August 2004

Heard over at egullet.com: the Chelsea Grille, which closed after its chef-owner Joseph Palmieri died suddenly this summer, is going to become a Turkish restaurant. A glance across the street […]

Ok, you blowhards on Montclair Unmoderated! Want to talk politics in person? And with someone who has some political clout? Here’s your chance. Rep. Bill Pascrell is holding a town […]

How boring is it? Soooooo boring that they can’t even find anything to grouse about over at NJ.com’s Transit Blog. … for all the hype and drama in the media, […]

We find this on Craigslist: Beginning Sunday September 12th, The Ride the Planet Tai Chi Studio will host an hour of silent sitting to help balance the planet every Sunday […]

Glen Ridge’s plan to charge high school students $200 apiece to participate in after-school activities gets a great big “F” from the Star-Ledger, which ran an editorial about it today. […]

News out last week that New Jersey is the richest state in the union. In the Star-Ledger story, the state’s master demographer, James Hughes, was quoted as saying, “If New […]

And the winner of Soprano Sue Traveling Mug Contest #1 is: the Proprietor! As the Prop correctly stated, the actor pictured last week holding Sue’s Barista latte mug was Joseph […]

“Shem Creek,” a new hardcover by Montclair novelist Dottie Frank, makes the New York Times Bestseller List for the third week straight. “Shem Creek,” which is about a Star-Ledger distribution […]

Montclair has the Montclair Watercooler and Montclair Unmoderated. Now Bloomfield has a second message board too. Alison Meyer, a regular at NJ.com’s Bloomfield Forum, where she posts notes on Board […]

When a certain 15-year-old we know suggested a shopping trip to New York City this week, we winced. “You know, it’s a big terrorist target with the Republican convention.” To […]

This little sign with a blue circle and a white arrow caught our eye this afternoon. It says “evacuation route” and it popped up suddenly at the intersection of Ridgewood […]

Garrison Keillor once said, “Sex is good. But not as good as fresh, sweet corn.” It’s not always true, but the ears we’ve nibbled the last few weeks have been […]

For those of you (Raymmmondo) who noticed that Barista posting was light the last 24 hours, that’s because we were in Pennsylvania picking up a camper. The local news from […]