The Swamp

rass wrote:

sancarlos wrote:So, the wife, daughter and I are going to be tourists in NYC next week. Starting off in northern Jersey (Maplewood) with BETTER friends, but it doesn't look like I'll get free time to have beers or anything. My wife has an agenda for us in NYC, but if any of you have any great ideas for us, please do tell.

damn, cold

Seriously, you're going to be within 5-10 minutes of at least three of us. If you get a couple of minutes free in Jersey send out a signal.

we could be at st. james gate in 8 minutes.

Arriving Newark late tonight. I'm going to my friend's kid's baseball game at 9 am tomorrow, and we're going to nyc on the train early afternoon. Maybe I could escape the game for an am drink if any of you could do the same?

Shit. I need to head out West for a soccer tournament at around 10. It's my fucking day, so I can probably sneak out for a cup of coffee (and a sconewich?) real quick prior to that.

If not, shit.

(PS, found some Pens fans here next to me, one guy has a sweet leg tattoo).

sancarlos wrote:Arriving Newark late tonight. I'm going to my friend's kid's baseball game at 9 am tomorrow, and we're going to nyc on the train early afternoon. Maybe I could escape the game for an am drink if any of you could do the same?

I literally the last 5 hours, I've come down with a wicked cold that has forced me to cancel tomorrow's Father's Day celebrations tomorrow, much to my Dad's chagrin. Another time, perhaps.

No worries guys. Watching some kids' baseball in Scotch Plains.

Dick move!!!

sancarlos wrote:No worries guys. Watching some kids' baseball in Scotch Plains.

Fuck, completely missed this thread. If you took Route 22 to Scotch Plains, you were about 3 miles from my house. Even closer if you took 78. I totally would have ditched my family on Fathers Day to meet you at a kids baseball game.

Whoa I walked by the Gate like three hours after that was posted!!!



(We were in PA but I doubt I would have bailed on my family because I'm the #bestdad.)

Without clicking I know what it is. This is about as hard as someone you didn't really know dying can hit, given how nice of a dude he was and knowing he has an 11 year old.

Garden State BrewFest, Sept 24, Anchor Golf Center on Rt 10 in Whippany. Who's with me?

as long as Uber is driving..

elflaco wrote:as long as Uber is driving..

I figured I'm on the way, so you would pick me up.

15/15

I filled out all of the NJ towns I was sure on, and figured the rest were Pokemon. I was right.

My only exposure to Pokemon (until this week) was my young friend who is now a junior at west point showed me his collection when he was 8yo. I've had slightly more exposure to weird named NJ towns.

13/15.

Do you think we can make a rule where once per year, you can insert one letter into the ... game? Because I need a "k".

Ryan wrote:12 out of 15

Missed the first one, got the next 14. Only driven through 2 towns, never been to any of the others.

Ryan wrote:12 out of 15

They misspelled "Pokemon" in the headline by the looks of the URL

N.J.'s best ice cream shop: The 10 finalists revealed (Vote for Readers' Choice)

Milk Sugar Love is awesome and I'm having some right now.

mister d wrote:N.J.'s best ice cream shop: The 10 finalists revealed (Vote for Readers' Choice)

Milk Sugar Love is awesome and I'm having some right now.

Yeah, I followed that on Twitter as he was traveling around the state.

We were at the place in Asbury Park a couple of weeks ago. What I had (lemon ginger) was great.

I just had lemon olive oil (which was very good) and thai tea (which was bland and the first time they've upset me). The blueberry sour cream is amazing.

mister d wrote:N.J.'s best ice cream shop: The 10 finalists revealed (Vote for Readers' Choice)

Milk Sugar Love is awesome and I'm having some right now.

No Zita's love?

I've been here three years and know a bit about golf. I had no idea Baltusrol was a couple miles from us.

cerrano wrote:for the soul food, try church's in the vauxhall section of union. i absolutely love their fried chicken, and they do a great job with hush puppies. mac and cheese could be better, but just about everything else is great.

This was *not* sold as hard as it should have been. Fried chicken was outstanding.

The Star Ledger's food reporter is doing a "NJ's Best Sub Shop" thing and it's all food porn but I think this one has me planning a trip down to Hamilton...

That's a terrible description of an excellent looking sub.

I'm still trying to find a great bagel here.

mister d wrote:That's a terrible description of an excellent looking sub.

I'm still trying to find a great bagel here.

that's the thing about bagels. bagel spot on morris ave in union is the tits, but does anybody want to drive longer than 5 minutes to get a good bagel? no. (however, the union pork store which opens at 7 is 4 store fronts away, so two birds etc...)

Bed, Bath & BEYOND

My wife works in city hall in that town. The arresting officers got a couple of days off to make sure they weren't contagious, even though it may have been bed bugs and not scabies.

cerrano wrote:that's the thing about bagels. bagel spot on morris ave in union is the tits, but does anybody want to drive longer than 5 minutes to get a good bagel? no. (however, the union pork store which opens at 7 is 4 store fronts away, so two birds etc...)

I missed this the first time, but I'm definitely now going on a trip there. I tend to go however long it takes to get "the best" version of whatever it is because I'll be mad getting a shittier version just to save 20 minutes that'll be spent doing something dumb anyway. And I still need to check out Union Pork Store. (I planned an entire trip into the city to get my glasses fixed around wanting to check out Sadelle's bagels. They were amazing.)

rass wrote:Bed, Bath & BEYOND

My wife works in city hall in that town. The arresting officers got a couple of days off to make sure they weren't contagious, even though it may have been bed bugs and not scabies.

Oh good lord that is a gross story.

Pruitt wrote:

rass wrote:Bed, Bath & BEYOND

My wife works in city hall in that town. The arresting officers got a couple of days off to make sure they weren't contagious, even though it may have been bed bugs and not scabies.

Oh good lord that is a gross story.

Heh, he is from Nutley.

Remember that 2-year or so span when he was a giant of comedy? I can't recall many other comedians falling off the earth so fast. It's like he traded muscles for humor.

Shirley wrote:Remember that 2-year or so span when he was a giant of comedy? I can't recall many other comedians falling off the earth so fast. It's like he traded muscles for humor.

He traded muslces for humor once......once
Danny Vermin is a great character.

Rass, how awesome is that Asbury beer hall?

I've only been once, with just me and the kids, when it wasn't too busy, but it was great. Debating going down there for my b-day dinner next week.

If you're not worried about being all nimble later on, this was really, really awesome: JAEGER SCHNITZEL - Double smoked speck, wild mushroom pan sauce.

mister d wrote:If you're not worried about being all nimble later on, this was really, really awesome: JAEGER SCHNITZEL - Double smoked speck, wild mushroom pan sauce.

I hope you enjoyed the place because apparently Bruce showed up for dinner recently so it's sure to be ruined now...