Review: The Monster Who Ate My Peas in SOPAC

Couple of weeks ago we saw the show base on a great book with the same name. A boy becomes friend with a creature who helps him to avoid eating the peas. But it comes at a price. The ageless "deal with the devil" plot is well explained and the proper conclusions are made at the end. The show was delightful. All actors did a great job singing and dancing. The show held everybody's attention for the whole length a little bit under an hour. I wish there were more shows like this in New Jersey.

Great list of interesting places to visit

Free and Almost Free Places For Family Fun in New Jersey And The Surrounding States 2014

Patterson Greate Falls

Paterson Great Falls, NJ from James C. Sengul on Vimeo.

Morristown National Historic Park - Part 3 - Soldiers’ Huts

These reconstructed huts help us to imagine what it was like for soldiers of Continental Army during the winter of 1779-1780.

Kids Jazz Concerts

Come to free Kids Jazz Concerts this fall - courtesy of WBGO. The concerts are happening in different location throughout NJ. The next concert on Saturday, October 12 at 12.30 is at Montclair Art Museum.

Kids Activity Deal

Check out this Groupon to Children's Museum. It is great to use when the weather is nasty outside.

Kids Activity Deal

Great deal on World of Wings in Teaneck.

Morristown National Historic Park - Part 2

Morristown National Historic Park - Part 1

New Jersey has several sights which keep history of the Revolutionary war. Morristown National Historic Park is one of them. This is where Continental Army spent several long winters during the war. A small exibition and a movie in the Visitor's Center really make the history alive.

NJ Botanical Garden on a rainy day

Fallen Tree after Sandy

Hurrican Sandy aftermath in Fair Lawn, New Jersey

It was not as bad as on the Jersey shore but there are a lot of trees down and a lot of people without power.

Ramapo Mountain State Forest

Free Museum Admisson on Museum Day

Fill out this form and get tickets for free admission to select museums on Museum Day, September 24th. The following museums in NJ are participating:

• Acorn Hall
  
• American Labor Museum
  
• Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey
  
• Greate Egg Harbour Township Historical Society Museum
  
• Hoboken Historical Museum
  
• Monmouth County Historical Association
  
• Morven Museum & Garden
  
• Museum of Early Trades & Crafts
  
• Newark Museum
  
• Newton Fire Museum
  
• Old Barracks Museum
  
• Readington Museums
  
• The Historic Village at Allaire
  
• The Paterson Museum
  
• The Roundhouse Museum
  
• The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms
  
• Tuckerton Seaport
  
• USGA Museum and Arnold Palmer Center for Golf History
  
• Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
  

Thanks, MoneySavingMom.

Hurricane Irene aftermath

Picture by James Sengul. Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II Lens Canon EF 24-70mm

Even though it the rain stopped it is still windy and trees and branches are still falling causing power outages in places which were not affected earlier.

Morning of the Hurrican in New Jersey

It was raining all night long and we could hear strong winds. In the morning we discovered large broken branch in our neighbor's backyard and small leak in the basement. Other neighbors are reporting the same: broken trees and branches and leaks in the basement. Electricity is still on and that is what matters. But it is not over yet.

Hurricane Irene is here

Outer bands of the Hurricane Irene have reached Northern New Jersey. It raining heavily on and off but the worst is yet to come. There are Hurricane Warning, Flood Warning and Tornado Warning in effect. We are mostly concerned about falling trees and floods in low lying areas here: it's been raining a lot here lately and soil is already over saturated.

Maplewood Municipal Building

By Steve Santore on Flikr.

East Point Lighthouse

By davensuze on Flickr.

Old trains in Winslow Junction

By Garrett Fondoules on Flickr. Camera Nikon D7000