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A-Rod in Hoboken?

Well, this is a damn shame. Only AFTER I move out of Hoboken, does A-Rod move in.. he’s after all the young women in town, if you ask me. I’s too bad, though.. if I still lived there, I certainly would’ve carried a lead pipe with me at all times.. just in case. This guy is [...]

Some things will not be missed

With the 2006 Major League Baseball playoffs kicking off this evening, I figured it’d be a great time to mention one key item that will not be missed upon leaving the greater New York City area: The Yankees Fans. Take a look at Exhibit A: This is the window of a Laundramat on Washington Street (between 9th [...]

A site about the ‘boken

Since Miss Possible and I moved here a little over a year ago, we’ve often struggled to find a decent site about the goings on in The ‘Boken. There was always Hobokeni.com but that was just a site used for reviews, for the most part. Some of which were fairly out of date. On my way [...]

Bringing Boylston to the ‘Boken

It’s funny how you stumble onto things.. for instance, just last Friday the Captain, Mrs. Larby and myself were wandering around “Lower Hoboken” (if you can call it that) looking for a place to kill some time and grab a quick drink. We decide on a place called McSwiggans, that we’ve no doubtedly called attention [...]

Smokin’ in the Boken

On April 15, 2006 the State of New Jersey banned smoking from all bars and restaurants in the entire state. It’s the 11th state in the nation to impose such a ban, and let me tell you — we’re glad. Coming from Boston just about a year ago, one thing I immediatley noticed was the [...]