The first time I met the fashion savvy Cory Weaver was at a meet ‘n greet event held at Pint this past winter. It was a chance encounter; just a bunch of the JC gays meeting, greeting, drinking, and being social. Cory ended up at my table, and besides being super friendly and über cute, I […]
Resident Spotlight: Eric Blair Carter
I was introduced to Eric Blair Carter at Edward’s Steakhouse when the doors opened to the cheer of “Hot Sauce Guy!” That’s all I needed to hear to know I needed to meet Eric. I spent the next few hours partaking in Eric’s homemade hot sauce (Edward’s keeps a jar of EBC’s small batch hot […]
Mom
A special Stylish Peep post featuring my mom. The following post has nothing to do with Jersey City, but everything to do with me Lynn aka Chicpea. Fashion has always been a huge part of my life and if you ask me who my biggest fashion inspiration is, I will tell you it’s my mother […]
NJCU Street Style
As a college student I’ve totally fallen into the trap of only wanting to wear sweats a whole semester. The days of dressing up to every class have faded, but not for everyone. I took to NJCU to find some stylish peeps who haven’t fallen into the habit of wearing sweats everywhere. I found a […]
Garden State Rollergirls
A few months ago I got an email from Alana aka Banana Sassin, a member of the Garden State Rollergirls. She invited me to join one of their practices out in Newark at the Branch Brook Roller Skating Center. Immediately, I pictured the movie “Whip it” with Ellen Page. I invited friend and photog, Greg […]
Eye Create x ChicpeaJC
I attended stylish peep Hayoner’s Eye Create, Kletband launch event a few weeks ago and he hooked me up with his whole line. As soon as I came home I tried everything on and I was obsessed, for the first time ever a full set of mens clothes fit me like a glove. I texted […]
Ali Maffucci
Ali Maffucci is a huge food blogger, she is the brains behind “Inspiralized.” Ali uses a special kitchen tool and makes creative dishes using vegetables! I started following her and reading her blog a little over a year ago, before I even knew she lived in Jersey City. Ali is an inspiration and we have […]
Why I Am Not Moving to the Burbs
Don’t tell anyone, but I grew up in the suburbs of Long Island. I remember thinking that if I lived there long enough, I would shrivel up and die from boredom. Fast forward to the year 2016, living in Jersey City for 13 years with, dare I say, 2 kids. Granted my kids are too […]
Jase Harley
The past year, I’ve been getting many emails from local artists and musicians asking to be featured on the blog. As much as I would love to interview everyone it is virtually impossible. When Jase Harley emailed me, something inside of me said that I needed to meet him ASAP. He is also friends with […]
Making of a Maker: pAra
When CHICpea recently expanded her writing team, I had to advocate for the ever-inspiring JC Maker Movement. We Jersey City folk have mad love for our Makers around town and at markets – but how many of us know the backstory? I’ll be digging into these Makers’ raison d’etre, beyond the artisan wares they sell. […]
Old School JC: Larry Mullane “A Detective Story”
Larry Mullane’s stories about growing up and working in Jersey City – in the motorcycle and anti-robbery squads and later as a homicide detective for all of Hudson County – have become the stuff of legends for family and friends. His stories have also inspired screenwriters and novelists and led to a second career as […]
Adventures of a JC Playboy Bunny PT3
“Here,” he said in his obligatory English accent, shoving a large, crumpled paper bag at me, clearly still frazzled from whatever had been going on upstairs in the hotel room. “Just make sure you get HIM a cup of ice at each stop and fill it up with this,” he said through chemically clenched teeth. […]
Mint Market Styles
It’s been a very long time since my last “What am I wearing post?” (July!) which is funny because I started ChicpeaJC to write about fashion, outfits etc. The first year of writing the blog, I was dressing up every single day, but now my priorities have changed and you’re most likely going to see […]
Grove Street Styles
When I started writing ChicpeaJC my goal was to take photos of stylish Jersey City people and interview them for my blog. Then well I guess you know what happened… I wanted to bring back the street style posts on a monthly basis. I assigned friend and talented photographer Nabil to find a few Jersey […]
Crazy Legs
Crazy Legs is a legend, a pioneer in the hip hop world. If you know anything about hip hop culture you’ve heard about Rock Steady Crew and about Crazy Legs. In the late 80’s my older brother was an incredible dancer (he still is) and I used to watch him dance and break for hours. We […]
Sakoyah Simmons
I met Sakoyah Simmons a few months ago at a party in Jersey City, I remember she came up to me all giddy and smiling and said “Hey Chicpea, what’s up?” and that was it, I liked her. Her smile is infectious, she is a very beautiful girl both inside and out. Sakoyah is one […]
Freddie Robinson, Jr.
I was first introduced to Freddie over 10 years ago through music. I was in a pop/R&B girl group called Mystiza and he was in an R&B male group called 4Matt. We were introduced by my then manager/producer, Khoa Le, who is now a really amazing film director! I’ve been following Freddie for some time now […]
Adventures of a JC Playboy Bunny – Part 2
A few years ago during an awkward period I like to call “being single,” I accidentally slept with a 21-year-old because of my less than desirable math skills. I had a good fourteen year run of back-to-back monogamous relationships so when I found myself on the shore of modern dating, needless to say, I was […]
Jersey City Street Style Inspiration
When asked where I get my fashion inspiration, nine times out of ten I will say “Street Style.” Before working as a stylist, I spent some time working as a trend forecaster. For trend forecasters, Street Style is our main form of research. Personal style is so interesting and I love seeing how others put […]
Adventures of a JC Playboy Bunny – Part 1
She told me it was $100 and hour, three hour minimum for walking around a tiny city in a bikini, crushing buildings and smashing little people. She told me it was the same as shooting a low budget sci-fi film. Just like Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. The difference was this happened to be […]
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