Shop for all that’s unique ‘til you drop – at one historical stop

As I’m sure you know by now, I love shopping at artisan craft fairs or holiday boutiques, especially when it’s local and held at spirited and picturesque location. So, if you’re like me and do shop your gifts from local holiday craft shows, then you’re in luck because the Deepwells Holiday Boutique takes place in an 1845-Greek-Revival-style farmhouse – all decked out for the holidays – on Dec. 3, 4, 10 and 11.

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The I Love Chocolate (and who doesn’t) Fest returns this Sunday

Rich, velvety, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate – I love it! I especially gravitate toward milk chocolate, dark chocolate and the melted semi-sweet chocolate morsels baked into chocolate chip cookies. If you love chocolate as much as I do, you’ll want to be the first in line – like me – for The I Love Chocolate Fest, with more than 50 chocolate exhibitors, held on Nov. 20, at Old Bethpage Village Restoration.

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“Everyday, it’s a-gettin’ closer” to the Buddy Holly musical

Blasting Don McLean’s song “American Pie” will undoubtedly bring you to the verse “the day the music died” – a line alluding to the plane crash that killed three rising American rock stars: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson. And though you may have heard some of their songs, you can find out more about why Holly (and the others) were immortalized in McLean’s lyric by going to see “Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story” – which tells the true story of his rise to fame – presented at Suffolk Theater, on Nov. 12 and 13.

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