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A Sunday Drive: To Wightman’s Farm Stand and Beyond
The Brick, as we affectionately call Mike's CRV. With my lovely Audi A5 away at Big Ten College last weekend, I drove my husband Mike’s Honda CRV, which we affectionately call “the brick,” all weekend....
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Fun in the Sun: Jersey versus Vegas, Baby
Brutus kept a close eye on me today; he supervises from a nearby window. My husband left for Vegas before dawn cracked this morning. He’s having fun in Sin City at a convention. And me? I got up early...
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Wayne, N.J. Motor Vehicle: A New Driver’s Introduction to Bureaucracy
Same stop sign, different driver. Ready for her road test today! My daughter Tory’s friend Eva passed her road test today and earned her provisional driver’s license in the great state of New Jersey....
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Audi A5 Cabriolet: It’s Always Something Around Here
My softball playing daughter Tory and I were gone less than 24 hours; she had to be on the ball field at 6:30 a.m. today so we left yesterday and stayed overnight near the field so both of us would be...
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Jersey Women Don’t Pump Gas
Hundreds of miles on 1 tank of gas? Logic told me that I couldn’t drive the 10-plus hours from Montclair, NJ to Dayton, OH and back on only one tank of gas. But I didn’t want to dwell on the...
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Audi A5 Cab: A Diva Disguised as a Car
Dream car in the driveway. In November 2010 I purchased my dream car, a highly engineered 2011 Audi A5 cabriolet. Dazzled by her Arum beige exterior and super-comfortable adjustable leather seats I...
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Road Trip: Hampton Lake, S.C. or Bust
My new adventures typically begin in a car (unless they begin with a wild animal in my own backyard). And this adventure is no different. My husband Mike and I decided we would drive the 13-plus hours...
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First Looks: The Greater Bluffton, S.C. Area
Last Tuesday, my husband Mike flew home to New Jersey and work. Before he left South Carolina he encouraged me to get out and “discover the area,” “find a TD Bank,” “find the best bar & grill...
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Going in Circles: South Carolina vs New Jersey
Here in South Carolina, they are plentiful. I’m talking about traffic circles, my friends. Approaching the one in Bluffton for the first time, I was amazed by the number of instructional signs that led...
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Mother’s Day: A Perfect Blend of Food, Family and Used Car Stories
On Mother’s Day our two twenty-something children descended on the family home with fistfuls of lovely yellow roses and grocery bags filled with the makings of some really good eats. And the New Jersey...
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