Millburn-Short Hills, NJ —No matter how you slice it, few things in life are better than a great sandwich. On April 1, 2010, The Millburn Deli will launch its latest taste sensation: The SueAdler.Combo, with $1 from each purchase going to beef up the Millburn-Short Hills Volunteer First Aid Squad.Here is the article found in the Item of Millburn-Short Hills and NorthJersey.com 

  My yummy signature sandwich, the Sue Adler.Combo, will feature grilled chicken, fresh Mozzarella cheese, ripe avocados, fire-roasted tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, tender baby greens, a drizzle of Balsamic Vinegar, and a hint of pesto, served fresh on thinly-sliced whole-grain bread. The scrumptious sandwich will appear in the showcase of the Millburn Deli for 6 months. I won the opportunity to have my name immortalized in the annals of sandwichdom ( ha ha)  during a charity auction at the Newcomers/Encore Club of Millburn-Short Hills’ Winter Gala. It’s so cool to be able to give back to my community in a way that’s so much fun! What better way could there be to show your appreciation than by filling bellies and helping out a great organization, like the Millburn-Short Hills First Aid Squad, in the process?

 The Millburn-Short Hills Volunteer First Aid Squad, which will receive $1 from the purchase of each  Sue Adler.Combo, has been serving its community since 1958 and provides emergency first aid and service to the Township of Millburn and neighboring communities without regard to sex, race, color or creed. The Squad is operated wholly by volunteers and is funded entirely by private contributions.

So gather your friends and family, and come on out and try my sandwich and support our local First Aid Squad in the process!

The sought after areas of Chatham Borough   and neighboring Chatham Township  share a common heritage and are often referred to as Chatham or The Chathams. If you’re thinking of moving to  NJ, and are looking for an easy commute into NYC, excellent schools, and a great community, here’s a way to get a peak at what this beautiful town has to offer.  You’ll see schools, parks, Main Street shops and restaurants, Chatham train station, as well as  beautiful borough and township neighborhoods.

Then, if I’ve peaked your interest, and you’d like to come in for the real town tours, just give me a call… (973)464-9129

Yours to count on,

Sue

So the news of Akram Kwaik opening up a Manhattan Bagel in Summit is music to my ears, that is, if the bagels actually taste like  New York bagels .  Is anyone out there familiar with them?

That brings me to my next question… where are your favorite places to get great bagels around here?  Would you vote for  Livingston Bagel , Bagel Chateau, or Bagels 4 You in Short Hills? Any others?

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Save these dates and get your tickets now! July 24, 25, 26th at the Grand Summit Hotel 

courtesy of www.summitwineandfood.com 

Get your tickets for The Summit Wine and Food Festival here.

 Friday July 24th is opening night featuring 15 world-renowned chefs preparing their signature dishes. There will be 15 leading wineries providing the accompanied wines. The cost of the opening night reception is $195.  Afterwards, there is an Invitation Only after hours party for mingling with the winemakers, chefs and sommeliers at the Hunt Club Restaurant.

Saturday morning  from 10-12 the Rubicon Estate’s Master Sommelier Roger Dagorn will lead you through a vertical tasting of the legendary wines of this vineyard.

Unfortnately there are two other competing sessions going on at the same time. Several award winning internationally acclaimed chefs will be having a cooking demonstration, AND the third is a seminar on Food and Wine Pairing 101, matching food with the appropriate wine.

The afternoon of the 25th there are great classes on Sake Tasting, wine tasting, cooking demonstrations by Ingrid Hoffman, a Food Network celebrity, as well as a book signing of her best-selling cookbook “Simply Delicioso”.

From 4-6 PM there is a class on Power Entertaining with Wine and Food for everyone who has wanted to perfect their hosting skills.

Saturday evening is the major gala six course dinner with each course prepared by a different celebrity chef and paired with the finest wines from around the world. Not to be missed!

 The events continue on Sunday starting at 10 AM with   cheese and wine pairings, more cooking demonstrations by master artists, with the evening ending with a gourmet burger showdown featuring 25 of the best chefs in the country!

Wines  

Chefs

Sommeliers

 

When I moved to Chatham  last year from Short Hills,  it felt like I was moving to another country, yet it is only one town over!  I was used to Millburn Ave, not Main Street!  and I swear the leaves on the trees were a duller shade of green.  After 25 years of living in Short Hills, I was “a woman without a neighborhood,” homesick and lost.

What I’ve come to learn, is that the Summit, Chatham and the Short Hills areas are more closely connected than I ever realized.  It just took a personal move to find out. 

Why the change in attitude?

Recently I had opportunities to dine at two local Chatham  restaurants; Gregorio’s and Scalini Fedeli.  Both are on Main St, within walking distance to everything in town, a convenience I love.

Gregorio’s can get really busy, so be sure to get a reservation and bring your own wine which I always consider a plus. A few other local hot spots on Main Street and not to be missed; Seranade , fine dining to perfection.  A Taste of Asia is Malaysian cuisine. For those who don’t know what that is, it’s a mix of Chinese and Thai food. Yum! Chatham of course has a Japanese restaurant. Mitsuba . I’ve been to my fair share of sushi places. This might be one my favorites of all times! 

But even more importantly, I ran into old friends.  It turns out that Gregorio’s was chosen by friends who had moved to the City, as a meeting place where generations of families could come back and comfortably gather as a group.. And I run into people from “the old neighborhood” in Short Hills all the time at Scalini Fedeli.  

It’s also reminded me just how hard it is for home buyers moving to new neighborhoods, towns and even different states.  Leaving “home” is one of the most difficult things a person ever does. 

This year, I can hardly wait for spring.  I’ll bet the leaves in Chatham turn just as green as they do in Summit and Short Hills.  In fact I know they will.  You know why?

Because I’m still home, in Chatham.       

NYC Train

1. NJ Transit- Midtown Direct Train gets you into New York Penn Station in 20-40 minutes from South Orange, Maplewood, Millburn, Short Hills, Summit, Chatham & Madison, in that order on the line, and 45 minutes to an hour if you head out towards Morristown, or Basking Ridge. If you click on link above, you will see parking options whether you live in one of these towns or one of the surrounding towns. Need to commute to downtown to the financial district? Just take the train to Hoboken, and then the path or ferry.

Oh, did I mention that there is valet parking at the Millburn train station, and that there is a jitney bus to get you to and from the Maplewood & South Orange train stations during morning and evening rush hours?

Great Schools

2. We have great public schools! 2009 New Jersey School Report Card

3. Our towns are absolutely charming and beautiful. They are SO not like the New Jersey stereotype. Each town has its own personality(and different sections within each town do as well), and you’ll find that living here you will frequent all of the surrounding towns for different things from shops to restaurants to theatre to fitness centers to art, piano or karate lessons.

Town Tour Videos

Town Tour video of Millburn & Short Hills

Town Tour video of Maplewood & South Orange

Town Tour video of Summit

Town Tour video of Chatham

Town Tour Video for Livingston

4. There are very active Newcomers Clubs in each of our towns. A great way to meet other newcomers & put the “bourbon back in suburban” is to attend the Octoberfest or Spring Formal. My husband and I STILL go to the monthly wine tastings at the Millburn/Short Hills Newcomers Club because we’ve made so many new friends at this event. Newcomers Club Sample Activities, Activities with Children

5. We have lots of Golf Courses in New Jersey . Prefer tennis instead? There is the Racquet’s Club in Short Hills or the Orange Lawn Tennis Club in South Orange. You can join for tennis or just get the social membership. There are always tons of activities going on. But the cherry on the top is- each of our towns has its own town pool, a relatively inexpensive and popular option.

6. Contrary to Manhattan real estate, in New Jersey, we have a Multiple Listing Service (MLS), so ONE realtor can show you all of the listings in the Garden State MLS.  Search all MLS listings now

7. Cars today have navigation systems, so you can wander around our beautiful winding tree-lined streets and not get lost if you move here.

Short Hills Pond

8. We have beautiful parks, arboretums, the South Mountain & Watchung Reservations, and local dog parks in Millburn and Livingston. You can go to Millburn Deli and stroll through their parking lot into Taylor park to eat, and relax to a concert or movie in the park as well during the summer.

9. We have a variety of great restaurants!

Scalini Fedeli in Chatham, La Focaccia or Fiorino in Summit and Bascilico in Millburn are my favorites for Italian. For Asian/Thai food, I recommend Toro or Thai Chef in Montclair, Khun Thai in Millburn or Monster Sushi in Summit. The new Roots Steak house in Summit is really great ( reserve early!), and for Happy Hour, join us at Winberries in Summit every Thursday night. Or head over to Toro Loco in South Orange. If you would like to add your favorite restaurants to this post, please comment!

10. You are not, I repeat… ARE NOT… allowed to pump your own gas in New Jersey. Is that great or what?!?