was a glimmer in our eyes, Rex and I would sit out on the porch of our beach house in Bay Head, New Jersey, on the Sunday before Halloween, and.. (Read More)
- Peanut Butter and Honey Love Their New Groomer: A+ Style Leash in Gladstone, NJ - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of...Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey
- As many of my loyal readers know, our family has two beautiful cockapoos from Mulberry Farm. Peanut Butter is 19 months old, and Honey is just a 6-month-old puppy. Now my loyal readers also know that the road to hell is paved with Roxy's good intentions, and.. (Read More)
- Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Hexagon Players' Production of Wizard of Oz - Posted to Roxy's Best Of... Bernardsville, New Jersey
- Follow the yellow brick road to Bernards High as London makes her debut with Hexagon Players as they present one of the best loved musicals of all time...The Wizard of Oz. The outstanding cast, led by Director and Hexagon President Debbie.. (Read More)
- London Ready for Fall Dance Classes at Ballet Forte in Chester, NJ - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Chester, NJ
- Through dance and softball, my two daughters, London and Maddie, have found their respective passions. I've always believed that having that kind of passion is a positive for everything in life. For me, it was radio stations. I dreamed of.. (Read More)
- Maddie's Found a Home: Join Her at RBIs Baseball (and Softball) Academy in Randolph, NJ for Fall Ball Baseball and Softball Workouts August 23-25 - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Randolph, New Jersey
- While it has taken my tomboy, Maddie, a little longer than her older sister, London (the dancer), to find her passion, she's found it in softball and just can't get enough. This spring, Maddie pitched for our 3rd and 4th grade.. (Read More)
- London and Maddie are Rockin' the Steven Tyler Feather Hair Extensions Thanks to Madeline at the Arrangement in Ledgewood, NJ - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Morris County, New Jersey
- Every week since Steven Tyler started sporting feathers in his hair on Season 10 of American Idol, one more of London and Maddie's friends shows up at school with feather hair extensions. And.. (Read More)
- Blogging Out Hunger Returns - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... New Jersey
- My friend Deb over on Jersey Bites invited me to join the 2nd Blogging out Hunger campaign to help raise awareness and donations for the Community FoodBank of New Jersey.. (Read More)
- From Roxy's Mail Bag: NJ Charity Walk for Children in Foster Care in Newark on Saturday, October 23, 2010 - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Newark, New Jersey
- Hi Roxy, Foster and Adoptive Family Services is having an NJ Charity Walk for Children in Foster Care on Saturday, October 23, 2010 on the NJIT Campus in Newark, NJ. All proceeds go to fund programs that directly impact the lives of children in foster care. If you would see fit.. (Read More)
- Halloween Party at Annie's Playhouse on Thursday, October 28th in Far Hills, NJ - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Far Hills, New Jersey
- My little devils can't get enough of Annie's Playhouse... London and Maddie are getting serious about musical theatre in Annie's Master Class this Fall. Our family also takes Halloween very seriously, and we never turn down an opportunity to show off.. (Read More)
- Somerset County 4-H Fair Started Today... Join London and Maddie Thursday, August 12th for Free Family Fun! - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Somerset County, NJ
- August 11-12-13, 2010 North Branch Park, Milltown Road, Bridgewater, N.J. Time flies when you have kids, and I can't believe London and Maddie are finishing up their third year of 4-H Prep with the.. (Read More)
- Roxy's Restaurant Week at the Jersey Shore - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...The Jersey Shore
- As many of my loyal Roxiticus Desperate Housewives and Roxy's Best Of... readers know, every year our family spends the last week of June at our beach house in Bay Head, NJ, to celebrate Rex's birthday. Since Rex does all of the cooking in our family, we like to give.. (Read More)
- Better Late Than Never... We're Off to Lambertville for Last Minute Christmas Shopping and Dinner at Hamilton's Grill Rooom - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Lambertville, New Jersey
- It's the last half day of work and school for Rex, London, Maddie, and me... and when they get off the bus around one o'clock today, our family will head out to.. (Read More)
- Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum and Buttolph-Williams House Celebrate Statewide Connecticut Open House Day June 13 - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Hartford, Connecticut
- Here's a wonderful opportunity for a family day trip to introduce your children to a bit of history! While you're visiting, take in the local charm of Old Wethersfield's antique shoppes, restaurants, bistros, the Town.. (Read More)
- Roxy's Favorite 50 Cent Beach Reads - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Books for Grown-Ups
- On a rainy Saturday at our beach house in Bay Head, I decided it was the perfect time for a rundown on Roxy's recent beach reads, all of which I've picked up for 50 cents at the Anchor &.. (Read More)
- Mystic Aquarium & Institute For Exploration Announced New Whales Up Close Program - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Connecticut
- As a New England native, our family has wonderful opportunities to expose our family to maritime history. Out-of-town guests are always encouraged to spend a day down at the shoreline getting a taste of the local Connecticut flavor at the glorious restaurants and clam shacks for fresh.. (Read More)
- Ted Gall and Hal Larsen at Hunter Kirkland Contemporary in Santa Fe: July 31-August 23, 2009 - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Around the same time that TallBoy and ModelGirl reached New Mexico for their visit with Uncle Jake, I received a card from Hunter Kirkland Contemporary with this crazy AquaMan as the cover image. Dear Friends and Collectors: With this.. (Read More)
- Oh, Who Cares What Her Kids Had for Dinner? Upcoming Events at the Mayo Center of the Performing Arts in Morristown, New Jersey - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Morristown, New Jersey
- Last Fall, Rex and I decided to check out Joan Jett & the Blackhearts at the Community Theatre (now known as the Mayo Center for the Peforming Arts) in Morristown, New Jersey. When I decided to "review" the show in my.. (Read More)
- Officially Old. Melissa Gilbert is Ma in Little House On the Prairie at PaperMill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Millburn, New Jersey
- 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.. (Read More)
- Cluck-U Grand Opening Celebration Today -- Saturday, July 11th -- in Somerville, NJ - Posted to Roxy's Best of...Bridgewater, NJ
- 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.. (Read More)
- Happy Birthday to the Blue Point in Duck, North Carolina - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Duck, North Carolina
- 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.. (Read More)
- Zaki Kabob House - Posted to Roxy's Best Of... San Francisco, California
- 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.. (Read More)
- More Carnaval 2009 Pictures From Austin, TX - Posted to Roxy's Best Of... Austin, Texas
- To see the the additional pictures I promised from Carnaval In Austin, click here to be taken to the Flickr set. .. (Read More)
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