The Anti-Shoe

Overheard in a Morris County coffee shop: two women raving about their MBT shoes.

Tags: Morris County | sneakers | Short Hills | shoes | Mall at Short Hills | Lady Foot Locker | Masai Barefoot Technology | MBT shoes

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Weekend Picks: Cool Jazz, Slow Food

Used to be you needed a long memory to think of Asbury Park as a happening town. But look at all the renovation of classic Asbury places like Convention Hall and Paramount Theater, plus the restaurant scene, chic shopping, and like always, the beach. You see why it’s cool again. Or is it hot? Get both this weekend with the 20th annual Asbury Park Jazz Festival. Performers and schedule here.

Tags: Newark | New Brunswick | Princeton | Christopher's | Ocean City | Hopewell | Ramsey | Branch Brook Park | Tre Piani | Unionville Vineyards | Alba Vineyard | Cape May Winery | Hopewell Valley Vineyards | Pennington | Giants Stadium | Cape May | Stony Hill Farms | Brother's Moon | High Street Grill | Za Restaurant | Slow Wine and Food Festival | Laurita Vineyards | Ocean City Pops

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Blueberries Are Here

We have grown used to the abundance of all kinds of fruit all of the time, regardless of the season. Apples year-round, not just in the fall. Mangos in the dead of winter.

Tags: Pine Barrens | South Jersey | Hammonton | Terhune Orchards | blueberries | blueberry picking | Whitesbog | Coleman, Elizabeth

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Ghosts From Asbury Park

So what’s really lurking in those majestic buildings of historic Asbury Park?

Tags: Asbury Park | Ghosts

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Is it Wii You’re Looking For?

One month after it was launched, demand for Nintendo’s Wii Fit has been so high that retailers are having trouble keeping it in stock. If you are lucky, though, a gym near you will have the popular video game that can help you stay fit, or get you in shape.

Tags: Wii | exercise

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New Hampshire, Here it Comes

New Jersey has the Shore. New Hampshire has wilderness ponds surrounded by granite hills and fed by sweet water cascading down rocky escarpments.

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Weekend Picks: Shopping, Music, Culture and Cupcakes

Grange Furniture Warehouse www.ctdrifters.com/ctdrifters_001.htmin South Hackensack is having a sale of tables, chairs, beds, armoires, sideboards, TV cabinets, sofas, dressers, desks, accessories, and outdoor furniture, with up to 70 percent off today through Saturday. We heard about it from www.topbutton.com; sign up and they send you news about all kinds of sales.

Tags: Cape May | Washington Street Mall

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