Hoboken Week in Review: 7/1/2012

Weekly Recap for Hoboken, NJ – July 1, 2012

Happy July 1st, everyone. The “dog days of summer” are what lie ahead for the next couple months, so stay cool!

A selection of noteworthy posts for the week ending Sunday, July 1, 2012:

Politics and City Happenings

• Sinatra Park Money Trap – At what point do you get your head out of the sand and make sound fiscal decisions?
• Dave Mello – Gives the words “reform” and “classy” a bad name.
• No Fireworks at Stevens – You’ll have to pick a different spot to watch!
• Red Hoboken Curbs – Our crazy city “at work.”
• Some bikers are entitled – And hate cars.

Updates & Events

• Matt & Meera – Delicious new restarant opens on the Avenue.
• Kolo Klub – Hoboken’s newest event space opened last week.
• Artichoke Pizza – Looks like words they’re “choking” on.
• Serenity Boutique – Closes up at 8th & Wash.
• eMazzanti aWarded – Microsoft Top Partner of 2012.
• Cool Beans – Refreshing mobile coffee truck quenches thirst and tingles taste buds along the waterfront.
• Downtown Farmers’ Market – The final Hoboken farmers’ market opens up.
• Clearview Cinemas – New movie debuts, and more (Buy your tickets online!)
• Movies Under the Stars – Continues through the summer.

This week in History

• 1979: The Sony Walkman was introduced. Wow, we’ve become 10x more self-centered as a society since then!

Inspirational Quote of the Week:

“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”