Posts Tagged ‘New Jersey’

Rudy Giuliani for Senator?!

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Rudy Giuliani for MayorAccording to PolitickerNJ Monmouth county GOP Chairman Adam Puharic wants former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to run for the U. S. Senate from New Jersey against Frank Lautenberg. One catch, Giuliani lives in New York!

Never Park Your Car on Train Tracks

Friday, March 7th, 2008

bad_parking.jpgA drunken woman decided to park her car on the tracks of New Jersey Transit’s Pascack Valley Line tonight in the Bergen County town of Hasbrouck Heights. Thankfully nobody got hurt and the woman wasn’t in the car, which was destroyed after negatively impacting with a New Jersey Transit locomotive. Remember, the train always wins!

New Jersey in Pictures: Schnackenberg’s Luncheonette

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Luncheon

Schnackenberg’s Luncheonette, 1110 Washington Street, Hoboken

WCBS-TV Salutes New Jersey (1981)

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

How did WCBS salute New Jersey in 1981?
With about ten seconds of film - a plane landing at Newark Airport, what we think may be the State House in Trenton, and a highway bridge!
Yeah, that really sums up New Jersey!

New Jersey in Photos: Hudson and River Streets, Hoboken

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Hudson and River Streets, Hoboken

Hudson and River Streets, Hoboken

Recommended Reading: Living on the Edge of the World: New Jersey Writers Take On the Garden State

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

living on the edge of the worldWe heard Living on the Edge of the World: New Jersey Writers Take On the Garden State being talked about on WNYC’s The Leonard Lopate Show last summer and finally picked up a copy. It is a collection of essays about New Jersey. Instead of chapters, there are exits. You should really give the show a listen to get an idea about the book.

There are some omissions of locales, and that is actually mentioned in the introduction, but it is a quick read and is going to have us looking for the other works of these New Jersey writers.

Random Bit of Old New Jersey: New Jersey Department of Transportation Manual

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

New Jersey Department of Transportation manual

We got this when we were a little kid and have hung onto it ever since. It is a General Electric manual for of all things New Jersey Department of Transportation trains. It is from the 1970s and is filled with all that great sort of 1960s-1970s industrial typography, plus it has the Star Trek like NJDOT logo on the front.

New Jersey in Pictures: Hoboken PATH, 1998

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Hoboken PATH, 1998

Hoboken PATH, 1998

Push Button to Cross Sinatra Drive

Friday, February 29th, 2008

PUSH BUTTON TO CROSS SINATRA DRIVE

This sign in Hoboken has always struck us as a bit odd. You would have expected them to have at least matched the font.

New Jersey in Pictures: Check the Fine Print

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

CHECK THE FINE PRINT

New Jersey Transit Northeast Corridor Line timetable