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- At the beginning of this year's "season" for Garden State Ballet and Randolph Gymnastics, London and Maddie discovered a new restaurant: Mamma Caterina, 1250 Sussex Turnpike in Randolph, NJ. Since the girls' ballet and modern dance classes run pretty late, we've found it very convenient to stop in to Mamma.. (Read More)
- At the beginning of this year's "season" for Garden State Ballet and Randolph Gymnastics, London and Maddie discovered a new restaurant: Mamma Caterina, 1250 Sussex Turnpike in Randolph, NJ. Since the girls' ballet and modern dance classes run pretty late, we've found it very convenient to stop in to Mamma.. (Read More)
- Now that the weather has warmed up and the snow has melted, the Roxiticus Desperate Housewives are ready to get serious about summer camp 2010. As usual, I'll do my best to cover the camps my kids have tried, and the ones my friends recommend... (Read More)
- Now that the weather has warmed up and the snow has melted, the Roxiticus Desperate Housewives are ready to get serious about summer camp 2010. As usual, I'll do my best to cover the camps my kids have tried, and the ones my.. (Read More)
- On and off for the past four years, London and Maddie have taken tennis lessons with Pavan Patel through Pavan's Tennis Academy at Fox Chase Tennis Club in Chester, NJ, and Pavan also runs an awesome summer tennis camp for kids of all ages (kindergarten.. (Read More)
- Dear Roxy, Can you possibly put this in your Bernardsville area blogs? Come join more than 125 Somerset Hills School District students including a Bernards High School cast of 70, 15 technicians, 20 orchestra members, 5 cast members from Bernardsville Middle School, and a cameo chorus of 30 Bedwell Elementary students and.. (Read More)
- Roxy's loyal readers know that, over on my Roxiticus Desperate Housewives site, I've been posting about London and Maddie's new love of the snow... snowmen, snow angels,.. (Read More)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- To see the the additional pictures I promised from Carnaval In Austin, click here to be taken to the Flickr set. .. (Read More)
- 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)
- Welcome to Roxy's Best Of... North Carolina, one of the 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, (Read More)
- Welcome to Roxys Best of.... New Haven, Connecticut, hosted by Aldon Hynes, 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 is under cover of the night. (Read More)
- Welcome to Roxy's Best Of... Norwalk, 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 is.. (Read More)
- Welcome to Roxys Best of.... Pocatello, Idaho, hosted by the Midnight Writer. .. (Read More)
- Welcome to Roxy's Best Of... Westport, 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 is.. (Read More)
- Welcome to Roxy's Best Of... Danbury, 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 is.. (Read More)
- Rex and I spent a long cold day in New York City today. It was about 15 degrees Fahrenheit, headed to 4 below zero, with a dusting of snow on the ground. There was (Read More)
- I've been lax about updating Roxy's Best Of... Laguna Beach, California while the snow falls here at home in Mendham Township, New Jersey... and Mary Alice and her family have headed.. (Read More)
- A favorite fall pastime is visiting a local cider mill, carving pumpkins, going on hayrides, and having a cup or two of freshly made apple cider. If you're in Detroit, there are many cider mills to choose from, but none more.. (Read More)
- In one of Roxy's all-time favorite movies, When Harry Met Sally, Billy Crystal (as Harry Burns) said to Meg Ryan (as Sally Albright): "I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an.. (Read More)
- Last Friday afternoon, London, Maddie and I joined my friend Susan and her daughter Abby for a Girls' Afternoon Out in Chester,.. (Read More)
- It's been about eight months since Mariuca, the friendliest and most popular blogger in the blogosphere, befriended me through BlogExplosion. Now my day is not complete if I don't stop by and read the latest post and make a few comments.. (Read More)
- 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.. (Read More)
- It's another cold, cold October morning commute on New Jersey Transit from the Bernardsville train station to our office in New York City, and again the Newark Star-Ledger is keeping me warm, or at least up to date on.. (Read More)
- Here at Roxy's Best Of..., we're running a contest and ticket giveaway to celebrate the Sugarloaf Crafts Festival coming to the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset, NJ this weekend -- Friday, October 31st (Halloween) through.. (Read More)
- A few weeks back, I wrote about anniversary dinners at local restaurants. Rex and I enjoyed a fabulous 10th anniversary dinner (along with our girls, London and Maddie) at the (Read More)
- Just after I started my Roxiticus Desperate Housewives blog in August 2005, my husband Rex discovered the most hideous nest attached to one of the dormers in our lovely home. We stared in horror and wondered what lives there....wasps?.. (Read More)
- Rex was just flipping through the New Jersey section in today's New York Times and showed me an ad for the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey. The Count Basie Theatre.. (Read More)
- Since the Cottage on Paw Paw Creek at the Mansion House in Snow Hill, Maryland, does its best to shelter us from the distractions of modern technology, we don’t have cable TV today, much less wireless Internet access. I couldn’t even sneak.. (Read More)
- I found this A-Maze-ing aerial view photograph of the corn maze at Ort Farms in Long Valley, NJ, by Joyce Bambach in the Chester Observer-Tribune and it forced me to make.. (Read More)
- Do you remember Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle? I vividly recall sitting on the rug in the library at Old York School in Branchburg, New Jersey, listening to the librarian, Mrs. Hagan, as she read to our class from the original Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books... (Read More)
- Welcome to Roxy's Best Of... Plainfield, NJ, one of the first Roxy blogs not written by Roxy. I'd like to introduce you to Henson Ray, best known in and around the blogosphere for his blog, (Read More)
- Rex and I have been traveling to Southern California together (for business and pleasure) for almost 15 years, but it wasn't until February 2005 that we made our first trip with London (then 4) and Maddie (not quite 3). With a focus on surf, sand, restaurants, and art galleries.. (Read More)
- Every summer, Rex and I have an annual tradition of heading out to Martell's Tiki Bar in Point Pleasant Beach to see our all-time favorite bar band, (Read More)
- I've often joked with my husband, Rex, that they don't let Jersey Girls like me into Connecticut, particularly New Canaan, Darien, and Greenwich. However, we have friends and family living out that way, and Rex is up in Norwalk, CT, for Board meetings at least once a quarter. .. (Read More)
- Welcome to Roxy's Best Of... Toronto, Canada, one of the very first Roxy blogs not written by Roxy and our very first blog from outside the United States. I'd like to introduce you to Tricia, best known in and around the.. (Read More)
- Welcome to Roxy's Best Of... Palos Verdes, California, one of the very first Roxy blogs not written by Roxy. I'd like to introduce you to Mary Alice, who for the past four years has been our director of play dates for the young and old in the Roxiticus Valley. With.. (Read More)
Hey, Mamma! London and Maddie Recommend Mamma Caterina Restaurant in Randolph, NJ - Posted to Roxys Best Of Community Posts
Hey, Mamma! London and Maddie Recommend Mamma Caterina Restaurant in Randolph, NJ - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Randolph, New Jersey
Roxy's Best of Summer Camp 2010 - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... New Jersey
Roxy's Best Of... Morris County, NJ Summer Camps (as well as a few in Somerset County, NJ) - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Morris County, New Jersey
Pavan's Tennis Academy is Moving in May 2010... to Flanders Valley Tennis Club, Flanders NJ - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Chester, NJ
From Roxy's Mailbag: Anything Goes at Bernards High School... at least from Friday, March 19th through Sunday, March 21st! - Posted to Roxy's Best Of... Bernardsville, New Jersey
London and Maddie's First Snowboard from the Sports Section in Mendham, NJ - Posted to Roxy's Best Of... Mendham, New Jersey
New Year's Eve Dinner at Ninety Acres at Natirar in Peapack, New Jersey - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of...Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey
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
Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum and Buttolph-Williams House Celebrate Statewide Connecticut Open House Day June 13 - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Hartford, Connecticut
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
Photos from the 2009 Bay Head NJ Halloween Parade - Posted to Roxy's Best Of... Bay Head, New Jersey
Are You Off to the Races in Far Hills, NJ... Despite the Weather? - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Far Hills, New Jersey
"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
Roxy's Favorite 50 Cent Beach Reads - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Books for Grown-Ups
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
Mystic Aquarium & Institute For Exploration Announced New Whales Up Close Program - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Connecticut
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
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
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
Cluck-U Grand Opening Celebration Today -- Saturday, July 11th -- in Somerville, NJ - Posted to Roxy's Best of...Bridgewater, NJ
Happy Birthday to the Blue Point in Duck, North Carolina - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Duck, North Carolina
Zaki Kabob House - Posted to Roxy's Best Of... San Francisco, California
More Carnaval 2009 Pictures From Austin, TX - Posted to Roxy's Best Of... Austin, Texas
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
Introducing Roxy's Best Of... North Carolina, Hosted by Matt Urdan - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... North Carolina
Introducing Roxy's Best Of... New Haven, Connecticut, Hosted by Aldon Hynes - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... New Haven, Connecticut
Introducing Roxy's Best Of... Norwalk, Connecticut, Hosted by Anne, a.k.a. Small Town Mommy - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Norwalk, Connecticut
Introducing Roxy's Best Of... Pocatello, Idaho, Hosted by the Midnight Writer - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Pocatello, Idaho
Introducing Roxy's Best Of... Westport, Connecticut, Hosted by Anne, a.k.a. Small Town Mommy - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Westport, Connecticut
Introducing Roxy's Best Of... Danbury, Connecticut, Hosted by Anne, a.k.a. Small Town Mommy - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Danbury, Connecticut
Cool Phone Call Tonight: Somerset Hills Handyman Looking for the Roxiticus Desperate Housewife - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Basking Ridge, New Jersey
With a Foot of Snow on the Ground in the Roxiticus Valley, Rex and Roxy Dream of the Endless Summer: Celebrate New Years at French 75 in Laguna Beach, California - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Laguna Beach, California
The Franklin Cider Mill - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Detroit, Michigan
Roxy's First Reader Poll: Planning the Menu for PostBoy and MathGirl's Rehearsal Dinner at Il Palio in Shelton, Connecticut - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Shelton, Connecticut
Learn the Hottest High School Musical 3 Dance Moves with High School Musical's Own Max Ehrich This Sunday, November 16th at Dance Attitudes in Marlboro, NJ - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Marlboro, New Jersey
Mariuca: Wishing On a Falling Star - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Other People\'s Blogs
Introducing Roxy's Best Of...Whitewater, Hosted by Matt Urdan - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Whitewater
Counting Crows Launch New Jersey’s Newest Rock Venue: Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, New Jersey - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Montclair, New Jersey
Sugarloaf Crafts Festival Ticket Giveaway -- Win 2 Tickets to This Weekend's Event at Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset, NJ - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... New Brunswick, New Jersey
A Romantic Dinner for Six at the Pluckemin Inn in Pluckemin, New Jersey - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Pluckemin, New Jersey
This House Is Clean! Humphreys Pest Control Just Finished Up... - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Stirling, New Jersey
Good Times Planned at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, New Jersey Reopening October 30, 2008 After Summer Renovations - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Red Bank, New Jersey
The First Leg of Our Journey: The Cottage on Paw Paw Creek at the Mansion House in Snow Hill, Maryland - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... the DelMarVa Peninsula (Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia)
A-Maze-ing: Corn Maze at Ort Farms in Long Valley, New Jersey - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Long Valley, New Jersey
Happy Birthday, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald and Anne MacDonald Canham - Posted to Roxy's Best Of...Books for Kids
Introducing Roxy's Best Of...Plainfield, New Jersey, Hosted by Henson Ray - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Plainfield, New Jersey
Princesses Don't Come Out in the Rain: London and Maddie's Tips for Visiting Disneyland and California Adventure - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Anaheim, California
Nothing Gets the Party Started Like Dinner at Shipwreck Grill in Brielle, New Jersey - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Brielle, New Jersey
Introducing Roxy's Best Of.... New Canaan, Connecticut, Hosted by ??? - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... New Canaan, Connecticut
Introducing Roxy's Best Of...Toronto, Canada, Hosted by Tricia - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Toronto, Canada
Introducing Roxy's Best Of... Palos Verdes, California, Hosted by Mary Alice - Posted to Roxy\'s Best Of... Palos Verdes, California
