This past Saturday, I was thrilled to experience my first ever candle making class by Wax Kandy. Kimberly Sumpter, Owner and Operator of Wax Kandy, hosted her first Candles, Cocktails, and Conversations event. It was intimate, fun and heavenly (everyone picked amazing scents!). The conversations were definitely happening and it was great to see how candle making brought people […]
Break A Leg Showcase
I was excited to cover the Break a Leg Showcase organized by Charles Kosani, a Hip-Hop emcee, coordinator of performance showcases and chef-in-the-making! It’s always great to support the local Hip-Hop scene in Jersey City. I was especially excited to see how many New Jersey underground greats were on the bill, a few of whom I’ve shared […]
Golden Door Film Festival Opening Night
As I walked out of the 1920s theatre doors into the brisk night air, I must’ve been nearing floating off the sidewalk. I was on such a high from the night I just experienced. Stars, a red carpet, drinks flowing, music playing…I’m talking about the opening night of the 5th annual Golden Door Film Festival. […]
South House Ribbon Cutting
South House is a “southern” style new restaurant on Newark Ave that’s been open for a few weeks. They had their official grand opening this past Thursday with Mayor Steven Fulop. I haven’t been there yet so I took the opportunity to check it out and also get a cocktail while I was at it. […]
Lunar Mania! at Liberty Science Center
Last night the hubby and I attended Lunar Mania! at the Liberty Science Center. A special “after hours” event to witness a rare supermoon eclipse—the only one we’ll see for the next 18 years! When the moon travels into Earth’s shadow, its entire visible surface appears light red. We arrived at around 7:45pm and we were greeted by Mary […]
The Hamilton Park BBQ Recap
What a way to spend a Saturday! My eight-year-old sister Vianka and I made our way over to Hamilton Park’s annual BBQ festival. As soon as we got there we smelled the sweet smell of smoky goodness. We made a lap around all the tents to see what our options were, and Vianka immediately took […]
Jersey City Fashion Week
Last week was the 5th Annual Jersey City Fashion Week. A few days before the festivities began, Priscilla Pender a PR chick who helps the founder Desha Lang Jackson, reached out to let me know that I would be getting an award as “Person of Influence.” I was absolutely ecstatic and so appreciative of the […]
Jersey City Happy Hour Drinks & Eats Specials
Monday – September 28th Corporate Happy Hour @ 6th Borough Restaurant Start your week off right with $20 for 3 hours of food and drinks! This includes: Beers Mixed Drinks Pizza Snacks & More! Tuesday – September 29th Taco Tuesday @ LITM 3 Tacos for just $10! Not to mention the following drink specials: $3 […]
Goal Setting and Staying on Track
Setting goals and staying on track is what I struggle with the most. Now that I work for myself every day is so different and never usually goes as planned. It’s been increasingly difficult to stay on top of my diet when I have to meet with people over food, blog about restaurants or attend […]
Help Bag Hunger
Nationwide mayors and state representatives participated with the local ShopRite of their towns and bagged groceries for a number of eager customers. Mayor Steven Fulop partnered with the ShopRite of Jersey City to help bagging groceries in order to raise funds and awareness for national hunger. Mayor Fulop’s effort is part of ShopRite’s annual “Help […]
Matty D.
I saw Matty D. perform for the first time at a festival by Hamilton Park almost a year ago and I loved his energy. Matty D, is a natural born entertainer, an extremely skilled guitar player that was put on this earth to make people smile and have a good time. Matty D. is honestly […]
New Jersey’s Tallest Residential Building
This afternoon I attended the topping out of Mack-Cali’s URL Harborside, a residential building currently still under construction. The building stands at 69 stories at 713 Feet and will be the tallest residential building in New Jersey!! I arrived at a little after 1pm to a crowd of people from local business people, construction workers […]
Top Twelve Things to do This Weekend in Jersey City
The weekends have finally calmed down enough for us to resume our top events to attend on our break from the work week! This week has already started off very strong with the beginning of Jersey City Fashion Week and the Golden Door Film Festival there’s oh-so-much great stuff going on. To celebrate the start […]
#PowerOurPlanet and Stanford Reid
A couple months ago I sat down with actor, pop artist, music producer, screenwriter, inventor, former NJCU student and all around Renaissance man, Stanford Reid, to talk about his upcoming projects. As eager as he was to talk about his work, I was just as eager to get to know a lot more about him […]
Style Upgrade: Pop Singer Giselle Bellas
I first met Giselle a few months ago; we have a common friend who introduced us and thought we might be interested in working together. You may have seen CHICpeaJC’s recent article on Giselle and her amazing music, but for those who do not know, Giselle is an incredibly talented singer and songwriter and I […]
Secret Empire
Shot by Greg Pallante I met Natty Adams a little over a year ago at his book signing event at Another Man’s Treasure. Natty, a Jersey City resident wrote “I am Dandy” which is a book about “The return of the Gentleman.” Natty and Rose Callahan, an amazing photographer, traveled the world to interview and photograph […]
The 6th Annual Hamilton Park BBQ
The 6th annual Hamilton Park BBQ Festival is less than a week away – this Saturday, September 26th from noon to 8pm at Hamilton Park! The BBQ Festival is going to be a great time for the whole family. This event is not just a great party, with delicious food, live music and fun for […]
No Honeymoon Mini-Tour
One event that I was particularly excited to cover was Brooklyn-based No Honeymoon’s mini-tour kickoff at sometimes burrito joint/most of the time venue, The Dopeness. Kicking off the show was Done, an incredibly high energy dose of indie noise rock in the vein of bands such as Unsane and Shellac. These guys set the bar […]
Indiegrove
I left my corporate job a little over a year ago and since then I’ve been dwelling local coffee shops, working from home or from wherever I can get a decent signal. I carry a huge backpack with my computer, camera and all my office supplies. At first it was fun because I was able […]
Weekly Jersey City Happy Hour Specials
We are back again! We at Have a Night were very excited to hear all the positive feedback from our first post last week! If you can’t get enough, be sure to follow us on Instagram (@haveanight_jc) throughout the week too! Monday – September 21st Martini Monday @ Pint If $5 Martinis doesn’t rid your […]
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