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Did you know that those magazine photos of wolves in the wild usually aren’t taken in the wild? They’re not, because wolves can smell you a mile away and they want no part of you. Those photos are usually taken at a wolf preserve, like the Lakota Wolf Preserve in Columbia, NJ. We stopped by [...] Here is the first in our occasional series we’re calling TREAT OF THE DAY. We’ll highlight a place for treats, mainly locally owned companies. We’ve been to Cliff’s Ice Cream in Ledgewood twice now, and it’s a really fun stop. Plus, USA Today claims it’s the best ice cream in New Jersey. [...] As school draws to an end, I’ve been collecting lists of places to go and things to do this summer. Here are a few links to get you started: –Summer Family-Fun Guide – fairs and festivals in the Garden State this summer (Star Ledger) –Summer Camp Guide – in case you are still making plans (Star [...] Did you know that Newark’s Branch Brook Park has thousands of cherry blossom trees, with more variety (and number) than those in Washington DC, which is so well known for their trees. The Cherry Blossom Festival is coming up in April, and it’s popular, with 10,000 visitors a day at the peak. Aside from [...] I did a corn maze for the first time last year, and am making it a yearly tradition. The kids are now old enough to last in there for more than 10 minutes. We wandered around for probably two hours (maybe an hour longer than was really fun for the kids). Interestingly, I was dizzy [...] Pick me! Pick me! Fall air brings apple picking. Did you know: - it takes 36 apples to make a gallon of cider – it takes 8-10 years for an apple tree to begin producing fruit – the science of apple growing is called pomology – a bushel of apples weighs 42 pounds Thank [...]
The Miller-Cory House If you’re looking for some New Jersey history, and a chance to see what things were like in the 1700-1800s, head over to the Miller-Cory House in Westfield, NJ. (And read on to see what to do in downtown Westfield when you’re done). The house was built in 1740 [...] Lunch time for the prairie dogs I’d heard good things about the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, NJ, but kept hesitating to go because my daughter Dori isn’t a big zoo fan. We finally decided to take the plunge – and even Dori had a fabulous time. It was a manageable size, and [...] |
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