Twifties Table a Success at Whole Foods Markets

Twifties Table

Whole Foods Market

Westport, CT and Darien, CT

January 2012

Twifties at Whole Foods Market Lunch, Westport, CT

  

      January 19, 2012

                Lunch at the prepared food tables

Twifties at Whole Foods Market Lunch, Darien, CT

  January 23, 2012

                                           Read more about the Twifties Table!

Twifties Table Kickoff at Westport & Darien Whole Foods Market January 2012

See photos of the Twifties Table at Whole Foods Market

UPDATE - DATE CHANGE!!
Jan. 20 changed to Jan. 19 - SEE BELOW!

Do you ever dine alone in the Whole Foods Cafe, and see other people dining alone, and wish that you had an easy way to strike up a conversation?

The brand new concept of the Twifties Table gives guests a reason and excuse to have the company of new friends and companions over their meal. Twifties, in case you haven't heard yet, are the fun people around age 50 and up. Twifties Table is scheduled for lunch and dinnertime in the Whole Foods Market in Westport, CT on January 20. Twifties Table will be at Whole Foods in Darien, CT on January 23. 2012.

Twifties Founder Lauren Traub Teton, of Westchester County New York realized that the biggest birth years of the Baby Boom have yielded adults who are now 50 to 55 years old. Despite the noise about the oldest Boomers turning 65 this year, there are actually 4 million more people in the younger half of the Boom Years.

Ms. Teton feels that the marketplace does not adequately acknowledge the needs of Baby Boomers, especially the younger ones."There's wasn't even a name for this group before. I certainly don't respond to being called a "Senior Citizen" laughs Ms. Teton, a youthful age 55 who loves snowboarding." So as a professional product namer with her company Name One! NY she created the moniker Twifties, because "fifty is the new twenty. Twenty, fifty, TWIFTY! Twifties encompasses people of any age who identify with fun. "Twifties are the bullseye of the target of consumers and spenders over 50 says Teton. "When was the last time you saw an ad for skis with a 50+ year old skier pictured? Yet there are plenty out there and they spend lots of money!"

Loneliness and social isolation are the secret darkside of growing older that Ms. Teton wants to bring to light and combat. "People want company at a meal and for activities. Single or married, Twifties want like-minded people and new friends in their lives to share experiences with, and their families are not always the whole answer."

Thus the Twifties Table was created as a simple solution. Lauren Traub Teton will be at the Twifties Tables in Westport and Darien CT on two days in January and encourages people who like fun or want more fun in their lives to pick up their lunch in the Prepared Foods department and look for the designated Twifties Table in the Cafe. "It's a perfect solution."  No checks to divvy, no conforming to someone else's schedule or food choices. Pick up what you want from the high quality healthy and appealing hot and cold bars, and come and go as you please."

Want a Twifties Table near you? Ask the Events Manager at your local store. Or contact

Lauren@Twifties.com.
Sign up for the Party and Events list at Twifties.TV. And see  events that are scheduled on the TwiftiesCalendar.com.

Watch for the Quebec Bike Trip this summer!

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Twifties Table at Whole Foods Market, Westport, CT

for the Fun People around Age 50 and UP!
DATE IS NOW CHANGED TO THURSDAY JAN. 19!!

Friday, January 20TH * 12-2 P & 5-7 P

Join us at the Twifties Table in the Cafe for conversation or just some meal mates while you dine on your lunch or dinner from the healthy and delicious Whole Foods prepared food section. All ages welcome! Lauren Traub Teton, founder of www.Twifties.TV will be here to share her vision of "Twifties" because 50 is the new twenty. "Twenty, Fifty, TWIFTY! Come and spend some pleasant time with fun people like yourself at Whole Foods Market in Westport, CT.

399 Post Road West
Westport, CT 06880

Phone 203.227.6858

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Twifties Table at Whole Foods Market, Darien, CT

for the Fun People around Age 50 and UP!

Monday, January 23TH * 12-2 P & 5-7 P

Join us at the Twifties Table in the Cafe for conversation or just some meal mates while you dine on your lunch or dinner from the healthy and delicious Whole Foods prepared food section. All ages welcome! Lauren Traub Teton, founder of www.Twifties.TV will be here to share her vision of "Twifties" because 50 is the new twenty. "Twenty, Fifty, TWIFTY! Come and spend some pleasant time with fun people like yourself at Whole Foods Market in Darien, CT.

150 Ledge Road
Darien, CT 06820

Phone 203.662.0577

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thanks!

Lauren Traub Teton
NY 914 764-0115
Creator of Twifties Brand
www.Twifties.TV   www.TwiftiesCalendar.com
http://twifties.blogspot.com/
Twifties are the FUN people around age 50 and UP!

Twifties Dance Party, Newtown CT Oct. 20 2011! And, Please Watch This!

Twifties are the FUN people around age 50 and up, as you know!

Here are 2 Twifties events, one past to watch, and one fun dance party next week in Newtown, CT.

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1.

Come out next Friday for "THE MIDNIGHT BLUES" plays "HIDEAWAY CAFE"

Hideaway Cafe

127 South Main St.

Newtown, CT

$7 at the door

The Twifties Chill Spot Banner will be hanging and Twifties are warmly welcomed!

THE MIDNIGHT BLUES will be playing their unforgettable upbeat fun original/cover music for the Hideaway cafe. If you haven't seen them perform well you haven't fully experienced life until you've seen them play. So get ready for one fantastic evening of music. Cd's will be free in exchange for your email address," which will only be used to notify you of upcoming shows." We will have dance lights, fog, t- shirts, cd's and lots of super fun. Enjoy the show everyone!Songs will be child friendly and we encourage everyone to dance. If you play lead guitar both young and old. You will have a chance to play a song or two with the band.

If it's your birthday or anniversary, tell us and we'll give a shout out. This is a b.y.o. alcohol event if you like. If you ever think the volume should be lowered then please let us know and we'll do our best to suit you.

More and RSVP if you like at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=202401566496194

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2.

I was on internet TV, LIVE on the web last week! Talking about Twifties. It was a lot of fun to be a guest on the *ReW & WhO?* Talk show.
I would love it if you could watch. We're way up from 20 (!?!) views yesterday already. Please help me out!
So even if you can't watch a whole episode, just watch a couple of minutes and let it play to the end if possible, so that my number of views  will increase! Part 2 where I take off my hair might be more interesting! Thanks so much!! Best, Lauren

Just click here to find them very easily on the Twifties.TV Channel http://www.twifties.tv/videos.php?category_id=30

You can read the descriptions of the episodes below! 

Lauren Traub Teton on *ReW & WhO?* RoCKToBeR - Part 1

Media Goddess and Singular Sensation Rew Starr, assisted by M.C. Too Tall interview Lauren about Twifties on the long-running live Internet TV variety and talk show *ReW & WhO?* filmed and broadcast live on UStream on October 5, 2011. In this first segment Lauren explains that she created Twifties because no one is marketing anything to the half a million snowboarders over age 45 and to most of the rest of the active Boomers in the US, called Twifties (because 50 is the new 20, Twenty, Fifty,...Twifty!)

They discuss the veracity of Wikipedia, limbo as a sport, Twifties Products that Work, and the awesome future party that will combine Lauren's Twifties friends along with her snowboard friends from www.SnowboardSecrets.TV. See more on www.Twifties.TV.

Lauren Traub Teton on *ReW & WhO?* RoCKToBeR - Part 2

Lauren is a guest on the long-running live Internet TV variety and talk show *ReW & WhO?* hosted by Media Goddess and Singular Sensation Rew Starr, assisted by M.C. Too Tall. In this second segment of two, Lauren gives Rew a Twifties Gifty of a Twifties Festival Kit, and takes off her hair and puts it on Rew, courtesy of her Jessica Simpson Bangs. Lauren is lovingly compared to a notorious German dictator.

There was a dynamite music after-party on the set after the show, pictured here under the Twifties Chill Spot banner.

Thanks again for watching or at least clicking the link!!

Hope to see you in Newtown or at a Twifties event soon! Send your
Twifties Party, Event, and Product ideas to

Lauren@Twifties.com! Be part of Twifties and help spread the word!

Check out what we’ve been doing at www.Twifties.TV

Lauren

Twifties Founder

NY 914 764-0115

Catskill Chill Music Festival September 9 in Hancock, NY

Aerial view of Catskill Chill Festival

Catskill Chill Music Festival September 9 to 11 in Hancock, NY   

Three-Day Music, Camping and Arts Festival 

 by Lauren Traub Teton

Music Festival Season is in full swing and lasts through January!! If you don't believe it check out the new MusicFestCalendar.com which lists nearly 200 festivals this season, just counting those east of the Mississipi River!

The next two festivals I will be attending are Evolvefest in Vernon, NJ starting September 2, and Catstill Chill in Hancock NY starting September 9. The ride northwest on Route 17 to Delaware County toward Hancock has some of  the most beautiful natural scenery anywhere. Criss crossing over trout streams and viewing vistas of tree covered hills as the highway gently rises and falls will get you in chill mode before you even arrive.

This is the second Catskill Chill Fest, and having attended other festivals at this spot, I can vouch for the fact that it is truly one of the best venues around. The magic vibe of the French Woods Summer Camp location rivals the energy vortex of the Mariahville, NY location of past Gathering of the Vibes, and Camp Bisco. But even better, the Catskill Chill Music Festival is located on a beautiful pond. Put this one on your calendar!! There's even a direct bus from NYC,
Read the official scoop and band list below.

7 Walkers

Catskill Chill Music Festival




 

The second annual Catskill Chill Music, Camping and Arts Festival returns to scenic Camp Minglewood in Hancock, NY.  By popular demand this year’s festival is extended to three days following the success of last year’s two day event and takes place Friday, September 9 through Sunday, September 11.  Camp Minglewood rests on a picturesque, lakeside and tree-lined 200 acres in the western Catskills and is just 140 miles from New York City.


Thirty-five musical acts, spanning multiple genres from jam band to funk to roots to DJ’s are scheduled to perform on three stages and include Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann and 7 Walkers, Umphrey’s McGee, Conspirator, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Particle, JGB with Melvin Seals, BoomBox, John Brown’s Body, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Pimps of Joytime, Zach Deputy, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, The Heavy Pets, Headtronics, DJ Logic and many more. 

Catskill Chill is an all-ages event that features an intimate setting which affords guests the opportunity to see their favorite artists perform up close.  Festival attendees will also be treated to the “Club Chill” DJ stage, morning yoga classes, fire show by SOFP, food vendors, clothing and craft vendors, bonfire drum circle, open mic stage, free parking and free camping with paid admission.  Featured musical performances will begin Friday afternoon at 2:30PM and conclude early Monday morning by 3AM. Guests are permitted to camp through Monday at noon. 

Tickets for Catskill Chill are available as follows: Full Weekend Pass with onsite camping and parking included is $105 per ticket. Two Day Pass for Saturday and Sunday with onsite camping and parking included is $90 per ticket.  Children under 12 are admitted free when accompanied by a parent.  RV Parking Pass is $40 and does not include festival admission.  Onsite cabin rentals featuring showers and electric are now sold out.  Tickets purchased in advance provide a discounted rate for festival goers.  Any remaining tickets will be made available for purchase at the gate for an additional twenty dollars.  All advance tickets may be purchased at www.catskillchill.com. 

A Round Trip Bus Pass is available to those traveling from New York City and in need of transportation.  The bus boards at 9:30AM at Bryant Park and departs for Catskill Chill at 10AM sharp on Friday, September 9 and returns on Monday, September 12, departing Catskill Chill at noon.  All passengers are advised to be on time for scheduled departures.  The Round Trip Bus Pass cost is $50 and does not include festival entry. Bryant Park is located behind the NY Public Library in Manhattan between 40th and 42nd Streets and Fifth and Sixth Avenue.

Nine Lives of a Marriage - Book Review

Nine Lives of a Marriage - a curious journey

The story of  Eva and George Friedlander's journey from war-time Hungary to becoming an American family. With a twist.
by Eva Friedllander and Mickey Goodman

review by Lauren Traub Teton

"Nine Lives of a Marriage" moves along quickly and reads like a juicy novel. The story starts in Budapest, Hungary in 1945 and we learn of the ambitious success of Eva Duke and her secretarial service. Dr. George Friedlander arrives with a bang and changes the course of young Eva's life. She  falls in love with the charismatic chemist and abandons her fiance who is away in a work camp. Back story tells of the horrors of the work and concentraion camps. Next stop Italy for good times after the war. The couple marries, and reluctantly leaves their beloved adopted home of Italy for a last chance at finding a better life in America when they are offered visas for the 3rd and final time.

In the United States, the young couple assimilates beautifully as they have in Italy. George has always had an eye for women, and Sadie, the flirtatious and curvy real estate agent who works with him on investment properties, becomes a fixture in their household and their lives. The story is woven rich in details, and curiously dispassionately, except for the early love affair with George and the parts back in Hungary when Eva goes to visit her sick mother and falls back into the arms of her old beau, Dan.

This book is a very entertaining read, and is formatted in a handy size for those of us who still read books made of paper. It is a great beach or travel read. Just remember to have another book lined up because you will finish it fast and be craving another good book afterwards!

Meet Eva Friedlander in video here.
Buy the book here.

Gathering of the Vibes Wrap uP 2011

Perry Farrell, Jane's Addiction, Saturday
photo by Lauren Traub Teton

 Korina Dabundo, School of Rock AllStars, Sunday

photo by Lauren Traub Teton

Levon Helm and Band, Saturday photo by Lauren Traub Teton

  

by Lauren Traub Teton for Twifties.TV

The only “givens” that I’ve found at GOTV are that every day, unexpected and wonderful things will happen, and every year, at the end of Vibes, I say “THAT was the best year EVER! This year is no exception as the 16th annual Gathering of the Vibes happened at Seaside Park and for miles around it, in Bridgeport, CT.

Changes of note for the 2011 version were: the fantabulous addition of the 85 foot high Ferris Wheel, managed by George Marrena of Marrena Amusement. Its colors lent an ever changing psychedelic signature to the skyline over the water, and brought glee to many, as riders and viewers. This year there was no golf cart taxi service, in past years a boon to tired fest-goers who needed to get to the campground way over in West Beach, a mile or more away from the main area and the site of Friday and Saturday Silent Disco on the beach from 1 am to 4 am.

WPKN supplied the invaluable service of piping in the music through listener's radios, a godsend to be able to hear some of the show sitting in a shady campsite instead of a baking field or even at home through waves or web.

Dark Star Orchestra gave their ALL in the Friday night main show, sweaty as it was. They played an elective set, that means it was not one of their usual copies of a Dead show, and they put everything they had into it. The late show at the Green Vibes stage by Big Gigantic had the crowd going WILD on the dance floor and was shall we say, not a way to wind down before bedtime, hee hee.

 

On Saturday, moe played a 30 minute groovy jam of “Rebubula, So Long, Rebubula” with dancing parts and resting parts toward the end. Inflated  pandas and beach balls flew through the air as the sun set slowly. Jane’s Addiction hinted at the showtime extravaganza that was to come – it was the only act that had a curtain drawn, and as the band broke into “Whores” the black curtain unfurled from the top down and exposed the 10-ring circus from the mind of Perry Farrell including black plastic clad women girls flailing on rope from the ceiling in time to the music (one is Etty Lau Farrell, Perry's wife and mother of their 2 kids) and 30-foot cheesecake posters of discretely naked women.


All of that almost paled in comparison to watching the magnetic man himself. Perry’s moves on stage will make anyone seem like a good photographer, because he knows exactly what to do. A swee-eet moment was when a giant beach ball landed at him onstage, and he flipped the mini-fridge sized ball onto his finger tip and gave it a spin, easy as a 20-year Harlem Globetrotter. Many people we spoke to tired of his glorification of alcohol and steady requests to deliver joints to the stage, but…whatever. The darkness is part of their schtick. The show ran hot and cold IMHO, with “Caught Stealing” and “Jane” highpoints to the less fervid fans of the group.

 

Perpetual Groove’s late night show at the Green Vibes stage was not what I was expecting. I remember seeing them somewhere, maybe at Vibes, and it was a dance party. Saturday night less so. The Silent Disco went on til 4 a.m. down at West Beach, a long walk from the Ferris Wheel. The disco was right on the beach, in the dark, with headphones and music supplied. People grooved to the outwardly silent tunes playing in and around their heads on the sandance floor, but no music was audible!

Sunday, a mini rain shower happened simultaneously with the sun shining. Ken Hays, whatever strings you pulled on that one, Bravo! We were there for the serious lightning storm 2 years ago during Moe that shut the show down, and up at Mariahville the night Ratdog’s music, and thunder and pouring rain competed in Mother Nature’s Superbowl Stadium. This is the first Vibes we can remember in 6 years that remained dry, though it was a bit toasty all week.

Sunday surprised on other fronts. The “wind down” afternoon shows were actually uppers. School of Rock All Stars in the new School of Rock tent, neatly by the kid’s area, had some of the finest and certainly the freshest, youngest new talent we saw all week. When the tempos went into instant overdrive on the 2 cover songs we filmed, and the audience started moshing, we had to COLWG …that’s chuckle out loud with glee! See the performance and interview with one of our favorite School of Rock bands from Sunday here.

Roving back over to catch the end of the John Butler Trio, the thinning and comfortably-sized audience was engaged in some serious dance action, and we’ve got the ecstatic looking dancer’s on film for you. It was nice to be around the very happy vibe the band created. And what a good looking crowd it was too!

Once again, this mammoth music festival, that started from a small party year’s ago, has prevailed. It was…the bestVibes ever!  Party on Garth!

Twifties Podcast on The Brass Ring Radio Show June 26, 2011

The Brass Ring Radio Show

Podcast: Lauren Traub Teton talking about Twifties.

Listen to the podcast of Lauren Traub Teton talking about Twifties from The Brass Ring Radio Show from Sunday June 26, 2011.

Lauren Traub Teton, founder of Twifties  was a guest of Gina Ghioldi, on The Brass Ring® Radio Show, one of the hottest shows on the dial. Below is the blurb for Lauren's 15 minute segment, which you can hear here.
Lauren and Gina talked about how a business can be somewhere between a job and a hobby, and still deliver benefits even if they are not totaled in dollars.                                                                                                          

"Enterpreneurship and inventing have been in Lauren’s blood since she bought her first paper route from a neighbor at age 12 for $5. Creator of over 10 popular websites, starting with no experience in web design, she is living her dream of having the most fun jobs possible. She has dined, cruised, and snowboarded for free. She also names new products and gets to fire a laser for work, and goes to parties as part of her job. She is a native of Framingham, MA and a graduate of UMass."