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Vira Mamchur Schwartz

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vschwartz@dailyvoice.com

Vira Mamchur Schwartz is the quintessential jack-of-all-trades... and master of a few of them. Vira’s editorial career started in technology publishing, writing and editing at the Ziff-Davis publication Computer Shopper. Later she served as Managing Editor at CD-ROM World and then Internet World, before moving to freelance writing.

Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, L.A. Times, Folio, Portable Computing, Internet Shopper and other websites and magazines that no longer exist. She ghost-wrote and designed an award-winning diet and fitness book for a popular fitness personality and, currently, loves to tell stories about people and animals.

Vira Mamchur Schwartz's Contributions

Neighbors

Monroe Woman Delivers Dresses To Girls In Need Around The World MONROE, Conn. – Invited to a sewathon a couple of years year ago while visiting her sister in Maine, Monroe resident Liz Skarzynski thought, why not? Together the group of women made over 100 dresses for the Iowa-based Dress A Girl Around The World organization, a nonprofit group that delivers dresses to girls in underprivileged areas. While she did more cutting than sewing that first time, Skarzynski still had a great experience and decided to replicate the event in Connecticut. Thanks to the help of a local leader — the group calls them "Ambassadors," — the former marketing ass…

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

12/18/2017

Lifestyle

Darien Woman Does 'Right' Delivering Wheelchairs To Costa Rica DARIEN, Conn. – Many of us take our mobility for granted. Kim Babcock does not. Lack of mobility is not a personal hardship, but one she sees every day. Working with the elderly through Right at Home, a Darien-based business that provides services to keep the elderly safely at home, Babcock has seen how lack of independence can devastate an individual. As a Girl Scout leader in Easton for 13 years as well as a school and church volunteer, Babcock has been involved in charity and volunteer work for a long time. When the corporate office of Right at Home introduced its national partnership w…

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

12/18/2017

Lifestyle

Spread The Word: SoNo Eatery Officially Opening New Location In Greenwich GREENWICH, Conn. – Bring out the birthday cake! The Spread in South Norwalk celebrated its 5th birthday on Tuesday, Dec. 12, in a very special way: With the opening of its second location on West Putnam Avenue in Greenwich. Four lifelong friends and now business partners, Andrey Cortes, Chris Hickey, Shawn Longyear, and Chris Rasile have turned the Spread into an award-winning destination at its original SoNo location. With their combined decades of experience, they are bringing that same winning combination – “refined world food” menu, artisanal cocktails and inviting atmosphere – to Green…

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

12/18/2017

Lifestyle

Westport Mom Thinks 'Inside The Box' With New Party Business WESTPORT, Conn. – After being invited to three children’s house-bounce birthday parties three weekends in a row, Sarah Rose and her sons were tired of the same-old, same-old. The recent U.K. transplant to Westport wondered whether there was something different she could offer for her own children’s parties – something that would fall between requiring a full-blown party planner and a quick trip to Party City for various tchotchkes. “I wanted to offer a different kind of party,” said Rose. Within two months, after querying friends and sending out marketing surveys on local Facebook groups, …

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

12/13/2017

Lifestyle

Greenwich's Rob Mathes To Bring Musical Holiday Cheer To The PAC Fa-la-la-la-la. You know it’s the holiday season when Greenwich’s own Rob Mathes, dubbed "Mr. Christmas" by singer/actor Vanessa Williams, returns to the stage. The Emmy award-winning and Grammy and Tony-nominated musician, composer and arranger is returning home to the New York City area this weekend to rock in the holidays with his annual Rob Mathes Holiday Concerts. Mathes has worked with virtually every big name in the music industry — arranging, producing, directing, recording and performing with the likes of Sting, Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin, Fall Out Boy, Train, Elton J…

by Daily Voice

12/13/2017

Lifestyle

It's All In The Details: Brewster Author Publishes Historical Teen Novel BREWSTER, N.Y. – Fans of historical fiction appreciate nothing more than accurate attention to detail. As a fan of the genre herself, Brewster resident Deborah Rafferty Oswald certainly does, and made it her mission to be historically accurate in her first full novel, The Girls of Haviland, published this past August and available at Amazon. Oswald, a fifth grade teacher in North Salem, has been writing her whole life. She started what became The Girls of Haviland back in 1995 as a short story. “I just kept at it,” she said. “I kept researching and writing. I have a profound interest in hi…

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

12/11/2017

Events

Croton Falls Cafe Is All About Teen Talent Too young for some concert venues, too old for others, teens 15 and up have a place just right for them with Lee's Cafe at the Schoolhouse Theater & Arts Center in Croton Falls on Friday, Dec. 8. Coffee, tea, and dessert will be available along with three hours of live music from 7 to 10 p.m. featuring three local up-and-coming acts. The teen event is free thanks in large part to a generous sponsorship made by State Farm Insurance, the Lanza Insurance Agency of Harrison. Singer-songwriter and Mahopac High School Junior Natalie Austin promises to captivate with a unique style and music…

by Daily Voice

12/11/2017

Lifestyle

One-Stop Pop-Up Shop In SoNo Features Wares From Local Artisans NORWALK, Conn. – Wandering around SoNo, you might have noticed a new shop on Water Street that opened just in time for the holiday season. Americana's Concept Shop, which was launched in mid-November and will remain open through February, features local artisans selling their wares – from accessories to natural beauty products to specialty condiments and more. The pop-up shop is the brainchild of the 1777 Company, a Norwalk-based company that has its headquarters at the same spot at 87 Water St. Begun in 2016 by Norwalk resident Chris L. Fuentes, the company invents products – micro-brands…

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

12/09/2017

Business

One Family, Four Diners: How Love & Fate Led To Fairfield County Dynasty NORWALK, Conn. – Call it kismet, a good feeling, or just plain luck. Olga Giapoutzis, owner of the Post Road Diner in Norwalk along with her husband Teddy, hadn’t planned on coming to the United States from her native Greece let alone staying, but her father persuaded her to come to Connecticut to help her brother at his restaurant. Fate intervened: She met Teddy. “And that’s why I stayed,” said Giapoutzis. In 1996, with her husband and his two sisters, the family went into business together and bought the Post Road Diner on Connecticut Avenue, which had been there since 1948. “When we f…

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

12/07/2017

Business

Diner Dynasty: One Family Serves Up 'Love' At Bronxville Diner There's a long story behind the origins of the year-old Bronxville Diner --- a lot of which centers on fate, love and pure old gut feelings. A lot also hinges on hard work. Olga Giapoutzis, who runs the diner with her husband, Teddy, has been in the diner business since 1996. She hadn’t planned on coming to the United States from her native Greece let alone staying, but her father convinced her to go to Connecticut to help her brother at his restaurant. Fate intervened: She met Teddy. “And that’s why I stayed,” said Giapoutzis. In 1996, with her husband and his two sisters, the family …

by Vira Mamchur Schwartz

12/07/2017

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