Name good places in New Jersey

[CreekDog]

and yous better behave yourselves here, cause we know some guys who can, you know, take care of tings if anyone uses this thread to eh besmirch this great state.

[Beetwasher]

1. What Kind Of Places?

Places to live?

[CreekDog]

4. Are you getting smart with me?

Just answer the question, k?

:spank:

[Beetwasher]

33. Yes

I can't help it. :evilgrin:

NJ shore is fun in the summer with the boardwalks and all. Atlantic City. Liberty science center...

[BeachBaby]

2. Avalon!!!!

Woot!

What's up, CreekPuppy....you headed out here for a spin in the Kit Kar?

[CreekDog]

27. I just googled that

That looks pretty nice during the summer.

How fast do you drive?

[BeachBaby]

36. There's this great hotel lounge called the Wind Drift.

Had alot of good times there.

How fast? Uh.....let's just say that I need to find myself a better radar detector.

[Chan790]

3. The complete list of good places in NJ.

1.) New York City
2.) Philadelphia
3.) The female freshmen dorms at Rutgers.

[flvegan]

5. Beach Baby's shower when she's singing?

[TZ]

35. ummm no....

sorry I can attest to the negative of that...:hide:

[flvegan]

41. You were in the shower with BeachBaby?

This should be its own thread!

[CreekDog]

43. i was thinking the same thing

:wtf: :evilgrin:

[TZ]

46. Oh I've been in her shower

but not at the same time PEV! PFFFFT....:P

[BeachBaby]

42. Yo!

Shit. I have absolutely nothing to say to that.

[TZ]

44. actually

I've never heard you sing however, since I do sing in the shower and I don't sing well, perhaps we should amend it to it being okay as long as I'm not around....:)

[BeachBaby]

48. One of my alltime favorite shower songs is Bohemian Rhapsody.

Followed by a rousing rendition of "Living on a Prayer".

[CreekDog]

60. You know how much water that would use?

:wtf:
:rofl:

[TZ]

61. Sounds like you know!

:P


:hide:

[mcctatas]

6. Paddy always tells me I would make a good jersey Girl...

should I be offended? :P

[BeachBaby]

7. I'm not sure he's the authority....

did he ever live in Jersey?

Jersey girls ROCK, babe. I've never had a complaint. *knock on wood*

[CreekDog]

8. complaint about what?

:evilgrin:

[flvegan]

9. Hold on...

:popcorn:

Okay, now I'm ready.

[CreekDog]

23. she's not really answering

:shrug:

[BeachBaby]

29. What needs answering?

I've never gotten a complaint. About anything. *cough*

[CreekDog]

37. Oh, I think you answered it

Flvegan, do you agree? :hide:

[flvegan]

40. I can't come to a conclusion.

I've never had a sample to complain or not complain about.

:hide: me too

[CreekDog]

45. Word of mouth I guess

:hide:

[flvegan]

54. Whose mouth? Hers?

Wait, what?

[BeachBaby]

58. Yeah - I wanna hear this, too.

I can hardly wait.

[CreekDog]

62. We have a poor connection here

your question got mangled. sorry. :shrug:

[mcctatas]

10. I don't think he's lived there...

so much as sampled the locals so to speak ;) My brother lives there and he keeps telling me I have the hair and the attitude already :P

[BeachBaby]

11. Well if you head down this way....

I'll get you to a nail salon, pronto. Then you'll be all set. :rofl:

[flvegan]

12. Then I think you two should wrestle...in oil...wearing bikinis...

Yeah, that would be cool.

[BeachBaby]

Your ass is mine, Vegan Boy.

That is all.

[mcctatas]

16. Can I have him when you are done?

I need to try out my new wood chipper :evilgrin:

[BeachBaby]

19. Is that code for the Slap Chop?

If that's the case, then no - I can't have you messin with the nuts. :evilgrin:

[mcctatas]

22. I'll save them for you!

You can turn them into earrings :P

[flvegan]

28. I thought "woodchipper" was code for something.

I'm not going to post what, for Paddy's sake.

:rofl:

[mcctatas]

30. code for what?

"squeeze box"? :P

[flvegan]

32. Getting braces on your teeth.

That's it, I'm dead.

[mcctatas]

34. I thought that was called...

a meat grinder :evilgrin:

[flvegan]

39. Yeah, but you're from Wisconsin, so I expect wierdness.

[mcctatas]

114. Suck it vegan boy!

I was right :P

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=meat+grinder

[flvegan]

128. All that cheese fucks with your mind.

I was giving you a pass.

[mcctatas]

130. I should put you in the wood chipper for real now!

wanker :grr:

[flvegan]

132. According to the other subthread, that makes you a nasty girl.

[mcctatas]

133. !!@*&%(@#&(@# (!@!*))%()!) !@($#(**+!#

dammit! I should have seen that coming! :dunce:

[CreekDog]

49. Oh Sweet Jesus

:rofl:

[PaddyBlueEyes]

137. Hello "Brother"

What have yooooou been up to..hmmmmmmm :mad:


:rofl:

[PaddyBlueEyes]

138. ahem brother

a word... :spank:

[Beacool]

84. According to Urban Dictionary

It's an act that sounds pretty gross to me.

:puke: Pun intended.......

[mcctatas]

111. The truly disturbing thing is that is has been done often enough

that someone felt the need to give it a name! :scared:

[Beacool]

113. The basic act is not disgusting,

but while throwing up??????????

I've never been so drunk that I wouldn't have swatted the guy who tried to pull that off while being sick over the toilet.

x(

[mcctatas]

116. Yeah the throwing up part is what I was referencing

as for the basic act, I'm all for it

[Beacool]

125. Oh yeah, to the basic act.........

}(

A resounding NO to the puke part.

:thumbsdown:

What's with some guys anyway? How can they not get disgusted by screwing someone while they are puking? The smell alone would turn my stomach!!!

;(

[CreekDog]

47. How do you get a post without a number on it?

I've always wondered about that.

[TZ]

50. post at the same time with someone else

you know...like me and BeachBaby and the shower.....:hide:

[madinmaryland]

53. You two post at the same time and shower at the same time.

Hmmm. Sockpuppets.

:hide:

[BeachBaby]

66. Hey - I only shower with men, dammit.

Wait. I only shower with one man. At a time. No. Wait. Shit.

I'm done.

[TZ]

67. hmmm

so thats why you warned me about loud pipes.....:P

[CreekDog]

68. We need to check the list first

then we'll believe you. :hi:

[CreekDog]

57. lol

we need a smiley for that. where is Dr. Strangelove?

[CreekDog]

13. wait, which part of Jersey?

:shrug:

[mcctatas]

17. I don't know

I'm from WI, duh :P

[CreekDog]

51. it makes a difference you know

:eyes:

[TZ]

52. oh yeah.

like you don't treat Nor-Cal and So-Cal like two different country...:P

[CreekDog]

55. we do

heck, between the East Bay and the Peninsula here in the Bay Area we have culture shock.

[mcctatas]

56. Don't you roll your eyes at me missy!

O8)

[TZ]

63. BWAHAHA!

She's a PITA isn't SHE!
:rofl:

[CreekDog]

65. Well look who's

nevermind. :hide:

:evilgrin:

[abq e streeter]

14. Only been there once, but by my DU name, you gotta know I'm gonna say Asbury Park

[latebloomer]

164. Yeah!

We gave birth to Bruuuce, Frank Sinatra, and Jack Nicholson

[abq e streeter]

185. isn't Danny DeVito from Asbury Park too?

( I know, Bruce is actually from Freehold....) Seems like half the people I know here in Albuquerque are NJ refugees; Linden, Roselle Park, Wayne, etc. etc. etc. and one from Freehold who used to see the Castiles play the local teen clubs...

[latebloomer]

186. I think I heard that

And James Gandolfini's from Bergen County.

Queen Latifah is a Jersey girl too.

[tabbycat31]

187. the best place in NJ is where I live

one mile south of asbury park.

[madinmaryland]

15. Which exit???

[lost-in-nj]

20. Would that be the highway

with or with out tolls????


:rofl:


lost

[CreekDog]

21. :rimshot:

well i guess we got that out of the way. :eyes:

[lost-in-nj]

18. My house of course!

:)

"down" the shore.....

the mountains and the hiking trails

we have the Bergen Mall
'nuff said

lots of good places here in Jersey

and BeachBaby is right

WE RAWK!!!!
on edit

I forgot Xanadu!!!


:hi:

lost

[SPKrazy]

70. Xanadu! I Wanna Go To Xanadu!

:D

:hi:

:hug:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

78. I've been there, thanks to TZ. It's not pretty.

Trust me.

[lost-in-nj]

24. oh yeah we have this to

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3709311




:scared:



:rofl:


lost

[rucky]

25. the state line

[dem629]

26. Here is a list:

[old mark]

31. My favorite place in Jersey is Pennsylvania. nt

[TZ]

38. Cape May!

I love that place and I'm going back to go birding this fall..hear that BB? Its a date right? :hi:

[Aristus]

121. Second!

I spent a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend there with a lovely Jersey girl many moons ago... B-)

Cape May is fantastic. It is the subject of the only poem I've ever written about New Jersey. Or probably the only poem EVER written about New Jersey... :hide:

[BeachBaby]

173. Hey - you told me you weren't going to broadcast our rendezvous.

And where is this poem that I inspired you to write? Hmmmm????









































:rofl: :hide: :hi:

[Aristus]

174. I'll PM it to you when I get home from class.

And I never said I wouldn't broadcast our rendezvous. Just that I wouldn't mention your name; and I didn't. You outed yourself. B-) :+

[TK421]

59. Long Beach Island, Ocean City, Strathmere, Margate....all nice areas

although I am particularly fond of LBI...

[BeachBaby]

72. Have you been in the Barnegat Lighthouse?

So cool. :) :hi:

[TK421]

73. Many many many times...I haven't been down there in years

The last time I went there were still all of the old shopping areas ( Bay Village was still there and Pier 18 mall was there, but barely ). If I hit the lottery, I would consider moving there in an instant :hi:

[BeachBaby]

74. My favorite LBI spots are Barnegat Light and Loveladies.

Can it get much better than this? I think not.

[TK421]

79. That is one awesome pic!

[WinkyDink]

179. I SWEAR I will go there this year!!

[TommyO]

151. It's wonderful! Especially now that it's relit.

[BeachBaby]

165. Is it?

I haven't been there since Thanksgiving weekend of 2007. Sounds like I need to revisit. Thanks for the heads-up! :hi:

[TommyO]

169. It was relit on January 1st at 5:00pm, the 150th anniversary of it's first lighting

The new light is much smaller than the original fresnel lens, but still has a 20 mile throw. I'm in the Toms River area, and you can see it at night easily if you have a south-facing view of the bay.

[wickerwoman]

64. Upper Montclair is pretty nice...

and Jersey is the best place on earth to get a sub sandwich.

Seven Hills of Istanbul in Highland Park has amazing Turkish food. I still dream about their fried feta cheese and phyllo dough and they sold uludag gazog- soda that tastes like bubblegum. Yum.

[CreekDog]

69. I like Sicilian Pizza

can't get that out here.

well, it's hard to get good pizza at all in California. there is one good place where i live but that's about it for miles.

[latebloomer]

105. Hey, lower Montclair is nice too!

Has most of the ethnic restaurants, and the Wellmont Theater is now a venue for big name musical acts. Plus there's Trumpets, the jazz club, and Luna Stage.

It's just Montclair, but it has 2 different zipcodes. Sometimes people say they live in "Upper" Montclair like their s@#t don't stink.

Sorry, but you innocently just hit one of my pet peeves.

PS- "Lower" Montclair has some of the fanciest houses, but also contains the AA part of town. Montclair is revered for its diversity, but I suspect some people need to mention that they live far away from "those" people.

[wickerwoman]

146. Whoops. I assumed it was just a geographic distinction.

I have family in (upper) Montclair and have actually never been to Montclair Proper (as far as I know).

Sounds lovely though.

[latebloomer]

163. No problem!

Parts of Montclair proper are somewhat funkier than the upper half, but also more interesting.

Sorry to jump on this, but it pushes my buttons.

Funny story- when my daughter was about 5, she heard of "Upper" Montclair and asked, "Mommy, do we live in Downer Montclair?" A friend of mine actually made a T-shirt that read "Downer Montclair".

[Justpat]

71. Exit 109.

I grew up there. Good beaches, River Rats, great schools, Sea Bright, Sandy Hook, lots of good restaurants, Monmouth Park (exit 105)
sailing, water skiing,

It was a good place to grow up.

[crimsonblue]

75. Jersey sucks.

everybody knows it. The rest of the union has been meaning to have a talk with you, New Jersey. You really need to take a shower every once in a while. And lay off the greasy hair product and fatty foods.

[TZ]

80. Hey now

I find south Jersey to be very nice. In fact I enjoy going up to visit with BeachBaby quite a bit. She lives in a very nice part of NJ...nice country life on the farm!

[crimsonblue]

81. there is no nice part of Jersey. n/t

[BeachBaby]

86. Obviously, you've never been here.

[crimsonblue]

91. I lived for about a year in Hoboken. n/t

[TZ]

92. ah.

so you think the whole state is like Hoboken? its not I assure you. South Jersey is VERY nice. Cape May is the nicest beach town in the midatlantic hands down.

[BeachBaby]

93. So you're going to base your opinion of the entire state of NJ....

on a year in HOBOKEN?????

Aren't you the kid who got caught smoking pot in his parents' house?

[crimsonblue]

94. you just love bringing that up, don't you.

well fuck you.

[BeachBaby]

95. You're welcome. eom.

[TZ]

96. hey now...

why are you being so rude in this thread, and to beach baby who to my knowledge has never brought that up before?
dude, you have some anger issues you need to work on.

[madinmaryland]

106. I actually lived a year in Jersey also. WORST FUCKING YEAR OF MY LIFE!

First night, my car is stolen and my cat runs away. Then my son moves to the opposite side of CT.

FUCK NJ!

[CreekDog]

108. that was because the wrong "element" moved into that town

:hide:

[madinmaryland]

110. Nice post, CreekPuppie. So i stole my own car.

:eyes:

[CreekDog]

112. .

:hug:

you know i'm kidding you, don't ya?

[madinmaryland]

118. Just one question for you. Why does Olbermann have the Oakland

Raiders helmet right behind him in the studio??

:wtf:

[CreekDog]

120. I don't know what the connection is

my wild ass guess is that he, like their mascot is blind in one eye.

:shrug:

[LiberalEsto]

147. Where in NJ?

Sorry you had a bad time there.
NJ has lots of places that suck, but there are also plenty of wonderful places.

I've lived in a lot of places in NJ: Red Bank, Paterson (as a little kid in the 50s, when everyone in our neighborhood spoke Dutch or German), Wayne, Piscataway, New Brunswick, Highland Park, Franklin Township, South Bound Brook, Metuchen and South Plainfield. The place I really hated was South Bound Brook, an ugly town full of hostile, unfriendly, downright stupid assholes, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

If we could afford to move back to NJ -- which we can't, because the property taxes are so outrageous -- I'd probably want to live somewhere in Ocean County because it's closest to family and friends. Though I've heard the Haddonfield area is nice.

[CreekDog]

104. you brought it up first actually

in a thread no less. :eyes:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

122. You're young, you smoke pot, and you don't like Hoboken?

Are you sure you lived in Hoboken?

[madinmaryland]

107. tag team, again??

[latebloomer]

124. I loved Hoboken!

Lived there for 8 years- 83 to 91.

Great restaurants,lots of clubs, beautiful brownstones,lots of progressive people, incredible views of the city and very easy access to it. Urban yet a safe feeling to it.

Why didn't you like it?

[name not needed]

88. Kansas ain't that great either.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

76. My ex girlfriend's house.

It's a good place because thank goodness I didn't end up marrying her and rotting away in freakin' Monmouth County, NJ.

Don't get me wrong. I wish her all the best in everything and all the happiness in life. I'm just glad that I personally didn't end up going down that path.

[sniffa]

77. Lodi

[latebloomer]

126. Argh, I lived there as a child!

in a white trash garden apartment complex. God it sucked.

"Stuck in a Lodi again:...

[KamaAina]

176. The Creedence song refers to Lodi, CA

in the Central Valley.

edit: Its name came up some years ago when a CA paper (SF Chron?) had a contest for a state song. :-)

[latebloomer]

178. I actually did know that!

But, just goes to show you, all Lodis suck.

Reminds me that some NJ legislator once proposed "Born to Run"as the state song. Seemed rather odd to me- "We gotta get out while we're young", etc.

PS- I :loveya: both John Fogerty and Bruuuce!

[Rhythm]

144. Most gigantically crowded cemetery there that i have ever seen...

And right across from the high school...

No wonder all of the Misfits guys were so fucked up in the head!

[LiberalEsto]

82. Island Beach State Park

Doll's Restaurant & Bar in New Brunswick

The Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath in Franklin Township

The Great Falls in Paterson

The Toms River waterfront

Batsto

Princeton

High Point

Any place that sells real New Jersey pizza

The little Italian delis and bakeries in Lodi

The Delaware Water Gap

Ringwood Manor

The Best Diners in the World!

[WinkyDink]

89. There's a diner on Trenton's main drag, not far from the rink, that is AWESOME!

[Reverend_Smitty]

145. Which diner?

I've been to them all...after all I am a Trenton native.

Oh and you haven't truly lived until you've had a pie at DeLorenzo's on Hamilton Ave. My vote for the best place in the whole state. Really, it's my happy place

[WinkyDink]

152. I just know that it wasn't far from the Sovereign Bank Arena! The only place open on a Sunday!

There's a small narrow "covered porch" dining area out front, with the main rooms inside.

And I'll have to check out DeLorenzo's, as I'm convinced the best pizza is in Bayonne! :)

[Reverend_Smitty]

156. Sounds like Pat's Diner, which is not too far away on S. Broad

It's been there for ages, good food. The Broad Street Diner which is a mile or two up the road is also a very solid choice

[WinkyDink]

83. Princeton. Red Bank. Lambertville. Tiny Frenchtown. I can't speak to down the shore, though.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

85. exit 1... Cape May

up to Cape May Court House

[TreasonousBastard]

87. Rutt's Hut

[ogneopasno]

90. Red Bank! Had a fling with a guy from Red Bank. I have fond memories.

[HopeHoops]

97. What exit?

[SalmonChantedEvening]

98. Villas, N.J.

http://www.villasnewjersey.com/

I've been spending summers there since 1970. On the bay and 5 miles from the beach.

[rug]

99. The eastbound lane of the Holland Tunnel.

[madinmaryland]

100. Isn't that an oxymoron??

:hide:

[TZ]

101. yer gonna get your scrawny cowboy lovin ass kicked....

:rofl:

[madinmaryland]

103. Nice post, beachbaby!!

:rofl:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

102. It'd be quicker to name the bad places

[hvn_nbr_2]

109. Pine Barrens. Delaware Water Gap. nt

[cynatnite]

115. Fort Dix. That's all I saw of NJ. n/t

[Mike 03]

117. The house where I grew up in.

I would give anything to go back there, see the old house, and the old neighborhood.

I don't even know if it exists anymore.

[Mike 03]

119. 755 Berkeley Avenue, Plainfield, NJ, and I can't remember the zip

even though my parents probably urged me to. 007 something...

I would give anything to know what my old neighborhood is like.

[LiberalEsto]

162. Check this out

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=37.09024,-95.712891&spn=47.167389,92.8125&z=4&om=1&layer=c&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-google-svn&utm_medium=ha


Just go there and key in your address. I thought the link would go right to the street view but no such luck.


I lived in South Plainfield for a few years in the early 1980s. We attended the Unitarian church in Plainfield. I can't say what it's like now, but when we lived there, Plainfield was attracting a large gay population that was fixing up the beautiful Victorian houses and establishing some really nice restaurants and stores.

[latebloomer]

167. Much hilarity about the "Queen City" designation

which apparently got its name way before the gays moved in. It is indeed a beautiful neighborhood, but much of Plainfield is very poor.

Never been to South Plainfield, though.

[LiberalEsto]

168. South Plainfield is not worth the trouble

It's a boring middle-class/working class town. The ONLY cool thing about it -- and this was many years ago -- was the amazing Christmas decorating effort by two families that lived in the tiny old millworkers' houses next to the closed-down steel mill. Anything that could possibly be lit up with colored lights, was lit. One guy cut out and painted 6-foot cartoon characters and propped them up on his lawn with spotlights. After all, what reflects the spirit of Christmas more than Yogi Bear or Fred Flintstone? Cars would line up for more than a mile in each direction in order to drive by these houses. One of the couples always dressed as Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus and stood outside waving to everyone as the cars inched by. We took our kids to see them every year. The families are long gone now.

[Taverner]

123. Shit, isn't most of NJ pretty nice

It's only some small areas where the refineries and chem labs are that are diseased.

I hear Vorhees, NJ is supposed to be nice, but I'm from CA - so I don't count

[latebloomer]

127. Wildwood Crest

Oceanfront hotel rooms, big wide beaches,lots of restaurants, perfect plae for a family vacation. And if you want retro motels, boardwalk and raunchy bars, you can go to Wildwood itself. Then if you want upscale stores and restaurants and Victorian bed-and-breakfasts, Cape May is right down the road.

[Oeditpus Rex]

129. Where's BeachBaby?

That's one.

[BeachBaby]

134. .......

:hug: :loveya:

[Gormy Cuss]

131. High Point and the Del Water Gap area.

The Portuguese food in the Newark area.
Branch Brook park during the cherry blossom season.
The Shore.
The Pine Barrens.

[Hangingon]

135. Cape May

[Condem]

136. Bartended at the Shamrock Cafe in Wildwood in 1980.

Is it still there????

[Ivan Sputnik]

139. State Song

"I'm From New Jersey"

(lyrics)

I know of a state that's a perfect playland with white sandy beaches by the sea;
With fun-filled mountains, lakes and parks, and folks with hospitality;
With historic towns where battles were fought, and presidents have made their home;
It's called New Jersey, and I toast and tout it wherever I may roam. 'Cause . . .

I'M FROM NEW JERSEY and I'm proud about it, I love the Garden State.
I'M FROM NEW JERSEY and I want to shout it, I think it's simply great.
All of the other states throughout the nation may mean a lot to some;
But I wouldn't want another, Jersey is like no other, I'm glad that's where I'm from.

If you want glamour, try Atlantic City or Wildwood by the sea;
Then there is Trenton, Princeton, and Fort Monmouth, they all made history.
Each little town has got that certain something, from High Point to Cape May;
And some place like Mantoloking, Phillipsburg, or Hoboken will steal your heart away.

.....

"New Jersey's Unofficial State Song 'I'm From New Jersey,' passed both Legislative Houses in 1972. However it was not signed into law by the Governor. It remains popular statewide and on the Web."
http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/state-song/new-jersey-unofficial.html

[Xipe Totec]

140. Springfield!

Then again, there are more Springfields in the US than there are states...

[LibDemAlways]

141. Holstens in Bloomfield. It's the ice cream and sandwich

shop where the Soparanos finale was filmed. I lived nearby when I was a kid and still remember the delicious ice cream and candy.

[kwassa]

142. exit 13, jersey turnpike

[njdemocrat106]

143. Just a warning to some of you (you know who you are):

I've already had to call my buds Vito and Vinny on some o' youse. :evilgrin:

And to answer CreekDog's question: Sandy Hook and High Point are absolutely beautiful (High Point especially in the fall).

Jersey kicks some serious ass. Seriously.

[BeachBaby]

166. Hahahahaha!!!!!

No lie, one of my best friends is a Vito. God - I'm really stereotyping myself here, aren't I. :rofl:

[lazyriver]

148. Sussex, Warren, Somerset and Morris Counties are all beautiful.

Lots of woods and even some farms still left and tons of rich history dating back to the birth of our country. I spent the first 29 years of my life there before moving to Maine and some of the most genuine and generous people I've ever known are from NJ.

And if you want the best pizza, bagels, sub sandwiches, Chinese food, or a complete breakfast at 2 in the morning, NJ can't be beat. It's too crowded for me, but still a very cool state.

[WinkyDink]

154. One of my fondest memories of my Grandparents' life in Bayonne's 15th St was getting bagels

every Sunday!

And the pizza? OMG, thin-crust (of course!)slices laden with "mozzarell'", rolled up to eat out of hand....

[NJmaverick]

149. Hoboken at night, Branch Brook park when the Cherry Blossom's bloom

Sandy Hook, Cape May, Bear Mountain Park and Giants Stadium

[musette_sf]

157. um, isn't Bear Mountain Park in NY?

in high school we used to have our annual field day at Bear Mountain, taking the boat up from NYC.

[NJmaverick]

160. Ooops, I think you could be right

I wasn't really paying too much attention, on the ride there.

[musette_sf]

161. hey! we agree on something!

must be that Name Change Magic...

;-)

:hi:

[TommyO]

150. Wang Sushi

A great little "hole in the wall" Asian Fusion restaurant in Toms River.

www.wangsushi.com

[Beer Snob-50]

153. the state line into any other state except ny.

:P

[NewJeffCT]

155. well, my ex-wife is from NJ

so, that is two good things, offset by her relative lack of sanity, but I don't hold that against NJ.

I think southern NJ is a completely different state than northern NJ, though, and both have their good & bad points.

As a place to live, I would prefer northern NJ because of all the conveniences and proximity to NYC, though the cost of living is on the high side.

[Ohio Joe]

158. Born and raised Jersey boy

A few:

The Alpine Boat Basin - Great place to cook out.
The Palisades - Great climbing
Six Flags Great Adventure - Best amusement park I've ever been to.
Wild Wood - PARTY!
Rudy's Pizza, Closter NJ - Best Pie ever.
Seaside Heights - Walk the boardwalk, stop in each place, get a drink, eat something or play a game. Just try and make it to the end.
Sabrettes - nuff said.

[WinkyDink]

181. Used to go to SH! My relatives would rent in Manasquan, though; no boardwalk! :(

[monmouth]

159. Get off Parkway and start in Freehold (home of Bruce)..County seat of

very old Monmouth County and then wen your way towards Manasquan, Sea Girt, Spring Lake (beautiful town). If you stay in Manasquan for any time go to Leggett's on First Ave. Coldest beer, finest food evah!!!!

[KamaAina]

170. Mom and Republican Stepdad's weekend place in Long Branch

direct oceanfront!! :bounce:

Not far from Ocean Grove, proud home of soleft, either. One of these fine days I shall have to get R.S. together with our progressive, out lesbian friend so they can talk about something they actually agree on -- New York Yankee baseball!

[KamaAina]

171. One Communipaw Avenue, Jersey City.

That is the official street address of a well-known landmark often mistakenly identified with New York:

[BeachBaby]

177. THANK YOU.

Lady Liberty is OURS, thank you very much.

[TZ]

180. I did not know that.

What about Ellis Island? my family came through there when they emigrated....

[KamaAina]

184. Also partially in NJ waters

it actually appears to be split by the state line!

I took the tour once. Of interest here is that two-thirds of the immigrants who came through there never saw NYC but were ferried over to the Jersey City side, where they boarded trains for immigrant-friendly destinations in the interior such as Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee etc.

The NY/NJ situation is quite a bit more complex than I had realized:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Island#Relationship_to_New_York_and_New_Jersey

The belief that Liberty Island is "in" New Jersey is derived from these facts:

Liberty Island's proximity to Jersey City;
Its appearance on maps on the New Jersey side of the state line;
New Jersey's victory in a 1998 lawsuit with New York over the ownership of parts of Ellis Island.
New Jersey's provision of all utility services, including electricity, water, and sewage, to Liberty and Ellis islands ...

The islands of New York harbor have been part of New York since the issuance in 1664 of the colonial charter that created New Jersey (see charter text). This charter stated that New Jersey "bounded by the Hudson River" rather than from the middle channel, as was common in other colonial charters. That is, as everyone understood at the time, the New York-New Jersey border did not go through the center of the river channel as one might naturally assume. An 1834 compact between New York and New Jersey, which primarily concerned the status of Staten Island, set the boundary line between the States as the middle of the Hudson River but reaffirmed that Staten Island and the other islands belonged to New York.

In that case, why don't maps show the border hugging the NJ side, as with the Potomac between Md. and Va.? (Before Va. had a lottery, at least one bait shop at the end of a pier did a land-office business selling Md. lottery tickets.) :shrug:

[WinkyDink]

182. EXACTLY. I just informed some of my PA friends of this!

[Giant Robot]

172. Well Camden obviously

*snickers*

Yeah, Camden. That's it. That's the ticket.

[WinkyDink]

183. It's a fun boat-ride over from Philly to the Waterfront!

[Bravo Zulu]

175. Cape May Coast Guard Base

I started my Military career in New Jersey!