Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • SPOTLIGHT: That ‘bespoke’ look — clothier Stephen Seo aims to please with one-of-a-kind sophistication

    SPOTLIGHT: That ‘bespoke’ look — clothier Stephen Seo aims to please with one-of-a-kind sophistication

    Clothier Stephen Seo displays one of his designs in his shop on Palmer Square. ‘I see fashion as art,’ Mr. Seo says. ‘The more I go out, the more I see people, the more I get inspired.’ Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • SNAPSHOTS: A memoir of the college search — and surviving it

    By Nancy Z. Paul Special Writer     Watching my high school senior edit his third college essay for the second time, I ran out to the store to buy him a caramel-coated apple covered with nuts to sweeten the afternoon — while I still could.     The college process has been called many things, and…

  • Moved by ‘Ghosts of the Battlefield’

    Charles and Wendy Evered of Princeton Enjoyed ‘Ghosts of the Battlefield’ To the editor:     On the evening of July 5, we had the pleasure of attending a wonderful play presentation called “Ghosts of the Battlefield”——an environmental performance piece conceived by Laura Crockett, in which several “real life” characters from the Battle of Princeton came…

  • More about ‘Community Without Walls’

    Francesca Benson of Princeton     Thanks to The Packet for publishing the informative and interesting article about Community Without Walls (Friday, July 4).    I want to clarify remarks about our theater troupe, CWW On Stage. The men and women of the troupe are collecting seldom-heard community stories with the goal of performing them in settings…

  • NJ’s big step toward health care reform

    Sy Larson of AARP New Jersey     With the passage of S1557, the New Jersey Legislature took a big first step towards health care reform in New Jersey.    S1557 mandates that New Jersey’s children have health insurance, and sets forth market reforms that will bring younger people into the individual insurance market. The bill will…

  • Children’s Art Sale for CASA a success

    Stephanie Hauer of Princeton     Many thanks go to everyone who helped to make my annual Children for Children Art Sale to support CASA, www.casamercer.org, on June 19 such an enormous success, enabling me to more than double last year’s donation to CASA. CASA advocates for children who have been removed from their homes due…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: Flatbread and pizza on the grill

    IN THE KITCHEN: Flatbread and pizza on the grill

    By Faith Bahadurian Special Writer Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire Jon Weaver, executive chef at the Swashbuckler Brewery and Restaurant at Mount Hope Estate and Winery in Lancaster County, Pa., offers a winning recipe for Roasted Garlic Parmesan and Rosemary Flatbread.      Not too long ago I came home to find a packet of yeast in my…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: Flatbread and pizza on the grill

    IN THE KITCHEN: Flatbread and pizza on the grill

    Jon Weaver, executive chef at the Swashbuckler Brewery and Restaurant at Mount Hope Estate and Winery in Lancaster County, Pa., offers a winning recipe for Roasted Garlic Parmesan and Rosemary Flatbread. Photo courtesy Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire

  • ‘In Congress assembled’: Remembering the days when Princeton was the capital of the United States

    ‘In Congress assembled’: Remembering the days when Princeton was the capital of the United States

    European skeptics of the American Revolution were re ceiving reports that the new republic was falling into chaos. This appeared to confirm the widesprea By William Myers Special Writer Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski. 2005. The Faculty Room in Nassau Hall, Princeton University, where the Continental Congress sat from June through November, 1783. Capital ÿ8CAPITALÿ …