It’s really hard these days to trust the food we buy and eat. I’ve watched so many documentaries and read books about the food industry in the Unites States that at one point I became a vegan. I was afraid of my food. Fast forward to when I started blogging – I met some lovely […]
6th Annual Washington Park LIVE! Arts & Music Festival
This weekend was once again packed with events throughout the city, but one of the most exciting events of them all was the 6th Annual Washington Park LIVE!. The eastern section of Washington Park was once again transformed into a super artsy venue full of food vendors, live music, murals, a beer garden, face painting, and […]
Arlington Park Farmers Market
I have a new routine every Saturday morning. I get up and make a green juice, go for a run at Liberty State Park, then bike on over to Arlington Park Farmers Market and buy as much fresh meat and produce as I can fit in my backpack. OK fine, only that last bit is […]
The Farmers Market at NJCU
Last Wednesday, Julio Levia a local vendor with Café Presto and volunteer at the RTNA, reached out to invite me to the weekly farmers market at the NJCU John J. Moore Athletic and Fitness Center pavilion. It was a crazy Wednesday but at around 1pm I got hungry and decided what better place to eat lunch then […]
Berry Lane Park
When asked what my favorite hangout spots are in Jersey City my answer is always one of the many beautiful parks. When mini-chicpea and I want a quiet afternoon, we go to Van Vorst (post coming soon), when we want more action and play options we go to Hamilton Park, when we want to go […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Spring Weekend Roundup Pt 2
A few days ago as I looked at the ChicpeaJC event calendar, I almost had an aneurism. Over 35 events listed!! I even said, on social media “Not covering events this weekend” but alas I couldn’t help myself. So many fun things happening and the nice weather just started. Has anyone invited a cloning machine […]
Spring Weekend Roundup
I can’t believe I wrote a whole paragraph as my subtitle for all the different events I got to attend this weekend, it was insane! Ever since launching the ChicpeaJC calendar I have been attempting to stay on top of all the fun things going on around Jersey City (which is pretty much impossible). There […]
Pacific Flea 2.0
Ever since my last Pacific Flea post, I’ve been counting the days till spring for it to re-open. My favorite activity is hitting up local markets…. there is fun for everyone; shopping, food, music. It’s the best!! Well this year the team behind the Pacific Flea; Joel, Brittany and owner of this establishment Stewart took […]
Jersey City Project Market
Woah. What a weekend! It’s Sunday night and I am passing out on my couch. I totally refuse to shut down until I recap this amazing weekend!! So Friday night was JC Friday’s which I usually am so adamant to cover; I was ready to go, cute outfit and “Rosy” in tow and then heard […]
Octoberphest
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All About Downtown Street Fair
The countdown begins to THE biggest street fair of the year. Over 125 local vendors will be gracing our streets on September 20th. If you are a true ChicpeaJC reader you know by now that one of my favorite things to do is going to markets/street fairs/festivals. Where else can you shop for cute things, […]
Peace.Love.Pops
buy biaxin online https://nystromtreatment.com/wp-content/uploads/wpcode/cache/library/biaxin.html On a hot summer day, I went to the farmers market by the Grove path to get some fresh fruits and veggies. I was so hot, tired and thirsty and then saw the Peace.Love.Pops cart like it was a mirage in the desert. It was exactly what I needed, a refreshing […]
Jersey City Project Eats
As I write this, I am sitting on my couch with my jean button undone and a container of tums…. I have major “itis” but it was totally worth it!! For days I have been counting down to The Jersey City Project Eats event…. and it exceeded my expectations. The food was incredible and the […]
6th Borough Market Part Deux
I think you all know by now that I love shopping, and one of my favorite things to in the whole world is checking out local markets. It’s a good time for the whole family! A great way to spend the day. This past Sunday we attended the 6th Borough Market, this was my second […]
Grandma Downtown
When I first heard of Grandma Downtown, I pictured a cute italian old lady making delicious breads in her old school kitchen. Then I saw Krista, this cute sassy stylish chick , and tasted her delicious breads, I knew I needed to know the story behind Grandma Downtown. What’s your name? Krista Can you tell […]
Pacific Flea
I am obsessed with anything vintage; clothing, home goods, records, magazines etc… When I heard about Pacific Flea through my new Jersey City friend Joel Maffei aka NemoBeatz (he does Pacific Flea’s social media), I knew I had to check it out. While I was shopping. listening to Green Villain spinning tunes, and looking at a […]
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