Food and Wine Festival in Scarsdale Village Today!
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It promises to be the biggest event ever hosted in Scarsdale so you don't want to miss the Southern Westchester Food and Wine Festival (SOWE) today in Scarsdale Village. Producer Rich Baumer is expecting up to 5,000 visitors to the Village and has lined up celebrity chefs, top cookbook authors, live music and more to entertain residents and our guests. Meet famed chefs like David Burk and Rafael Palomino, Sneaky Chef Missy Chase Lapine and Tanya Wenmen, Editor in Chief of Epicurious.com. Perhaps the biggest draw will be tastings from 70 top restaurants, caterers, and bakeries and over 200 award winning wines and craft brewed beers from around the world.
The event goes on rain or shine – though good weather is expected. In preparation tents will be erected on Chase Road and Spencer Place. Though tickets are required for the tastings, there is no admission fee so you can come enjoy the demonstrations, book signings and kids activities at no cost. Avoid lines on Sunday by purchasing tickets for the food, wine, beer and champagne tastings online now by clicking here. http://sowefwf.com/tickets/. You can pick up your will call tickets at the festival.
Those coming by car can park at a number of lots around the village and there will be free shuttle service to the festival. Check out the parking plans here. However, if you live nearby, consider walking or riding your bike to avoid the hassle of parking.
The full day of food and fun begins at 11 am and goes until 5 in the evening. Here's a complete schedule of events. Don't miss this one of a kind event:
Schedule of Events:
Chef Demos - sponsored by Viking, Dannon, and The Container Store11:30 Nisa Lee
12:30 Rafael Palomino
1:30 David Burke
2:30 Stew Leonard's and Tri-State Epicurious Healthy Recipe Winners
3:30 Ken Arnone-Master Chef
Book Signings:
12:00 Dana Jacobi
1:00 Tanya Steel-Editor in Chief, Epicurious.com
1:45 Rafael Palomino
2:30 David Burke
3:30 Missy Chase Lapine- The Sneaky Chef
4:30 Ken Arnone- Master Chef
Music Stage:
11:00 DJ Zap Music
12:00 B Street band
2:00 DJ Zap Music
2:30 Joe D 'Urso and Stone Caravan
4:30 DJ Zap Music
Kids Zone: Activities throughout the day provided by Whole Foods, Stew Leonard's, Fun Craft, Total Entertainment, and Yogibo
Wine Seminar: Zachys is hosting world-renowned Brunello di Montalcino producer, Fanti, for a Brunello di Montalcino seminar. 1 - 2 PM $ 50.00
Wine Tastings: Wilson & Son Jewelers, Chase Road: Exclusive VIP Champagne tasting hosted by Wilson & Son Jewelers and Zachys from 12 - 5 PM $50.00
Vintology: Vintology Wine & Spirits teams up with Lange's of Scarsdale, Spencer Place, 12- 5 PM (included with your purchase of a wine & beer ticket)
Southern Westchester Food & Wine Festival supports the Food Bank for Westchester, WhyHunger, Don Bosco Community Center, and Greyston Bakery.
See you there today!
Now Open in Scarsdale
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Vacant retail windows in Scarsdale are slowly coming back to life with two new openings on Spencer Place.
Lange's Deli has completed construction on their expansion next door where they have installed a large pizza oven and are now serving a wide variety of pizzzas as well as hot entrees. Table service is available in the spacious new space where you can order from a select Italian menu of chicken parmigiana or Francese, spaghetti with broccoli, or meatballs, penne a la vodka, or fried shrimp, all served with pasta. The restaus or dinners. They treated me to a slice of pizza with fresh tomatoes and mozzarella and I have been dreaming about a second slice ever since. Lange's is still in the process of printing menus and finalizing the décor, but you can stop in anytime for good eats.
Next door at 45 Spencer Place a new skincare boutique has joined the ranks of Space NK, Iris Nails, Merle Norman Cosmetics, SkinTheraP, Devra Bader, Salon de Lash and Completely Bare in Scarsdale Village. Have we forgotten anyone? I am sure we have.
The Cosmetic Boutique on Spencer Place has been beautifully outfitted to feature a large array of skincare products and make-up in the front and to offer a comfortable treatment room in the back. Billed as "an upscale facial and med spa" they provide a full line of beauty treatments including waxing, brow shaping, tanning, facials, peels, dermaplanning, collagen therapy and more. A doctor will soon be on hand to do injectibles. In addition to treatments, they sell make-up from top brands like Trish McEvoy, Laura Mercier and Kevyn Aucoin and offer make-up services for special occasions like bar mitzvahs, proms and weddings as well as make-up lessons. This is the Cosmetic Boutiques third opening, following their locations in New Canaan and Chappaqua. Stop by and check it out. You are sure to be intrigued.
And speaking of skin care, here's an announcement from Skin TheraP on the bridge at 15 Popham Road in Scarsdale: Dawn Godwin, the owner and founder of Scarsdale Skincare which has been in Scarsdale Village for over 11 years has merged with Skin TheraP Medical Spa. Dawn will offer her clients medical grade facials treatments, laser hair removal, photofacials, coolsculpting, Ultherapy and more.
Swab a Cheek, Help Save a Life
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Congregation Kol Ami will take part in nationwide High Holy Days bone marrow registry program. This coming Yom Kippur is a special opportunity to help others by becoming a potential bone marrow or stem cell donor. Transplanted bone marrow and stem cells are used to treat leukemia, lymphoma and other serious blood-related diseases. Because the need for potential donors, particularly Jewish donors, is great, Congregation Kol Ami will take part in a nationwide, High Holy Days donor-recruitment drive by the Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation. The foundation helps match donors to patients.
Joining the registry simply requires a cheek swab to collect cells and a quick health history evaluation. Eligible donors must be between the ages of 18 and 60 and in general good health. The drive will be on Yom Kippur day, September 14, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kol Ami's Petschek Gallery.
Of the more than 140,000 Americans diagnosed with a serious blood-related disease, some will need bone marrow transplants to survive. Finding a compatible donor whose bone marrow will not set off a cascade of potentially fatal complications is essential.
While nearly a third of these patients will be lucky enough to find a matching bone marrow donor within their own families, the rest—more than 7,000 per year--will need a transplant from a stranger. For many years, American Jews needing transplants faced a statistically uphill struggle. Because tissue types essential for matching donor to recipient are inherited and there were few Jews in the registry, the chance of finding a match was less than 5 percent. The Gift of Life helps find donors within Jewish communities, where the chances of a match are greatest.
"So many of us have family and friends who have been affected by blood-related cancers. This is our opportunity to help save the lives of those in need of a bone marrow or blood stem cell transplant by joining the donor registry, "said Jane Friedberg executive director of Kol Ami.
If you would like to volunteer to help with this drive, please email Jane Friedberg at (914) 949-4717, Ext. 101, by email at JSFKOLAMI@aol.com or at www.nykolami.com.
StartSmart Driver Safety Assembly
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StartSmart Driver Safety Assembly on Tuesday, September 16, 2013 from 7:30-8:30 pm in the SHS Auditorium. This brief, but impactful meeting will feature Jacy Good who was seriously injured, and whose parents both died, in a crash caused by a distracted driver on Jacy's college graduation day. For more information on Jacy and her Hang Up and Drive program, click here. For more information on the assembly and for new driver information from the PTA website, click here. All SHS Seniors who want a SHS Parking Permit for the 2013/14 school year must attend this assembly with a parent. All other students and parents are welcome too. This event is co-sponsored by SHS, the SHS PTA and SHS Youth Outreach workers. For questions, please contact Ronny Hersch.
Modified Sports Program at Middle School Starts September 9
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The Middle School's Modified Sports program, open to all 7th and 8th graders, will begin its fall season on September 9. This is a "no cut" program where everyone has an opportunity to participate: You do not have to be tall for volleyball or good with a stick for field hockey to participate. All that is necessary is the desire to learn, a commitment to come to practice, and a belief in the importance of teamwork. Practices are held at the Middle School 4-5 times a week from 2:45 pm-4:45 pm. Fall options are girls' volleyball, girls' field hockey and boys' and girls' cross country. Winter sports include girls' cheerleading, boys' wrestling and ice hockey. The spring season offers boys' and girls' track and field, as well as boys' and girls' lacrosse. In order for your child to participate, you must follow all instructions found on SMS Athletic's homepage http://www.scarsdaleschools.k12.ny.us/domain/410. But hurry, the season starts early, and all students wanting to participate must attend an interest meeting to be held in gym A at 2:45pm on September 9.