http://bernardsvillenj.roxysbestof.com The Best of Bernardsville, NJ, from kid stuff (including summer camp) to restaurants to shopping Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:12:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The weather outside was frightful, but our Christmas Eve dinner at Due Terre was delightful. All day long, the icy rain poured down.  When Rex went out in the morning to bring in some provisions from Shop Rite in Chester, NJ, I called his Blackberry to suggest that he pick up ... http://bernardsvillenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/12/28/restaurants-and-bars/roxy-raves-a-perfect-christmas-eve-at-due-terre-enoteca-in-bernardsville-new-jersey/ I've just received the special Christmas Eve Dinner menu from Matthew Rotella, the manager at Due Terre Enoteca in Bernardsville, New Jersey, and we've decided... we're on for an early Christmas Eve dinner at Due Terre tonight after the annual Christmas Pageant at Hilltop Church in Mendham. I've posted the complete ... http://bernardsvillenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/12/24/restaurants-and-bars/weve-decided-christmas-eve-dinner-at-due-terre-enoteca-in-bernardsville-new-jersey/ Rex, London, Maddie and I enjoyed Christmas Eve dinner a couple years back in the dining room at the Bernards Inn. There was something delicious on the menu for each of us, and the evening was joyous and festive in all the right ways. This year on Christmas ... http://bernardsvillenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/12/10/restaurants-and-bars/celebrate-christmas-eve-dinner-or-ring-in-the-new-year-2009-at-the-bernards-inn-in-bernardsville-new-jersey/ Holly seems to be the theme for holiday shopping in Morris and Somerset Counties here in New Jersey.  Last week, I reported on our plans to participate in Mendham's Holly Trail 2008, starting with Brownie Girl Scout Christmas Caroling at three locations around town in Mendham.  This week, my other ... http://bernardsvillenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/11/28/shopping/have-a-holly-jolly-holidayroxy-heads-down-the-holly-trail-from-mendham-to-bernardsville-new-jersey-holiday-shopping-events-on-saturday-december-6th/ My pre-Thanksgiving copy of the Observer-Tribune arrived today, delivering the sad news that after 15 years, the landmark French cuisine restaurant known as Pierre's Restaurant and Wine Bar will be closing its doors for good on New Year's Day -- January 1, 2009. Our table of ten Roxiticus Desperate Housewives (and ... http://bernardsvillenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/11/26/restaurants-and-bars/farewell-to-pierres-restaurant-in-harding-township-new-jersey-the-roxiticus-desperate-housewives-are-going-to-miss-you/ I just received an email from Joe Bembry at 56 Degree Wine in Bernardsville, NJ, inviting Rex and me to help kick off their second annual holiday "Champagne Campaign" on Sunday, December 7th from 3:00 to 5:00pm at the Bernards Inn.  Rex, London, Maddie and I are headed into NYC that day for our ... http://bernardsvillenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/11/15/food-and-wine/raise-a-glass-for-a-great-cause-56-degree-wine-champagne-campaign-on-december-7th-at-the-bernards-inn-to-benefit-grapes-for-good/ Dear Roxy, I have a toddler son and am trying to find local (Bernardsville, Bedminster) things for him to do in the afternoons. I'm sick of Gymboree..any toddler cooking classes, or other different types of things?  Thanks in advance. Desperately Seeking Activites Dear Desperately Seeking Activities, Thanks for visiting Roxy's Best Of... here are ... http://bernardsvillenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/11/03/kid-stuff/roxys-mailbag-responds-to-desperately-seeking-activities-bernardsville-new-jersey/ It's a brisk autumn day in the Somerset Hills, and I am heading in on the train from Bernardsville, New Jersey to our office in New York City. As I waited to board the train this morning, I happened to see a poster at the Bernardsville Train Station for the ... http://bernardsvillenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/10/20/food-and-wine/kitchen-tours-of-somerset-hills-planned-for-thursday-november-20-2008/ When our family first moved out to the Roxiticus Valley from New York City's West Village, Rex and I commuted in to our NYC office a lot more than we do now, but we had a hard and fast rule of "never on a Friday." Instead, on Fridays we ventured ... http://bernardsvillenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/09/30/restaurants-and-bars/lunch-on-a-rainy-friday-at-grill-73-in-bernardsville-new-jersey/ Back in August, Rex and I organized a table full of Roxiticus Desperate Housewives and Husbands and headed out to the 14th Annual Seafood Dinner at Pierre's Restaurant.  Just as I'm only getting around to posting about that evening over a month later, we recently headed over to Gary's Wine ... http://bernardsvillenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/09/27/food-and-wine/dont-forget-the-beer-rex-and-roxy-stock-up-at-garys-wine-marketplace-in-bernardsville-new-jersey/