Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • Postscript to Congo saga

    Maria Juega of Princeton     Tragically, hostile and irresponsible dog breeding came back to bite, literally, the James family last week. What a parable against the sin of scapegoating. Beware the unintended but inexorable consequences of pushing responsibility for a problem onto to a scapegoat — in this case a humble Hispanic immigrant who was…

  • Balanced view urged on Highlands

    Helen Heinrich of New Jersey Farm Bureau     New Jersey Farm Bureau encourages the Highlands Council to keep a balanced view of its legislative mandate as it finishes its work in final approval of its Regional Master Plan (RMP). Almost four years after the passage of the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act, the Council…

  • LOOSE ENDS: When a grand-babe moves in …

    When a menacing munchkin is plop ped into the home of someone who has been unencumbered by toddlers for years, it is quite a trial by fire. By Pam Hersh Special Writer     Two weeks ago, I started living in a gated community — without ever moving into one. In fact, the gates moved to…

  • SCENES: Quintessentially Princeton’: Pie and coffee at the Carousel

    SCENES: Quintessentially Princeton’: Pie and coffee at the Carousel

    Nicole Ackley writes out the day’s lunch specials at the Carousel. Staff photos by Mark Czajkowski

  • SCENES: Quintessentially Princeton’: Pie and coffee at the Carousel

    SCENES: Quintessentially Princeton’: Pie and coffee at the Carousel

    The Carousel is packed. Families of three, four, six. A middle-aged couple who come every week. Another regular in a red plaid shirt. Forty-odd diners — but not one Princeton Universit By Anna Maria Jakubek Special to The Packet     Arthur Miller (no, not that one), a rosy-cheeked Princeton University librarian with a handlebar moustache,…

  • SCENES: Quintessentially Princeton’: Pie and coffee at the Carousel

    SCENES: Quintessentially Princeton’: Pie and coffee at the Carousel

    Patrons enjoy a hearty breakfast at the Carousel Luncheonette on Nassau Street. ‘Like a mom- and-pop shop, there’s a friendly, communal vibe.’ Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • BOOK NOTES: The novelist who invented cyberspace

    ‘What our great grandchildren will see as quaint when they look at 2008 is that we made a distinction between real and virtual.’— William Gibson, author of ‘Spook Country’appearing Saturday at Barnes By Joan Ruddiman Special Writer     The hands-down favorite genres of the people I see most often — middle school kids — are…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: ‘Key Ingredients’ delights at Historic Walnford

    By Pat Tanner Special Writer     A special traveling exhibition of the Smithsonian Institution called “Key Ingredients: America By Food” is currently ensconced at Historic Walnford, the 19th-century gristmill and beautiful 18th-century country estate in Upper Freehold, just outside Allentown. A delicious, easy-to-take treat for anyone even remotely interested in the history and sociology of…

  • SCENES: Burt Bacharach at McCarter

    ‘Do you know the way to Aisle J?’ Gala Photos by Bentley Drezner By Michael Redmond Lifestyle Editor     Somewhere, the theater gods must be smiling.     Back a while, McCarter Theatre was pitching its 2008 gala benefit with the promise, “It’s cold outside now, but this June McCarter Theatre is going to really heat…