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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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New Rochelle Hotel Hosts Couples Training For Therapists NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- While you're busy with your Valentine, therapists in the area are encouraged to brush up on their couples therapy through the CA-based PACT Institute. PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy) focuses on evoking experience for couples through social cues, movement exercises, conflict enactments, and other psychodramatic techniques. “It’s okay for partners to make mistakes and take things personally; that’s how we learn. Rather than shying away from conflict, we lean into it. PACT teaches couples how to fight in a way so that nobody loses,” says PACT Insti…

by Daily Voice

02/12/2015

Lifestyle

Shopping For Valentine's Day? Putnam Boasts 'Sweet' Gift Options PUTNAM COUNTY, N.Y. -- It's an age-old dilemma this time of year -- what to get for Valentine's Day? Here, a sampling beyond the usual chocolates and flowers. Talk about locks of love. At Archipelago At Home in Cold Spring, Owner Timothy Chevtaikin said vintage padlocks from India, Bali, and Tibet are popular for Valentine's Day. Other items of interest: Hipster wool and wool/leather combination journals, tablet and iPad covers and colorful soap rocks. Love it: 119 Main St., Cold Spring, (845) 265-3992. Candles and body lotions are big sellers at Cold Spring Apothecary where this yea…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/12/2015

Lifestyle

Ridgefield Wine Owner Shares Valentine's Day Vintages RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- It's Valentine's Day on Saturday, Ridgefield. What are you drinking? Aris DiGiulio, owner of Ridgefield's Village Wine and Spirits, offers the following suggestions: Villa Jolanda Prosecco Valentine’s Day Bottle ($10.49): "This is a fresh, easy drinking, dry sparkling wine that comes in a fun bottle designed for Valentine’s Day. Enjoy this on its own as an aperitif or pair with appetizers." Castiglion Del Bosco 2011 Rosso di Montalcino ($19.99): "A well-balanced, nicely structured, truly special Italian red wine from Tuscany, it earned a score of 91 points fro…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/12/2015

Lifestyle

Still Shopping For Valentine's Day? The Rivertowns Offer Red Hot Options RIVERTOWNS, N.Y. -- You've still got time Valentine's Day shoppers...but with the cold coming and more snow on the way, don't you want to make it easier on yourself? Here, a sampling of "love-ly" gifts you don't have to travel far to find. Audrey's Gifts & Home Accessories has heart-shaped soaps, heart-shaped necklaces and lots of other home goods like serving trays, bowls and Thymes lotions. Love it: 103 Main St., Dobbs Ferry, (914) 231-7820, www.audreyshome.com/. Heart jewelry -- earrings and necklaces in particular -- as well as heart soaps and warm hats and scarves are popular s…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/12/2015

Lifestyle

Tarrytown Shops Offer Red-Hot Gifts For Valentine's Day TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- It's an annual dilemma -- what to get your special someone for Valentine's Day? For those short on time we've rounded up a list beyond the usual chocolate and flowers. Even better -- especially with the never-ending who-knows-if-it-will-snow-or-not forecast -- our list keeps you close Pure Mountain Oil: Satisfy your honey's sweet tooth with blood orange olive oil and chocolate dark balsamic vinegar or go for some heat with the Chipolote olive oil and raspberry dark balsamic. There are lots of choices at this family-run business -- and lots of samples. Love it: 11 N. Broa…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/12/2015

Lifestyle

Chocolate Works Scarsdale Fulfills Your Every Wish For Valentine's Day SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- If you're not thinking chocolate yet for Valentine's Day, now's the time. Everything you need, want, or could have imagined dipped, coated, or filled with chocolate is available at Chocolate Works Scarsdale where Manager Sofia Pell estimates more than 300 pounds of chocolate will be made -- and sold. The holiday is typically the store's busiest single retail day. Among the top sellers: Chocolate-covered strawberries, chocolate hearts, truffles and anything sold in one of the store's heart-shaped boxes. All chocolate, except those made with nuts, are produced in th…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/12/2015

Lifestyle

Yorktown Experts Share Secrets To Lasting Intimacy YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- With Valentine's Day approaching and love in the air, wouldn't everyone, especially the long-married among us, like to know the secrets to lasting intimacy? Yorktown Heights residents (and married couple) Patricia Johnson and Mark Michaels, the authors of four books on relationships and sexuality, offer the following secrets to great relationships: Love is Profound Interest If you’ve been together for a while, chances are you’re less thoughtful, less focused on your beloved, and less appreciative. You have the power to change this and recreate some of what it wa…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/12/2015

Lifestyle

Scarsdale Shops Offer 'Love-ly' Valentine's Day Gifts SCARSDALE, N.Y. -- It's an annual dilemma -- what to get your special someone for Valentine's Day? For those short on time we've rounded up a list beyond the usual chocolate and flowers. Even better -- especially with the never-ending who-knows-if-it-will-snow-or-not forecast -- our list keeps you close to home. At Current Home, you'll find a variety of love-inspired items. Among them: Diamondocity heart artwork made with Swarovski crystals, heart, love or lips candles, acrylic magnetic picture frames in various colors; and an acrylic tic-tac-toe set with x's and lips which can be customiz…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/12/2015

Business

Greenwich Gourmet Store Proves Love Is In The Air - And Behind The Counter RIVERSIDE, Conn. -- Love is practically baked into every cookie and cupcake at Aux Délices, with locations in Riverside, Greenwich, Darien and Westport. And not just because Valentine's Day is a mere two days away. It's because many of the staff here met and married as a result of working at one of the gourmet food store's four locations. The family-owned business, founded by married couple -- Gregory Addonizio and Debra Ponzek -- has been going strong since 1995 when the first location opened in Riverside. The two, married 20 years, met at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Par…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/12/2015

Lifestyle

Bronxville Shops Feature Red Hot Gifts For Valentine's Day BRONXVILLE, N.Y. -- It's an annual dilemma -- what to get your special someone for Valentine's Day? For those short on time we've rounded up a list beyond the usual chocolate and flowers. Even better -- especially with the never-ending who-knows-if-it-will-snow-or-not forecast -- our list keeps you close to home. Weezie D: Blush tones are the new up-and-coming color, though red wins hearts for Valenine's Day. At Weezie D, you'll find a riot of colors on a variety of women's wear, from T-shirts to dresses. Love it: 15 Park Place, (914) 337-1008, www.weezied.com/. Dobbs & Bishop: Get…

by Jeanne Muchnick

02/12/2015

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