Remember way back when I posted this? Well, believe it or not, after waiting roughly a year, and we finally get to move in this September! Some friends of ours nicknamed the place ‘The Kneels’ because of all the prayer that went into waiting for it. The owners never did find a job, but decided […]
Category Archives: Newark
Making up for December
January 3, 2007 – 1:22 am
A dear friend whom we missed very much during the holidays poked me today: is this thing still on? Are we dead? I told her we were just busy, which is stupid: of course we’re busy — who isn’t busy?
The new year and holidays came and went mercifully well, though we honestly wondered […]
So Emo
November 8, 2006 – 10:36 am
Having an Emo day? I am. Loving the new job, but those first couple defining weeks — you know, where you’re either identified as MVP or fumble the ball — are killer. Pandora has “some relief from the emo”:http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh82150324808506612.
Things are good, really, though. I like working hard. I like showing […]
Newark in a Nutshell
May 10, 2006 – 10:40 am
A few readers of Our Story have maybe been perplexed my interest in the city of Newark over the past few weeks, and might think our local politics aren’t really interesting to anyone outside our physical borders. I think, though, that if you take a look at what’s happening here, that you might find […]
Weekend Update: Newark Election, M:I:III, Top of the Rock, and Wearing Thai Food
May 8, 2006 – 10:57 am
Election Day in Newark is tomorrow. Cory Booker “will doubtless win the mayorship”:http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/08/nyregion/08newark.html?_r=1&oref=slogin, a prize he has sought for at least five years, but the big question is whether he will be able to install enough of his team in the city council to be able to stabilize crime, resolve the looming fiscal crisis, […]
