by Nancy Herkness | Feb 15, 2012 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
In my last post I talked about all of the new buildings rising up from the ashes of the World Trade Center site. Of course, it is also the site of a terrible tragedy and everyone who works there is very aware of that. The 9/11 museum which is actually under the site...
by Nancy Herkness | Feb 7, 2012 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
We have our very own hometown hero here in Glen Ridge: Steve Plate, the Director of Construction for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. It’s quite a title because he has quite a job: directing the construction of the entire World Trade Center site....
by Nancy Herkness | Jan 27, 2012 | Family, travel, Uncategorized
Handsome Husband and I like to go way, way south to get warm after Christmas. Being wanderers, we rarely go to the same Caribbean island twice. So this year we checked out the Turks and Caicos, staying on the island of Providenciales. My father, who commanded a...
by Nancy Herkness | Dec 22, 2011 | Adventures, holidays, Uncategorized
My friend Betsy and I decided we hadn’t been on an adventure in too long. So we jumped in her car and headed down south of Philadelphia to Longwood Gardens, the “small farm” Pierre S. DuPont transformed into a spectacular estate. At this time of...
by Nancy Herkness | Dec 21, 2011 | holiday gift, Holiday gifts, holidays
Does your significant other like to sing in the shower? Well, now he has the lighting effects to make him feel like a star with the Rainbow Shower Head. And it’s ecologically responsible: the water pressure powers the LED colors. No batteries necessary!...