1. almost everyone here drives a bmw or mercedes. the exception is at church where there is the usual rash of mini-vans and suvs. luxury baby, luxury. (speaking of luxury, just keep that word in mind...alan and i have a few observations on the subject for a future post.)
2. self-serve? are you joking? -- some of you may be aware that in new jersey it is against the law for you to pump your own gas. yes, there is an attendant who pumps it for you. and i haven't been able to find a self-service car wash in my drivings around, but it is my quest. i refuse to pay 20 bucks for a "luxurious" full-service car wash. besides, i would rather vacuum up my own life cereal, goldfish, ritz-cracker, cheerio, rasin, chicken nugget crumb combo thank-you very much. how embarassing for someone else to witness the state of my back-seat, monkey habitat though it may be. those are my monkeys darnit! and no one else should be subjected to their messes. speaking of messes, i'm quite sure that at least 5 or 6 of my neighbors have housekeepers. how would it be?
3. the perfect summer accesory for hip princetonians? the umbrella. seriously, just carry one everywhere. but not into the princeton university art museum. backpacks, strollers, and naughty children and toddlers are fine, but you MUST leave the umbrella outside on the coat rack. why? i haven't the slightest idea, but i tell you the guard looked quite alarmed when i strolled in with *GASP* an umbrella in the side-pocket of my backpack. (cool museum, by the way -- we saw works by reubens, modigliani, klee, candinski, monet, van gogh, burne-jones, andy warhol, and someone whom alan claims is one of grandma swenson's favorites, but we can't spell his name...starts with a "b". grandma?
4. as in 4th of july! the only fireworks nearby i can find a listing for is as follows: "4th of July Fireworks: Friday, July 30th, 9:00 pm; Princeton University fields next to football stadium. HUH? okay....i honestly cannot find any listing of anything else even remotely 4th of july related. but we ARE going to a waffle breakfast at a ward member's house in hamilton that morning. after that, i guess it's just a regular day. that pretty much sucks. *sigh* but seriously, fireworks on the 30th for the 4th?
5. i've been checking into summer recreation programs for alexander -- soccer, swimming, etc. as it turns out, most of these types of things are through the YMCA, which charges a membership fee of $100 a month! yikes! no YMCA for this famiy. the other programs i can find are all more like a summer camp type program, so you basically pay an arm and a leg to get rid of your kids for 5 or 6 hours a day. hmmm...might not be so bad some days. but seriously, i guess the pool here sounds like great recreation if it ever stops raining. :)
4 comments:
1-everyone drives those cars and has housekeepers cuz you live amongst the most horrid and worthless of all in New Jersey: the Benny's. They suck! They cut in line at restaurants, they cant see from behind the wheel cuz of the fact that their heads are so far up their butts they cant see anything else - New Yorkers think everyone from NJ drives bad because of the friggin' benny's!! Im gonna have to stop here cuz its already been a serious struggle to keep this family friendly.
2- there are always a ton of fireworks shows down the shore. if you dont want to put up with the benny's, try going south - Barnegat has a big one every year out over the bay.
3-I LOVE New Jersey rain :)
now wait a minute! a benny is defined as an out-of-state tourist who comes to the jersey shore for the summer and annoys everyone! so there! freakin' benny.
C -
Your blog is pretty entertaining! Looking at the photos of NYC makes me want to hop a plane TODAY. I haven't been there since 1994 - the year I divorced Mr. Theater (among his other monikers).
It's also refreshing to read one of my former students who writes so easily about the humanities -- various painters and theater groups. I'm dang proud of ya, gal!
Thats what the Benny's will tell ya, but a true native will tell you that benny is an acronym started by train conductors who would stamp the tickets of people from B ergen, E ssex, N ewark, and N ew Y ork - thus B.E.N.N.Y. - who were traveling down the Jersey shore for the weekend. (also known by some as 'shoebies') Unfortunately, they now saturate most of northern Jersey, and the shore during the summer. Due to their unfortunate breeding habits, they have multiplied and pushed on into surrounding counties - including yours - and try to convince outsiders - yourself - that they are not what they truley are. After all, no-one wants to admit that it is they who stink!
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