Times are crazy right now between COVID-19 and the world fighting against racial injustices, and let’s not forget those murder hornets. It’s clear that changes HAVE to be made right now, and aside from standing up and protesting, our civic duty is to vote. If we want to bring about real change, we need people […]
Robbie Doran- Cycle’s For Coffee
Times are weird, am I right? It’s been tough to balance news/COVID info with positive content that we normally are known for at ChicpeaJC.com. In the last few weeks, we’ve been really focusing on blog posts to help promote local businesses and uplift the community. When I hear positive stories about members of the community, […]
Babes of Jersey City – Essential Workers
What a weird time, is the beginning of every conversation these days. It truly is, but you know what’s wonderful about what’s going on? Is that the world is recognizing who the true heroes are. Not our celebrities and reality stars, definetly not our politicians. But our Doctors, our nurses, our police officers and firefighters, […]
Jersey City Police Officer Tony Vlachos Wins Season 40 of Survivor!
We love happy news! JCPD North District officer Tony Vlachos wins Season 40 of hit show “Survivor” and will wins $2Million! Wow! This is his second win on the hit show and his third time participating. He is 46 years old, so this shuts down anyone saying “I’m too old to crush life”. JERSEY CITY […]
Catching up with Rolando Lavarro
We recently caught up with Councilperson Rolando Lavarro over Zoom to chat about everything going on right now as well as his story. Rolando tested positive for COVID-19 back in March and tells us all about his experience. We both got very emotional talking about the loss of Michael Yun to this virus. Rolando also […]
Frank “Educational” Gilmore
Frank Gilmore, a Jersey City native, is the founder of the Educational Gilmore Community Learning Center in Jersey City. He is an incredible human being with an inspiring story. I had the chance to interview him over a zoom call a few weeks ago. We talked about how he turned his life around from being […]
Babes of Jersey City – Nurses
This week is Nurses Appreciation week, and we wanted to kick things off with Babes of JC- Nurses edition. We are so thankful to these incredible people for all that they do. Our frontline workers are our true heroes! Beatrice Fontano – @bf0ntan0 Bea Fontano and her family immigrated to Jersey City from the Philippines […]
Nabil Miftahi and the JC Relief Squad
Meet Nabil, a true jack of all trades. He can do anything and everything from graphic design to DJing to fashion design. We interviewed him back in 2015 and since then, he’s grown to be an incredible artist and great pal. As we’ve been raising money through our JC Relief Squad to go toward meals […]
JC Locals Ep 4: It Takes A Village
Our next JC Locals spotlight is on the family behind It Takes A Village, an infant and toddler preschool center on Ocean Ave that runs on a High Scope curriculum. The food is made in-house, the students are encouraged to enjoy learning, and the drive behind the program is the family’s desire to give back […]
Councilman Michael Yun
Updated April 6, 2020 So incredibly sad. Jersey City Councilperson Michael Yun has passed away from COVID-19 related complications. He was a proud family man, business owner, and Jersey City advocate. He wore the cutest bowties. I had the honor of interviewing him a few years ago. Rest in peace, Councilman Yun. It’s w/a heavy […]
The Jersey City COVID-19 Diaries
Been a crazy couple of weeks – feels like a strange dream or a movie. My husband and I started self-isolating Friday evening after I returned home from work; I took a quick run outside along the waterfront (keeping my 6ft+ distance from others), and grabbed a few essentials like almond milk and lemons from […]
The Story Of Mark Bustos
“The NYC Hair Stylist That Gives Free Haircuts To The Homeless” Feel good click bait articles always get me, talented people doing good things give me hope in a crazy world filled with so much scary shit and people like Mark make the world a better place, one haircut at a time. Months later after […]
Catching up with Business Administrator Brian Platt
If you don’t know the name, Brian Platt, well you should. He makes shit happen in Jersey City, and is a dear old friend of mine. I call him the Clark Kent of Jersey City, and he’s an OG Babe of JC. Last month, Mayor Fulop announced Brian Platt ranked number 2 for the 2019 […]
Meet Lewis Spears: Educator, Author, Activist
Lewis Spears is an educator, author, and activist born and raised in Jersey City. During his time teaching, he noticed that some of the young men in his class weren’t meeting certain academic benchmarks and he was inspired to create Kismet of Kings, an after-school organization dedicated to academic and character development. He later wrote […]
8 Jersey City community leaders + creatives who inspire us
As we continue to celebrate Black History Month, we’re highlighting individuals in Jersey City who continue to inspire us as they pursue their passions with an entrepreneurial spirit and work toward helping the community. Meet 8 people in Jersey City we adore for their talents and hard work! Angela McKnight Angela McKnight is an Assemblywoman […]
Artist Spotlight: The Innovataz “Another day another hit record!”
Nowadays, it is very rare that you will meet a group of people who are able to work together on the same goal and no one will try to outshine the next person. The Innovataz Production Group is a team of young men who all have a common goal and that is to make music […]
Artists of Jersey City – February
For the Artists of Jersey City series, we feature talented individuals from the area of all media – photography, videography, poetry, watercolor painting, sculptures, anything creative. This month, meet artists Lawrence, Ashley, and Liz. If you or anyone you know would like to be featured for our Artists of Jersey City articles, let us know […]
Joe Wood Forever
I’ve been really trying to be a lot more open and honest on this blog in the last year or so because life is so hard and fucked up sometimes. All humans go through crazy shit, but we live these thought-out, curated, happy lives online and it’s a big fucking lie. I’m happy. Generally, I’m […]
Young Jersey City Entrepreneurs
Jersey City, as most know, is overflowing with talented individuals. This urban city houses every kind of prodigy from artists and pastry chefs to singers and hairstylists. What is even more remarkable about our city’s surplus of talented people is that most of these people are extremely young. Here are just a few of the […]
Babes of Jersey City – January
January is like the Monday of months, so let’s end the month on a high note with our Babes of JC. Meet our four local hotties. Next month, we would like to highlight Babes of JC – the Couples Edition. Nominate your favorite local couples on Instagram! Tas Aleeah – @tasaleeah Tas Aleeah is a […]
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