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The Other Atlantic City Boardwalk You'll Want To Check Out This Summer

May 9, 2013 at 11:01 AM | by | Comments (0)

On Monday morning, the Atlantic City Alliance hosted a press conference announcing a brand new sculpture garden that will be going up in the Marina District. Located two and a half miles north of the main boardwalk (as in, the Boardwalk), the mile-long walkway has in fact existed for over a decade. The trouble is, no one really used it.

Until now.

Launching this summer, AC Waterfront Sculpture Park plans to install 40 pieces of outdoor art along the walkway. 25 of those are scheduled to go up this summer, in early July, offering local and regional artists the chance to have their work seen by tens of thousands of tourists.

Though it can't really compete with the Boardwalk with a capital 'B,' the Marina District walkway is notable for two reasons: it winds along the bay, offering incredible waterfront views (see above), with plenty of greenery and public benches. And it connects three of the major casino hotels, Golden Nugget, Harrah's and Borgata. So even if you're not a fan of outdoor public art (shame on you), then you still have several practical reasons to be strolling down the new art walk this summer.

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Newark Mayor Cory Booker Eats His Cupcakes at the Airport

January 16, 2013 at 4:09 PM | by | Comment (1)

Newark Mayor Cory Booker is a bit of a social media celebrity. In addition to running a difficult city, starting a campaign run for a 2014 Senate seat and lending his support to the state after Hurricane Sandy, he manages to keep up with his followers on Twitter. Spotted a pothole in Newark? Tweet him and he'll take care of it. Witnessed a crime? Call 911 first, but tweeting at Cory to follow-up seems to yield results. It's also pretty clear he loves his airport, Newark-Liberty International.

Last night, Mayor Booker tweeted that though the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey run EWR and he has no say on what goes down there, he does know where to get a good cupcake. We asked for details, and this morning he answered:

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You Won't Believe What Airport Ranks Highest for Healthy Food

January 10, 2013 at 10:22 AM | by | Comments (0)

When it comes to delicious and nutritious the airport usually isn’t the place to look for food; however, we realize that sometimes the terminal is your only option. The good news is that one group has kind of gone through the options available in the concourse, and they’ve ranked the best—and worst—options available at airports throughout the nifty fifty.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is the group behind the latest list, as they crunched the numbers—and menus—at some of the busiest airports in the land. They’ve been doing this since 2001, and since then the average scores have jumped a good 19 points or so. That’s good for the airport restaurants and good for our waistlines—it’s win-win.

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Inside Virgin Atlantic's Totally Redesigned Upper Class Clubhouse at Newark Airport

Where: Newark-Liberty International [map], Newark, NJ, United States
December 7, 2012 at 12:37 PM | by | Comments (0)

"Oh man, ugh whatever." - the typical feeling upon discovering your flight is departing from Newark-Liberty International Airport

It's true. Newark isn't exactly the most convenient airport, nor will it be winning any airport beauty pageants, but airlines have ways of turning your frown upside-down real quick. A grand example is the newly revamped, just-debuted-this-week Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Clubhouse.

At 5,000 square feet, it's half the size of their also recently reopened JFK Clubhouse, but that's partly due to the fact this one doesn't have the Cowshed Spa. Going for a downtown feel (JFK's aims for uptown style), it instead focuses around the architectural central bar (most popular cocktail? Mojito!) and chill-out lounge nooks (see the "Passion Pit" in our gallery below).

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The World's Largest Theme Park is...in New Jersey?

September 5, 2012 at 10:36 AM | by | Comments (0)

When you think theme parks, Disney or Universal Studios probably comes to mind, but that might change sooner rather than later if one company gets their way. Six Flags is sick and tired of playing second fiddle to some of the amusement park big boys, so they’re going big. Like, REAL BIG.

Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey is a big hit with locals within the region, and is a pretty decent theme park option if you ask us. However, it’s about to grow to an international title to attract more international guests; if things go according to plan, it soon could hold the title of world’s largest theme park.

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Porter Airlines Brings Its Fancy Free Lounge Access to Newark Airport

August 31, 2012 at 12:38 PM | by | Comments (0)

We haven’t heard much from Porter Airlines recently, but that’s because they were hard at work putting the finishing touches on their brand new airport lounge at Newark-Liberty.

If you’re aren’t familiar with Porter Airlines and their lounges, you just roll your suitcase—and yourself—right inside as lounge access is a complimentary amenity available to each and every passenger. No credit card, membership, or other paperwork needed to swing in for a drink, a comfortable seat, and a personal power outlet.

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Shrek and Kung Fu Panda are Moving to New Jersey

July 18, 2012 at 11:40 AM | by | Comments (0)

When driving up the New Jersey Turnpike towards the George Washington Bridge and Manhattan, you’ve probably noticed a whole lot of colorful buildings in the Meadowlands. Well it’s been scheduled to be several different things—including something known as Meadowlands Xanadu—but now it looks like part of its future identity will be a full blown theme park. DreamWorks is getting behind the oft delayed project, and if all finally goes according to plan the critters and characters from Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda will be getting a new home in New Jersey.

Tentative plans include DreamWorks building some sort of indoor amusement park as part of the greater American Dream Meadowlands project. Rides, attractions, cartoon characters, and even some sort of water park will all be available to both tourists and locals alike. This will be in addition to the other stuff already scheduled to arrive, like an enclosed ski slope, one of those crazy bowling alleys, and an indoor sky diving option. Parents—let this serve as a warning to hide your ATM card upon arrival.

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Inside British Airways' Revamped Galleries Lounge at Newark International Airport

Where: Newark-Liberty International [map], Newark, NJ, United States
June 11, 2012 at 3:06 PM | by | Comments (0)

There are very few things that'll make us consider flying out of Newark-Liberty International Airport versus JFK, but having a superior airline lounge experience would be one of them. After all, the few hours of pre-departure time can be the most critical for enjoying your flight and getting in the proper mood to fly long-haul.

Late last week, British Airways let us in to have a peek around their newly renovated Galleries lounge at EWR's Terminal B. This lounge, which is double the size of the old one, only reopened with the new furniture, new layout, new tech and new food and beverage options in late April, just in time to introduce it to flyers before the rush of Summer Olympics travel.

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Man Causes Newark Airport Security Breach to Wait for Family Member's Flight

April 9, 2012 at 10:45 AM | by | Comments (0)

Well, it was a good run and now the streak has been broken. Up until last week, the last time some guy walked the wrong way through security at Newark-Liberty Airport was January 2010. In that case, the airport was evacuated and all passengers re-screened just because some guy had gone too far to get a goodbye kiss.

This time around, it was a 64-old British man who made it past a "distracted" TSA agent and "do not enter" signs to wait at the gate for a family member's arriving flight. Airport personnel didn't even figure out he wasn't where he was supposed to be until a gate agent he had talked to realized he wasn't a departing passenger. Thanks, security cameras.

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Visit the NJ Comic Book Store Being Filmed for Kevin Smith's New Reality Show

February 8, 2012 at 9:45 AM | by | Comments (0)

At a press event held in New York City yesterday Kevin Smith, and a few of his friends, talked about their latest project: a reality show set in Kevin's comic book store, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash.

Smith explained that the series, simply titled Comic Book Men, is like "Pawn Stars in a comic book store" as the staff—store manager Walt, Mike, Ming who is described as the store's "whipping boy", and Bryan who doesn't work in the store but always seems to be there—buy and sell rare comic collectibles. Smith also plays a role in the show by joining them in a podcast which is woven throughout each episode.

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Rent the 'Jersey Shore' House for $2,500, Since the Cast Isn't Coming Back

October 25, 2011 at 10:05 AM | by | Comments (0)

You won't find it on AirBnb, but you will stumble upon it on the same block it's been on since before the MTV Jersey Shore came in and GTL-ed all over its six bedrooms and roofdeck. Naturally we're talking about the Jersey Shore house—the very one featured in Seasons 1 and 3 of the popular reality show. It's up for rent to regular folks for a whopping $2,500 a day, according to the AP.

Checking out the official listing on Seaside Realty, we can see that the place comes complete with six bedrooms, three bathrooms, three parking spaces and the option of catering or getting a rental DJ. We're going to go ahead and assume that the place is booked up for New Year's already, but now would be the time to begin scooping up summer 2012 dates.

Alas, the cast of the Jersey Shore will not return to film a fifth season at the house, as two spin-off shows are already in the works. The first will follow the further adventures of Snooki and J-Woww as they become roommates, while the second trails DJ Pauly D around the world, making various music and celebrity appearances. Filming on both will commence this late autumn, with the series to hit the air in 2012.

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Steaks on a Plane! Frequent Flyer Tweets, Gets Special Delivery at Newark Airport

Where: Newark-Liberty International [map], Newark, NJ, United States
August 18, 2011 at 12:06 PM | by | Comments (0)

Sit back and listen to this tale of social media customer service gone right, where frequent flying combined with brand loyalty and humor equaled genuine surprise:

Peter Shankman is as frequent a flyer as you'll ever find; following him on Twitter you'll quickly get a sense of this, plus his preference for Continental Airlines and Newark-Liberty Airport.

Yesterday, as Shankman relates in his blog post, he flew to Miami for a business lunch and dreaded the hunger that would gnaw upon returning to Newark Airport that night. So he tweeted about it:

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