Happy Holidays in Ho-Ho-Hoboken. One week left till Christmas Eve! Do you still have shopping to do?

As always, feel free to send gift-wrapped tips, pics, and comments to: Hoboken411@gmail.com. Yes, I’m still wearing shorts. It’ll be 63 degrees on Monday!

News, items of importance:

• 77 Park – Still open.
• Benny’s Pizza – Giant slices aren’t the only thing leaving the door!

Town Government:

• SW Parks – The single most important item on this weeks Council Agenda.
• Automated Garage – Closes today for the next week or so.
• St. Mary – The more we look at this, the harder it gets to understand.
• Private Parking – Is a one way street. Steeply up up up.
• Westside Parks – Have to stay on top of our elected officials, otherwise we’d never see the sun.

Events:

• Little Shop of Horror’s – Today’s the last day of this Kid’s Musical.

New or Coming Soon:

• Four L’s – Coming next month to replace Favia Lite.
• Hobokengreetings.com – The new web shop opened by local artist Ray Smith.
• Garden of Eden – Coming this Tuesday or Wednesday. Local shoppers rejoice!
• MackeyBlue – Retro shop uptown cuts the ribbon yesterday.
• Lhea Skincare – Officially unlocked the doors last week.
• Sushi House (uptown) – Will be opening in the next week or two!

Doomed:

• Sleep Cheap – Rising rents causes sleepless nights and eventual exodus for this local furniture shop.
• “Cleaner” – Plurally-challenged dry cleaner saying sayonara when they shut down on the 30th.

Reviews:

• Fowad – Amazing how a face-lift can attract new customers to this sample-based clothing shop.

Fun, Games and Random Observations:

• Hoboken Christmas Gallery – Browse the great Christmas images shot at night.
• Christmas Bonuses – Environmentally sapping SUVs dominate the comments to this article about xmas bonuses.
• Addicting holiday game – Is fun, but testing my patience.

Recent Town Incidents:

• Incident Map – Robberies, delinquents and the usual INEPT DRIVERS make the cut.

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