Valentine's Day Gifts Close to Home
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Valentine's Day is a week away on Friday February 14th. Avoid a last minute panic by scoping out available gifts this week. Here are a few ideas from local merchants:
Nothing says Valentine's Day like roses. The Scarsdale Flower Shop is offering lovely arrangements of fresh red roses in custom made arrangements. Chose from a dozen long stem roses, a bouquet of pink and white roses, a mixture of roses, lilies and gerbera daisies and more. Or go exotic with a blooming orchid plant or a terrarium. Prices for roses range from $45 to $95. To order, stop by Scarsdale Flower Shop at 7 Harwood Court, call 914-723-0852 or visit their website at scarsdaleflowershops.com.
Current Home at the Heathcote Five Corners has a beautiful array of gifts for the home that will last long after Valentine's Day is over. Here are just a few 
ways to say "I love you." Lend your shelf a touch of love and style with a bold pair of heart bookends. Red or pink available. $145. Infuse love in the air with their hand jeweled heart fragrance candle. $24. Visit Current Home at 8 Palmer Avenue, Scarsdale, call the store to order at (914) 723-2462 or visit their website at: www.currenthomeny.com
Or, toast your Valentine with wonderful libations from Zachys on East Parkway in Scarsdale. Here are their holiday selections:
-The Rule Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2011, 19.99: Rule the night! This top selling Cabernet Sauvignon is a hearty and rich red that evokes dark chocolate, vanilla and cherry. Wine and dine your sweetheart with The Rule Cabernet Sauvignon without breaking the bank or skimping on Valentine's Day indulgence.
-Fleury Fleur de LEurope Brut NV 41.99: Champagne is better than Flowers, no? Fleur de L'Europe or the "Flower of Europe" from Champagne Fleury is simply divine. This rich and mouthwatering champagne offers an endless stream of bubbles that will stand out over any bouquet of flowers!
-Piper Heidsieck Brut Rose Sauvage NV 54.00: Pretty in Pink! This eye catching Piper Hiediseick Rose Brut Sauvage is an exuberant and pronounced champagne that is sure to kick off your evening in style. With an explosive POP of color on the label and in the glass this breathtaking 92 point Rose from world celebrated champagne house, Piper Heidseick.
-Slovenia Vodka 37.99: You can't spell Slovenia without LOVE. Celebrate your loved one with a martini crafted from the premium vodka from dream team, Peter X. Kelly, Bill Murray and Mikhail Baryshnikov. Deliciously smooth and dangerously delicious shake up your favorite cocktail with Slovenia Vodka.
Dinner out? Taiim on Boniface Circle in Scarsdale is offering a special Valentine's Day prix fixe dinner for $45 per person. Start with a complimentary glass of sparkling wine or a pomegranate and sparkling wine cocktail before your pistachio soup or Piyaz salad with tomatoes, onion, olive, egg and beans. Appetizers include tuna kebab or falafel with yogurt dip. Special entrees are Shish tawook –(sautéed chicken with peppers, paprika, yogurt and tomato, clams, shrimp and scallops or beef kibbee with bulgur, mint, all spice, cinnamon and parsley. Finish with white chocolate bon bons! Call to reserve at (914) 723-6900.
Fig and Olive Westchester hosts the holiday with a $55 prix fixe dinner menu. Check out the menu here: Choose from appetizers like seared scallops and chanterelles, oysters on the half shell and beef tartar. Main course include seared salmon, Chilean sea bass, filet mignon and rack of lamb. Save room for the Valrhona chocolate brownie for dessert.
Fig and Olive Westchester, 696 White Plains Road, Scarsdale, (914) 725-2900.
What else? Who can resist chocolate from Imagine Candy on Harwood Court or chocolate bark from Chocolations on East Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck. Check out Balducci's Valentine's Day menu with lobster bites, a Valentine's seafood platter for two with shrimp, lobster tails and lobster salad –and petit fours and chocolate-dipped strawberries for dessert. On February 14th get a free chocolate bar with every Gourmet on the Go location purchase. More sweet treats are available at Lulu Cake Boutique on Garth Road where they are baking heart-shaped mini cakes for two, hand painted heart cookies, "Conversation Heart" cupcakes and edible chocolate candy boxes made from cake. Yum! Too busy or lazy to leave 
your desk? If all else fails, go to Paperless Post and send an e-card.
Happy, happy!
Complete This Survey: We Need Your Input
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The Acceleration Project (TAP), a local nonprofit, is conducting a Buy Local study on behalf of the Scarsdale Chamber of Commerce to promote the vibrancy of the community.
Scarsdale small businesses have never before faced so many challenges to their vitality. Vacant storefronts have an adverse impact on the community as a whole. Thriving retail centers make Scarsdale an attractive place to live, work, eat, and shop.
Over the next few weeks, TAP will survey consumers, businesses, and other stakeholders to understand perceptions, preferences, and behaviors. Using the input from these surveys, TAP will develop recommendations for a "Buy Local" awareness campaign and will provide suggestions for local businesses to better serve the needs of their customers. Please take advantage of this unique opportunity to express your views.
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TAP deploys professional women to assist local small businesses with strategic and tactical advice. TAP's mission is to harness and develop the talents of professional women to help boost economic development. TAP empowers women to make a meaningful impact in their community while advancing their skills. To learn more, please visit their website.
(Pictured below) The TAP Buy Local Scarsdale team, pictured above (from left): Kim Meyers, Amanda Hack, Jane Veron (Co-Founder), Lisa Tretler (Co-Founder), Joan Hendell, and Tracy Jaffe. Not pictured: Carol Fitzgerald (Buzzback Market Research), Pam Rubin, Rhonda Schnipper, and Tracy Ullman.
Scarsdale Actors to Perform in The Music Man, Jr.
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Nine Scarsdale students will perform in the Random Farms Kids' Theater production of The Music Man, Jr., adapted for kids from the classic, award-winning Broadway musical, at The Tarrytown Music Hall on January 28 through February 2, 2014.
The Music Man tells the story of fast-talking conman Harold Hill, and his escapades in a small town in turn-of-the-century Iowa. Famous songs include "Trouble," "Goodnight My Someone" and "Seventy Six Trombones." The show is performed by 85 young people from throughout Westchester, Putnam, Connecticut and New Jersey ranging in age from 7-18.
The Music Man is a bombastic musical full of classic songs, timeless stories, and fun for the whole family.
Featured in the show are Scarsdale residents Molly Bochner, Craig Carroll, Chloe Faegenberg, Maya Katcher, Julia Kawai, Hannah Lewis, Lauren Fialkow, Laura Paternoster and Sophia Roth.
Molly Bochner is in the fifth grade at Quaker Ridge Elementary School. She is having fun playing a salesman and a River City townsperson in casts A and B of The Music Man. This is Molly's second mainstage production at Random Farms Kids Theater.
Craig Carroll has performed in many Random Farms productions, including The New Kid, an anti-bullying show, which is currently touring the tri-state area. Craig enjoys performing in musical theater and has from a very young age. His acting strengths are in his comedic timing on stage, and The Music Man is no exception as Mayor Shinn is a very funny role. Craig is in 6th grade at SMS, Cooper House.
Chloe Faegenburg is a 8th grader in Scarsdale Middle School and is is thrilled to be performing in a Random Farms production for the first time. She will play Maude Dunlop in cast C.
Lauren Fialkow SMS 8th grade. Lauren loves performing at Random Farms and will be playing Mrs. Squires.
Maya Katcher is a second grader at Quaker Ridge School, and is thrilled to be performing in a Random Farms Main Stage production. She is playing a River City Kid in casts A and B.
Julia Kawai is a student at Scarsdale Middle School and is thrilled to be performing in a Random Farms production for the first time. She will play a Rock Island Salesman and a River City Townsperson in casts C and D.
Hannah Lewis is excited to play Marian. She is in 8th grade at Scarsdale Middle School and she loves to perform along with her friends.
Laura Paternoster is thrilled to be in her fifth production at Random Farms. She plays a salesman and a townsperson in this presentation. Laura is in the fifth grade at Quaker Ridge Elementary School.
Sophia Roth, an 8th grader at Scarsdale Middle School, is playing the role of Zaneeta Shinn in Cast C. The Music Man is Sophia's sixth mainstage production at Random Farms Kids Theater
Performances are January 28, 29, 30, 31 and February 1 @ 7:00pm; January 31 @ 10am; and February 1 & 2 @ 2:00pm. The theater is located at 13 Main Street in Tarrytown. Directions can be found at www.tarrytownmusichall.org.
Tickets for The Music Man are $18 (adults), $16 (children under 12 and seniors), $14 (groups of 20+) and $10 (camps). Premium seating tickets (first four rows of center orchestra) are $23. To reserve tickets, go to www.tarrytownmusichall.org or call TicketForce at 877-840-0457. Tickets will also be available at the door. For more information, visit the theater's website at www.randomfarms.com.
The Buzz: Massa Closing, Earl Graves' House Hangs in the Balance and more...
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Massa, the Italian restaurant in the Heathcote Tavern Building is closing, or as they say, relocating as of January 25, 2014. The move coincides with the application of Frederick Fish to develop a condominium complex on the property that is now the parking lot of the Heathcote Tavern Building. According to the non-binding agreement between developer Frederick Fish and the Village of Scarsdale, the historic Tavern building would remain. It was assumed that Fish would continue to operate a restaurant on the site – but now that Massa is closing, it has fueled speculation that the developer could use the restaurant space to construct four additional condominiums. Meanwhile, we spotted a sign for Massa' Coastal Italian Cuisine opening at 599 East Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck in the space that once housed Neméa Greek Taverna.
Sweat It: Competition is heating up for exercise studios in Scarsdale. Just on the heels of the opening of Physique57, the Barre studio in the Golden Horseshoe, Flywheel and Flybarre studio will open their doors on 
Scarsdale Avenue this weekend. And for those wondering who will occupy in the new building at 1 Palmer, in front of Balducci's, rumor as it that SLT, Strength, Lengthen, Tone, will soon take occupancy. Their slogan is "if cardio, strength training and pilates had a baby,.. it would be SLT," and they are currently in operation in Soho, Midtown, the Hamptons, Rye Brook and Short Hills, with new locations in Roslyn and Scarsdale coming soon. Check them out here:
Also on our minds this week is the fate of Earl Graves' mansion at 8 Heathcote Road. An application to tear down the house, built in 1907, was rejected in a unanimous decision by the Committee for Historic Preservation. Graves was the founder of Black Enterprise Magazine and lived in the house 
from 1974 until September 2013 when it was sold for $7.5mm. The owners have the right to appeal that decision to the Board of Architectural Review who will meet at Village Hall on Monday night January 27 to hear their case.
Last, the School Budget Forum that was cancelled on Tuesday night due to the snow storm has been rescheduled for tonight, Thursday January 23 at 7:30 in rooms 170-172 of Scarsdale High School. Come out to hear the discussion and learn what your neighbors think is important to put in or take out of next year's school budget.
Shira Kobren in Concert at Congregation Kol Ami
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Shira & Friends are coming to Congregation Kol Ami for a concert on January 26, 2014 at 1:30 pm. The goup is led by performer and educator Shira Kobren, who believes that kids' entertainment should really rock! Shira learned to sing from her mom and dad when she was just a kid. Shira's dad always used to play songs on the guitar (like Johnny B. Goode and Beatles' songs), and Shira, her mom and her brother, Ari, would sing along. It was only a matter of time before Shira transitioned from singing in her living room to singing on stage.
A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Shira has performed on stage, on screen, in commercials, and she has sung on albums, all while teaching music and movement to young students throughout New York City. Shira & Friends was born when Shira decided to combine her loves of performing and of being silly and creative with her students. Shira enlisted some of the best musicians she knows to be her "Friends", and all together, they make music that both kids and grown-ups can appreciate and enjoy.
Shira & Friends concerts are always rockin' interactive extravaganzas! Combining its own original tunes with classics, Shira & Friends plays a mix of hand-clap-able, sing-along-able, danceable, always smile-inducing music that has audience members of all ages becoming part of the show. Shira & Friends has performed in all sorts of venues including at street fairs, in nursery and elementary schools, at children's activity centers, for private dinners, stand-alone concerts, and at other special events.
This event is open to the entire community! Tickets are available at the door at $5.00 for adults and children 2 & older.
Congregation Kol Ami
252 Soundview Avenue
White Plains, NY 10606
914.949.4717
