Travel Club - Lightscapes

The night was alight with a soft and comforting glow emanating from the Van Cortlandt Manor. The Friday Night Travel club journeyed to this illuminated wonderland of elegant curiosities last Friday night to explore this Springtime delight.

The Lightscape show, in its first year, is a self guided walking tour of a lighted sculpture garden featuring all hand- made pieces  assembled on site. Recycled elements serve as eco-friendly building blocks for intergalactic flora and friendly woodland creatures. Otherworldly mushrooms, immense insects, and brilliant butterflies are among the thousands of treasures you’ll find.

The travel crew explored the Colorwheel Castle and squiggled through the Caterpillar Cavern. They discovered larger-than-life elements like a colossal praying mantis and a massive mayfly. There were scores of delightful dragonflies, cute ladybugs, and an avalanche of pinwheels!

After this sweet springtime stroll the Travel Club gathered in the hospitality tent and enjoyed some fresh popcorn and delightful conversation. The Lightscape show was an excellent compliment to the fall Jack O’Lantern Blaze traversing the same gorgeous landscape at Van Cortlandt Manor. The Friday Fun group will experience the Lightscape Show this week. Enjoy!

Travel Club

Our travelers gathered Friday night for another awesome excursion into the community. The crew met up at the Mamaroneck train station last Friday night to take the rail down to Larchmont where we went to Plaster Palace and had dinner together.

 The Travel Club crew meets every Friday night for dinner and an activity in the community. It’s a fantastic group of young men and women who just really enjoy each others company, share some laughs and have a whole lot of fun.

Plaster Palace offered a wide variety of plaster molds for our participants to choose from; mugs, plates, trays, bowels and boxes. The majority of us picked the heart shape jewelry box (being the season and all) while others picked mugs or bowls to design and paint. Our projects should be ready for retrieval in one weeks time.

We had dinner at Ray’s Chinese Restaurant just a block away. The restaurant had set up a series of tables creating an intimate setting for us, which was perfect because it was one of our fellow travelers birthdays; Will Greco. Everyone in the restaurant chimed in a spirited “Happy Birthday” followed by cupcakes.

We made the chilly walk back to the train (which was late!) and made it back to the train station just in time for pick up. Even with the cold and late train our group was not phased in the slightest, such is the power of friendship.

Ladies Bingo Night!

On Friday, April 26, 2013 the ladies from Travel Club and the ladies from Night on the Town adult group joined the members of the Town of Mamaroneck for a fun and exciting night of bingo. As the letters and numbers were called out the excitement grew.  Prizes were won, snacks were enjoyed and everyone had a great time.  We would like to thank all of the members of the Town of Mamaroneck Recreation Department for hosting this event.