Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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SCENES: ‘Reflections of Versailles’
‘Vive Trinity Counseling,’ supporters cheer By Christian Kirkpatrick Special Writer There are few better ways to spend a long summer evening than strolling through a garden. Perhaps that’s why Trinity Counseling Service’s 26th annual Bastille Day Ball was titled “Reflections of Versailles.” “We wanted to recall the opulence and beauty of the gardens…
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IN THE KITCHEN: ‘The other white meat’
By Faith Bahadurian Special Writer Chef Michael Giletto leads several lives. His “day job” is as executive chef of the members-only Cherry Valley Country Club in Montgomery, where he serves up increasingly adventurous fare to a well-traveled and culinarily sophisticated clientele. “I’m able to experiment with exotic game and molecular gastronomy with this group,”…
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‘Progressive’ films from the UUCP
Tonight (Aug. 1) at 7:15 p.m., The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton will open its Progressive Film Festival with a screening of “Under the Same Moon” (“La Misma Luna,” 2007), Patricia Riggen’s film about a young boy’s journey across the U.S.-Mexico border to be reunited with his mother. Featuring a supporting performance by…
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Wanted: Mentors for children who lost a parent on 9/11
Tuesday’s Children, a national nonprofit organization that provides services to 9/11 families, is currently recruiting adults to serve as a positive role model for a child who lost a parent on Sept. 11. Since many of the children lost their fathers, the need is particularly acute for young, active male volunteers. Tuesday’s Children…
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GO NATURAL: Food in the raw can be both cool and tasty
While some of us may not want to give up on all cooked foods, adding some live food to your diet may be just the summer ticket for gaining vibrant health. By Rochelle Blank, CHHC, AADP A Natural Choice Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature for those who live according to its laws.…
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Experience and the presidency
In his recent letter to The Packet, Mr. Nelson Obus cites Sen. Barack Obama’s “extraordinary inexperience.” In the court of public opinion as to which candidate would make the best president, the word “experience” is being used like a gavel. The discussion sputters as if experience only belongs to those who’ve been around longer. What…
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LOOSE ENDS: With my name in lights, there’s a sculptor to thank
For technologically challenged in dividuals like me, the sculpture is just brilliant in its simplicity. I pressed the letter ‘H’ and voilà , like magic, the name Pam Hersh appeared and By Pam Hersh Special Writer Finally, I have made it. My name is in lights in the center of Princeton. After decades of…
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LOOSE ENDS: With my name in lights, there’s a sculptor to thank
Joshua Kirsch, who hails from Montgomery, with the donor acknowledgement sculpture he created for the Arts Council of Princeton’s Paul Robeson Center. ‘It is like the thrill of having an exhibit opening every time I walk into the building and see someone looking at the sculpture,’ he says. ‘It is an amazing honor.’ Staff photo…
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In defense of COAH
James Barnshaw of Princeton We’re at a decision point again. We need to decide whether we want to satisfy our constitutional obligation to provide for affordable housing by certifying with COAH or whether we want to be open to builder’s remedy lawsuits. Those lawsuits are not just costly, they also lay Princeton open to…
