Fishing is a ritual; as it is for characters in a David James Duncan novel so it is for Jose from Newark who comes to Jersey City with his friends to fish on the weekends, and for Sam, who’s recently decided to try his hand on the Hudson, fishing for Bluefish off of Grundy Pier. It’s a solace for Louis, the fly-fisherman from Alberta, and a bonding experience for Mike and Marlon.
In addition to beer, I’ve always had a fine appreciation for metadata. That is, I love to know anything and everything I can know about a thing, particularly a thing I really like. So, for example, I’m the kind of kid that begged his parents for Star Wars schematic books so I could really understand [...]
Well friends, our secret is out. This past Thursday night my wife Steph and I took a walk around the neighborhood, over to Buon Appetito for a slice, down to the waterfront, back up through Paulus Hook and eventually to our destination, Zeppelin Hall. As we approached from the back, still a good hundred yards [...]
Editor’s note: Who couldn’t go for a beer right about now, after this kind of week here in Jersey City? Beer correspondent (nice title, huh?) Jonathan Fitzgerald is on vacation this week. In his absence he asked a friend, fellow Jersey resident and writer Kevin Gosa, to assume his beer blogging responsibility. (Clearly, he takes [...]
On July 1, 2009 a new law went into effect that made New Jersey one of just three states that offer paid Family Leave Insurance. The bill was signed into law by Gov. Jon Corzine on May 2, 2008 and was the result of over twelve years of intense advocacy by groups such as New [...]
Confession: Surveying the long row of beer taps at Zeppelin Hall is quickly becoming one of my favorite pastimes. I would definitely spend a lot more time walking back and forth considering my choice if a.) I wasn’t sure that people, including the bartender, were annoyed by my level of concentration and b.) I didn’t [...]
I was in Edinburgh, Scotland for a little less than 12 hours, around this time seven years ago. I was with some friends that I had made while studying abroad in Nairobi, Kenya, and we decided to put off returning home by spending a week traveling around the United Kingdom. I’m not sure why we [...]
Editor’s note: The Independent is happy to bring regular contributor Jonathan Fitzgerald into the fold for some blogging. He’ll still be writing features on a regular basis for us; those will just be supplemented by his occasional informal musings on the blog. This is his first post — enjoy. I realize that I’m not the [...]
In the year 1806, in a stately mansion on a hill in Richmond, Va., in the heart of the fledgling nation, an old man struggles to lift himself off his bed to face his attending physician and pronounces with what little strength remains in his ailing body, “I am murdered.” Two weeks later, to the [...]
Editor’s note: A few hours after we published this review, we received the following note from Aphonia lead singer Zeena Koda, which speaks to the band’s EP production values, mentioned in the review: “We actually realized that the batch of CDs you got were damaged (which probably accounts for the production you heard haha!) so [...]
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