http://peapackgladstonenj.roxysbestof.com The Best of Peapack-Gladstone, NJ, from kid stuff (including summer camp) to restaurants to shopping Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:57:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 brand new restaurant at Natirar (Raritan spelled backwards) in Peapack, New Jersey. I started ... http://peapackgladstonenj.roxysbestof.com/2009/12/31/food-and-wine/new-years-eve-dinner-at-90-acres-at-natirar-in-peapack-new-jersey/ It's official... I've decided on a complete repeat of last year, also known as a second annual Mother's Day tradition.  After an amazing Mother's Day 2008 with Alvin Ailey at NJPAC, we practically bought our tickets for the 2009 Mother's Day performance on the spot.  The start to last year's ... http://peapackgladstonenj.roxysbestof.com/2009/05/09/restaurants-and-bars/join-roxy-for-mothers-day-brunch-at-the-limestone-cafe/ Rex, London, Maddie and I were out and about last night at a friends' holiday open house.  Our group got to talking about Pierre's in Harding Township, one of our favorite restaurants that is closing after their last hurrah on New Year's Eve.  A neighbor added that Opah Grill in ... http://peapackgladstonenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/12/30/restaurants-and-bars/opah-grill-restaurant-in-gladstone-nj-has-closed/ A month or so ago, I received an e-mail from Michelle McGonegal, the owner of Urban Cottage in Gladstone, New Jersey, introducing her new vintage furniture and home decorating store that opened in the Spring of 2008.  Then the other day, on my train ride in to New York City, ... http://peapackgladstonenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/11/11/shopping/urban-cottage-in-gladstone-new-jersey/ Peapack-Gladstone invites all ghosts, goblins, witches, pirates and Disney Princesses to meet at Peapack-Gladstone Bank at 2:00pm for the annual Halloween parade. London, Maddie, Rex and I are down at our beach house to participate in our seventh annual Bay Head Halloween Parade, so I don't think we'll make it ... http://peapackgladstonenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/10/26/kid-stuff/halloween-parade-today-sunday-october-26th-at-200pm-in-peapack-gladstone/ Last month, I got an email from Michelle, the owner of Urban Cottage in Gladstone, New Jersey: "Your blog is fun...I am new to these things...I have a new shop in Gladstone called Urban Cottage...Come on in and visit and tell me what you think....Bye!" While I haven't had the chance to ... http://peapackgladstonenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/10/05/shopping/from-the-roxys-best-of-mailbag-urban-cottage-in-gladstone-new-jersey/ Since we first moved to the Roxiticus Valley in October 2003, Rex and I have often enjoyed a "business lunch" (just the two of us) at The Limestone Cafe in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey. However, it's only been in the past couple of years that we've started taking the girls there ... http://peapackgladstonenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/08/12/restaurants-and-bars/oysters-bingo-at-the-limestone-cafe-in-peapack-gladstone-new-jersey/ Rex and the girls and I came back from the beach a few Sunday nights ago, and Rex didn't feel like cooking, so we enjoyed a delicious dinner at Cafe Azzurro in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey. Cafe Azzurro. Italian bistro. BYOB. Open 7 days a week for dinner from 5pm to ... http://peapackgladstonenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/08/12/restaurants-and-bars/dinner-at-cafe-azzurro/ CocoLuxe is like a taste of Paris right here in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey.  Yum...you'll find cakes, cookies, crumb buns, croissants, and lots of other baked treats at CocoLuxe. Click through to their web site, or you can reach them by phone at (908) 781-5554. http://peapackgladstonenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/08/12/food-and-wine/yum-cakes-crumb-buns-and-other-baked-treats-from-cocoluxe-in-peapack-gladstone-new-jersey/