Blog entries - September 2008

Blaze butter, Blaze soap, Blaze placemats, Blaze�

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Believe it or not, one of the coolest things about the Great Jack O' Lantern Blaze is the shopping. Most especially because you can browse through hundreds (literally) of sp [...]

Gone, gone, gone...

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Yes, it's true. As the graphic states, two of Blaze's 18 nights are sold out as of today...and it's not even October 1! Prime dates of Saturday, October 18 and Saturday, October 25 are gone, gone, gone.

The Blaze powers that be are not kidding when they stress that you really do need to secure your spots in advance.

If you [...]

In the blink of an eye, Blaze tickets can go bye-bye

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"Do I really have to worry in September about getting tickets for a Halloween event?"

Well, technically, no, you don't have to worry about anything I suppose. But, if you're a Blaze fanatic, or you've spent some time with a Blaze fanatic and are wondering what all the fuss is about and plan to see for you [...]

Got video? Then you CAN iPod touch this

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I don't hide the fact that I love pumpkins. Or that I love carved pumpins. And that, specifically, I'm in love with the carved pumpkins at The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze. I mean, my blog posts dating back to July 07 offer more than enough evidence for this.

Now, I've oft been accused of having a one-track [...]

How does this all happen, really?

BlazeBlogger

That question gets asked a lot w/r/t Blaze, and the answer, quite simply, is the legion of volunteers who help scoop the pumpkins, prepping them for the creative guns, and then lighting the candles each night (err, afternoon, actually. It takes upwards of four hours to get everything lit!).

Some of the folks who [...]

Blaze-ing a social networking trail

BlazeBlogger

So, is anything going on at Van Cortlandt Manor in preparation for The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze 08? Oh, you better believe it! In fact, it's safe to say the site is gradually being transformed into Blazeland, given that opening night is a mere 19 days away. Blaze, the 18-night pumpkin-fueled fandango that is Westchester (nay [...]

Philipsburg Manor director Swims for Life

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Thom Thacker, site director at Philipsburg Manor, is participating in Sunday's Hudson River Swim for Life, helping to raise money to fight blood cancers.

The three-mile Hudson River Swim For Life begins in Nyack and ends at Kingsland Park in Sleepy Hollow.

Besides raising awareness of the Hudson River and promoting swimming as a (literally) cool way to exercise, the Swim for Life most importantly raises dough for the ongoing work of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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Sirius subscribers listen up

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For those of you who subscribe to Sirius Satellite Radio (and if you don't you should, really), check out the Martha Stewart Living channel 112 today at 1 p.m.

Sarah Price, landscape director extraordinaire at Montgomery Place, will be a guest on "Homegrown Gardening," a live call-in show hosted by Martha [...]

Green Corn Festival wrap-up

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Great weather and compelling performances were on tap at Philipsburg Manor's Green Corn Festival, which took place over the holiday weekend, Saturday-Monday.

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