In New Jersey’s only floating community, you can catch dinner out your window. Is there such a thing as affordable housing on the New Jersey waterfront? Well, for as little as $150,000, you can own a house not just near the water, but on the water. Sea Village Marina, nestled in Great Egg Harbor near Margate, has 54 such floating domiciles....
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Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez, the E Street Band’s first drummer, lives for the music he and Bruce made in their Boardwalk days....
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For two weeks, our Millburn family swapped homes with a family from the South of France. We marveled at their neat rooms and tiny closets. They marveled at our household clutter and our sprawling shopping malls. ...
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Swimming - New Jersey Monthly - Best of NJ...
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Book Review - New Jersey Monthly - Best of NJ.Who says you have to go to New York to find the best up-and-coming writers? New Jersey has plenty to offer, with numerous Jersey-bred authors releasing the fruits of their labor this year....
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Toy Cars - New Jersey Monthly - Best of NJ...
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Jersey's Own Soda - New Jersey Monthly - Best of NJ...
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For impounded pets—stray, wounded, ill, or just unwanted—survival may hinge on a call to Annie Trinkle’s Animal Alliance of New Jersey. It’s 7 pm, and Annie Trinkle is in her kitchen, experimenting with a new vegan recipe. As she presses out the last bit of water in the tofu, the phone rings. It’s an officer from the Philadelphia Animal Care and Control Association....
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Scrabble Whiz - New Jersey Monthly - Best of NJ...
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Identify Theft - New Jersey Monthly - Best of NJ...
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"Bamboo Bob” Foley wants to be the Johnny Appleseed of the plant he says has all the answers for 21st Century homeowners. And, yes, it thrives in Jersey. ...
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Decorating - New Jersey Monthly - Best of NJ...
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We asked two top New Jersey garden and landscape designers, Lisa Mierop of Mierop Design and Chris Cipriano of Cipriano Landscape Design, what’s new this year. The overarching answer: think green. It’s a theme that speaks to the universal desire to live healthy and happy lives and the growing recognition that we need to do so in an environmentally responsible way....
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Flea Markets - New Jersey Monthly - Best of NJ. While flea markets tend to be more hodgepodge than antiques markets—where vendors usually set up well-curated mini-shops—both offer a huge selection in one location. Flea markets sell both new and old items, but the new stuff isn’t very upscale—lots of tube socks. Antiques dealers do sell at flea markets, as do people who rent space for what amounts to a one-time garage sale....
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Gardening - New Jersey Monthly – The Best of NJ...
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Home Design Color - New Jersey Monthly - Best of NJ...
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Interior Design - New Jersey Monthly - Best of NJ. Andy Brown, former dean of students at Princeton University (“I loved the position—it was like being mayor of a small town that all the inhabitants cared about”), and his wife, Jerry (founder of the Paddle Company, which makes paddle-sports equipment), are inveterate travelers. An antique wooden puppet head from Burma, painted bottles from Stockholm, a wooden bowl from Costa Rica, and a ceramic table and chairs from Vietnam are just a few of their many exquisite mementos....
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Raising backyard fruits and vegetables makes sense nutritionally and economically. And you can’t beat the mild, steady exercise gardening provides....
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Softball season is nigh upon us. To avoid pulling a hammy (or worse) in front of buddies and coworkers, start limbering up now. Here’s an easy, workable plan:...
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Ben Bailey talks about his hit contestant show, Discovery Channel’s Cash Cab....
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