From the Editors

With his hit reality TV show entering its fourth season, TLC’s “Cake Boss”—Buddy Valastro, the owner of Carlo’s Bakery in Hoboken—might reasonably be expected to become too big for his baker’s britches any day now....
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Model Behavior

October 11, 2010

A writer, I’m a behind-the-scenes-kind-of-gal, most comfortable interviewing sources backstage or typing away from the comfort of my cubicle. But at one recent Basking Ridge bridal showcase sponsored by New Jersey Bride, this journalist was toting strappy sandals instead of a pen and pad....
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"Even though you know for months in advance that it’s coming, you can’t be prepared for all the attention, all… Read the rest

Several restaurants on NJM's list of Top 25 in the state are among the 170 participating in the statewide restaurant week....
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Mirth and Menace

August 24, 2010

Last performance, this Saturday, Aug 28.… Read the rest

Having lived in Tennessee for three years, I’ve become somewhat of a barbecue snob. But thanks to Wayne resident Howard Freeman, known for organizing the Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning, I’ll be driving to Vernon instead of 12 hours south to get some tender, melt-in-your-mouth ribs. ...
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Wrembel is a French guitarist who lives and plays in NY (and spends a lot of time in Maplewood, NJ).… Read the rest

Just off Hamilton Square Park in Jersey City, people are playing miniature golf for a good cause--to save the Jersey City Museum. Each of the nine holes was designed by a local artist. ...
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Local star power is coming back home to New Jersey with Lauren Hill, Zach Braff, Christine Ebersole, Max Weinberg, and more South Orange/Maplewood natives joining forces for the South Orange Performing Arts Center’s “Small Town, Big Talent” benefit this weekend....
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These two Jersey women are participants in VH1’s reality show “You’re Cut Off!,” which documents the lives of nine spoiled young ladies as they undergo an eight-week program to make over their entitled personalities....
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Securing a spot for your grill at the local pool club can be a strange suburban ritual....
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Excerpts from the intimate two-hour onstage discussion between two acclaimed Jersey natives, ...
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Though Westfield may be the smallest stop on the 21-city nationwide Top Chef Tour, Saturday’s demonstrations and meet-and-greet drew in the largest crowd the tour has seen thus far, as “Cheftestants” from the hit Bravo TV series made a short layover in Jersey before moving on to Philadelphia and New York City....
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Is It Summer Yet?

May 13, 2010

If you’re anything like me and feeling the itch for Memorial Day weekend at the Shore (only 15 days left, folks!), flip to the Travel Channel tonight for a little taste of summertime fun. Travel host Samantha Brown visits our beloved Jersey Shore, and proves there’s more to our coast than just fist-pumping freaks with bad blowouts....
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Cheers to Haiti

February 26, 2010

Let’s face it. This “snowicane” sweeping across New Jersey right now is nothing compared to the disastrous earthquake that hit Haiti in January. Last night, at the Benefit for Haiti Relief at the Chandelier Room in the W Hoboken, I was reminded of this. And that’s a good enough reason for me to brave a little snow....
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Kisses of a Kind 2

January 26, 2010

Photographer Emmet Gowin trained and inspired many students, so it's fitting that some of their work forms a tribute to him in the current exhibit at the Princeton University Art Museum....
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Kisses of a Kind

January 22, 2010

That photographs can be kisses is not an obvious idea, but it is embodied in the life and work of Emmet Gowin, who is retiring from Princeton University after 36 years of teaching photography and is the subject of a retrospective show at the Princeton University Art Museum....
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Big Hair: Jersey Style

January 14, 2010

When I checked out Hairspray Tuesday night at the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, I knew I was in for a great show. I already knew most of the songs (and dance moves), but what I didn’t realize was the number of talented New Jersey cast members who are adding their own style to the Broadway tour....
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New Brunswick band The Gaslight Anthem has been touring the country for the past year and a half promoting their latest album The ’59 Sound. But Friday night at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, the fun-loving, rock-and-rolling foursome showed that their hearts and music still belong to Jersey....
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The crew alone number 2,000. Of passengers on this "preview" cruise, there are 3,200. On its full-week regular voyages starting… Read the rest