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January is Cleanse Month!
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What A Pregnancy Fitness Program Can Do For You
While you can work out at home pregnant, you only have yourself to hold you accountable. You can follow doctor’s orders watching your belly grow and attempt a modified version of the same exercise routine you did before you got pregnant. That is what many women...
Winter 2019 After-School Activities!
Great activities for your kids after school!
What to Add To Your Diet, To Subtract Weight
Photo courtesy of Sara Dubler/Unsplash.com After weeks of heavy holiday meals, sugary cookies and festive cocktail parties, most of us are trying to clean up our eating. And that usually involves cutting out things, from fried foods to dairy. Sometimes, though, being...
Hudson Valley Restaurant Week Just Announced Its Upcoming Spring Dates
Winter may be here, but we're already looking ahead to the glorious return of our favorite time of year — and we're not talking about spring. BY DAVE ZUCKER Westchester Magazine PHOTO COURTESY OF GIGANTE When it comes to our favorite biannual events, the...
How to Organize the Kitchen Pantry of Your Dreams
Pantry organization isn’t a glamorous task, but it can be extremely satisfying.
Three Steps to Getting Dinner on the Table, Fast!
Debra Ponzek knows something about trying to get dinner on the table after a busy day. Not only is she a successful chef—she and her husband Greg own four popular Aux Délices cafes in Fairfield County, CT, as well as an in-demand catering business and...
Stylish Mompreneur Karina Drake
Like many of us, Karina Drake says that having her first child completely changed her perspective. “We were living in New York City where I was attending a merchandising program at Parsons [School of Design] when we found out we were expecting Alexa,” says Drake....
New York Makes List Of World's Must-Visit Places For 2019
Frommer’s puts New York state up there with some of the most exotic locations in the world.
Prose Haircare: We Tried It & Loved It!
One of our favorite finds of this fall is Prose Professional Hair Care, a custom hair care brand that is made-to-order for each client in NYC. The best part? All the active ingredients are natural—a must for so many moms. You won’t find harmful parabens,...
Meet a Mom: Monogram Mary!
If you’re looking for some special gifts this holiday season, then you’ll probably appreciate the mantra Brooke Shepard—aka “Monogram Mary”—keeps in mind at all times: Everything Is Better With A Monogram. Having found a passion for monograms early on...
Last Minute Gifts To Help Alexa Get To #1
Meet Alexa Maizes, a local college student, of Rye Brook. She is a Senior at SUNY Purchase and she is in the biggest competition of her young college career. How can you Help? Alexa has been working with Cutco...
9th Annual Ring in the New Year at Noon at New Roc City
Register for the 9th Annual Ring in the New Year at Noon at New Roc City Countdown to a Thrilling Balloon Release at Noon at the Best Place in Westchester for Kids to Celebrate New Years Eve! For the 9th year in a row, New Roc City will offer their festive Ring in the...
Managing Stress During the Holidays
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Or…is it? The truth is that many individuals have a difficult time during the holiday season.The fantasy of a cookie-cutter perfect holiday experience can be derailed by the pressures of family gatherings,...
Five Ingredient Friday (FIF)! Brie En Croute…Perfect Appetizer for the Holidays!
Regular contributor and chef, Anna Gass of the Heirloom Kitchen, shares an easy go to holiday recipe that is sure to be a crowd pleaser! Anna loves brie and when you wrap it in puff pastry and stuff it with sweet filling, it can’t really get any better....
Eva Amurri Martino’s Christmas Champagne Cocktail
Eva Amurri Martino—the blogger behind Happily Eva After—loves putting together classic Christmas cocktail parties, which she says satisfies her annual case of holiday nostalgia. “The classics never go out of style, and Christmas cocktails are so delish!”...
Where Designer Chris Roughan Shops for Holiday Décor
Chris Roughan of Roughan Interiors is well-known in Greenwich, New York City, Palm Beach and beyond for her warm and sophisticated style. Since 1994, she has focused on carefully listening to clients to create spaces they truly love to live in. “Every interior should...
There’s a Stress Gap Between Men and Women. Here’s Why It’s Important.
Between domestic duties and emotional labor, research shows, women are more stressed than men are — but it doesn’t have to be that way. Here’s what the data says, and how to take care of yourself.
Melissa Joan Hart’s Holiday Plans
Actress Melissa Joan Hart is best known for her memorable leading roles on Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. But to her family and friends, she’s also known for being something of a Christmas nut. “I’ve always been really into the holidays. I...