From the Editors
Icing on the Cake for Cake Boss
October 22, 2010
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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“Top Chef” Winner Speaks
September 17, 2010
"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
Ready for NJ Restaurant Week?
September 8, 2010
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
Southern Cooking, Rock: Head North
August 9, 2010
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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If You Love Django…
July 26, 2010
Wrembel is a French guitarist who lives and plays in NY (and spends a lot of time in Maplewood, NJ).… Read the rest
Nine Holes of Puttable Art
June 25, 2010
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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They Were Born in a Small Town
June 16, 2010
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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Check Your Designer Bags and Brains Here
June 9, 2010
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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The Running of the Grills
June 1, 2010
Securing a spot for your grill at the local pool club can be a strange suburban ritual....
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Springsteen and the Poet Laureate
May 20, 2010
Excerpts from the intimate two-hour onstage discussion between two acclaimed Jersey natives, ...
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Please Pack Your Knives and Go
May 18, 2010
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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The Gaslight Anthem Homecoming
December 14, 2009
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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If the Borgata Could Float
November 24, 2009
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