Musings from the staff of New Jersey Monthly.
Entries for May 2008
Hardy-Har-Maher
Comedian, liberal firebrand, Cornell grad, and River Vale native Bill Maher preached to a sold-out concert hall at NJPAC in Newark on Friday night.
There probably wasn't a Republican in the house, but there certainly were Catholics and plenty of other Christians, plus people who take prescription drugs, heterosexuals, homosexuals, Hillary-ites and Obamaphiles, and most likely some NASCAR fans.
And they all laughed. And for good reason. Maher is an equal opportunity lacerator. But more than that, he's a newshound, and very funny.
...continue reading.Tags: NJPAC | Newark | comedy | Comedy | Maher, Bill
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Adventures in Home Ownership: Tackling the Garden
Thank goodness for my mother-in-law. That may be as rare an expression as there is, but I've said it to myself, silently and aloud, dozens of times in the last few weeks.
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Never Perfect Enough
Memorial Day was beautiful this year. But whether you ventured down the shore, grilled the perfect burger, or opened that book you’ve been trying to finish for months, chances are on Tuesday you felt slighted.
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Warming Up to the Ice Age
Like a lot of Jersey families, warm-weather sports started for us long before the “spring forward” of the clocks. We were still sipping hot chocolate when my daughter made her first shaky attempt at travel softball on Sunday nights this winter at the Jack Cust indoor sports dome in Flemington.
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Have a Greenhouse Gas!
Nothing Al Gore would get on your case about.
The truly magnificent Indoor Display Gardens at Duke Farms in Hillsborough will close indefinitely after May 25th as part of a massive renovation transforming the 2,740-acre property into an environmental showcase and learning center.
Until then the gardens will be open for free self-guided tours.
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Tags: Hillsborough | Duke Farms
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Adventures in Home Ownership
A friend of mine bought a house in North Carolina a few years back, and when she first moved in, she slept with a hammer, a garage-door opener, Lysol spray, and her cell phone under her pillow. (The plan, apparently, was to distract an intruder by opening the garage door while spraying Lysol in his face, calling 911, and threatening him with a hammer). As an easily scared whimp, I figured I'd probably do the same thing someday.
...continue reading.Tags: Maplewood | home | home and garden | real estate
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