Comments on Lunch Date: In Hoboken

his writing about Hoboken makes me want to buy a plane ticket out to Jersey as soon as humanly possible--not because it seems like a beautiful place, or even an interesting place, but he's so artfully passionate about Hoboken that it's kind of hard to not catch some of that enthusiasm

Cool. I had a similar experience after watching The Mighty Ducks.

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Hoboken is a charming city (except on Friday and Saturday nights on Washington Street). I love the little postage-stamp yards filled with religious statuary.

Modern baseball was first played there, too.

"Charming" -- as in "pleasing; delightful" or "exercising magic power"?

As in same root as "enchanting" (from indo aryan kan-)?

Am curious. What, if anything, is pleasing, delightful or magical about Hoboken?

IF not "bewitching; captivating; enrapturing; alluring; fascinating; delightful; pleasurable; graceful; lovely; amiable; pleasing; winning" ??

Is that pizza in your pants, or are you just glad to see me?

I really like this "Lunch Date" feature. keep it up!

Youth hostels I lodged
Kept seeing you as a mirage
Flashes of you were everywhere
HOBOKEN NEW JERSEY!

Brava is fine if you're stuck in the UW, but it's not a very good example of New York style. Piecora's is much better, but still not the same.

I don't really get what you're driving at, unPC, but if you really want an answer, I'd say yes, it's captivating, pleasing, delightful. Miles of old rowhouses, two, three, and four stories high, with microscopic yards, literally about three to five feet deep, and the width of the house, and almost always paved, or with a small planted area. Almost all of them are surrounded by knee-high chain-link fences. The commercial streets are lined with attractive small independent stores. In the warmer months several of the cafes and restaurants have outdoor seating. The downtown area has a number of hulking old commercial buildings, and a lovely train station. There's a lovely park at the north end where the first modern baseball game was played -- Elysian Field.

So, I think charming is a perfectly good word to describe it. You got a problem with that?

very nicely done - great concept, great execution.

Guilty pleasure: that teasing line "Will we end up in bed together?"

Viva La Lunch Date!!!!

Feel free to fly to Belgium. People say Americans don't know were it is, so I'll help you out: it's a small country close to France. The capital is Brussels.

More important: we have a Hoboken to, and as far as I know, your Hoboken is named after ours. Hm, actually, the Belgian Hoboken is a very tiny place and I don't think anything happens there, so if you ever come: try the brilliant city "Gent". ! Great blog, you have!

hm "were" should be "where"..sorry, English is not my language!