My Favorite Place: Joe Strupp’s Love Letter to Maplewood
Investigative reporter, blogger, pot-stirrer and die-hard Maplewoodian, Joe Strupp shared this video billet-doux with Baristanet. Filled with images of the people and places that make Maplewood...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Favorite Place: Pals Cabin
What was Thomas Edison ‘s favorite dish? Just a mile away, he had an industry producing over 2,900 patents of the world’s first electrical appliances, while his wife received international scientists...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Van Vleck Goes Through a Phase
The gardens at the historic Van Vleck House are getting a facelift. The second phase of a $2.2 million improvement project called “Pathways to the Future” began in January, when construction workers...
View ArticleMy Favorite Place: Montclair’s Glenridge Ave. Post Office
Long lines, no stamps? Count me in!
View ArticleClik here to view.
Blowout’s Clubhouse of Cool in Montclair
If you need some cool martini shakers, a James Bond poster, a military relic or if you simply like high-end mid-to-late 20th century kitsch, you now have a new place to look around. Blowout Gallery,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Most Enchanting Place in Montclair
If you have never seen the wisteria blooming at the Van Vleck Gardens in Montclair, stop whatever you are doing right now and go (assuming you are not in the middle of surgery or reading Baristanet)....
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Favorite Place: Bangz Salon and Wellness Spa for Mother’s Day
The one thing we do not have a shortage of in the area is salons. As to why one person goes to one salon over another is usually because they get hooked on a stylist and stay. One bad cut or color can...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rich Rockwell: The Morris Canal, My Favorite Place in Baristaville
A hundred and fifty years ago, the Morris Canal was the ‘superhighway’ for freight across the state of New Jersey – mainly anthracite coal shipped from the mines in Pennsylvania to the iron forges in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Buzzing and Bragging About All Things New Jersey
Ah, New Jersey. What’s not to like? C’mon admit it, you kind of love it here, right? BuzzFeed does, and put this fabulous throw-down post up a few days ago — a fun, funny, righteous and irreverent...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gallery Loupe Showcases Art As Jewelry, Jewelry As Art
Brooch by Israeli jeweler Shirly Bar-Amotz. One of my favorite places in Montclair is the contemporary art jewelry studio, Gallery Loupe–the underrated gem of Church Street. In the center of the small,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Makes The Montclair Y Special?
The YMCA of Montclair is holding its annual Strong Community Fundraiser Campaign. Donations are used to help defray the costs of memberships for those residents who otherwise couldn’t afford to join....
View Article
