http://morriscountynj.roxysbestof.com The Best of Morris County, New Jersey, from kid stuff (including summer camp) to restaurants to art galleries and shopping Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:40:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. Some of my favorites ... http://morriscountynj.roxysbestof.com/2010/03/07/kid-stuff/roxys-best-of-morris-county-nj-summer-camps-as-well-as-a-few-in-somerset-county-nj/ 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 to Harding Township, New Jersey, this year.  I'll post ... http://morriscountynj.roxysbestof.com/2010/01/30/events/mansions-in-may-comes-to-harding-township-nj-in-2010/ The Nutcracker will be performed by the School of the Garden State Ballet's Youth Company on Saturday, December 12th at Holy Family School in Florham Park, NJ.  There will be two performances: 3pm and 7pm.  Tickets for the 3pm performance are $5.00 each (family maximum of $25); tickets for the ... http://morriscountynj.roxysbestof.com/2009/12/12/kid-stuff/garden-state-ballet-youth-company-performs-the-nutcracker-today-saturday-december-12th-at-holy-family-school-in-florham-park-nj/ 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 ... http://morriscountynj.roxysbestof.com/2009/07/03/kid-stuff/fourth-of-july-2009-fireworks-and-parades-in-morris-and-somerset-county-nj/ Even before he could distribute the $100 Reward flyer for my missing pants to MRC Cleaners' customers, our regular dry cleaning delivery guy, Javier, came running back to the door. "Are these your pants?" he said, handing me my favorite pair of Yves Saint Laurent pants that match the jacket ... http://morriscountynj.roxysbestof.com/2009/06/19/personal-services/awesome-news-mrc-cleaners-found-my-pants/ In mid-May, I sent in two pairs of pants to MRC Cleaners in Cedar Knolls, NJ (via their convenient home pickup and delivery service) to be dry cleaned. My favorite pair of pants matches the jacket in the photo: black pin-striped ladies’ Yves Saint Laurent, originally European size 42, but ... http://morriscountynj.roxysbestof.com/2009/06/19/personal-services/have-you-seen-my-pants-100-reward-for-safe-return-to-mrc-cleaners-in-cedar-knolls/ I can't believe we're coming up on the last day of school, but Rex and I have attended two year-end celebrations:  Maddie's Incredible Kid Day in the first grade, and London's Beatnik Poetry Cafe in the second grade.  Luckily, Roxy and the other Roxiticus Desperate Housewives have made our kids' plans for summer camp ... http://morriscountynj.roxysbestof.com/2009/06/14/kid-stuff/summer-camp-plans-coming-together-in-morris-county-and-somerset-county-njjust-in-time-for-the-last-day-of-school/ Climb up the palm tree, Slide down the cactus, We play your team just for practice! I don't know where my daughters got their cheerleading gene, but London and Maddie are always running, jumping, tumbling and leaping around the house while chanting cheers designed to taunt and distract the opposing team.  And now Rockaway Gymnastics in Rockaway NJ (the same ... http://morriscountynj.roxysbestof.com/2009/03/15/kid-stuff/gimme-a-c-gimme-an-h-gimme-an-e-e-r-rockaway-gymnastics-pairs-up-with-jerzys-best-all-starz-cheerleading-team/ Back in October 2003, when our family moved out of Manhattan to the Roxiticus Valley in Mendham, New Jersey, our realtor, Ann Tannen, recommended The Padded Wagon moving company to get the job done. We were consolidating two homes into one: our West Village loft and my four-bedroom bachelorette colonial ... http://morriscountynj.roxysbestof.com/2009/01/30/home-services/this-wagons-gonna-roll-the-padded-wagon-moving-company-delivers-for-roxy-again/ The Roxiticus Desperate Housewives are starting to think about summer camp 2009, and I'll do my best to cover the camps my kids have tried, and the ones my friends recommend.  Some of my favorites haven't posted all the details on their 2009 camp programs, but I'll provide a summary ... http://morriscountynj.roxysbestof.com/2009/01/04/kid-stuff/starting-to-think-about-summer-camp-2009-roxys-best-of-summer-camps-in-morris-and-somerset-county-new-jersey/