July 2014 archive

23
Jul
2014

Jersey City Project: Eats 7/26/14

categories: Events, Outdoor Fun!

Jersey City Project Eats

 

The Jersey City Project, a series of curated outdoor markets and events, presents their next installment of Eats this Saturday, July 26th from 11am-7pm at City Hall Plaza.

It’s a day to eat, drink, and celebrate with 30+ food vendors, 3 bars, and 2 farmers markets.

Kristin Scalia of Kanibal Home and Elizabeth Cain of Hound About Town decided to start an outdoor market dedicated to promoting small businesses, local talent, and seasonal highlights to provide additional opportunities to connect within the community. JC Eats is their foodie chapter.

 

Shop & eat locally,
JCG

21
Jul
2014

Jersey Girls Food Tours

categories: Asian Fusion, Bakery/ Cafe, BYOB, Dessert, Dinner, Farm stands & farmer's markets, Food Truck, Grove Street, Hamilton Park, Historic Downtown Jersey City, Italian, Lunch, Lunch Spot, Mexican, Neighborhood, New American, Outdoor Seating, Pan-Asian, Restaurants, Seafood, Takeout, Vietnamese

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The Jersey City culinary food scene is off the charts, and what better way to experience it than to enjoy a variety of cuisines from different venues—all at one reasonable price, and all in one day or one night?

Jersey Girls Food Tours (JGFT) showcase the gastronomic scene in Jersey City, perfect for locals and non-locals alike. Guests can enjoy YUMzzz from the best eateries in town and get a dose of JC history while walking from spot to spot.

My gals Janis Borroto and Alessia Aron (pictured from left to right, above) of JGFT invited me on a test run of one of their new Jersey City tours, titled “Best of Downtown.”

Click below to read about our day and find out more about the different tours…

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20
Jul
2014

Con Vivo at Groove on Grove 7/23

categories: Grove Street, Live Music, Neighborhood, Outdoor Fun!


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Con Vivo will be performing at Groove on Grove this Wednesday at the Grove Street PATH Plaza. The group boasts an amazing new electric guitar piece, music based on glaciers, and a repeat performance of Stockhausen’s Tierkreis. The two-hour performance kicks off at 6pm with Stone Guitars by Richard Carrick, which is 11 movements of densely layered electric guitars described as nostalgic, raw, direct, meditative, bold, evocative, and micro-tonally dense. Then listen to Cascades by Erik DeLuca, a meditative piece based on a recording of a glacier, and finally CV’s reprisal of their performance of Tierkreis, with movements for all 12 signs of the zodiac by Karlheinz Stockhausen.

 

To the sound of music,
JCG

19
Jul
2014

Liz Defrain Small Works Show 7/22/14

categories: Art

Liz Defrain

JC Made (295 Grove St.) is hosting the Liz Defrain in a “small works” show next Tuesday from 6-8pm.

Defrain is a mixed media artist, whose illustrations are usually done with gouache, ink, watercolor, pen, chalk, acrylic, gesso and/or pencil on paper.

Her portraits are done in spray paint, gesso, acrylic and gouache, and sometimes using organic materials to create texture and tapestry on the canvas.

 

To the mighty pen,
JCG

17
Jul
2014

Newport Beach Food Festival 7/23/14

categories: Events, Jersey City Families, Neighborhood, Newport

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Celebrate on the Hudson River next Wednesday at Newport Green’s Beach Party (700 Washington Blvd.) with the annual summer food festival.

Signature dishes and cocktails will be available from 14 of Newport’s gourmet restaurants.

To summer fun,
JCG