MEET THE CONTRIBUTORS
 JOY SHERWOOD
New York Family's Style and Shopping Director, Joy Sherwood, oversees The Joy of Shopping blog. Her career highlights include being a general manager at Hirshleifer's, and a buyer for Chanel and Hermes. She's also an NYC mom of two wonderful daughters. |
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 PAULA BALZER
Paula Balzer has just relocated from Brooklyn to South Orange, New Jersey where she and her family are renovating/decorating a Dutch Colonial built in 1926. Paula is the co-founder of the blog adhocmom.com, and the author of the how-to book Writing and Selling Your Memoir. She blogs about memoir writing at www.saturdaymorningmemoir.wordpress.com. Contact Paula at paula@pbliterary.com. |
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 BECKIEMARTINA, RE-STYLISTS
Beckie Klein and Martina Gordon are the former fashion models, longtime friends and downtown moms who created beckiemartina, re-stylists to help women dress more stylishly, starting with the clothes that are already in their closets along with a bit of "intelligent shopping." They believe "a fresh eye and a few key pieces can take your wardrobe into an entirely new direction" and prefer pieces that are "both timeless and functional." Learn more about their service at beckiemartina.com. |
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 SHARA BENISON
A longtime beauty publicist, Shara Benison has worked with numerous celebrity makeup artists, hair stylists and dermatologists and has represented some of the country's top-selling hair care and skin care brands. Though she freely admits that strolling past a store's makeup counter can still make her feel like a kid in a candy store, the Manhattan mom embraces a "less is more" philosophy in her own beauty routine and swears by the transformative power of a good eyebrow shaping. Contact Shara at sbenison821@nyc.rr.com. |
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 WHITNEY CASSER
New York Family's Senior Editor, Whitney Casser, oversees The Joy of Shopping blog. A native New Yorker, she has worked in lifestyle and fashion journalism, as well as retail at Banana Republic. She lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn with two closets full of clothes and her fiance. Contact Whitney at wcasser@manhattanmedia.com. |
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 PAM HIRSCH
A native New Yorker and mom of two girls, Pam Hirsch has a long-held passion for fashion and a knack for "cheap and chic" finds in fashion, design, and other niches where you'd least expect it. She thinks it's important to shop "with an open mind" because you never know where your next "must-have" item may pop up. The one-time social worker is now available for private consultation as a personal shopper, and in these economic times especially, she likes to help people discover items they love that don't break the bank. Contact Pam at cheapchicfinds@gmail.com. |
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 JENNIFER LINK
After a career as a business development executive in media and music, NYC mom Jennifer Link was inspired by her own experiences as a mother to become a baby planner, priding herself on helping expectant and new parents "enjoy the process while making sure they are prepared." She advises people on everything registry- and gear-related, including nursery stocking and organization, as well as on childbirth classes and parent preparation. Learn more about Jennifer at sweetpeababyplanners.com/jlink and contact her at jennifer@sweetpeababyplanners.com. |
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 MIA WEBER
Mia Weber is a blogger and independent media producer. Her passion for pop culture and fashion inspired her to create sopresh.blogspot.com--a guide to shopping, dining, travel and hipster/prepster living. Mia currently lives in Burlington, Vermont, where she tweets and creates online visuals for Well Wed Magazine. She can be reached at sopresh.blog@googlemail.com and found on Twitter at @SoPreshBlog. |
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 STEWART WOLPIN
Stewart Wolpin has been writing about consumer electronics for more than 25 years for such publications as Rolling Stone, CNET, Premiere, Stuff, Sound & Vision. He's also the unofficial historian for the Consumer Electronics Association. On the non-technology front, he's written two books: "Bums No More: The Championship Season of the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers," You can read more of his scribblings at stewartwolpin.com, and reach him at stewartwolpin@mac.com. |
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 MARY WHEELER
Mary Wheeler is a New York City based writer specializing in family, beauty and fashion. Her work has appeared in Redbook, WestChester Family Magazine, Time Out New York, Hamptons, Aspen Peak, Downtown Magazine, and the Huffington Post, among others. She can be reached at LifestyleWriter26@gmail.com. |
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Shake Shack, which opened their first location in Madison Square Park, has become a hotspot for burger-lovers in the city. Since their opening in 2004, the burger joint has been known as a neighborhood hangout to get the juiciest burgers and the best old-time shakes around. They are taking that reputation and moving it to the Upper East Side where they opened another restaurant at 154 East 86th Street. Uptown customers will be offered an outdoor dining area for friends to gather and enjoy the same American classics that the Shack has become known for. http://shakeshack.com
