This Saturday the Liberty Humane Society is throwing it’s second annual Hamilton BARK Festival, at Hamilton Park, from 12-7pm. Hamilton BARK is a one-day community festival and fundraiser for LHS, including live entertainment and activities for children, adults, and four-legged family members! To raise awareness of this awesome event I thought it would be cute to interview a local […]
The Book of Helga
Alex Pergament is a photographer and artist who happens to also practice Law… usually it is the other way around, a Lawyer who does art as a hobby… but not in this case. I met Alex about a year ago around the Jersey City art scene, and have been following his work ever since. A […]
JCITFF Summer Blockbuster Party!
Last October, I attended the Jersey City Film Festival Opening night at Parlay Studios, it was the first time I ever got a Press pass and officially covered a local event with a red carpet and some of Jersey City’s coolest peeps. I had a blast! This sort of thing is so up my alley…. […]
A day at PS 22
A few weeks ago, at a local restaurant I ran into friend Joel (aka NemoBeatz) and he told me all about his experience as Principal for the day at Public School #22. He wouldn’t stop raving about Oscar (the real principal) and about all the students so I forced Joel to put me in touch […]
Mackienzie King
Mackienzie King is a force to be reckoned with, I give her a year before she becomes a Jersey City legend. We found each other on social media a few months ago and immediately connected. Mackienzie is 24 years young and has more experience under her belt than most of us…she is a talented clothing/graphic […]
Mini Weekend Roundup
Last weekend was a little intense…even for me. After covering what seemed to be around 1,000 different events for the Epic Jersey City weekend roundup, I needed an epic nap. This weekend, I decided to take it “easy” and chose 5 events that I wanted to hit up for myself, for the family and for […]
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra to Host FREE Concerts in Jersey City
Ever since Jennifer Morrill, the Mayor’s press secretary (and now new friend) added me to the press list, I feel like I hold a key to all the new things going on in Jersey City and that it is now part of my duty to relay the fun happenings that are going on in our […]
Marwa Saadawi
A few weeks ago after my tour of local JSQ businesses supporting the Egyptian Festival (which is happening this Saturday) and then dinner at The Marina Seafood Restaurant with Ahmed Shedeed. I wanted to learn more about the Egyptian community in Jersey City. The first person that came to mind, was Ramy Eid, the first […]
The European Wax Center Jersey City
Waxing, we all do it but no one really talks about it. It’s one of those things that people are embarrassed to admit that they do, well here I am, my name is Lynn and I wax religiously… So there! #noshame #nohair I’ve been going to The European wax center for almost 3 years now […]
Introducing the Grandma Downtown ChicpeaJC Roll!
Exactly a year ago, I met Krista aka Grandma Downtown at the HDSID Farmers market and it was love at first sight. Since then we’ve become great friends, we shot a really fun ChicpeaTV episode and we went to eat hot dogs at the legendary Boulevard Drinks in JSQ. Grandma Downtown’s face and buns… I […]
Journal Square Green Market
This Saturday kicks off the Journal Square Green Market along with the 10th Annual Egyptian Festival in the Journal Square PATH Pavilion. Ever since my tour with Ahmed Shedeed, the brains behind the Egyptian Festival, I’ve been counting down the days for this Saturday! I thought it would be cool to reach out to a […]
Swimming in Jersey City
The summer season is here!! After an epic winter it’s time to take advantage of the warm months! I was recently added to the city’s “press list” (I am so excited btw) and got a press release from Mayor Steven Fulop‘s press secretary Jennifer Morrill about the Opening of Pools & Park Sprinklers Citywide. I thought […]
Harmonica Sunbeam
Harmonica Sunbeam has been on my radar ever since I did a full week of posts dedicated to the LGBTQ festivities in Jersey City. Eddie Baez, the man behind “Gayborhood”, a social group for our LGBTQ community said to me over coffee, “Wait till you meet THE Harmonica and see her perform”. A few days […]
Epic Jersey City Weekend Roundup
I am not exactly sure how I even have the energy to write this weekend roundup post after covering like 2,803 different events while also being a human and mom…. with that being said, I would like to apologize in advance to the spelling and grammar police for this post. It might be a little […]
The Creative Culture
I have to start this post by saying at how humbled I am that people are actually interested in hearing about my journey and what I have to say about my work and how I do it all. Sub-City Junction invited me to take part of their first panel discussion, Redefining entrepreneurship: Navigating through unique career […]
Autism NJ’s 50th Anniversary
Last night I attended “Time to Toast”, Autism NJ’s 50th year celebration cocktail to create autism awareness, celebrate and talk about their November 5th Gala at Liberty State Park. I am always up for supporting these amazing organizations that make a huge impact on peoples lives. As a mother I can understand how helpless parents […]
Top 5 Things to do this Weekend in Jersey City!!
I am feeling very nostalgic, this weekend it will be a year since my first ever “weekend roundup” post. I think it was actually what cemented this whole blogging experience for me. I covered so many events I felt like my head would spin… I remember being so exhausted at the end of the weekend […]
10th Annual Egyptian Festival June 13th!
A few weeks ago, Don Smartt, administrator for the Journal Square Special Improvement District, enlisted me to help spread the word about the 10th Annual Egyptian Festival happening Saturday June 13th in the Journal Square PATH Transportation Center Concourse, which starts at noon and will go till 10pm. I was so beyond excited to explore […]
Jersey City 70s Summer Styles
When I started ChicpeaJC over a year ago, I was going to focus most of my writing around fashion and stylish people. If you look back at some of my firsts posts, they were all about “what I am wearing” and stylish people….then this blog just morphed into an all-encompassing culture blog, covering everything from […]
Marina Seafood Restaurant
The 10th Annual Egypt fest is happening Saturday, June 13th in the Journal Square plaza. A few weeks ago I met with Ahmed Shadeed, the brain behind this amazing yearly event to get the background scoop on all those in the community who are involved (post coming soon). While I was getting to know Ahmed Shadeed […]
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