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Yesterday – Much Less Eventful.

Hubby was working from home, so I left him to supervise the contractor dudes (they don’t need it, but sometimes they ask questions before they do something. And you need to make sure there are cold beverages in the cooler for them. . .)
I had done a bunch of research on Ong’s Hat, thinking [...]

Grounds for Sculpture

Yesterday we spent several hours with our dear friends wandering Grounds for Sculpture. We had made a couple of trips before to Storm King Mountain before, and it is quite lovely, but GfS is stunning. The art is all over, both out where you can see it, and hidden in unexpected places (so [...]

Dining Out in Toms River

Mom and Dad came to visit this weekend, and we ended up going out for a few meals.  Nobi, of course, because they have wonderful sushi.  Lunch the next day was in Montclair, but when we got back to TR, it was too late to cook, so we went to Basil T’s next to the [...]

So Yesterday. . .

I drove up to Monmouth Feed Co. because they advertised a big sale on pond supplies, and it’s time to start thinking of covering the pond to keep falling leaves out, and giving the fish some protection for the winter. I also needed some [...]

Dining

If you’re in the NY Metro area of NJ and want to find someplace to spend your money, here are a few of my personal favorite spots.
The kids are older, and mostly not too finicky about food, so they get to go with us to a lot of these places:
TERRAZZA RISTORANTE & BAR in Nutley, [...]

Fabric Stores

If you’re in the NY Metro area of NJ and want to find someplace to spend your money, here are a few of my personal favorite spots.
Up here in the Northeast corner of NJ, we really do have a lot of good stuff [...]