Flags At Half-Mast in New Jersey!? What is he thinking?

Governor Chris Christie has ordered that all flags in New Jersey be flown at half-mast the day of Whitney Houston’s funeral! OMG! Are you kidding me?   I believe flags should be flown half-mast for heroes and very important public officials of the state.  I think Whitney Houston was beautiful, talented, probably a kind and loving [...]

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Waking Up -Where Am I?

I‘ve been  on a merry-go-round for the last two week and it wasn’t Jane’s Carousel!!! I have been back and forth between NYC and OG at least 4 times and it’s not over yet.  Just a few of these jaunts were Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday in Manhattan, leave Thursday morning for Ocean Grove.  Drive back to [...]

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9/11 Then and Now – A Few Memories Shared

The posts I thought I was going to do did not get done, quite obviously.  And it’s not because I brushed 9/11 aside.  Quite the contrary, Sunday night turned out to be the most emotional 9/11 I’ve had since the 9/11. I went to a memorial service held in the Great Auditorium and within minutes [...]

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She Came, She Went, BUT Left A Calling Card !

Did anyone in Ocean Grove really sleep last night? Every hour or so, one of us got up and went downstairs checking the basin and pail for overflow, looking out the front door to see if Broadway was a road or a lake, then stumbling back up the stairs to bed for another hour of [...]

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Irene Goodnight, Irene Goodnight, Goodnight Irene!

Goodnight is right!!! Oh dear God, hurricane fever has been here for days and NOW, Irene is almost here. It all started for me on Thursday. Peter arrived late in the afternoon and I was still at the Tea Room finishing up and we decided to go to the store and pick up a few [...]

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Gazpacho or This is WHY I LOVE JERSEY TOMATOES

I think I have to do a blog post to pay homage to the Jersey Tomato, one of God‘s blessings on the Garden State.  But not tonight because I’m too tired to think creatively and clearly.  However, I made Gazpacho Sunday night, a dish that is truly a celebration of the fruits of the summer. [...]

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Happy Birthday America Jersey Shore Style

I thought about the title of this blog…I wonder how many people will pick up on it because of the words Jersey Shore?  It conjures up images of Snookie, The Situation, Windmill hot dogs and a Jerseylicious look!  Ocean Grove couldn’t be further from those images and here we are in the heart of the [...]

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Did You Know? Thursday’s Top 10 Interesting Facts

Here’s 10 interesting facts that you can casually (and intentionally) drop into a conversation to impress your friends.   Did you know??? The snowboard was invented by an eighth grader from New Jersey? In the days before toilet paper, Americans used corn husks and corncobs and the Japanese used sea weed?    The world’s first ketchup [...]

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What’s in a Name?

The back story to this photograph is that my lovely daughter Chiara got married in June ’08 and although they were living in Boston, Tom and she got married in New York City.  So they weren’t really here much before or after the wedding.  They came in to get the license and left the day [...]

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One Life – Six Words – What’s Your’s

Well that sums up the Six Word Memoir challenge! It’s your life, can you share it or at least part of it with us and do it in JUST six words? For those of you who may not be familiar with this Six Word Memoir, let me give you the story from the ORIGINATORS. This [...]

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