Spray Day

With a break in the drizzly weather, I was overdue for a trip to the car wash. Then a funny thing happened...

Tags: Montclair | photography | car washes | Palace Car Wash

Slice This!

Thanks to all who submitted their favorite places for our upcoming pizza issue. I've been doing my due diligence. Last week, I went to RESERVOIR TAVERN in Parsippany. Loved the "Gatto di Potato," which is a sliced potato, bacon, and fresh tomato pie (no sauce, no cheese). But visually, loved what you see here the best...

Wurst Case Scenario 4

Continuing my tour of the Thumann's deli plant in Carlstadt, we came to the supervisor's station, the elevated, windowed housing where one can keep an eye on (on this particular day) workers filling steel forms with ham for cooking...

Wurst Case Scenario 3

A worker swabs out one of the small ovens at Thumann's deli plant in Carlstadt. By small I mean big enough to hold a Smart Car, but not two Cadillac Escalades, like the big ovens at Thumann's.

Wurst Case Scenario 2

Another stop on my tour of the Thumann's deli plant in Carlstadt. A welcome sight in this day of digital signatures, bar codes, and laser printing...

Wurst Case Scenario

Recently I toured the Thumann's deli plant in Carlstadt for a story for our December issue, whose cover theme is NJ ROOTS: AN ETHNIC PORTRAIT OF THE GARDEN STATE. The Thumanns (whose name, owing to marriage, is now Burke) are one of 12 families profiled in the issue...

Tags: Carlstadt | photography | Thumann's

Late For Halloween

This ghost missed the party, and wound up in a doctor's office...

Tags: Springfield | Halloween | photography