The hoop takes a charging foul from a player going to the basket...

Now that the weather is hot all the time, it's hard to remember that transitional time when spring was struggling to emerge from winter, but here is a glimpse of it...

A yacht awaits its annual immersion...

Hundred-degree days seemed a long way off in May, when these teens took a walk on the beach while elders snoozed...

On the Fifth of July, we drove up to Rhode Island to visit my mom. Drove home the same night.

But wherever you go, there you are.

Put another way, photography is both discovery and recognition.

A few pictures I brought back from my trip...

Yes, it's true. New Jersey Monthly editors occasionally leave the state, but only when absolutely necessary--in my case, Fourth of July weekend--and only after mounting flashing neon signs on our cars reading, "New Jersey and You: Perfect Together!" or "Have you eaten a Jersey tomato lately?"

See what a stir that caused outside Warwick, Rhode Island.