Westchester Family January 2012
Westchester Family Magazine
January 2012, page 38
If you have pre-school children, LEGOLAND is worth the trip from anywhere. This park caters to kids ages 2-12, and even the coasters are sized appropriately.
23
Sep
Girlfriend Getaways – Ladies Who Lounge – Chocolate Spa | Hershey Pa.
Long Weekends
Fall-Winter 2011
When you think Hershey, you typically think “kid stuff” — a slab of chocolate nestled between two marshmallow-y grahams, a surprise Kiss hidden inside a Valentine’s Day card, a chocolate reward for a job well done. But at the luxurious Chocolate Spa in Hershey, Pennsylvania, you’ll find treats that are a little more grown up.
Westchester Family Magazine
September 2011
Apple picking has become our family’s annual fall ritual. Luckily, there’s an abundance of pick-your-own farms and orchards in the Hudson Valley where we can get a bushel of fresh, crispy apples and plump pumpkins. Barton Orchards in Poughquag (southern Dutchess County) is one of our favorite places. Not only can we find more than 20 apple varieties, there’s also kid-friendly entertainment and delicious treats. It’s a cross between a day in the country and an amusement park, and my kids can’t get enough.
Two articles I’ve recently written for Luminary Publishing feature some of my favorite places here in the Hudson Valley.
Sojourn
The first is a contribution to the “Community Pages” section in the April issue of Chronogram magazine. The Other Tri-State Area features the neighboring towns of Millerton and Amenia in Dutchess County.
The second is a piece describing the region’s major art museums. From Cole to Calder is featured in the spring/summer issue of Sojourn, A Seasonal Guide to the Mid-Hudson Valley.
I appreciate the “State of the Union”-type address delivered annually by our political leaders. For the most part, they are concise summations of the past year’s achievements — thanks to talented speech writers!
In that spirit, I exercised my marketing muscles and developed my own re-cap of the last twelve months. These are the major highlights of a very busy, very rewarding year for WordScapes, my four-year old home-based writing business.
This past year, I’ve developed and written:
NYNow: Eco-friendly product design is on the rise
The slogan, tagline, and ad copy for the 2010 Dutchess County Tourism campaign
NYNow, a series of e-newsletters on gift and home trends for the New York International Gift Fair
Catalog copy for Good Clean Funds, a fundraising company offering eco-friendly home goods
Press releases promoting the Westchester Triathlon, a Golf Tournament for international chefs, the opening of a “wellness” market, the introduction of the “Tailored Tee” women’s clothing line, and more.
And on the “editorial” side:
An article on multi-generational travel for AAA Home & Away
A round-up of the largest Jack O’Lantern festivals in the U.S. for WomansDay.com
A profile of a sustainable alpaca farmer for The Valley Table magazine
Just for fun, I’ve also launched a family travel blog, “Go BIG or Go Home,” to chronicle what happens when my small-town family visits the “world’s largest”…whatever!
Are there any projects we can work on together this year? Feel free to contact me!
