[Magdalen] New Jersey ain't purty

[Jay Weigel]

Well, it's practically in PA, as I remember. Not really urban-urban,
either. I wouldn't want to live in NJ for a number of reasons, including
the climate and the governor, but Parsippany was very pleasant.

On Sunday, March 8, 2015, Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Parsippany is in the NORTH central part of NJ, at the intersection of I-80
> and I-287. I know as I graduated from Mt. Lakes HS, right next door. There
> certainly weren't restaurants like that when I lived there!
>
> North and west of there NJ is rather pretty. (But not as pretty as
> Vermont, of course!)
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Jay Weigel
> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2015 10:23 AM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] New Jersey ain't purty
>
> Last year S/O had to go to Parsippany, NJ on a business trip in April and I
> rode along. It's in the southwestern part of the state and *is* very
> pretty, or at least was at that time of year. The weather was perfect for
> early spring, and I also remember it fondly for two dining experiences, one
> at a small Afghan place, the other at a Moroccan restaurant in a strip mall
> that didn't look like much on the outside, but boy howdy, once you got
> inside, what a difference....and the food! We seem to have incredible luck
> finding these little gems on the road.
>
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 8:03 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  But the people are lively. And it's in the New York metro
>> area. The television news is fast and weird. They cover
>> the arts as if it's news. And the guy in the hotel lobby
>> is listening to Edith Piaf instead of Billy Ray Cyrus.
>> Real actual bagels in the breakfast area. And decent
>> tea.
>>
>> Life may or may not be good, but it certainly is interesting.
>>
>> Off to the Florence Griswold Museum (a place of pilgrimage
>> for me) this afternoon, then (God willing) Boston this evening.
>>
>> Oh, and speaking of American Impressionism and the
>> Hudson River School (and Swedenborgianism): George
>> Inness (the best painter you might never have heard of).
>> His landscapes were influenced by and expressions of
>> his Swedenborgian faith. When he painted the sun glinting
>> through trees, he was speaking as eloquently of God as
>> Tintoretto or Raphael ever did.
>> -M
>>
>>
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