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New Jersey Monthly Magazine
Summit

La Focaccia

The puffy, rosemary-flecked focaccia bread at La Focaccia in Summit is wonderful, Karen Tina Harrison writes. But that isn't all that's worth eating at the restaurant. more

From Brat Pack to Backpack

Andrew McCarthy still acts and directs, but the Summit native has won new acclaim writing about his global travels. more

Living the Good Life At Oak Knoll

Oak Knoll, a small private school in Summit, is fast becoming a national powerhouse in field hockey. more

New Vision for Art Center in Summit

The new curator of the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Mary Birmingham, brings nine years of experience and an academic background to the position. more

Hues You Can Use

There’s nothing shy about interior designer Nancee Brown’s colorful house. From orange to periwinkle, the tones flow seamlessly from room to room. (Photos by Melabee M. Miller) more

Wine and Dine

Sept 24–26: For an epicurean adventure, the Summit Wine and Food Festival at the Grand Summit Hotel is your destination. more

Bona Vita Osteria

This traditional Italian restaurant, which occupies a handsome storefront in downtown Summit, is run by culinary veterans. more

Q&A With Jim Cramer

CNBC's Mad Money host Jim Cramer answers questions about being a "Jersey guy" and let's us know what's going on in the world of high finance. more

Dateline: Maplewood

How one small suburban town became a big testing ground for online news reporting. (Photos by Sandra Nissen) more

Summer Brimming with Wine Events

There are more than 40 wineries in the Garden State. Many are taking part in some fun wine events this summer. Here’s a sampling.

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Where Have All The Record Stores Gone?

Mostly down the tubes, but Jersey still has some great places to shop for music. more

Best of NJ: Food and Drink

NJ Monthly offers a roundup of the best places to find ice cream, coffee, cocktails, crumb cake, cupcakes and plenty of other delicious food items that don't start with a "C." more

Help From the Home Front

Snap, Crackle, Pop

Going to Pot

A black lab named Maggie scurries through a Hoboken townhouse, climbing over couches and crawling under beds, circling in and out of closets, and sticking her nose into shoes and scattered clothes. Suddenly, Maggie stops her search and sits—a sign that confirms what many parents fear most. more

Food

Summit Sundown So Long

I was thinking it was time to head home when the streetlights came on. And then the yellow lights in the brick building.

I took the hint.

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Summit Sundown Spirit

It was beginning to get dark. Something flickering like a cartoon caught my eye from the corner of a demolished room. It sucked in the last bit of sun, glinting above the cathedral on the west side of the demolition site.

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Summit Sundown Still

Walking around the site, I came to a kind of loading dock.

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More Summit Sundown

Not all parts of the Summit site are being demolished. Some are just undergoing a late spring cleaning.

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Summit Sundown 2

Last week I previewed a visit to an institutional site in Summit where an old wing of a building is being torn down. The question then and now is, can you identify the site?

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Click For Full Pic

Most thumbnails, unlike the one at left, show you the complete picture, except smaller.

The daily Plain Sight thumbnail is different. It's always a detail cropped from the full picture. Today's thumbnail represents only about two or three percent of the entire picture.

To see the whole thing, click below.

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Funny Business - Ed Rodriguez

How Jersey Am I?

How Do You Burn Your Buns?

Are You My Type

Looking for a Cure

A Tell of Terror at Home

She's With the Band

A Good Loser

Pamper that Pooch

Toast

Downtown Shopping Tips

Mommy, Where Do Diners Come From?

Mellow Fellow?

Roots Steakhouse

All In The Family Room

Best Downtowns

Food Fight!

The Sloppy Joe, as we know it, is a supremely Jersey concoction. Or is it? more

The Metamorphosis

Meryl Streep more