Nyack Jazz Week 2010

Seven nights of great music (indoors and out, many performances free to the public) featuring Erik Lawrence, Scott Reeves, the RJBS Allstars, and many others, including a rare duo appearance (with pianist Mike Holober) by the great jazz bassist John Pattucci. also included will be a presentation of last year’s popular The Next Generation of Jazz – featuring phenomenal younger musician and a pre-concert talk. Click here for the full calendar of event.

Treasure Hunt in Piermont

The Seven Seas Treasure Hunt takes place at the Piermont Public Library July 16th at 3pm. Registration is suggested. Call for further information 845 359 4595

July is Music Month in Nyack

Wow, there’s so much free music in Nyack this July there’s barely a night to stay home! The Mostly Music series of concerts run for 8 weeks at 7:30 every Tuesday evening through August 17th in Nyack’s Memorial Park on the Hudson.

Visit the website www.friendsofthenyacks.org for the complete list of performers, schedule changes and rain location information.

Art & Antiques Fair in Nyack

Next Sunday July 18th from 10am – 5pm both sides of Main Street and South Broadway in Nyack will be lined with fair booths brim-full of collectibles, antiques and surprises for all ages and at all prices. Free admission. Rain or shine. Scrumptious food. Come and find some treasure or just enjoy the fun.

Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser!

March 13, 2010 —March 28, 2010

The Rockland Farm Alliance will be having two pancake breakfasts featuring locally made maple syrup, organic pancakes, free range eggs, potatoes, sausage, juice, and coffee.

Saturday March 13th, 9am – 12 Noon
Rockland Country Day School, Chef Ula Robertson, At Your Service NY Catering
34 Kings Highway, Congers, NY

Sunday March 28th, 9am – 12 Noon
Threefold Cafe, Chef Anthony LoPinto
285 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY

Because of limited seating and the need to pre-order ingredients, tickets must be purchased in advance by visiting rocklandfarm.eventbrite.com. Prices are $15 per adult and $10 per child. A family package – 4 people costs $45 and a table of 10 costs $125. All proceeds will benefit the Rockland Farm Alliance. For more information, contact info@rocklandfarm.org or call 845-362-0207.

Something Very Special Happened Last Night…

SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL HAPPENED LAST NIGHT…..I FELT GREAT, as I bundled up about to depart the Hot Nyack Yoga studio….Was it an aberration? A momentary phenomenon?  No…could it be the cumulative effect of about five or six weeks of visiting the hot yoga studio,,,, maybe?  And not every night mind you, perhaps a few times a week. I’ve experienced their various types of yoga (Hatha, Bikram, Vinyasa and Forrest) with little or no expectations but with an open mind and a strong willingness to try my best.  In the very beginning, I went through the motions (poses) at times feeling lost, few times as a pretzel want-to-be and other times, as teetering idiot, yet, there were no times when I felt any of the instructors (followers, believers, amazing people, I’ll call them) sharing my embarrassment or guilt, as an underachiever you see, -it isn’t about that at all.  I’m reminded of having gone to an awesome restaurant and having an exceptional dinner, only to be served by a less than compassionate waiter – the dining experience loses a lot.

Here at Hot Yoga of Nyack the opposite happens.  This IS an exceptional staff, not only because of their individual expertise but because their enthusiasm and support, bridges the gap between the “experience” and “getting it”…get it?  It is a practice that perhaps never gets truly mastered, however, these instructors never make you feel less than a ‘trying master’.  The teachers that I have experienced thus far seem to me to be exceptional, yet with some subtle differences and emphasis in the blending of the spiritual with the physical.  For this writing, I would be remiss if I didn’t in particular point out one such instructor, that being Erica Mather (Director of Forrest Yoga).  Last night, as every night, she is the epitome of that perfect blend of mind, body and spirit and done so, withperfect grace, no exception.  Yes, I think they are all great, but it was in her class that I departed last night with that certain extra special feeling of well being.  I realize it is a cumulative effect of all my yoga visits but I do think she adds that unique mystique that is quite captivating – so thanks to her (et al) and thanks to yoga, that I still feel great this morning…..

Meet Erica at:  ericamather.com  or at: www.hotyogaofnyack.com

Editor Note: Every few weeks we will ask a novice yoga “pupil” to comment on their perception of the class they take.

THE EAGLE HAS LANDED…

West Nyack has become the winter home to a migratory group of bald eagles. It seems a flock of these majestic fishermen have settled in behind the Shop Rite on Rt. 59. It would appear they have been attracted by the open water of the Hackensack Creek. The velocity of the water, caused by the dam at the southern end of Lake Deforest, helps to keep this section of water ice free in all but the coldest of winter weather. There is also a large population of fish, especially carp, swimming in the creek. Eagles will scavenge most any food, but they are magnificent catchers of fish, their preferred meal. A bald eagle swoops down and can pluck fish up to several pounds in their talons without missing a wing beat. They then maneuver the fish to be facing head first making their often heavy meal aerodynamically correct as they fly off to a high perch to enjoy the hard earned meal. Bald eagles don’t develop their distinctive white head and tail until 5 years old. There is at least one immature eagle with the group, easily recognizable by a mottled plumage of brown and white. By itself, it could be mistaken for a hawk, but its large size is a dead giveaway to identification.

Many people have gone out and bought telephoto lenses for their cameras, binoculars, and spotting scopes to enjoy this natural spectacle from a distance. It is against federal law to harass or disturb eagles. The DEC thinks this group has traveled down from Canada, following open water as they go. Although many people think this year is a unique occurrence, Rockland has become home to several bald eagles every winter for at least the past several years. It would seem their proximity to the Palisades Mall has increased public awareness this year.

7th Annual Career Expo!

The Career expo is designed to broaden students knowledge base about the world of work and expose them to a variety of career paths and options. There will be stations with hands-on interavtive materials and/or visuals to represent the types of work performed in companies. There will be approximately 400 students visiting the stations in hopes to learn about different career areas. There are plenty of openings for volunteers in the area! Please call or email Rosalie Sauter if you wish to share the joy of your career with the children of BOCES.

Where?              

Rockland BOCES

65 Parrott Road

West Nyack, NY 10994

When? 

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

9:30am – 2:00pm

(Participant set-up beginning at 8:30)

 

Lunch will be served at the end of the day (1:00pm)

 

Contact:           

Rosalie Sauter

Email: Rosalie@baer-mcintosh.com

Phone: 845-627-4784

LET YOUR RADIANT SPIRIT SHINE

Skyelight Healing Arts Center is a great place for the young, middle aged and old to express themselves and feel part of a larger community. Skyelight offers a wealth of programs, classes, events and opportunities for enriching your life through creativity, self-growth and inner awareness. Skyelight recognizes the entire range of being and extends an invitation to reveal your AUTHENTICITY and be free. Skyelight extends the invitation to healers, practitioners, workshop guides, therapists, holistic professionals to bring their work to Skyelight and contribute your gifts. The center holds very interesting and fun classes such as: Family Laughter Club, Understanding the Spirit of Asian Medicine, Soul Collage (getting the artist out from within), Yoga, etc. The classes are quite reasonable in price as the core mission is really for the community to have an outlet from their busy and stressful lives. These days too many wonderful places shut their doors due to the word never getting out. Many would be so saddened if this happened for Skyelight.

 

For more information please visit or contact:

http://www.skyelighthealingarts.com/

Skyelight Healing Arts
117 Depew Avenue
Nyack, NY 10960
917-273-4046

Dawn/Owner: dawn@skyelighthealingarts.com

Is the market beginning to turn?

It’s a feeling, just a feeling, but there’s some evidence the Real Estate Market is changing.

I’m a big fan of statistics and charts. 20+ years in global marketing for a fortune 500 company will do that to a gal. I even took a second semester of statistics in college as an elective, because I liked it.

That doesn’t stop me though from just “getting a feeling” about something. 

Over the past couple weeks; just such a feeling has been brewing about the real estate market. It started with a surge in home search registrations both here on Wesellny.com and on Baer-McIntosh.com. At the same time, we started noticing more calls to the office, and more email traffic.

All this at a time of year that is typically one of the slowest. This makes me think maybe this is an indicator of the real estate market picking up a little steam.

I sent out a note on Facebook and Twitter to many of my peers as to how things are in their markets and the resounding response that they too are “feeling”and seeing the same. This isn’t a technical analysis of the Rockland real estate market (nor any other market for that matter). I’m not even considering things like inventory levels, sales, prices or any of a dozen factors that go into a full-fledged market condition analysis.

But when multiple agents all across the county notice an uptick in their specific markets, it’s hard not to stop and say, “Hmmmm…”. Maybe this is just an aberration. Maybe it means absolutely nothing. But maybe, just maybe, it means there really are more buyers entering the market, more sellers setting realistic prices, and there is increasing confidence in the market all the way around.

Maybe.

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