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Recent Community Posts:
- Mansions in May Comes to Harding Township, NJ, in 2010 - Posted to Roxys Best Of Community Posts
- Maddie, our family weather girl, tells me that it is 14 degrees outside and feels like zero, so it is hard to believe spring will ever arrive... but I just read in our local paper that Mansions in May is coming.. (Read More)
- Mansions in May Comes to Harding Township, NJ, in 2010 - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Morris County, New Jersey
- Maddie, our family weather girl, tells me that it is 14 degrees outside and feels like zero, so it is hard to believe spring will ever arrive... but I just read in our local paper that Mansions in May is coming.. (Read More)
- School Holiday Open Workouts... and Another Amazing Make-Up Lesson for London and Maddie with Coach Jordan at Randolph Gymnastics - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Randolph, New Jersey
- I don't know about you, but I feel like the last month or so of holidays was both relaxing and a blur... while we had plenty of family time, including Rex's terrific.. (Read More)
- New Year's Eve Dinner at Ninety Acres at Natirar in Peapack, New Jersey - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of...Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey
- Rex, London, Maddie and I are relaxing in front of a roaring fire, waiting for Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year to count us down to 2010. We just returned home after a perfect evening at Ninety Acres, the.. (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)
- Santa Claus Is Coming to Town...Saturday, December 5th at the Mendham Junior Women's Club Winter Carnival - Posted to Roxy's Best Of... Mendham, New Jersey
- See Santa arrive on the big red fire engine at the Mendham Junior Women's Club Winter Carnival on Saturday, December 5th from 10:00am until 2:00pm at the Brookside Community Club. Proceeds from this family fun event will benefit vital programs and services within Morris County. Bring your camera to take.. (Read More)
- Roxy's Big Night Out in Newark, NJ: Dinner at Adega Grill and Miley Cyrus at the Prudential Center - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Newark, New Jersey
- I've posted my review of the Miley Cyrus show over on my Roxiticus Desperate Housewives blog, but wanted to let all of you know about another great dinner.. (Read More)
- Photos from the 2009 Bay Head NJ Halloween Parade - Posted to Roxy's Best Of... Bay Head, New Jersey
- We took a lot of photos of London and Maddie as the Butter Bites, as well as the competing Scariest, Prettiest, and other costumes.... as I sort through them, I'll share the best ones with you. On the left, we'll start out with.. (Read More)
- Are You Off to the Races in Far Hills, NJ... Despite the Weather? - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Far Hills, New Jersey
- Turns out the forecast calls for rain, rain, rain... starting tomorrow (Thursday) and continuing right through the Far Hills Races on Saturday, October 17th. Our family was on the verge of making "the Hunt" an annual tradition... we went two years.. (Read More)
- From Roxy's Mailbag: Fall Festival and Benefit with a Horse and Farm Life Theme, October 17th in Tewksbury, NJ - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Chester, NJ
- Hi Roxy, I was browsing your site (it is terrific!) and wanted to let you know that we are hosting a fall festival and benefit with a horse and farm life theme on October 17th from 1 to 4pm at Center Line Farm.. (Read More)
- London and Maddie Set to Perform with Annie's Playhouse in Sounds Around Town, A Musical Stroll Through Bernardsville, NJ on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - Posted to Roxy's Best Of... Bernardsville, New Jersey
- This just in: Sounds Around Town has been POSTPONED to the RAIN DATE of THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th. Unfortunately, that probably means that London and Maddie and their friends from Annie's Playhouse will not be able to perform, but the event still sounds like lots of fun. (Read More)
- "Join 4-H" Open House Scheduled from 7 to 8:30pm on Thursday, October 8 at Ted Blum 4-H Center of Somerset County, NJ - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Somerset County, NJ
- Since London joined the Crazy Clovers 4-H Prep Club two years ago, and her sister Maddie joined in the fun last September, I've been posting about the good times our family has enjoyed at the club meetings and the annual Somerset.. (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)
- We're Having A Party... Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes at Martell's Tiki Bar in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ: Monday, August 31 and Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...The Jersey Shore
- For most of the past twelve summers, Rex and I have made an annual tradition of seeing Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes at Martell's Tiki Bar in Pt. Pleasant Beach, New Jersey. We had some portion of the Jukes and La Bamba's.. (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)
- London and her BFFs at NJPAC... the Best Birthday Party Ever! - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... New Jersey
- 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.. (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)
- Introducing Roxy's Best Of... Fairfield County, Connecticut, Hosted by Anne, a.k.a. Small Town Mommy - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Fairfield County, Connecticut
- Welcome to Roxy's Best Of... Fairfield County, Connecticut, hosted by Anne (a.k.a. Small Town Mommy), a local blogger who knows a lot more about Connecticut than Roxy does... in fact, some say the only way a Jersey girl like me can cross the Connecticut border.. (Read More)
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