Hoboken Week in Review: 1/29/2012

Weekly Recap for Hoboken, NJ – January 29, 2012

A selection of noteworthy posts for the week ending Sunday, January 29, 2012:

Politics and City Happenings

• HUMC Risky Business? – Statistics show that the new owners of Hoboken’s only hospital had higher death rates in Bayonne than other area hospitals.
• Sneaky litigation – Mayor Zimmer and her supporters Gerrymandering already.
• YMCA creates a scene uptown – Messy construction and union protests mar an otherwise uneventful corner in the Mile Square.
• Hoboken gets no respect – People love our bars, but trash our neighborhoods. Wait till Hoboken Lepre-Con!

Updates & Events

• La Femme at Gallery 1200 – New Art Gallery opened uptown yesterday.
• Sol Caribe – Delights customers with tasty latin flair and great BYOB status.
• Bye Bye Hoboken Farmboy – One less health food store in town due to high rents.
• Anthropologie – But a chain clothing store can afford to pay the hefty monthly dues!
• Dentist Musical Chairs – Dr. Farag moves her dental practice a block south.
• Hoboken Cabinetry – A kitchen decorating showroom opens in the heart of town later this month.
• D & G Interiors – Interior Decorating company sets up shop on 2nd Street.
• Hudson Restaurant Week – Starts it’s second and final week on Monday. Lunch and Dinner specials at select locations.
• Clearview Cinemas – Seven different movies to choose from this weekend…
• Low Carb Living in Hoboken – More new updates regarding the low carb life in Hoboken. Reviews, tips, tricks and snacks – for a slimmer, healthier you in the new year!

Today in History

• 2002: The phrase “Axis of Evil” used by George W. Bush in his State of the Union address.

Inspirational Quote of the Week:

“You are the embodiment of the information you choose to accept and act upon. To change your circumstances you need to change your thinking and subsequent actions.”