http://baskingridgenj.roxysbestof.com The Best of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, from kid stuff (including summer camp) to restaurants to shopping Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:07:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Rex and I spent a long cold day in New York City today.  It was about 15 degrees Fahrenheit, headed to 4 below zero, with a dusting of snow on the ground.  There was a plane crash and an amazing rescue (all 155 survived) on the Hudson River on our ... http://baskingridgenj.roxysbestof.com/2009/01/15/home-services/cool-phone-call-tonight-somerset-hills-handyman-looking-for-the-roxiticus-desperate-housewife/ Instead of jumping on the media bad news bandwagon, my blogosphere buddy Rambler has a regular "good news" post on her Lofty Matters site about the good things happening around the world each week. Starting today, I'm going to share some local good news and hope that we'll have enough ... http://baskingridgenj.roxysbestof.com/2009/01/06/community/come-they-told-me%e2%80%a6-drummer-boys-from-bonnie-brae-school-in-basking-ridge-new-jersey-will-attend-barack-obama%e2%80%99s-inaugural-parade-in-washington-dc/ As I’ve mentioned over on my Roxiticus Desperate Housewives site, I’ve been finding great new material and feeling quite productive on my recent train commutes from the Bernardsville, NJ, train station to our investment banking firm’s office in New York City. This morning, I picked up the Newark Star-Ledger on ... http://baskingridgenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/10/25/restaurants-and-bars/rex-will-love-this-recipe-braised-beef-short-rib-with-hazelnut-spaetzle-from-dolce-in-basking-ridge-new-jersey/ Rex and I just received an invitation from the Friends of the Adult Day Center of the Visiting Nurse Association of Somerset Hills to attend "A Taste of the Hills" on Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 from 6:00 to 9:00pm.  This fundraising event will be held at Fair Winds at Basking ... http://baskingridgenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/10/01/events/a-taste-of-the-hillshonoring-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-adult-day-center-of-the-visiting-nurse-association-of-somerset-hills/ Roxy and the rest of the Roxiticus Desperate Housewives don't spend as much time in Bernards Township and Basking Ridge as we do in Mendham, Bernardsville, or Chester, but we recently received a request for the Best of Basking Ridge from a reader who was thinking about moving to Basking ... http://baskingridgenj.roxysbestof.com/2008/10/01/general/introducing-roxys-best-basking-ridge-bernards-township-new-jersey/