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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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Events

Slurpee Celebrates Bring Your Own Cup Day At White Pllains' 7-Eleven WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Dare we say, let your cup runneth over? Saturday is Slurpee's "Bring Your Own Cup Day" at 7-Eleven stores. From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. you can get a slurpee for $1.49 provided you follow the specific cup rules, as in your cup must be clean, watertight, and fit through a 10-inch hole. There's also a one cup per customer rule. Go here for specifics. And don't forget to send us your photos if you go.

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/10/2015

Events

Slurp Up At Fairfield's 7-Eleven With Bring Your Own (Slurpee) Cup Day FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Dare we say, let your cup runneth over? April 11 is Slurpee's "Bring Your Own Cup Day" at all 7-Eleven stores. You can find them in Danbury, Fairfield and Norwalk. From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., you can get a slurpee for $1.49 provided you follow the specific cup rules, as in your cup must be clean, watertight, and fit through a 10-inch hole. There's also a one cup per customer rule. Go here for specifics. And don't forget to send us your photos if you go.

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/10/2015

Neighbors

Greenwich Fifth-Grader Goes For Big Win In Girl Scout Cookie Baking Contest GREENWICH, Conn. -- Who knows how the cookie will crumble? Or more specifically, which Girl Scout will win the "Taste of Home" baking contest? Greenwich Girl Scout Lindsay Sylvester, a Glenville School fifth-grader, already considers herself a winner. She and her aunt, former Girl Scout Donna Fumuso of Pawling, N.Y., have been selected among the Top 16 in the National Girl Scout Cookie Recipe Contest sponsored by "Taste of Home" magazine for their oatmeal raisin cookie pie. "We know we loved how it tasted," said Sylvester of their creation. "But to have a cooking magazine think so t…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/10/2015

Lifestyle

Garrison's Boscobel Starts Season With New Programs, Hall GARRISON, N.Y. -- Boscobel may be in Putnam's backyard, but how much do you really know about it? We went to Steven Miller, executive director of the historic house and gardens, for a behind-the-scenes update. Daily Voice: What's new at Boscobel? Steve Miller: There's always something new going on here. Boscobel is a restoration in progress with constantly evolving programming and collaborations. To start with, we just did a historic upgrade to the grand entry hall with repurposed flooring and wallpaper. This was four to five years in the making and is quite a radical change. We're …

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/09/2015

News

Westchester Native Bruce Jenner To Discuss His Transition In TV Special WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Bruce Jenner's longtime secret struggle is about to become very public. The 65-year-old reality TV father and former Olympian, who was born in Mount Kisco, will discuss his transition to a woman and the impact it has had on his family in a two-hour interview on 20/20 with Diane Sawyer. It is set to air April 24. Jenner is a former student of Sleepy Hollow High School and graduate of Newtown High School in Newtown, Conn. He is known most recently for his work on the reality-TV series “Keeping up with the Kardashians.”

by Daily Voice

04/09/2015

Events

Carol Burnett Promises Laughs, Conversation At White Plains Event WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Expect an evening of back and forth conversation when Carol Burnett plays at Westchester County Center Friday, April 17, her first-ever Westchester appearance. "This is a true question-and-answer event where the audience is my partner for the evening," said Burnett. "It is very much the same as the opening of my television show where I took unfiltered questions on the spot. Nothing sanitized and nothing rehearsed. Bring it on!" And, if you've never seen "The Carol Burnett Show," no worries. "I speak in plain English," she said. On a more serious note, the fa…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/09/2015

Lifestyle

Former Katonah Resident, Author, Discusses Georgia O'Keeffe At NYC Lecture KATONAH, N.Y. -- Former Katonah resident and well-known author Roxana Robinson, will speak about the artist Georgia O'Keeffe as part of a lecture series at New York's Center for the Study of Transformative Lives. The event is moderated by another Westchesterite -- Waccabuc's Philip Kunhardt, who is the center's founding director. The "Conversation," as it is being billed, is at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 21 with RSVPs due by April 10 (space is limited). Robinson, the author of nine books, including the biography "Georgia O’Keeffe: A Life," will talk about O'Keeffe through the lens of som…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/09/2015

Business

Stamford Woman Dishes On Transition From Oh La La Girl To Cafe Owner STAMFORD, Conn. -- Faina Yelensky's mission is to "Live, Love, and Eat." Walking into her European eatery Café Oolala in Stamford, you can't help but feel that spirit. Aside from the cheery atmosphere, there's the gorgeous, fresh-from-the-oven wholesome food. Breads come in daily from a variety of Yelensky's favorite Manhattan bakeries: rye bread from Orwashers for example, ciabatta from Tom Cat, almond croissants from Ceci-Cela, chocolate croissants from Eli's, bagels from Brooklyn and more. Soups are made daily from scratch; salads and dressings are made on the premises; and the cafe'…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/09/2015

Lifestyle

Chappaqua Family Tells Story Of 'Living With Lincoln' In HBO Documentary CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- A Chappaqua attic is among the backdrops of a new HBO documentary, "Living with Lincoln" which airs April 13 at 9 p.m. Other Westchester sites include the South Salem studio of Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken who produced the theme music, and Katonah-based Kessler Studios which was used for voice-overs. But the real story is the one of the Kunhardt and Meserve families who literally lived with Lincoln for five generations and who, on the 150th anniversary of his assassination (he was shot on April 14, 1865 and died the next morning), use the film to paint an intima…

by Jeanne Muchnick

04/09/2015

News

Newtown High Grad Bruce Jenner To Discuss His New Life On '20/20' FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- The longtime secret struggles of Bruce Jenner, an Olympic gold medalist and Newtown High School graduate, are about to become very public. The 65-year-old reality TV father and star decathlete will discuss his transition to a woman and the affects it has had on his family in a two-hour interview on "20/20" with Diane Swayer, set to air April 24. Jenner is a native of Mount Kisco, N.Y., and a former student at Sleepy Hollow High School in Westchester County, N.Y. He is known most recently for his appearances on the reality-TV series “Keeping Up with the Kardash…

by Daily Voice

04/09/2015

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