Election Time and Hoboken: US Senate Race

Everyone knows about the upcoming Presidential election and the two major party candidates, John McCain and Barak Obama. But how about the local elections? In New Jersey we have a US Senate seat up for election. The incumbent is Frank Lautenberg (Democrat) and challenging him is Dick Zimmer (Republican). Frank Lautenberg was a long time senator from NJ and retired in 2001 after serving from 1983. After Senator Torricelli withdrew in 2002 from seeking reelection, Mr. Lautenberg ran for that Senate seat and easily won by a 10% margin.

Dick Zimmer was a US Congressman from southern NJ serving from 1991 until 1997. He decided not to run in 1996 as he ran for the US Senate seat vacated by Bill Bradely. Mr. Zimmer lost that election to Mr. Torricelli by a 10% margin.

To find out more about each candidate click on these links below:

Mr. Zimmer's Campaign Website
Mr. Lautenberg's Campaign Website
GovTrack page for Senator Lautenberg

Challenge!

I'm challenging myself to blog daily for the next 10 days. If any of my readers blog, I welcome them to join me.

Catholic Churches In Hoboken

I'm Roman Catholic and attend mass at Sts Peter and Paul on Hudson at 4th st. But within a few blocks there are another 3 Roman Catholic churches:

Our Lady of Grace (Willow and 4th)
St Ann's (Jefferson and 6th)
St Francis (Jefferson and 3rd)

So today I took a walk with my camera and took some shots of these 4 churches. Enjoy!

St Francis



Sts Peter and Paul





St Ann




Our Lady Of Grace

Hoboken House Tour

Its been awhile but I wanted to let everyone know about the upcoming Hoboken House Tour sponsored by the Hoboken Historical Society. The date is Sunday October 26 from 10 am to 4 pm. Its a self paced tour. You redeem your ticket at the Hoboken Historical Museum on Hudson Street at 13th Street for a map of the houses that will be opened to tour. For more details and where to get tickets click here.

Third Starbucks Opens in Hoboken

This past week a third Starbucks opened here in Hoboken. Its located on Washington Street between 3rd and 4th streets. Many of you probably saw the 'Coming Soon' sign in the window over the last few months. I remember seeing it when I first moved here in June and since its only 3 blocks away from my apartment I had been looking forward to its opening.

I had been going to the Starbucks on Hudson and 12th and will probably continue to go there when I fully recover from my torn muscle. Its a nice 10 minute walk each way, giving me some exercise before and after breakfast. But for now walking to the new Starbucks is perfect. With my injury, its the perfect distance to stretch out my body in the morning.

The new location makes sense to me. Currently there are Starbucks on both ends of town (12th and Hudson and Newark and Hudson). Putting a Starbucks on Washington Street in midtown makes sense. However, I was surprised they did not place it further north so it was equidistant between the two others, say between 6th and 7th. But I'm thinking the location of Panera two doors down from the new location probably had something to do with it. A chance to steal some of those customers!

Update

Unfortunately I had a setback with my pulled glute muscle so I haven't been out and about much in Hoboken. But I do want to write about a few things. One is Sri Thai, a Thai restaurant on the corner of 3rd and Bloomfield. Fortunately for me they deliver and I have had the Shrimp Pad Thai a number of times over the last 3 weeks. I love Pad Thai, particularly the taste of the ground peanuts. Some places make it a bit too dry but not Sri Thai. For me just perfect. I also recommend the Tom Kha Koong. Its a shrimp soup with coconut milk. And of course you can't go wrong with Thai iced tea. They do have dining area but the few times I've eaten there I found the space a bit too cramped. You can find additional reviews here.

Since moving here I have been looking forward to walking the water front along the stretch where Maxwell place is. Due to construction, one had to walk back to Hudson street between 11th and 12th. Now the streets along this stretch of the river are open but views are limited due to drapings on the fences separating the sidewalk from the waterfront pier construction.

The last thing I want to tell you about is East Coast Spine, Joint and Sport Medicine on 7th and Bloomfield. One good thing about my setback with my pulled muscle is that I am getting the professional help I need. So far the experience there has been exceptional.

No Guarantee to be Boot Free

This is terrible. A woman had her car booted even though she had a resident parking decal. Apparently there was another woman on her block with the same name and this second woman did not renew her parking permit for 2008. For details read this article in the Hoboken Reporter.

Just when I thought I was safe!