Roxy’s Best Of…Chester, NJ

The Best of Chester, NJ, from kid stuff (including summer camp) to restaurants to shopping

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Pavan’s Tennis Academy is Moving in May 2010… to Flanders Valley Tennis Club, Flanders NJ

By: Roxy on 03/7/10 @ 12:23 pm

On and off for the past four years, London and Maddie have taken tennis lessons with Pavan Patel through Pavan’s Tennis Academy at Fox Chase Tennis Club in Chester, NJ, and Pavan also runs an awesome summer tennis camp for kids of all ages (kindergarten through high school). Pavan Patel was one of the first [...]




From Roxy’s Mailbag: Fall Festival and Benefit with a Horse and Farm Life Theme, October 17th in Tewksbury, NJ

By: Roxy on 10/4/09 @ 7:15 am

Hi Roxy,
I was browsing your site (it is terrific!) and wanted to let you know that we are hosting a fall festival and benefit with a horse and farm life theme on October 17th from 1 to 4pm at Center Line Farm in Tewksbury, NJ.
The festival will benefit two very worthy local organizations. The first is Animeals which [...]




Bad Name, Good Fun: End of Summer Tennis Festival on Saturday, August 15th at Fox Chase Tennis Club in Chester, NJ

By: Roxy on 08/7/09 @ 3:17 pm

Our friends over at Fox Chase Tennis Club are having an End of Summer Tennis Festival on Saturday, August 15th from 3:00 to 5:00pm.  Only one problem… I don’t intend to even think about the end of summer until Labor Day! Open to “juniors” of all ages and levels, the event will include tennis [...]




Fitting a Little Tennis Into Our Summer… Pavan’s Summer Camp at Fox Chase Tennis in Chester, NJ

By: Roxy on 08/4/09 @ 1:48 pm

I just received an email from Pavan Patel over at Pavan’s Tennis Academy at Fox Chase Tennis with some great news for our family… Due to an overwhelming demand, Fox Chase Tennis Club will have an extended week of summer camp.  This is great news for London on Maddie, since they’re just finishing up at [...]




Birthday Parties… Off to Toys with Love in Chester, NJ

By: Roxy on 06/23/09 @ 12:51 pm

This morning, as I searched for the phone number for Toys with Love in Chester, NJ, I was surprised to find that I hadn’t posted about the wonderful local toy store here on Roxy’s Best Of… we’ve been going to Toys with Love to find the perfect birthday and Christmas presents since we moved out to the [...]




Pavan’s Tennis Academy Brings QuickStart Team Tennis to Fox Chase Tennis Club in Chester, New Jersey

By: Roxy on 01/7/09 @ 9:36 pm

We were over at Fox Chase Tennis Club in Chester, NJ, on Saturday morning for London’s make-up lesson in Pavan’s Tennis Academy. Pavan handed me his brand new brochure for QuickStart Team Tennis, starting in January.
The goal of the QuickStart tennis format is to get kids playing as soon as possible – including friendly matches, [...]




Holiday Traditions: London and Maddie Choose and Decorate Our Christmas Tree from Alstede Farms in Chester, New Jersey

By: Roxy on 12/14/08 @ 10:39 am

While Erik and his band of merry Santas, Mrs. Clauses and Elves were on the Santa Rampage in Austin, Texas yesterday, our family continued a quieter holiday tradition here in the Roxiticus Valley, New Jersey.
London, Maddie, Rex and I headed over to Alstede Farms in Chester, New Jersey to pick out a fresh cut eight [...]




Not Too Late to Get a Flu Shot at MinuteClinic, CVS in Chester, New Jersey

By: Roxy on 12/1/08 @ 2:55 pm

Whether I’m surfing the blogosphere or catching up with friends and family in New Jersey, I’ve been hearing a lot about bad colds and the flu.  Just in the past couple of years, Rex and I have become diligent about taking London and Maddie for flu shots, and being good role models by protecting ourselves [...]




Stuff-A-Roo & Teddy Too in Chester, New Jersey

By: Roxy on 11/10/08 @ 1:35 pm

My little girls are growing up…gone are the days when Maddie would cling to my leg and refuse to take part in birthday party activities at local Morris County, NJ venues, unless Mommy would go down the giant slide, hold onto the parachute, or cut up her pizza into little bite-sized pieces. Now that Maddie [...]




London and Maddie Review Disney’s High School Musical 3 at the Chester Clearview Cinema in Chester, NJ

By: Roxy on 11/7/08 @ 7:54 pm

It has been a while since our family has taken in a new movie at the theatre. The sunny summer weather happily kept us on the beach in Bay Head, NJ and away from the tenplex, though we went out when we were back up north in Chester, NJ one evening in July to see [...]