Best of Chester, NJ

My "best of" directory for the Mendham-Bernardsville-Chester-Far Hills- Peapack-Gladstone-Morris County area: http://roxiticusdh.blogspot.com/2008/01/best-of-roxiticus-valley-mendham.html


Meat Market:
Go see Louie for an awesome steak or rack of lamb at the Chester Meat Market: 27 W Main Street, Chester, NJ. Phone: (908) 879-7523. Here's a link to my Chester Meat Market pictorial: http://roxiticusdh.blogspot.com/2008/03/chester-meat-market.html and another link to all Chester Meat Market reviews on Roxy's Best Of... Chester, NJ.



For the Kids:
Pumpkin picking at Alstede Farm in Chester, NJ: http://www.alstedefarms.com/

Chester Schools Science Fair: http://www.chestersciencefair.org/.
Chester hosts one of the largest annual Science Fairs in the state with over 500 students presenting more than 400 projects. It is open to students in grades K-8 living in Chester Boro or Chester Township, NJ. This year's science fair was held on Saturday, March 1st. Can't wait to hear about all the fun from our friends in Chester.

I just signed up both of my girls for another 8-week session at Pavan's Munchkin Tennis Academy at the Fox Chase Tennis Club. Phone: (908) 879-5231. Pavan Patel is great with the kids and just introduced a new, European approach for developing high level junior tennis players (aged 10 and under) involving red, orange, and green balls that are different sizes and "speeds." Pavan is also running a tennis camp this summer at Fox Chase Tennis for 9 weeks starting June 23rd. It looks like kids can sign up for as many weeks as they want...we have signed up for one week of Munchkins half-day tennis camp in August. I just received an e-mail from Pavan Patel, who just launched a brand new Pavan's Tennis Academy Web Site.
Be sure to check out my New Post on Summer Camp 2008

Chester Township, NJ web site with links to local organizations and businesses, etc.: http://www.chestertownship.org/

Best of Bernardsville, NJ

My "best of" directory for the Mendham-Bernardsville-Chester-Far Hills- Peapack-Gladstone-Morris County area: http://roxiticusdh.blogspot.com/2008/01/best-of-roxiticus-valley-mendham.html


Official Web Site:
Here's a link to the official Bernardsville, NJ Borough web site: http://www.bernardsvilleboro.org/pages01/main.html


Best Restaurants:
The Bernards Inn in Bernardsville, NJ: http://www.bernardsinn.com/content/view/109/150/
Grill 73 in Bernardsville, NJ: http://www.grill73.com/BISTRO_CLASSICS.htm


Local Reading:
Bernardsville News: http://www.recordernewspapers.com/bernardsville_news/

Best Place to Live? Bernardsville, NJ:
The Roxiticus Desperate Housewives live in Mendham, but we spent about 2 years looking for a home in Bernardsville, NJ. Here's a link to an article about what a nice place Bernardsville, NJ is to live: Money Magazine Best Places to Live Contender Bernardsville, NJ: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2007/snapshots/PL3405590.html


Our Realtor:
Ann Tannen, a great realtor with the patience of a saint, spent 2 years searching Bernardsville, NJ and Mendham, NJ and helped us to find our dream home in the Roxiticus Valley. Here's a link to Ann Tannen's Realty Executives web site: http://www.tannenrealty.com/. Before Roxiticus Desperate Housewives and our Best of Mendham, Chester, Bernardsville, NJ directories existed, Ann was our only resource for a handyman, tailor, pre-school, etc. Give Ann Tannen a call at (908) 221-9900 and tell her the Roxiticus Desperate Housewives sent you.


Bernardsville, NJ Train Station Parking:
After four years of successfully parking at the Bernardsville train station for free a couple of times per week, Bernardsville has decided to implement a serious parking system. There's a new meter for daily parking that costs 50 cents per hour (about $5 per day) and ONLY TAKES DOLLAR BILLS! What better way to guarantee I'll get a ticket? So I sucked it up and bought an annual permit for $375. Here's the web site if you'd like to do the same: http://www.bernardsvilleboro.org/pages01/rr-decal-application.doc. One word of warning, if you're not using the Bernardsville train station on a daily basis. I believe the permit runs on a calendar year, so your $375 buys you January-December 2008, and even if you run out of dollar bills one or two mornings, the permit starts to make less sense once you're a couple months into the year....

Somerset Hills Education Foundation (SHEF):

The Somerset Hills Education Foundation’s mission is to promote and provide education opportunities through innovative programs and projects for the benefit of the students of The Somerset Hills School District (Bedwell Elementary School, Bernardsville Middle School and Bernards High School). Read more on their web site at http://www.shefnj.org/index_AboutShef.htm. SHEF hosts its fifth annual Chili Cook-Off benefit on March 29th.