If Mother Nature cooperates when spring break rolls around on April 16, staycationing families should find it relatively simple to fill the week with relaxing outdoor activities, backyard barbeques, and daytrips. If, however rotten weather impedes outdoor activities during the break, not to worry—your staycation can become a shop-cation when you take part in the creative activities offered by local busineses. Art on Fire (Ridgefield), owner Joe Criscuuolo created his paint your own pottery, tiles, and flatware shop to inspire budding artists of every age. Criscuuolo, who also teaches after …
With 2010 firmly behind us, now is the perfect opportunity to wipe the slate clean of holiday overindulgences, to start afresh, and to resolve to be healthier and fit in 2011. Many people find that maintaining a healthy and fit lifestyle is much easier said than done, so we went door-to-door to local health and fitness businesses in search of ideas to make healthy living easier and more fun. Fitness Apparel with Personality Most every fitness studio, gym, and health club in the greater Bedford-Katonah offered promotions beginning Jan. 1, so finding a place to work out shouldn't be a problem …
What do you get the woman who has it all—or the woman who knows what she wants and buys it for herself? One innovative option is to skip the material gifts and go with an experience gift. Let's face it – she probably already has anything you might buy her. Instead, give the gift of indulgence, wellness, captured memories, time to herself, or time with friends. Give Glamour and Beauty: Eiluj Facials, Makeup Lessons, Brow Sculpting Eiluj has been named Best of Westchester by Westchester Magazine from 2003 -2010, and owner Julie Cuomo said that the two things that make Eiluj world class is …
When it comes to Christmas shopping for men's gifts, I understand the wisdom behind the saying, "men are from Mars, and women are from Venus." Men have an affinity for gadgets, power tools, cigars, and other various catalysts for male bonding—all things of which I know nothing. Thankfully our resident experts, the local shop owners, shed some light on this complex shopping issue by identifying the things that men would love to have. For the Handy Man For the handy man in your life, Bart Tyler of Kelloggs and Lawrence Hardware Store in Katonah recommended the DeWalt 12 Volt Lithium Drill ($…
Dinner party, holiday party or overnight stay—no matter the occasion, a hostess gift conveys a gesture of gratitude to the hostess for their hospitality. Few rules of etiquette exist, but the gift should always be thoughtful and sincere and never ostentatious or showy, say shopowners in Bedford and Katonah. Build a Gift Laura Herlihy, owner of Vintage in Bedford Hills, said building a gift is one way to ensure your hostess gift is personal. "Building your own gift is so much more thoughtful and interesting than purchasing a pre-fabricated gift," Herlihy said. Herlihy, whose store features …
The anticipation is building as kids all over Bedford and Katonah get ready to celebrate 8 days of Hanukah traditions and 8 delightful days of Hanukah gifts. Whether your family's custom involves giving small and thoughtful presents for all 8 days, giving big gifts for one night, or a little of both, local shop owners have shared with us thoughts on exactly what your kids want this Hanukah. Smaller but Thoughtful Gifts: Under $30 Just in time for Hanukah shopping, Katonah's Noka & Noka Joe's upstairs store has reopened and is filled with great, fun, funky, funny, irreverent and affordable …
