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Best of Jersey 2010
At least once a day (usually after fighting traffic) we note that this ever-loving state of ours is…packed to the gills! It’s easy to forget that it’s also packed with terrific things. This year, you, our readers, picked them—312 reasons to celebrate New Jersey’s brimming bounty.
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Ask any four residents of the Garden State what they like best about New Jersey and you are likely to get four dozen favorites. Ask 4,351 people, as we did, and you get more than 40,000 answers. Add them up and pick the winners in 68 categories and you’ve got this year’s Best of New Jersey.
It was an exhaustive process made possible by the Internet. For the first time, we asked readers to vote on our website for their Jersey favorites in four categories: food and drink; shopping; health and beauty; and recreation.
Click on the links below to find the reader-submitted winners in those categories:
Food and Drink
Shopping
Health and Beauty
Recreation
Click on the following links to read our Best of Jersey Editors' Picks selections:
Queen of the Alley—Kelly Kulick
Unsung Hero—Chris Smith
On the Frontlines—Jersey Men and Woman in the Armed Forces
Veering Toward Stardom—Vera Farmiga
Helping Haiti—Jersey Residents Respond to Crisis Abroad
Great Skates—New Jersey Devils Olympic Team Members Zach Parise and Jamie Langenbrunner
Almost Super—The New JERSEY Jets Triumphant Run At A Championship
Local Man, Global Mission—Ray Chambers
Had A Shad—Jersey's Unique Shad Festival
A Place In The Sunset—Sunset Beach at Cape May
Rock Solid—Jon Bon Jovi
Posted by: Basilia, East Windsor/Hightstown | Apr 09, 2010 16:01:40 PM |
Food Events
Table Hopping with Rosie2010/09/02
9/4: An Outstanding in the Field dinner will be held at Mosefund Farm, 315 Mattison Reservoir Ave, Branchville, with executive chef Scott Anderson of Elements, Princeton, preparing the meal. 3 PM; $220. For tickets log on to www.outstandinginthefield.com.
Mirth and Menace
From the Editors2010/08/24
Just a few days left to catch the superb production of Harold Pinter's NO MAN'S LAND at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in Madison. Pinter is considered hard to understand, but this terrific cast, with insightful direction by Bonnie J. Monte, brings out all of Pinter's sly humor, air of unease and neediness, hauteur, and not least, a fey, thuggish menace, all very decorous but unmistakeable. Don't miss it.
Weekend Picks: Riverfest, Anderson Park Arts, Tomato Festival
NJ My Way2010/09/02
From the Delaware Valley to the Shore, there is plenty to do on this long weekend, besides packing up the beach house, and last minute back-to-school shopping.
A Gifted Young Drummer on the Boardwalk
Plain Sight: A Jersey Photo Blog2010/09/02
Set up on the Asbury Park boardwalk opposite the Stony Pony, this young drummer was playing some fascinating rhythm, not just the usual thudding. Turns out he is a 2010 graduate of Neptune High School, a member of the National Honor Society, and a drum instructor at Big Beat studio in Neptune City...
Getting Ready to 'Get Fit'
Lost in the Suburbs2010/01/04
Starting this afternoon, I will be taking part in Get Fit New Jersey, a rigorous, 24-week fitness program at Life Time Athletic in Florham Park. Naturally, I spent the weekend stuffing my face with as much holiday chocolate and other goodies as possible.
