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New Jersey Monthly Magazine
Collingswood

Game On

When does playing video games constitute a workout? When Nintendo's Wii Fit is involved. Bill Fisher, of Collingswood, can exercise in the comfort of his living room. more

Beat the Director

It’s fall running season. To make his 5k race stand out among the hundreds of races this season, a South Jersey library director is offering a challenge – and is spreading word about that challenge on YouTube.

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Garden for Wellness

You don’t always need to go to great lengths for a dose of rest and relaxation. Sometimes, you can find it just down the block.

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Partying at the Pop Shop

Bill and Connie Fisher didn’t plan on expanding the Pop Shop, their popular Collingswood Doo Wop-style eatery, in a bad economy.  But the restaurant they opened in 2005 (which has won a few “Best of Jersey” awards from this magazine) had gotten too popular for its downtown space.

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IndeBlue

Indeblue in Collingswood does not look like your average Indian tandoor house. Small and snug, with only 31 seats, it retains the shiny-blue and hazmat-orange surfaces of its predecessor, an icy-hip crêperie called 5th Corner. more

25 Best Restaurants 2009

Our experts scoured the state to find elite dining establishments old and new. How did they fare? Read our Top 25 Restaurants list to find out. Feel free to comment on their findings. more

Take A Bike!

Surely you've heard of borrowing books, but how about borrowing bicycles? more

New Faces NJ: Matt Duke

Matt Duke picked up a guitar—and a career. more

Time for Jersey Fresh

Did this week’s spree of high temperatures get you thinking of summer? For me, summer means getting reacquainted with my local farmer’s market.

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Turning a Thumb Green

The steamy weather last weekend brought me to a place that I rarely use but often worry about: my backyard.

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Spring is in this Weekend

You can welcome spring this weekend with something old and something new on the South Jersey festival circuit.

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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

Dog Whisperings: Life with Emily

“Cute dog!” a runner said as he passed my dog and me on our evening walk.

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Best of NJ: Retail

Super shopping and better bargains await at these top NJ retails establishments. 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

The Chain Gang

Could dinner at a chain stack up to an independent restaurant meal? There is no simple answer.

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Lobianco

If a restaurant is going to defy conventional wisdom and tuck itself away in some obscure spot, it had better be good. more

Sapori

Tees for Moms

Proud mother of one? Have  twins? Maybe three children?

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Hillsborough mom (of three) Marlo Moleski wants you to proclaim it to the world, on the fashionable tops and tote bags she designs.

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Weekend Picks: Memorable Memorial

It’s Memorial Day weekend, and all of New Jersey is heading down the Shore. Or are we?

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Blackbird Dining Establishment

Chef Alex Capasso’s Blackbird takes wing on nuanced flavors, playful presentation, and attentive service. Would you like shaved black truffles on your entrée? Just say the word. more

Tortilla Press

Downtown Collingswood: Blowing Hot and Cool

The sky was an ominous dark gray, tornado weather. And even as it turned out there were no tornados (this isn’t Kansas anymore), the wind was so strong it knocked down utility poles.

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IndeBlue

Nunzio Ristorante Rustico

Waterlily

Best of Jersey: People, Places and Things

Best of Jersey: Good Eating

Love, Life, and South Jersey

The Pop Shop

Sagami

Food For Thought

Day Trip: Collingswood

Casona

Chef's Kids Eat the Darnedest Things

Quail eggs? Frog legs? Tofu? Bring ‘em on! But leave room for peanut butter on salami. more

Best of Jersey

We in the Garden State need to start demanding more. Here are a bunch who deliver. more

Gotta Have It: April

This Way Up

Cities are experiencing a renaissance as single young professionals,newly weds without children,and empty nester's discover that picket fences,large yards , and McMansions are not to be-all and end-all of luxe living. more

Hot Restaurants

Attention, foodies! Add these gustatory bastions and new sensations to your to-do list. Gentlemen, and ladies, start your forks. more

Crab King

With a little help from his mom, Robert Sliwowski, aka Bobby Chez, bounced back from ruin to sell 30,000 crab cakes a week. more