http://newjersey.roxysbestof.com The Best of the State of New Jersey, from entertainment and events to kid stuff (including birthday party venues and summer camp) to restaurants to art galleries and shopping Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:21:08 +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 haven't posted ... http://newjersey.roxysbestof.com/2010/03/07/kid-stuff/roxys-best-of-summer-camp-2010/ London described it as “the best birthday party ever.” Maddie just loved having our own private balcony for ten, looking out over the crowd. Rex said, “Weird… but wonderful.” One of the other moms kept looking for Eloise from the Plaza Hotel… she didn’t find that naughty little six-year-old, but ... http://newjersey.roxysbestof.com/2009/02/08/kid-stuff/london-and-her-bffs-at-njpac-the-best-birthday-party-ever/ Happy New Year!  Did you make any New Year's Resolutions for 2009? Our family just got the last of our New Year cards into the mail to friends, family and clients, which means it's time to turn our attention to the next big event on our calendar... London's eighth birthday. As ... http://newjersey.roxysbestof.com/2009/01/07/kid-stuff/bring-out-the-cirque-planning-londons-birthday-party-at-njpac/ 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://newjersey.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/ If you're like me, with less than a week until Christmas, you may have made a list and checked it twice, you may even have it divided into suitable gifts for naughty and nice, but you haven't purchased and wrapped your gifts for everyone on the list....particularly if you're still ... http://newjersey.roxysbestof.com/2008/12/18/shopping/last-chance-get-your-tickets-to-cirque-eloize-giselle-or-the-golden-dragon-acrobats-at-njpac-promotional-code-deadline-extended-to-december-30th/ To everyone who made a contribution to the Community FoodBank of NJ and/or helped to raise awareness of hunger here at home in New Jersey, thank you so much for participating. According to our fearless leader, Deb of JerseyBites, yesterday's event was a great success. We got some nice online ... http://newjersey.roxysbestof.com/2008/12/16/charity/blogging-out-hunger-the-early-results-are-in/ No matter how you feel about the government bailout of the nation's largest banks, I think you'll agree that there's one bank that we can't allow to fail: the Community FoodBank of New Jersey.  Over 100 New Jersey bloggers have united to fight local NJ hunger in a coordinated "This ... http://newjersey.roxysbestof.com/2008/12/14/events/100-new-jersey-bloggers-wont-let-this-bank-fail-help-fight-local-nj-hunger-through-the-community-foodbank-of-nj/ My friend Deb over on Jersey Bites invited me to join an upcoming blogging campaign she is coordinating on behalf of the Community FoodBank of New Jersey -- the largest food bank in the state.  As you are probably well aware, the Food Bank is in desperate need of donations this holiday season.  With ... http://newjersey.roxysbestof.com/2008/12/06/charity/this-bank-cant-fail-roxy-joins-community-of-new-jersey-bloggers-united-to-fight-hunger/ Over on my Roxiticus Desperate Housewives site, I've been running a weekly feature called Roxy Saves, where I've gathered promotional codes from online retailers and made suggestions for unique and inexpensive holiday gifts. Here at Roxy's Best Of… I've been more focused on the "bricks and mortar" holiday savings ... http://newjersey.roxysbestof.com/2008/12/05/kid-stuff/think-njpac-for-the-holidays%e2%80%a6-and-save-with-njpac-promotional-codes-on-giselle-cirque-eloize-and-golden-dragon-acrobats/ I was too sleepy to post London and Maddie’s review of High School Musical On Stage at Paper Mill Playhouse on the night after the performance, but the girls, Rex and I, along with the rest of London’s Brownie troop, really enjoyed ourselves. I’ve already seen an extremely negative review from ... http://newjersey.roxysbestof.com/2008/11/24/kid-stuff/dont-let-the-critics-scare-you-off-if-your-kids-love-disneys-high-school-musical-dont-miss-high-school-musical-on-stage-at-paper-mill-playhouse-through-december-7th/