Our Lady of Grace Craft and Gift Bazaar, a Mother’s Day Craft Fair will be held on Saturday May 12, 2007.  It is held at Our Lady of Grace Church in West Babylon NY. It runs from 10 AM to 6 PM.

Well for all of you coffee lovers and tea enthusiasts, this weekend is the time to take a trip into Manhattan.  The Coffee and Tea Festival fires up for its second year with discussions of coffee roasting, demonstrations of how to make the the “perfect shot” of espresso and a perfect cappuccino, and learn about the japanese tea ceremony.  Experience a chocolate tasting, and cupping (the evaluation of coffee tasting).  Cupping is like a wine tasting event but with the focus on coffee.  Coffee is compared on its qualities of flavor, acidity, aftertaste and body. And while you are in Manhattan you can exerience a wealth of special shops dedicated to coffe and tea drinkers.  Our New Your City drectory has over a hundred listings for unique coffee shops, coffee bars, and coffee houses.  If you are staying on Long Island this weekend you’ll find some pleasure at one of the businesses listed in our Long Island coffee houses and cafes. 

Palmer Vineyards is having a great Easter event that will be fun for the whole family.  They are having an easter egg hunt this Saturday April 7, 2007.  The event runs from 11 Am to 5 PM.  They are located on Sound Avenue in Aquebogue.  For exact directions and contact information visit the Palmer Vinyards website.

Palmer Vineyards has been in existance for over 20 years. They are a well known local winery with a well deserved reputation that extends far beyond Long Island. And they continue to do great events for the local community and tourists to the east end of Long Island.  The event announcemnt on Hamptons.com praises Palmer as “the  most family friendly winery in the region with events that appeal to both children and adults”.  The Hamptons.com calender notes that the event will have combined prizes worth $5,000.  Wine gift packs and full cases of wine are among the higher valued prizes.

Well the news about Spa Week got us in gear in a positive way.  We have added many new listings to our Long Island day spa business listings.  Some of these spas are participating in the Spa Week $50 special offers.  You should call them to confirm the specific offers and whether you can get an appointment on a day that works for you.  But hey, at least you won’t have to take a day trip into Manhattan or Brooklyn to take advantage of these deals of the latest beauty techniques and beauty products.

 These businesses are partipating in Spa Week and each has a link to their listing in our business directory:

• Aristocrat Plastic Surgery Medi-Spa in Long Island plastic surgery
• Cellulite Endermologie Center in Long Island skin care professionals
• DeFranco Spagnolo Salon & Day Spa, Hands-On-Health Massage & Day Spa, Laser Plus Spa, nuBest Salon & Spa, Red Door Spa, Rejuve Medi Spa, Sandalwood Day Spa  in Long Island beauty spas
• Laser Cosmetica in Long Island hair removal services

There are a wide range of services covered in these special offers- everything from swedish massage, to pedicures, to paraffin treatments and more.

The MSNBC website published today an update on “Tips for buying safe pet food“.  The FDA has said that no rat poison was found in the pet food.  The cause of pet illnesses and deaths seems to come from melamine, a chemical used in plastics production in Asia.  If you are concerned about what pet foods may be affected check the FDA website for latest information on the pet food recall.  It appears that over 100 brands of pet food are now being recalled.

You nay want to call ahead to your local pet food store before going to find out what they advise and what safe products they have on their shelf at this point.  We have helpful business listings for Long Island pet stores and pet supplies, and pet care services.

With Easter right around the corner - this coming Sunday, April 11, 2007 - we thought you’d like some pointers to resources on the web for spring cleaning.  Of course all you have to do is google “spring cleaning” and you’ll find the obvious, the subtle and the silly.  Debra4homes.com, a real estate agent in Seattle has a few sections on her website for may different types of advice- seasonal tips, how to do it pages, energy saving tips and more.  Some obvious cleaning advice from her site are “when you dust, start at the top and work down and make a checklist of chores to get organized first”.  Some of the less obvious cleaning tips  are “to removing heel marks, take pencil eraser and rub them off and to coat mildly greasy stains with aerosol shaving cream, use a hair dryer to speed dry and then vacuum.”  Well we haven’t tried these so we may want to check several sources to get some agreement on what works best.

 About.com is always filled with lots of helpful practical advice.  Their section on housekeeping gives lots of specific tips for every area of your house.  Check out these links - it may be more than you want to know.  (We did not find one about how to sweep things under the carpet however.)

So if all that seems a bit much with a few days left before the spring holiday weekend then turn to our Long Island cleaning services listing for prompt professional cleaning services.  We have special listings for rug and carpet cleaning and upholstery cleaning.

And if you need more space for Easter guests this weekend then consider some temporary storage units.  Springtime the season of new possibilities.