Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • LOOSE ENDS: With my name in lights, there’s a sculptor to thank

    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…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: Breezy summer dishes from Princeton’s Calico Grill

    IN THE KITCHEN: Breezy summer dishes from Princeton’s Calico Grill

    By Pat Tanner Special Writer     When I struggle to come up with ideas for making dinner during these, the long, hot days of summer, my thoughts run first and foremost to the fare of tropical climes. Which is why I recently turned to the folks at Calico Grill in Princeton for recipes to get…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: Breezy summer dishes from Princeton’s Calico Grill

    IN THE KITCHEN: Breezy summer dishes from Princeton’s Calico Grill

    Welcoming diners to the Calico Grill are Carlos Espichan, right, co-proprietor with Marguerite and Alan Heap, and maitre d’ Luis Lanz Tienda. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski

  • Conditions for WW redevelopment

    Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh of West Windsor     Over the past year, Township Council has been looking at redevelopment and working with my administration to move the planning process forward. The five principles I defined in November of 2006 to guide this process are as important now as they were then.    They are:    1). Transparency (an…

  • Thanking Scheides for Princeton concert

    Linda Sipprelle of Princeton     As part of the enthusiastic, overflow crowd which attended the July 24 concert by the Vienna Chamber Orchestra in Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium, I would like to thank Bill and Judy Scheide for making this remarkable event possible.    In the evening’s concert, the orchestra exhibited lively sonorities, a sensual warmth,…

  • ‘There’s No Place Like Home’

    ‘There’s No Place Like Home’

    50 Things to Do in Mercer County By Kristin Boyd Staff Writer     High gas prices and skyrocketing food costs got you scouting for “staycations” this summer?     No worries.     There’s plenty of fun to be had right here, according to Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes, who, along with the Mercer County Park…

  • ‘There’s No Place Like Home’

    ‘There’s No Place Like Home’

    Scenic Peddie Lake in Hightstown, a perfect spot for fishing and canoeing, is one of 50 local attractions recommended by the Mercer County Park Commission for residents who are choosing to limit their travel this summer. Many of these attractions are free and family-friendly — all are budget-sensitive. Photo by Phil McAuliffe/The Packet Group

  • ‘There’s No Place Like Home’

    ‘There’s No Place Like Home’

    Stony-Brook Millstone Watershed Association: Attendees get up close and personal with nature in the Kate Gorrie Memorial Butterfly House during last year’s Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association’s Butterfly Festival. This year’s will take place Saturday, Aug. 9, at 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington; (609) 737-3735; www.thewatershed.org. Photo courtesy of Stony-Brook Millstone Watershed Association

  • IN THE KITCHEN: Breezy summer dishes from Princeton’s Calico Grill

    IN THE KITCHEN: Breezy summer dishes from Princeton’s Calico Grill

    Welcoming diners to the Calico Grill are Carlos Espichan, right, co-proprietor with Marguerite and Alan Heap, and maitre d’ Luis Lanz Tienda. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski