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LONG BRANCH REPORTER ASBURY PARK PRESS PAGE 5 West End antique store owners living the 'Hy life THURSDAY, MARCH 20. 2003 4 i ZJ ft' tiki i I wt i am i-V -if tit i '-n. Mi Ja. is i'f i i BYVINCE MILLER Staff Writer Judy Feinstein has been a mother, aviatrix, restaurateur, caterer and antiques shop owner in that order. And if her background isn't interesting enough, consider that of her daughter.

Susan Tuscano has been a special education teacher, a social worker and since has authored 14 books on psychology and self help. All of that, of course, makes for interesting conversation as one peruses the variety of furni- ture and an- LONG BRANCH tiques at their hmb Hy Spot Antiques and Interiors shop, 61 Brighton Ave. in the West End district of Long Branch. Feinstein's interesting career began when her son, Jerry, and daughters Susan and Lori, were in school. She said she just happened to visit a private airport in the mid-1960s and noticed several women pilots.

The idea occurred to her that she could do likewise, and so began her love affair with aviation. She flew single- and multiple-engine planes and was a founder of the Garden State Chapter of the "99s," the international organization of women pilots. Feinstein left active flying in 1977 and entered the restaurant business in Paoli, with her son. They named their restaurant Lanky's after Jerry's rangy frame and its location, Lancaster Avenue. The restaurant became a local favorite for chief chef Feinstein's cooking, and later expanded into the catering business.

'sr Judy Feinstein, with an antique hand mirror from her store, has led an interesting life as a mother aviatrix, res-tauranteur, caterer and, now, antiques shop owner. (PHOTOS: JACK HOWARDSTAFF) turned from a buying trip Wednesday and sold five units the following day. The owners will buy directly from customers and at estate sales. Hy's carries antiques, but "most of the older stock doesn't fit the strict definition of being 100 years old," Tuscano said. To underscore that, she pointed to an attractive 50-year-old vanity set which most would consider an antique.

"Everything we have is one or two of a kind," Tuscano said. "If someone comes in and asks us to find a specific item, we may try to find it, but it may take some time." The store hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Susan Tuscano (left) and her mother, Judy Feinstein, of Hy Spot Antiques and Interiors have a wide array of furnishings, collectibles and art at their shop In West End. Code." She calls it "your personal prescription for a longer, happier life." Mother and daughter pride themselves on service.

"We are a store, but we also serve," Feinstein said. "If you've bought a bed, we'll help you set it up; a chair, we'll upholster it, a chandelier, we'll rewire it." The main and basement floors are filled with headboards and footboards, chandeliers, lamps, mirrors, paintings, tables, sofas and love seats. Feinstein, who calls herself "the queen of beds," said the proprietors own all stock. "There is nothing consigned here," she said. Mother and daughter re- in social work from the of Pennsylvania, and subsequently developed a program to train social workers in to recruit foster parents.

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