Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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Local impact of Dow Jones sale remains unclear
Bancroft family, owners of the Wall Street Journal’s parent company, agree to sell firm to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. By: Paul Koepp, Staff Writer It’s too soon to tell if the impending purchase by News Corp. of Dow Jones & Co. will have repercussions in South Brunswick, a company spokeswoman said. Dow Jones spokeswoman Andrea…
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En Plein Sight
An exhibit of landscape paintings at the Historical Society of Princeton captures historic buildings and farms. "I feel like I paint with a gun to my head," Brett Weaver says matter-of-factly, "…to get it before the light changes." This direct "jump right out and attack it" approach at first seems to contrast with the fragility…
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Is it getting crowded?
I can’t get out EK It takes me about 1/2 hour to get from Nassau & 571 over to the Rt1 Circle!
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Lunch
EK It’s not even worth it to leave the office and go have lunch in Downtown Princeton. Finding a parking spot will "eat" up most of my lunch time, and all the frustration of finding one, I’ll loose my appetite anyway!
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Good-bye grits, hello quinoa
Back in 2000, restaurant vet Don Levy was planning to open a gourmet hot dog stand in an old gas station when he heard about a 1947 diner near his home in the Boston suburbs. He sweet-talked the owners into selling, then spent two months refurbishing the 86-seat Deluxe Town Diner. "We wanted to bring…
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Carry-on rules not too sobering for wineries
BERKELEY, California (AP) — Six weeks after travelers were restricted from carrying wine aboard airplanes, some wineries report they’ve been able to maintain tasting room sales by offering new shipping and stowage options. "It’s amazing how adaptable wine lovers are," said Wendy Peterson, executive director of the Sonoma Valley Visitors Bureau. Taking home a bottle…
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Inquisition-era prison getting rare tourist traffic
Tourists will be able to see graffiti scrawled on the walls by prisoners during the Inquisition.
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Q&A: Impressions from Thailand
Andrea Ross of Journeys Within, which offers tours of Southeast Asia, answers our questions about travel safety and day-to-day life in Bangkok since military leaders took seized control of the government on September 19 Q: When did you arrive in Bangkok, and what is your role there? Andrea Ross, director at Journeys Within A: I…
