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Hurricane Sandy pummeled the Jersey Shore, and while this isn’t exactly breaking news anymore I still wanted to share it with you because I have written about how much I love Bay Head and LBI on this blog and they were both hit quite hard. And 2 years ago, I wrote a post called Forget [...]
Grounds for Sculpture is the kind of the place where you just can’t stop taking pictures, especially if you visit this modern art mecca on a gorgeous spring day when it’s in full bloom, as we did. With 270 works of art on 42 sprawling acres, this gated open-air museum is as tucked away as [...]
Boasting over 270 works of art on 42 landscaped acres, Grounds for Sculpturein Hamilton, NJ, evokes three classic, over-used travel-writer cliches. I’m guilty of including these cliches from time to time, but I’m a bit concerned about piling three into one post even if they are completely deserved. 1. A Must for Modern-Art Lovers: All of [...]
— Daddy O Hotel in Long Beach Island is undisputedly the chicest place to stay on Long Beach Island, NJ. With its ultra-mod lobby and 22 sleek rooms with larger-than-life surfer photography, it’s no surprise that this boutique hotel has a sister hotel in Miami. But thanks to its retro exterior, daddy O fits right into sleepy LBI, [...]
(top photo by Brian G. Wilson/flickr, rest of the photos by Felicity Loughrey) When you hear about things heating up in Atlantic City, NJ, you think of someone on a hot streak at the craps table. But when guest blogger Felicity Loughrey (who recently launched Lustaday, a blog about fashion, lifestyle and pop culture) visited [...]
I love New York City. I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. (Except for maybe Barcelona, London or Rome.) But as much as I love New York, there are plenty of weekends when I just want to get away. All New Yorkers do — getting out of town is a sport we take seriously. I’ve [...]
Since I love going to the beach, I’m on the perpetual quest to find a great beach that’s close enough for a day trip from my home base of NYC. (Bay Head, NJ, my favorite nearby beach is tough for a day trip, although it can be done if you’re motivated enough.) For years, I’ve [...]
A few months ago, I wrote a post about five fantastic Jersey Shore towns that are nothing like Seaside Heights, the boozy boardwalk where MTV’s first season of Jersey Shore took place. While those five towns are good choices for a guido-free weekend at the beach, one of them is my clear favorite: Bay Head, [...]
(photo of Bay Head by Lakewentworth/flickr) Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, so I wanted to tell you about one of my favorite summer spots: Bay Head, NJ. This quaint Jersey Shore town, which bills itself as "a country village by the sea," is nothing like Seaside Heights, home to MTV's Jersey Shore. [...]
Oh Jersey Shore. I hated the first episode, but then my friend Caitlin insisted I give this MTV reality show another chance. So I did and I soon became completely obsessed with this group of 20-somethings who proudly called themselves Guidos and Guidettes (pictured above) as they lived it up in MTV's beach house in [...]