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Thursday, 08 February 2007 |
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Drink Up? Valentines Day is for (wine) lovers when you have dinner in the vineyard. Reserve your space to wine, dine, and dance, Saturday night, at the Tomasello Winery (www.tomasellowinery.com) in Hammonton.
Pony Up? And buy a copy of Kiss and Tell from Macy’s (www.macys.com). Your favorite celebrities pucker up, and tell all about their most memorable lip locks. Ten percent of the proceeds from this little book, so apropos for Valentines Day, are for the American Heart Association?s Go Red For Women Campaign. Laugh It Up? With the Capitol Steps Comedy Troupe -- former DC staffers who share the ultimate insider jokes. Sunday night at Ramapo College in Mahwah, (201) 684-7844 for tickets. Jazz It Up? See classic jazz artifacts, including rare sheet music and albums, on display at the African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey (www.aahmsnj.org). Pump It Up? Join your fellow Jerseyans and train for triathlons (www.eteamz.active.com/paramountadventure/). Run with the Rose City Runners Club every Saturday morning at 9 at Loantaka Brook Reservation in Morris Township (www.concentric.net/~Rc02/vsatrun.htm). Lift Up? Then ski down the slope at Mountain Creek (www.crystalgolfresort.com) or Hidden Valley (www.hv.nearyou.net/). Both winter playgrounds have plenty of snow. Book a massage to round out your day at the Minerals Hotel and Spa, next to the ski lift at Mountain Creek. Pick Up? And go to the Ocean County 26th Annual Bluegrass Festival, Sunday at Albert Music Hall in Waretown. (609-971-1593). Sweeten Up? It’s Sugar (www.thepieratcaesars.com) in Atlantic City has all the ingredients to sweeten your Valentines Day. You can pick the most exotic flavored M&M’s, customize a candy bar with your sweetie’s name on it -- or even choose from all kinds of edible lingerie. We guarantee you won’t be counting calories! Tomorrow, why pugs make great Valentines! |
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Thursday, 01 February 2007 |
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From the top dogs to the best on the boards? it’s a Super weekend of show offs and show tunes. BEST IN SNOW? In Vernon, it’s finally starting to look like winter! This weekend, you can ski or snowboard at Mountain Creek (www.mountaincreek.com) and then watch the US Olympic Snowboard team in action, on their Grand Prix tour (www.ussnowboarding.com). BEST IN SHOW? At the Wildwood Convention Center -- the 49th All Breed Dog Show, all day and into most of the night on Saturday. The beagles, pinschers and French bulldogs are ready for their close-ups, beginning at 8 a.m. (www.infodog.com/jps/394/jpg394.pdf) THAT SIXTIES SHOW ? If you haven’t seen it on Broadway, you must catch the touring company of Hairspray at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark (www.njpac.org) through this weekend. A SHOW OF COLOR? At Oceanville’s Noyes Museum (www.noyesmuseum.org) a special exhibition of abstract impressionistic works full of drama and color. THE HOME SHOW? Makeover your McMansion and primp your crib at the huge Garden State Home Show (www.gsec.com), all this weekend at the Garden State Exhibition Center in Somerset. RESTAURANT SHOWCASE? Chow down at bargain prices at Hudson County’s favorite restaurants. Restaurant Week continues through February 9th (www.hudsonrestaurantweek.com). SHOW UP? with your girlfriend, to certain stores and restaurants in Haddonfield on Saturday, and you get special discounts for the town’s Hey Girlfriend event (www.haddonfieldnj.org). Sisters and mothers qualify as stand-ins. SHOW STOPPER? Nobody does it like the Rat Pack -- (www.ratpackvegas.com) The ultimate Vegas tribute to Frank, Sammy, Joey, Dean, and Peter pulls into Harrah’s, Atlantic City, beginning tonight. Enjoy all the shows -- we’re back tomorrow with our Shoe-per Bowl picks! |
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Thursday, 25 January 2007 |
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If there ever was a weekend with something for everyone, this might be it. There’s plenty of great entertainment; a confab of kid rockers, fake Elvises, a toast to a tree, and some real ice capades.
RUN? On your Happy Feet, to see Robin Williams, returning to Atlantic City Saturday night, for the first time in more than 20 years. The show is at the Borgata (www.theborgata.com). Tickets start at $225 but you are talking about Mrs. Doubtfire. SHAKE? Rattle and roll your way to Red Bank Saturday night. If Elvis lives, he’ll be in the crowd Saturday night celebrating his birthday at the Count Basie Theatre (www.countbasietheatre.org). Get on your blue suede shoes, and swivel away, with entertainment by Elvis impersonators Mike Albert and Scot Bruce. ROCK? The pint-sized version! See future rock stars perform at the ultra-cool School of Rock (www.schoolofrock.com) studio. It’s a selection of their greatest acts, on stage Sunday in Hackensack. DRIVE? Your Caddy to see Rosanne Cash’s Black Cadillac tour at Morristown’s Community Theatre (www.communitytheatrenj.com) Saturday night. SLICE? The ice at Howell Farm?s (www.howellfarm.com) annual ice harvesting in Lambertville. Chop, shave and saw the ice, and you’ll see the way it was done before there were freezers. SNOW? Or not, Mt. Olive throws a Winter Festival (www.myhackettstownnj.com/calendar.html?event=213) Saturday afternoon at Turkey Brook Park. There are even fireworks at dusk. TACKLE? Former Giants QB Phil Simms is the latest to appear in the campus lecture series at William Paterson University (ww2.wpunj.edu) on Friday night. The host is Peter King of Sports Illustrated Magazine. TOAST? Around the apple trees -with cider - at Terhune Orchards (www.terhuneorchards.com) in Princeton on Sunday afternoon. The owners believe that wassailing the trees helps the crop and brings good luck. We’ll drink to that! There are plenty more ideas at www.njmonthly.com. Just click on the “Get Out” link. Have a great weekend! We’re back tomorrow with great dining choices for Valentine’s Day. |
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Thursday, 18 January 2007 |
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These are the dull days of January, and sometimes, we just have to make our own excitement. First, go see Dreamgirls (www.dreamgirlsmovie.com). And then? Live The Dream! Get some sixties retro clothing and make your own kind of music! Backward Glances (www.backwardglances.com) in Red Bank, and Time After Time in Madison, stock vintage clothing and jewelry, even wigs. Have A Blast? This might just be the place to wear that glittery sixties mini -- the hot sounds of Bossa Brasil, Saturday night at Giambotta (www.giambotta.com) in Cedar Grove -- this will get your motor running. Pick Your Shots Sip some Cuervo Reserva in Atlantic Highlands at the Copper Canyon Restaurant’s gourmet tequila bar. Head upstairs afterwards to a suite at the tony Blue Bay Inn (www.bluebayinn.com). Not interested in drinks and dancing? Here are some ideas that will definitely give you something to talk about on Monday: Slam Dunk It’s on campus. But it?s not Poetry 101. Slam Poetry (www.poetryslam.com) by the Mayhem Poets (www.mayhempoets.com), Friday night at Raritan Valley Community College. The Clapper We all know someone who secretly yearns to be part of a live seal act. Go do it, at the Aquarium in Camden. Then chill out with the Deep Freeze special, where you can watch ice sculptures of seals, penguins and sharks (www.adventureaquarium.com/). One Hand Clapping And the other holds your fortune -- you’ll find Tarot Card and Palm Reader Rick Mitchell every Sunday afternoon at the Tapestry Café in Netcong. (973-347-0123) Both Hands Doing Join a Stitch and Bitch (love the name!) knitting club near you. Beginners are usually OK. http://www.stitchnbitch.org/snb_groups.htm#nj has a list of chapters throughout the state. Pearls Too That new double strand of pearls looks perfectly fine with your vintage Jackie O shift dress. Seek them out at Iridesse (www.iridesse.com) at the Short Hills Mall or the Pier at Caesar’s and -- coming soon to Garden State Plaza. You’ll be ready to Fake Your Way To The Top (from the Dreamgirls Soundtrack on Amazon.com, $19.99). See you tomorrow with a trip to a pair of nifty thrift stores! |
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Thursday, 11 January 2007 |
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Brides To Be The mother of all wedding expos -- the huge Delaware Valley Bridal Show -- Sunday, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cherry Hill. www.bridaltradeshows.com
The Wedding Planner Straight from the Broadway musical, singer-comedian Stephen Lynch, now taking his act on the road. Catch his bouquet at the Borgata, (www.theborgata.com) all weekend. Deadly Beloved Solve the wedding murder mystery over dinner on Friday at the Old Mill Inn in Basking Ridge. Champagne toast and cake included! (www.oldemillinn.com) Find Your Prince At the Enchantment Theatre Company’s Cinderella, Sunday at the Community Theatre in Morristown. www.communitytheatrenj.org Take The Plunge With the brave Polar Bears in Wildwood on Saturday morning. It’s a benefit for the Special Olympics of New Jersey (www.sonj.org). Something Old Drawings by Italian Baroque painter/architect Pietro Da Corona. At the Princeton University Art Museum through next weekend. (www.princetonartmuseum.org) Something New Painter Shari Epstein’s huge, multi-paneled visions of gardens, seascapes, and landscapes on display at the JCC’s Gallery on Grant in Deal Park. (732-531-9100) The Ring .. is where the action is at Snowbird Acres Farm’s “A” rated Horse Show. It starts Friday in Long Valley and runs all weekend long. (www.snowbirdacresfarm.com) And Ride Off Together .. at the Motorcycle Spectacular, all weekend at the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset (www.gsec.com). Featuring the Knievel bike that jumped the Grand Canyon. The happily-ever-after-party is Saturday night at Jersey?s Sports Pub, across the street. Gun your engines! We’re back tomorrow with a gourmet selection of bath-time luxuries. |
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