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A Fitting Place For Nyack’s Ladies

Can being fitted for the right size bra change your life?

Gena Lisanti, owner of the Nyack’s Gena Lisa Lingerie, believes it can.

“Many women wear undergarments that are the wrong size,”  Lisanti explained.  “They can’t wait to get home and remove their bras because they feel so uncomfortable.”

She should know: Lisanti recalls having to constantly adjust her bra and yank up her falling straps. “It made me so cranky,” she said.

That was before she decided to be fitted and, much to her surprise, discovered she was wearing the wrong size. Once corrected, she began to see herself in a new way.

“Being properly fitted for the right size bra improves your posture and breathing,” she said. “When you feel more comfortable with your body, you tend to carry and present yourself in a more positive way.”

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Not Your Grandmother’s Knitting Needles

Knitting isn’t just for grandmas.

In fact, at Knitting Nation, Nyack’s very own knitting, crocheting and spinning center, you’ll find a variety of women. Teens and girls coming together to partake in this more than 1000-year-old craft.

Jane Saffir, who opened her charming and colorful shop seven years ago, says that knitting’s popularity tends to fluctuate, but that it really hit a stride back in 2003 with the publication of Debbie Stoller’s irreverent and now classic, Stitch ‘N Bitch—it not only made knitting a trés cool thing to do, but encouraged women to connect via knitting circles, both live and on the web.

And Saffir believes that we are in the midst of a knitting upswing once again.

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No Fair…For Dogs!

"Hey...I want to come too!"

by Rosemary Serluca-Foster

Though signs were posted at the May Street Fair, I apparently did not notice that pups (or any other animal, amphibian or reptile) were banned from our local street fairs.

Come on, really? I see people with their dogs all the time!

If you’re like me, every time you leave the house without your favorite, furry friend (and I don’t mean your spouse or partner), you feel a pang of guilt for not taking her with you. Ginger, our Buddha-natured Shih Tzu, follows me to the door, sits on her haunches and stares up with yearning eyes that resemble gargantuan, chocolate-malted milk balls, making my exit even more heart wrenching.

So, whenever there’s an opportunity to bring her somewhere, especially to an outdoor event, I get very excited, my disproportionate guilt assuaged for the moment. Such opportunities come right here in Nyack whenever there is a street fair. Or so I thought.

I have taken her a few times now and here’s how it goes: she doesn’t like to walk in crowds; people nearly always accidentally step on her; I inevitably end up carrying her because she tires out; my arms begin to ache and get sweaty from transporting her.

So, who’s having fun? Certainly not Ginger. And at the last fair, I was very graciously informed (and not given a ticket) that even though Ginger is adorable, and yes I was carrying her, I was still breaking the ordinance.

“Didn’t you read the signs?”

“Signs? What signs?”

“The ones posted all over place that say no animals allowed.”

I guess we see what we want to see, when and if we want to see it.

So now I know. And, guess what? I totally agree. Here’s what Chapter 17 Article III of the Nyack Village Code has to say on the matter of dogs and street fairs:

The Village Board, having reviewed the matter of the presence of dogs and other animals at street fairs and other authorized assemblies, has concluded that recent experiences wherein domestic animals have been brought by their owners to street fairs and other places of assembly which occasion high degrees of pedestrian density have involved a potential for accident or danger which is unacceptable.

So this Sunday, July 18th, as you head out the door to our fun and fab street fair, please leave your pets at home. In the end, they’ll be glad you did. I know Ginger will be. Better still, I will bring her back a special treat for having retained her Buddha-like tranquility while I was away. There will be quite a few vendors with lots of pet goodies to choose from:

* My Buddy ‘N Me on South Broadway, a pet shop specializing in organic food and holistic pet care and supplies, plus the new pet grooming station.
* Dognique featuring dog products and pet accessories will have a booth on Main St.
* Natural Herbal Supplement for Dog Tears to remove unsightly stains will have a booth on Main St.
* And if you want to help an animal in need, stop by the Hi-Tor Animal Care Center’s booth on Main St. and learn more about pet adoption.

Please spread the word to your out-of-town friends and family who may not be aware of the ordinance. We certainly don’t want folks coming to enjoy the fair and not be able to because they unknowingly brought their pets.

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Yoga Empowerment

hanging forward, bent at the waist, I can’t help but scan the rows of yoga enthusiasts from this unique viewpoint. Just as my eyes rest on a handsome young man whose incredible agility allows him to effortlessly press his forehead against his muscular, locked legs, I hear a voice in my ear which asks suspi¬ciously, “Just where are you looking?” Our teacher, Bryan Kest, has caught me com¬mitting a major Power Yoga no-no.
“Don’t look around at anyone else,” he coaches me. “You’re not here to com¬pete. Focus on yourself. If you can’t han¬dle this posture, stop, breathe, and release.” Immediately I shift my atten¬tion to my own legs, where my weary left
hamstring is now shaking from overexer¬tion. As Kest gently adjusts my leg, mak¬ing the stretch much more comfortable, I sigh with delicious relief. “Now that’s your sweet spot,” he says, smiling. (The sweet spot is the unique place in each posture where the stretch feels good rather than painful.)

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