June 2014

In the June issue of Woodbury Magazine you'll find a comprehensive look into Woodbury's strong and growing housing market, meet sportswriter Chip Scoggins, and uncover some the the most underrated Mexican dishes around town.

The 10th annual District 833 community education daddy/daughter dance, Cinderella Swing, featured dancing to The Dweebs at Woodbury Middle School.

 

Red, White and You was the theme for the New Life Academy auction and gala on April 5 which included a patriotic-themed dinner.

 

Always looking for new photo subjects, Marissa Bilbrey saw an opportunity
last summer right after a sun shower. “The sun shower was a strange occurrence
in that it had rained for a few minutes when there wasn’t a cloud in the sky,”

 

Nothing screams “summer” like fresh, seasonal fruit, vegetables and flowers. And the best place to nab all these goodies is the Woodbury Farmers’ Market, returning to the Central Park parking lot for another season of farm-to-table exchanges.

 
 Belles clothing founder Kirsten Elles wears a Dayrunner dress; Lisa Hein, center, and Anne Lynch model other Belles looks.

Did you just come from the gym? These are words you are unlikely to hear if you are wearing Belles, a new clothing line of stylish must-haves for women who go from exercise to errands.

 
The chamber ambassadors hosted an April 3 ribbon-cutting at Magical Minds Childcare and Learning Center.

When Magical Minds Childcare and Learning Center opened this spring in Woodbury, Matt Johnson was there to officially welcome the center to town, with
an oversized scissors and a shiny green ribbon. Johnson is one of 30 Chamber of

 
Kowalski’s cedar plank grilled salmon.

Summer is here: time to move cooking to the great outdoors. Try these fabulous easy recipes courtesy of Rachael Perron, Kowalski’s Markets culinary director.

Kowalski’s Cedar Plank Grilled Salmon
Serves 8

 

Busy families and inexperienced cooks rejoiced when Let’s Dish! hit the Woodbury scene nine years ago. According to manager Barb Myers, a Let’s Dish! experience is inexpensive and easy to follow.

 

Bob McEnaney has logged many miles on the seat of his bike. He did his first triathlon after graduating from college in 1981, and hasn’t looked back. But this month, McEnaney will tackle the toughest endurance event of his career.

 
A glimpse at before (left) and after (right).

Think twice before you put that wooden chest of drawers in the garage sale pile. With a coat or two of one-step paint, that piece of furniture can be refurbished for either traditional or contemporary design.

 

Relay for Life, the largest annual fundraising event for the American Cancer Society, returns to East Ridge High School June 6.

 

A new city park, Dale Woods Open Space, is being developed for the enjoyment of Woodbury residents.

 
 The New Woodbury Café’s Tex Mex is a local breakfast favorite.

Mexican food may be Woodbury’s best kept secret. Usual suspects Acapulco Restaurante and Las Margaritas are no brainers, but have you tried a quesadilla at Bonfire? Or Carmine’s delicious nachos? That’s the catch about Mexican food: anyone can make it, but few can make it well.

 
Chip and Amy Scoggins at home with their children: Megan , Joe and Spencer and dog Rosie.

It seems a sportswriter’s best stories often have little to do with sports. The Super Bowl, World Series and Stanley Cup championship get fans excited and lead to the bar banter we’ve all come to know (and sometimes love), but often being a sportswriter is about a different kind of story.

 
Realtor Kim Ziton, left, and the Shilling family.

When the city of Woodbury was incorporated in 1967, it was a rural township. For those earlier residents who remember acres of farmland and stretches of empty road, it would have been impossible to imagine the progressive community that Woodbury is today.

 
Brian Bomgren

Last September, amid the white sand and hot sun of California’s southern beaches, the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) hosted its biggest tournament of the year: the Santa Barbara Open.