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Back to Nature offers Health Foods and Natural Products in Cranford NJ

Back To Nature We are a few weeks into the New Year….Ready to tackle that new year’s resolution about healthier living? Then you’d better stock up on some necessary items! And there’s no better place to do so than right here in...

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Andrea Friedman Photography in Cranford, NJ

So you took hundreds of pictures of the kids over the holidays. And in each and every one their eyes are closed, they’re scowling, they look fuzzy, or, if you’re REALLY lucky, you captured some action shots of them throwing their new...

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Start the New Year Off with Donations and Consignments!

Clean Out The Clutter New Year’s Resolutions . . . . . We start off with such lofty goals, but then, once we realize the work that is involved in keeping them, they fall to the wayside. Sometimes it’s just a matter of not knowing...

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Looking for some Fun? Check out ArteVino in Cranford NJ

ArteVino Bored of the same old same old? Book club going stale? Looking for something fun and exciting to do on your next date night, or girls’ night out? Well, here’s a unique and fun idea! Why not create some art? ArteVino, an...

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Belladonna’s…. A Unique and Cool Cranford NJ Shop

There has been a significant transformation at one of downtown Cranford’s businesses. You might notice that the store that used to be known as Belladonna’s Yarn Room & Interiors no longer boasts yarn. Well, that’s not entirely...

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Gift Basket Ideas for the Holidays

We’ve all received a holiday gift basket. The cheese log, the stale crackers, the hard as rock cookies . . . . . not very exciting. But that’s because it’s “cookie cutter” gift giving. Wouldn’t it be better to actually CHOOSE what...

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Looking for Great Holiday Gifts?? Shop LOCAL!!

Nail Salons in Cranford NJ We are on a mission this year. A mission to help locals find meaningful, inexpensive, well-matched, and appreciated gifts to give to those people in their lives that leave them utterly idea-less when it...

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Spoil Your Best Friend at Furever Friends Pet Grooming Shop in Cranford NJ

Furever Friends opened at its 25 North Avenue West in Cranford this past winter, and is owned and operated by Walter Acuna and his wife, Jennifer Acuna-Alfaro. It is primarily a grooming salon, but there is also a retail area in the...

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Cranford Resident Robert Schott to appear on Forbes Living TV Show!

Cranford’s Robert Schott and his WOWindow Posters business, located in Cleveland Plaza Cranford, will be featured on an exciting new talk show airing on WE tvTM, October 7th at 7:00 am ET. WOWindow Posters are backlit posters for...

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Westfield NJ’s 8th Ave Deli

Sometimes you just need a good deli sandwich, know what I mean? Thinly sliced meat piled mile-high on a massive kaiser roll with a kick-ass crunchy pickle on the side . . . darnit, now I’m hungry. Good thing I don’t have to...

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2014 Sip and Shop Event in Cranford, NJ 10/10/14

What could be better than a little sipping or a little shopping? How about some sipping AND shopping?! You can even add a little light snacking to the list. You can enjoy all of these at the same time while strolling through...

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Silhouette Artist Clay Rice at Periwinkle’s Fine Gifts in Cranford NJ 10/9/14

Looking for something completely different to do? Well, this might just be the ticket! Nationally known silhouette artist, Clay Rice, will be at Periwinkle’s Fine Gifts, located at 19 North Union Avenue, on Thursday, October...

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Cranford NJ Kids Paint Businesses Windows for Halloween!

2014 Halloween Painting There’s only one a few days left to register to share your Halloween creativity! It’s time once again for Cranford’s traditional Halloween window painting. This fun event is open to children in grades 1...

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Mila is a Trendy New Boutique in Downtown Westfield NJ

Every woman’s nightmare is having bought a fabulous outfit, only to see someone wearing the SAME outfit to the same party they are at! Not so fabulous anymore!!! But at Mila, an independent women’s boutique in downtown...

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Garwood NJ’s Crème Berree

What could be better than frozen yogurt, you ask? How about frozen yogurt POPS, that are only 120 calories a pop, (pardon the pun), and can be dipped into a hardening shell, and topped off with a variety of toppings? Sounds too good...

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“Be Craftful” is a Fanwood Gem for Kids AND Adults!

Welcome to yet another edition of “Why Wasn’t This Place Around Years Ago?” This time we’re talking about Be Craftful, a relative newcomer to downtown Fanwood that has enamored countless crafty kids and adults...

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Sub-Ology is Cranford NJ’s Newest Sandwich Shop!

So there’s soc-iology . There’s anthrop-ology. There’s bi-ology. There’s even macro-biology. And now there’s Sub-Ology. Downtown Cranford welcomed a new business to 17 North Avenue East just a few weeks ago, when Sub-Ology, a...

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Looking For Something Unique? Check out “The Giving Keys”!

If you haven’t yet heard of “The Giving Keys,” then you have been missing out on something really special. Taken directly from the Giving Keys website: “It started with a New York hotel room key. The Giving Keys founder, actress and...

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Frozen Fun Beading Party at Just Bead Yourself in Westfield, NJ

Do you have a child in your household who has watched the movie “Frozen” about a billion and a half times? Can you sing every word and note to “Let It Go,” and find yourself doing so without warning or provocation? Then have I got the...

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Nuts.com Is A Cranford NJ Family Owned Company!

Cranford is full of nuts. No, no . . . . I mean that in a good way! Right here in town, at 125 Moen Street, is the warehouse for www.nuts.com , an AWESOME company featuring a huge assortment of nuts, seeds, flour, and other sometimes...

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“Just Name It” Is A Westfield NJ Personalization Business!

What is it about personalized items? Kids and adults alike just love having their names and initials emblazoned on clothing, toys, jewelry, home accents, stationery . . . heck, I even own monogrammed soaps! So naturally I became a bit...

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Cesar-Kai Academy Kung Fu Camp in Cranford, NJ

Wondering what to do with the kids this summer? Sports camps are great, but the outdoor ones can be brutal if the weather is oppressively hot. Overnight camps might be more than you were looking for. Yu certainly don’t want them...

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Heartwood Restorations in Cranford, NJ Is Bringing Back The Beauty of the Past!

Heartwood Restorations in Cranford, NJ Did you ever watch those shows on the Home Channel . . . the ones where people take old, wretched, seemingly worthless pieces of furniture, restore them, and the pieces turn out to be gorgeous...

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Thinka Dinka Shop in Downtown Westfield NJ

After stopping in Thinka Dinka for a gift recently, I just knew I had to profile this gem of a toy store. You truly don’t need to visit a big-box store the next time you have to buy a gift for a child–this shop is a...