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New Year, New Look

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eyedesignsPRODUCTS/SERVICES: Eye Designs is a full service optical shop, providing eye exams, contact lenses, top quality prescription lenses, and of course an extensive selection of eyeglass and sunglass frames.  We have earned the reputation as Armonk’s most trusted place for your eye care needs. Eye Designs takes special pride in fitting children and easing them into wearing glasses.  The special ‘kids room’ has a great selection of durable, yet fashionable frames.

BACKGROUND: Eye Designs of Armonk is now in its 14th year of providing top quality service to Armonk and the surrounding communities. Owners Len Captan and Sharon Decker are proud to have always entrusted Jaime Herman & Jill Magro with running the business. Jaime & Jill have over 40 years of optical experience combined.  Jaime’s love for his profession can be summed up best in his own words; “I truly believe the eyewear we sell is a reflection on the patient and a reflection on us.”  Jill’s pursuit of perfection when it comes to people’s eyes is matched only by her keen sense of style. In the Armonk community, Jill has become known for her ability to fit kids and adults of any age with contact lenses.  Dr. Janet Woo brings her expertise in Optometry along with a Masters in Nutrition to every eye exam, offering a unique ability to address your ocular needs and health concerns.

GREATEST STRENGTHS: We take pride in the ability of our experienced staff to help find the styles that complement each patient’s face and matches their personalities.  Jaime & Jill specialize in combining expert eye care with a discerning sense of fashion, but it’s the high value they place on excellence and customer satisfaction that keeps everyone coming back.

CUSTOMER SERVICE: Customer service is a top priority at Eye Designs. Product quality and selection, as well as product knowledge are also of the utmost importance.  Patrons appreciate the relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

SPECIAL PLANS: Eye Designs will be hosting its annual Oliver Peoples Trunk Show in the Spring.  This year it will be featuring the launch of Stella McCartney Eyewear! Additional plans are in the works for a Chanel trunk show.  We will continue to seek out the highest quality and latest fashion trends in eye wear from around the world as we visit trade shows throughout the year.

Eye Designs of Armonk
STORE MANAGERS/OPTICIANS Jaime Herman & Jill Magro
OPTOMETRIST: Dr. Janet Woo
IN BUSINESS SINCE: August 1999
www.eyedesignsarmonk.com

Rave Reviews for Haymount House

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haymontHaymount House specializes in Farm to Table Cuisine in a beautiful mansion setting overlooking the Hudson River. We also have a stunning, inviting bar, with a casual bar menu, working fireplaces, high back banquettes, and live Jazz and Blues on Thursday nights. Come in for a full meal or have a beer or glass of wine, with the best burger and fries at our gorgeous bar.  We are also the perfect setting for weddings, events, fund raisers and bar/bat mitzvahs, in your own private mansion.

Background: A columned mansion built in 1910, now a restaurant and event space, rated “Don’t Miss” by The New York Times and “Best New Restaurant 2012” by Westchester Magazine and The Journal News.

Greatest Strengths:  Our spectacular food and really comfortable beautiful setting, as if stepping back to a gentler time in a grand but inviting space.

Proudest Moment: Seeing a dining room full of happy people laughing and enjoying our food, wine and hospitality.

Special Plans:  Special Plans for the late winter (after Feb. 1) and spring: Come join us at Haymount for a special Valentine’s Day dinner.  The spectacular menu includes an elegant 5 Course meal, featuring such options as, King Crab and Caviar Salad, Wild Red Shrimp, Foie Gras Terrine, Celery Gnocchi, Roasted L.I. Monkfish and Veal Breast Roulade, with wine pairings for each course. The meal ends with a showstopper Chocolate Gateau (what else would seem right on Valentine’s Day??)  Live music and romantic fire-side dining!  A truly special evening!

Call Haymount also to make advance reservations for your Easter Holiday and Mother’s Day Celebrations. We also specialize in monthly wine dinners! Call to be placed on our mailing list for scheduled events.

Haymount House and Hudson at Haymount House
PROPRIETORS: David C. Breschel and David Darmanovic
IN BUSINESS SINCE: March, 2012
www.haymounthouseny.com

Simply Gorgeous – The Newest in Fashion!

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l3coutureProducts:  L3 Couture in Briarcliff Manor offers the newest styles in Women’s Fashion and Accessories. Brands carried include: Plenty by Tracy Reese, Joie, C & C California, Sugarlips, Free People, Blank Denim, Chaser, Olive and Oak, Sanctuary, Patterson J. Kincaid

Background: Fashion was always an interest for Michelle from the time she can remember. She pursued her passion by majoring in Fashion Merchandising in college. She worked as an intern and then in a permanent position at Michael Kors, as well as an assistant stylist on many major photo shoots. The experience she gained while there paved the way for her to own her own business. That was the start of L3 Couture…and she has enjoyed every minute while sharing her love of fashion with her customers.

Greatest Strengths:  We are happy to work with clients to find a style that works best for them. Whether a professional or a casual look is desired, we are here to help you update your wardrobe for a fresh new look. We attend the latest shows to bring you the hottest styles for your convenience.

Proudest Moment: It is very rewarding when a husband, child or friend of one of my customers comes in to pick out a special gift and I hear back that they loved the clothes or accessories. It is why we are here, to serve our clients…to make them happy! We want to be your one stop shopping destination and I look forward to working with you whether you drop in or by appointment…we are here for all your personal shopping needs.

Customer Service Stories: When L3 clients come back and mention their event or special trip was a success due to how wonderful they looked and felt. L3 enjoys working with customers to create a look that brings out their best! L3 also has volunteered planning and implementing late night shopping in Briarcliff Manor. Held the first Thursday of the month from May thru September, it is a fun-filled family destination where one can discover all that Briarcliff Manor has to offer.

Special Plans:  For the late winter and spring: We are always on the lookout for new fashion finds. We are happy to announce we will be carrying Splendid by early spring. We are constantly updating our accessory lines and will have some fun new items coming soon. Check out our new lines and see what else we have to offer at L3 Couture.

L3 Couture
PROPRIETOR: Michelle Stangarone
IN BUSINESS SINCE: August 2010
www.L3couture.com

Temple Beth El

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Temple Beth El’s mission is to inspire our congregants’ Jewish engagement and to ensure a vibrant Jewish future by nurturing the next generation. We share a commitment to Reform Judaism and furthering individual and communal spiritual growth, while recognizing a range of personal philosophies, practices and needs.

Temple Beth El constantly renews itself by embracing these eternal values:

·Worship, Avodah

At home and in our synagogue, worship and prayer offer connection to God. Jewish ritual, a source of spiritual uplift for individuals and for the congregation as a whole, sanctifies life’s joys and comforts us during life’s sorrows.

·Torah Study, Talmud Torah

Torah is the foundation of our tradition, and its teachings provide content and context for all that we do as individuals and as a congregation. Through study of our sacred texts, we discover how to fashion lives of Jewish meaning in an ever-changing world. We value formal and informal lifelong learning, at home and in our synagogue.

·Social Justice, Tzedek

Our congregation pursues social justice, striving toward tikkun olam, repair of the world, through deeds of righteousness and loving-kindness. We provide opportunities for our members to act on our Jewish values, inspiring engagement in social action and social advocacy.

·Community, Kehilah

We strive always to be a warm, welcoming, inclusive and responsive community, offering comfort, joy, friendship and support to our members. Equally important is our strong commitment to the larger community, both Jewish and non-Jewish, locally, nationally, around the world, and in Israel, linked to us through history and faith.

Temple Beth El welcomes all in the community to attend services, programs and events throughout the year.  Family oriented Tot Shabbat and family Shabbat worship services are held on the first Friday of every month.  Adult programming that ranges from seminars featuring prominent figures in the Jewish spiritual, intellectual and political arenas to regularly scheduled simulcast 92nd Street Y lectures. Plus mah jong, yoga, cooking, parenting discussions and other programs that build connections and community.

Special Plans for this spring include Mitzvah Day (a day of giving) and a Women’s Seder.

Enrollment in our nursery school, Beginning Years, is now open for the 2013-2014 year.

Beth El Babies, a mommy & me program, has open enrollment now for the winter & spring.

For more information please visit our website: www.bethelnw.org

Capturing Your Beauty…More Naturally

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lindaevansOur understanding of how to create a more youthful appearance without plastic surgery has evolved dramatically over the past two decades. Years ago we filled the deepest wrinkles with collagen injections (which only lasted about three months), and used aggressive lasers (which could involve weeks of recovery time). Happily, there have been significant advances in both the materials and technologies we now employ, as well as a much better understanding of how to globally approach the skin as we age.

Studies by anthropologists across multiple cultures have revealed that the perception of a young and beautiful face relies on the fullness of the cheek, with preservation of the “apples” at the top. In addition the jawline is defined and the neck smooth. As we age, we tend to lose these characteristics. Our collagen fibers, which create the basic structural strength of our skin, become thinner and begin to fragment.  Similarly our elastic fibers, which keep the skin firm, diminish in both number and strength. The end result is that the skin shifts downward and sags. Our cheeks lose their “apples”, become hollow looking, and the lines around the nose and mouth deepen. The lower cheeks sag onto the jawline so that definition is lost, and the neck similarly grows lax.

Because of newer and more versatile options, we can now approach changes looking at the structure of the whole face, rather than just an individual wrinkle. Creating pleasing contours and enhancing volume are now easily attainable goals in this new era of cosmetic dermatology.

In addition to their traditional role of filling in nasolabial folds and marionette lines, fillers such as Juvaderm and Radiesse can be injected to recreate the “apples” of the cheek and fill in hollows in the sides of the cheeks and chin. This creates the immediate effect of lifting the lower half of the face. Fillers can be injected in areas along the jawline to give a more defined silhouette. Bumps on the nose, folding earlobes, and hollows under the eyes can also be improved. Reshaping these areas can take years away from the appearance of your face.

Another new and exciting technology for lifting and recontouring both the face and neck is Ultherapy. This procedure uses focused ultrasound to lift and tighten the skin. The ultrasound waves, which are delivered to two different depths in the skin, stimulate your body’s own collagen production. Areas that can be treated include the brow, beside and under the eyes, the cheeks, and the neck. The end result, which reaches its maximum effect after three to six months and can last for several years, is to diminish sagging by lifting all of these areas.

There are, of course, many other excellent and more familiar treatments, such as Botox for crow’s feet and forehead lines, chemical peels and microdermabrasion for enhancing the skin’s surface, and Fraxel for addressing dyspigmentation and fine lines.

All of the treatments outlined can be used alone or in various combinations to meet your individual goals without surgery and with little to no downtime.

– Dr. Lydia Evans