January 2009

Thanks to the sharp-eyed Wendy Letven, who told us on New Year’s Eve that Baristanet had popped up on the New York Times website as part of some new service […]

In property taxes. Add this to our list of dubious distinctions. Essex County ranks sixth in the nation in property taxes. Only five counties in the whole country charge more […]

Brian Lehrer’s New Year’s Eve show about lost landmarks in New York City got us to thinking. What Baristaville institutions came and went in the past year? Here’s a few […]

someone has stuffed the gazebo in watchung plaza with christmas trees. writes Baristivlle poster Charlise Tenneson. Charlise was kind enough to send us this picture, which I have posterized to […]

Please let the Bacchanalia stop! Just long enough for me to start my diet. No more crab dip, no more cookies, no more of the gooey, caloric and addictively yummy. […]

Wildwood Terrace, Sherman Ave., Mead Terrace and Forest Ave. in Glen Ridge all twinkled last night with the light of votives in white paper bags. The Christmas Eve tradition was […]

We want to hear about it and even more important, we want to see it. Especially if there was champagne involved. Happy and healthy 2009 to everyone in Baristaville, and […]