Posts in May 2015

Get Great Deals at the Atlantic Highlands Town-Wide Garage Sale and Library Book Sale

  May 12, 2015  //  Atlantic Highlands Town-Wide Garage Sale and Library Book Sale

Scientists call some human societies “hunter-gatherers”. This means these people get most of their food from foraging the area around them. Hunter-gatherer societies tend toward nomadic, moving around to find the best plants and animals to get sustenance from. (Point anyone who says you don’t learn anything on the internet over here to prove them…

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All-You-Can-Eat Chili, and All-You-Can-Drink Shiner Beer Awaits at the Texas Chili Cook-off

  May 11, 2015  //  2015 Texas Chili Cook-off

Throughout the world, you’ll find traditions by which you can prove your strength and fortitude. Caber tossing, for example. You have to possess power and coordination to fling long, heavy poles without damaging yourself (or someone else). Everyone knows, however, that true strength is shown through intestinal fortitude. Anyone can pick up a big stick,…

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Tex-Mex Sizzles into Manhattan’s Culinary Scene at El Original

  May 7, 2015  //  El Original

We’re all pretty attached to our favorite regional foods. Let’s take cheesesteaks for an example. For anyone who hasn’t visited Philadelphia, you slap some meat and cheese on a roll, and you have a cheesesteak. Tell that to a true Philadelphian, however, and you’ll see a first-hand demonstration of “wailing and gnashing of teeth”. Same…

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Celebrate Mom on Sunday with These Great Events

  May 5, 2015  //  Mother’s Day 2015

Mothers see us through the best and worst times of our lives. They put bandages on our skinned knees, they listened to us rant about the person who’d broken our hearts, and they gave us advice when we asked for it (and when we didn’t, but needed it anyway). Even if it wasn’t your biological…

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Drama with Heart Unfolds Onstage at “Fun Home”

  May 1, 2015  //  Fun Home

Broadway musicals usually come from a few sources. You might see a movie end up adapted for the stage, which seems like a natural step. Spoken-word plays might accumulate a few songs and evolve, like melodic butterflies, into musicals. What you don’t usually expect to see is a graphic novel turned into a musical. (Take…

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