Shot by Greg Pallante A fun fact about me, I used to be a Hip Hop Director at my college radio station back when I lived in Montreal and had a morning show “Hip Hop with DJ Coko and Big Dave” ( I don’t know why I chose such an awful nickname). After two years […]
Get to know the HDSID
Have you ever wondered who was behind all the downtown happenings? The Street Fairs, Farmers Market, Groove on Grove, Ribbon cuttings and most importantly who is in charge of keeping out streets cleaned? It is the wonderful people of the Historic Downtown Special Improvement District aka the HDSID. Almost a year ago, I met Rachel […]
Top 3 Burgers in Jersey City
May is national burger month and tomorrow is Memorial Day, which means almost everyone will be outside cooking up burgers, from the veggie kinds to the fancy ones. About a month ago, professional burger eater/connoisseur/writer Dave “Rev” Ciancio tweeted at me and said we should collaborate. We came up with the idea to have all […]
Stay Free Movement
I try to surround myself with positive and outgoing people, which is what Zak, Steve and the Stay Free Movement is all about. I first met Steve at a local charity event “Comics for Cancer” a few months ago, he walked up to me and gave me a huge hug and said “I am a […]
Ali Peters- Jersey City Fashion Stylist
As some of you may know by now, fashion is a huge part of my life. So when Ali, a local fashionista and stylist approached me to work together, I was apprehensive at first. My reaction was “I don’t need a stylist, I am a stylist!”. Since Ali is one of the most stylish people […]
Cicada Radio
In an attempt to cover more musical genres in the Jersey City scene, I put out on social media that I wanted to take a “hip hop” break and get on the rock n roll side of things. Upon seeing my status, Josh Bartchs, the drummer from Cicada Radio got in touch and sent me […]
O’Leary’s Publik House
Anyone who asks me “What’s your favorite interview?” I alway say “The Pride of the Fourth Battalion“, a post about Jersey City firefighters that went up as a tribute on 9/11. Those few hours I spent with Battalion 4 at Engine 9 and hearing their stories changed my life. Ever since that post I realized […]
Hideaway!
Happy Wednesday friends. It’s been a while since my last dance video post and since we are all getting in shape for the summer I wanted to share one of my favorite summer jams. It’s not very “hip hoppy” but it’s a really fun choreography, inspired by the actual Kesza “Hideaway” video. Hope you enjoy! […]
Food Revolution Day with Bambino Chef
When I am not stuffing my face with pizza or burgers for blog posts, I eat extremely healthy. I’ve always been a huge advocate for healthy and clean eating and I try my best to always incorporate real and whole foods in my family’s diet. A week ago I ran into Rene, aka Bambino Chef […]
One Year of ChicpeaJC
As part of the ChicpeaJC turns one party at Union Republic, we put together a slideshow of all the people and businesses that were featured this year on the blog and projected it on the wall… One picture and one quote per post. It was so fun to look at all the posts from the […]
Charles Kessler
Almost a year ago while plugging away at The Warehouse, one of the baristas pointed out Charles Kessler and asked me if I knew him. At the time I was embarrassed to say that I did not. The barista shook his head and said, “If you are going to blog about art, you should know […]
Central Ave Auto & Music Show
I grew up around car enthusiasts, my father used to own a car dealership for many years and I actually worked for a few others when I lived in Montreal. When David Diaz from the Central Ave Special Improvement district told me about the Auto Show I knew I needed to come check it out. […]
Riverview Farmers Market
Two weeks ago the Riverview Farmers kicked off in the Heights (sorry for not posting this sooner!!) It was an intense weekend for me as I covered around 10 Jersey City events in less than 2 days so I thought it would be nice to take the morning off and explore this wonderful farmers market […]
ChicpeaJC Turns One- The Video
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ChicpeaJC Turns One – Party Time
Last Friday ChicpeaJC turned one. It was the most insane/emotional/overwhelming day since I started my blogging career…I started my day at 5am and waited with much anticipation to post an interview I’ve been waiting for since I started; My article about Mayor Steven Fulop. After it was shared on social media and the storm had […]
Historic Downtown Farmers Market
Last Thursday was the official kick off of the Grove Street Farmers market season! For months I’ve been dreaming about the pickle dude, the fresh kale, Busy Bee’s nut butters and Grandma Downtown’s buns (and breads). It’s no secret that eating local fresh produce is by far the healthiest option, and it’s even better when […]
IronPlate Jersey City
Bikini season is upon us… Since I started ChicpeaJC I gained a nice 10Lbs from all the food spots I’ve been checking out, weeks ago I told myself I would kick it into high gear and get myself ready for the summer… then I woke up and it was already mid May!! IronPlate to the […]
Sasha
Sasha is the last (but not least), of the Balance Salon “Stylish Peep” edition and she is a total babe! She seems a little quiet and reserved in comparison to the rest of the Balance crew but definitely has her own rock n roll style going on. I know many Jersey City “stylish peeps” that […]
Dancing Tony – Rock-it Docket
On Friday, I celebrated ChicpeaJC’s one year anniversary with the biggest post of my blogging career; my interview with Mayor Steven Fulop. The day after the post, I thought to myself “Who/what would be a worthy post to follow the Mayor?!” and right away I thought about the guy who “runs fun” in Jersey City: […]
Diana’s Fried Chicken
A few months ago at a Comedy Benefit for Cancer at the Dopeness I met Steve Donz, one of the founders of The Stay Free Movement. SFM is a non profit organization that “promote a person’s ability to “Stay Free” of negativity and to protect what keeps them free physically, mentally, and spiritually” (post coming soon). […]
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