My City is Cooler Than Your City

Stuff is happening in Jersey City.  I'm sure people have been saying for years that it's "up and coming".  But for real.  I mean it now.  It's up and coming.  Take a look at the indie (and not so indie) world that is Jersey City.

Jersey City Craft Mafia

Art House Productions

Jersey City Independent

summer film series in Van Vorst

All Points West

es oro polymedia

Bergen Arches

our homegrown music

Urban Groundswell

Illustration by JCI - N.I.

Check it out! A little story on gardening and compost I did for an online paper...

Urbanites often forget the worms, and often even the grass. But for a growing number of Jersey City residents, it’s all about the worms. This Earth Day, we’re not only celebrating the groundswell of environmental activity happening around us, but also the literal groundswell in our backyards, parks, and abandoned lots. Soil is being turned, spaded, and hoed all over this town with more than a little help from the worms.

Read on at the Jersey City Independent.

Urban Exploration

Jersey City is full of nooks and crannies of goodness. We've been exploring new streets, neighborhoods, shops, and parks all over town recently. This weekend, we finally got to the elusive Bergen Arches, an abandoned railroad line that runs from downtown JC to Tonnele circle, parallel to Rt. 139, some 85 ft. below the above cross streets and highways. It's now 30 years overgrown, and while it feels a world away from the circus of NJ's highways, it's still an urban retreat, and probably the best gallery of graffiti I've ever seen. Looking forward to seeing it in summer or fall bloom.

Knitting Comes to Jersey City

We're getting our very own knitting store and cafe! I was wondering when somebody was going to open up something like this.

The Stockinette
581 Jersey Ave @ 3rd St

They're in there working away stocking shelves, painting, decorating... due to open in September. VERY exciting news.