September 2004

Who won? BushKerry View the results UPDATE: NJ.com’s Jersey Side gave us a mention this morning so we’ve got out-of-towners voting now. Welcome to Baristaville, guys. And enjoy our valet […]

Mid-debate, Kerry brought up The Pottery Barn Rule, “If you break it, you own it,” attributed originally to Colin Powell, in regard to the consequences of invading Iraq. But Pottery […]

No offense anyone, but after spending the afternoon taking a 12-year-old around, trying to get a hair trim, rather than a hair cut, and frustrating every barber and hairdresser in […]

Paul Brubaker has a fascinating article in today’s Montclair Times about the family of a 9/11 victim that was invited to the county’s memorial service in Eagle Rock Reservation only […]

Believe us when we tell you that the picture above doesn’t even begin to capture the bizarre scene we just saw on Hamilton Road in Glen Ridge just a few […]

Want to be subversive? Read a Harry Potter book to your kid. According to the American Library Association, the Harry Potter series is second on the list of the “Ten […]

This is even more fun that looking into your neighbors’ recycling cans to see who’s swilling domestic and who’s swilling imported. Go to fundrace.org and find out exactly which of […]

The Barista meteorological team issues a sunshine alert in effect in the greater Baristaville area until sundown tonight — or until a patch of clouds rolls in. Beware of sun […]

A reliable source tells us that a new Vietnamese restaurant, Little Saigon, is moving to Bloomfield Ave. in Montclair, around the corner from Glenfield School. Not sure whether this is […]

You’ve got your 12 Miles West, your Pushcart Players, your Luna Stage, your Alliance Rep, your Studio Playhouse and now…. your newest entrant to Essex County theater scene, The Mental […]

We’d like to trade lives with Wonkette for about a week. While we’re up to our eyeballs in press releases for bake sales and car washes, that svelte little blonde […]

Sorry, we just had to get that out of our system. But seriously. What were the weather gods thinking yesterday? That we were Florida?

Montclair is holding a computer recycling day this coming Saturday from 9 to 4 at the Montclair Public Works Yard at 219 N. Fullerton Ave. The town will be collecting […]

Glen Ridge resident and veteran journalist Nancy Sharkey decided to do a little local reporting this summer when she tried to buy a parking space in the town’s Hillside commuter […]