Swamps of Jersey

We own real estate inside that building.  Two small

side-by-side plots, about 18"x36" each.  For at

least 10 days each year, and for about 3 hours on 

each of those days, we are masters of our domain,

landlords, ticket-holders, rabid fanatics, sore losers, 

tailgaters, shit-talkers, food-smugglers, beer-swillers, 

fans 'til the end,................ witnesses to greatness. 

Brothers?

New this year:  Xanadu has connected its indoor ski-slope with

the second mezzanine, greatly improving the flow of exiting fans

at game's end.  

The new tallest building in New York and still growing.

Adewale Ojomo, the Giants' undrafted defensive lineman, had

a good outing last night against the NE Patriots in the last

pre-season game.  I wonder what his blogging nickname would be?

Jerseyana Defined

Two deep-fried Sabrett, all-beef dogs, stuffed into North-Jersey

pizza bread, and topped with fried potatoes, peppers, and onions.

There's no way to eat this without making a mess.  And who frickin'

cares whether or not you make a mess?  Yo, whatta you lookin at? 

Scrapple Stacks

Stats

I happened to click on my Blogger 'Stats' option a few minutes ago.

After having been blogging since the end of February 2010, my

site has logged almost 103 thousand pageviews.  It boggles my

mind. And what's even more perplexing is the next statistic:  the 

most viewed post to date is the one simply entitled  'Souse'.

Pig snouts and jowls and ears and feet, suspended in a

vinegared gelatin, usually derived from stewing the bones of the

animal from which the scraps originated.  Don't get me wrong;

this mosaic of offal products is the stuff dreams are made of.

But to be the single most-viewed post I've published?  There 

wasn't even one letter of witty, insightful text below the photo.  I've 

got to believe the majority of those viewers were Europeans, 

because Americans typically just don't eat this shit.  Except for me.

Look for an upcoming, textless post on 'Scrapple'.   

2PR

When I first heard about the format of the upcoming

race, I thought, 'Prosciutt' Race and Pig Roast'?  As

Emeril says, pork fat rules.  You can never get too

much of a good thing.  Does the winner receive a

Parma Ham for top prize?  I can taste it already....

wait, maybe we should sail the race first.  The way it's

run, the 'slower' boats start first and the faster boats 

follow in order of performance ratings.  So far, there are 

seventeen boats registered.  Then, whoever 

gets line honors gets the Parma Ham.  And to top it

all off, they're roasting a pig to have ready for all the

clubmembers after the race.  Bring a side dish and your

 favorite alcoholic beverages.  I call the cheeks and 

trotters!  Hog Heaven. 

Life is definitely good on Barnegat Bay.