Jersey City
Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy Awards
Dang, I’ll be at NYC Popfest, otherwise I’d love to see author Richard Price in person at the 15th-annual Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy Awards. Here’s the preview I wrote for the Jersey City Independent.
Sixth Annual Jersey City Ward Tour
Get on your bikes and ride! My preview in the Jersey City Independent of the sixth-annual Ward Tour, to be held Sunday, June 7.
Fulop’s State of the City Address: Everything Is Awesome
This week I attended Jersey City’s 2015 State of the City address, by Mayor Steven Fulop, and I wrote this recap (and took the photos too) for the Jersey City Independent.
Meatball Sandwich Review: Two Boots
Sheila “gets” me. She knew, when she e-mailed me a photo of her lunch a few weeks ago, that I’d totally appreciate it. “oh my god i want that,” I replied. “i want three. maybe i want six.” Sheila had obtained them at the Two Boots in Grand Central Terminal. She said they were “pretty […]
Acting Editor of JCI
I edited the current (fall/winter) issue of JCI, the Jersey City Independent‘s quarterly print publication. Here is a preview I wrote of the issue.
Q&A: Robert “Kool” Bell of Kool & the Gang
Reading Will Hermes’ Love Goes to Buildings on Fire, I was surprised to learn that Kool & the Gang got their start in Jersey City. Doing some additional research, I was further surprised to learn that 2014 was the band’s 50th anniversary. So I pitched the idea to New Jersey Monthly and ended up interviewing […]
Meatball Sandwich Review: Favia Pizza
It was snowing like nobody’s business and I had to get to Jersey City. OK, sure, I could’ve rescheduled the interview I was conducting for a day with less inclement weather. But, I’m a bit of a masochist, a firm believer in “no time like the present,” and besides, I might get that meatball sandwich […]
Kitchen Cousins Undercover
HGTV reality stars Anthony Carrino and John Colaneri, a.k.a. the Kitchen Cousins, have a brand-new show debuting this month, Cousins Undercover. I interviewed the Jersey City-based cousins for the summer 2013 issue of JCI Magazine. Sure, the show was called Undercover Overhaul at that point. Things change. Focus groups and the like.
The Best Pizza in Town
Michelle was on the phone when I entered. I didn’t know her name yet, only that she was a small, older, slightly disheveled woman with a kind face. She acknowledged my presence, and I tried to indicate that there was no rush. Still, she interrupted her call to ask me, “One slice?” and when I […]
Jack Silbert, curator