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Jeanne Muchnick

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Jeanne Muchnick, Daily Voice Deputy Editor, Content, has covered everything from baby advice for Parents Magazine to travel finds for The Rough Guides to human interest features for The New York Times to lifestyle insights for prevention.com. She has been a Senior Editor at top national women's magazines including Woman's World and Woman's Day and was instrumental in the launch of Gannett's InTown, Rockland and Putnam magazines. She is also the author of Dinner for Busy Moms, a 2010 Mom's Award winner. Among her favorite things to write about: Her neighbors and surrounding communities. So email her and fill her in on what's happening near you. And, follow her on Instagram @dailyvoicefeatures.

Jeanne was formerly a deputy editor at Daily Voice.

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Business

Gluten-Free By The Way Bakery Opens In Greenwich GREENWICH, Conn. — By the Way Bakery, a much-loved gluten-free bakery that got its start in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y., and has since spread to Manhattan's Upper West and Upper East Sides, has opened its doors to customers in Greenwich — just in time for the holidays. The bakery is also kosher and serving up sufganiyot, perfect for Hanukah. The pastries are baked, not fried, and filled with luscious raspberry jam. The shop is the brainchild of an ex-corporate lawyer who went from spending her days crafting contracts to building one of the area’s fastest-growing food businesses. Helene Godin …

by Daily Voice

12/22/2016

Lifestyle

Enjoy The Holiday Spirit(s) In Fairfield FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn -- Put some cheer into your holiday season — literally — with a host of revel-worthy cocktails created by Fairfield County mixologists. What follows are a few places to get the party started. Feel free to share your favorites in our Facebook comments. Artisan Ginger Crush, Artisan Restaurant, Tavern and Garden, Southport: Shake it up with this original concoction made with maple syrup,Barrows ginger liquor, lemon juice, bourbon, and mint sprigs. Make Merry: 275 Old Post Rd, (203) 307-4222. North Pole Martini, Hot Toddy, Rudolph's Red Nose Apple Cider & Santa's …

by Jeanne Muchnick

12/22/2016

Lifestyle

DVlicious: Vote For Your Favorite Special Occasion Restaurant, Bergen BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. -- December tends to be the time for holiday celebrations, end of year get-togethers, splurge-worthy Saturday nights and even marriage proposals. So where do you go? Our DVlicious contest continues with the hunt for the best special occasion restaurant in the county. Daily Voice readers were polled on their favorites; that list was then narrowed down to five finalists. All are now competing for the DVlicious best. Start voting, Bergen. You have until 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27. You can vote multiple times, albeit once per day. The winner will receive a DVlicious certificat…

by Daily Voice

12/22/2016

Business

Rye's Numi Salon Offers Hottest Haircut In Westchester (Literally) RYE, N.Y. -- Rye's NUMI Nuriel Abramov Salon is heating things up with "hot scissors," a European invention that utilizes heated blades with manual temperature control to give women -- and men -- a long lasting cut. According to Founder/Creative Director Nuriel Abramov, NUMI is the first salon in Westchester to feature this new technology, known as the Jaguar TC ThermoCut System. "The Louis Licari salon in New York City started using the hot tool in 2013, which is where NUMI's senior stylist, Igor [Musayev] first used the shears," said Abramov. "He has since brought…

by Jeanne Muchnick

12/21/2016

Neighbors

Mamaroneck Makeup Artist Puts The 'Glow' On White House Chanukah Event MAMARONECK, N.Y. -- A Mamaroneck make-up artist got "this close" to President and Michelle Obama. New Rochelle resident Heather Adessa, who owns Glo Beauty Bar in Mamaroneck, was asked by Rabbi Rachel Isaacs, a Waterville, Maine resident, to do her makeup for the Dec. 14th Chanukah Benediction speech at The White House. Rabbi Isaacs, a longtime friend of Adessa's, flew her to D.C. for the event. And though Adessa didn't get to meet the first couple, she did feel a "six degrees of separation" connection as well as the excitement as she got the rabbi and her partner ready…

by Jeanne Muchnick

12/21/2016

Business

Darien Mom Grows Prepared Food Business With Homespun Charm DARIEN, Conn. -- Megan Ruppenstein has always enjoyed cooking healthy. So much so that when she hosted dinner parties, her friends would comment on her tasty meals and prod her to start her own business. "I was cooking all the time anyway so I figured, why not try," said the Darien resident. And so, she emailed 20 friends asking, if she prepared homemade meals to go would they be interested? The answer? An unequivocal "yes." That was five years ago and that list has now grown to 450. So has her company, which started in her kitchen, and, as of February 2016, to a storef…

by Jeanne Muchnick

12/21/2016

Business

Hastings' By The Way Bakery Opens Fourth Location In Greenwich HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- By the Way Bakery, the much beloved gluten-free bakery which got its start in Hastings and has since spread to Manhattan's Upper West and Upper East Sides, will open it's doors to customers in Greenwich on Wednesday, Dec. 21 just in time for the holiday rush. The shop, at 19 E. Putnam Ave., is the brainchild of an ex-corporate lawyer who went from spending her days crafting contracts to building one of the area’s fastest-growing food businesses. Helene Godin -- who admits she was never an avid baker -- gave up a 22-year career as a media attorney to start a bite…

by Daily Voice

12/21/2016

Business

Greenwich Lice Experts Remind Vacationers To Pack Caution GREENWICH, Conn. -- With Fairfield County families gearing up to go away this holiday season, Allyson Greifenberger and Kristy Gordon, owners of the Greenwich and Norwalk-based The Hair Genies, recommend packing caution. After all, head lice thrive equally in warm and cold climates. Girls should wear their hair pulled back in ponytails, advises Greifenberger, and parents should ideally pack the salon's preventative mint spray as a precaution. (The two women recommend using it year-round.) The two Fairfield County residents -- Greifenberger lives in Westport, Gordon in Weston -- began &quo…

by Jeanne Muchnick

12/21/2016

Neighbors

Westport Ice Cream Shop Owner Scoops Up Kindness With Al's Angels WESTPORT, Conn. -- For Al DiGuido, the owner of Saugatuck Sweets in Westport and Fairfield, giving is a year-round endeavor. That's because the Westport resident is the charitable force behind Al's Angels, which he formed in 2004 with "the mission of providing moments of joy and comfort to families that are challenged by childhood cancer, rare blood diseases, AIDS, domestic violence, and financial hardship." "Through hard work, an amazing group of volunteers, and tremendous generosity, Al's Angels is able to help thousands of children in the tristate area," he told Daily…

by Jeanne Muchnick

12/20/2016

Neighbors

Chappaqua Author Sets Tale In 1947 Brooklyn In Debut Novel CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- Looking to cozy up with a good book? "The Two Family House" by Chappaqua Author Lynda Cohen Loigman has been getting lots of buzz lately. The novel, a first for Loigman, was published by St. Martin’s Press in March and soon after made the semifinalist for the Goodreads 2016 Choice Awards. Loigman's story, about a two family home and its inhabitants in Brooklyn's 1940s was inspired by the stories her mom and aunts used to tell her about their childhood. The women grew up on the top floor of a two-family house in Brooklyn, with their mother's brother, his wife and…

by Jeanne Muchnick

12/20/2016

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