Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

Stuart Kerachsky of Princeton     So all of the fuss about moving the Dinky station is about a possible walk comparable to the “trek” from Small World Coffee to the Princeton Public Library? (See the story in The Princeton Packet last Friday). We focus on the most trivial things.    The proposed move of the station…

Julie Fox of Princeton     We are getting used to seeing Robert Hillier’s name in our paper and also in our letters to the editor objecting to his projects for Princeton. Mr. Hillier’s next assault, will come before the zoning board of the borough for his project on little Greenview Avenue.    We wrote quite a…

By Pat Tanner Special Writer     By now, many of us have read or heard this mantra from the cover of “In Defense of Food,” Michael Pollan’s latest book: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” He elaborates for 200 pages on how he came to endorse each of these directives, and he does so…

Richard M. Glazer of Lawrence     The article in The Princeton Packet last Friday (“Johnson Park school traffic risks addressed”) implied that passing on the right using the right hand turn lane is illegal. I do not believe that it is illegal.    The New Jersey Driver Manual (page 38 of the 1999 edition) states: “In…

I often joke that during some in-home appraisal visits, I feel the need to transform from Dr. Lori to Dr. Phil. By Dr. Lori Special to The Packet     Recently the popular “Dear Abby” advice column printed a letter from a woman who had a very good experience during an in-home appraisal.     The writer…

Mitch Forest of Forest Jewelers in Princeton appraises jewelry donated to the Trinity Church Rummage Sale as parishioner Janet Haring looks on. Mr. Forest has been donating his expertise to the rummage sale for some 25 years and has kept the organizers from making some costly mistakes. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

    Richard Tang Yuk, artistic director of the Princeton Festival, has announced that the 2008 festival season — its fourth — will take audiences to the end of the 19th century and “la Belle Epoque” (“the beautiful era”) of impressionism, Art Nouveau, the can-can, high-spirited good living, and flourishing art, music and technology.     The…

By Pam Hersh Special Writer     What Governor Jon Corzine needs these days is a box of Girl Scout cookies.     The value of the cookies for him and other political leaders lies not in the contents (although a few Thin Mints might provide the sugar rush for a quick mood elevation), but rather in…

Albert S. Gates of Princeton     I am writing about an application for zoning variances by Hillier Properties, LLC that involves tearing down three houses on Greenview Avenue and building a block of condos in their place. The Borough Zoning Board is scheduled to review this application on Thursday, February 28 at 8 p.m. in…