Moorestown is a nice little place – probably sort of what Pitman aspires to be, but permanently advanced. Pitman doesn’t have the proximity to population and business centers that’s required to get people living there with enough money to live in these houses and shop in the stores (although I did once drive to Moorestown […]
Month: May 2009
Uncle Bill’s Pancake House, Cape May
Another Cape May institution – down at the south end of the strip, a big round dining room, lots of waitresses (no sailor suits like The Lobster House, but still good), and massive breakfasts. I’m told that in season it’s difficult-to-impossible to get a table here, but the week before Memorial Day, no probs. Uncle […]
The Lobster House, Cape May
Our statement of purpose here at EOIPwJ says ‘rockin, cheesesteak, big ol’ lobster’. After being in America for a few days, we had yet to make good on any of this holy trinity, until the expected bacchanalia at the Lobster House. This is a Cape May institution, but a little hard to find as it’s […]
Venice, Pitman
At various times in the past, EOIPwJ has covered places in distant lands that reminded us of the homeland. And the places that we were invariably reminded of were the red-sauce Italians, like Venice. Since time immemorial, four to six of these places have been slugging it out on the mean streets of Pitman (OK, […]
The Ground House, Pitman
Things have changed a lot in Pitman since the old days. Obviously there’s much much less of the summer-camp fundamental Methodism that the town was founded on, but more subtly you can now see actual people of other races walking down the street, not looking a bit nervous. This is a good thing, if a […]
Fat Jack’s, Sewell
Yes my friends, today was Arts and Crafts Festival day in Pitman, and also Earth Day (kinda typical for Pitman to have Earth Day on a different day from the rest of the world, no?). That meant that EOIPwJ was down there mixing it up in a live combo led by famous newspaperman and entertainer […]
Happiness, Tokyo
There’s one simple bit of mathematics that defines vacations for me (and some others, I think, since it was Scott that first clued me in to this logic): Narita Express + ekiben + beer = happiness. At the risk of blogging about every damn thing I eat, and boring those who are familiar with it […]
Oriol Balaguer, Shirokanedai
Well, this was previously recommended in much the same breath as Debailleul (and my sincere apologies that I didn’t share the goods with the recommender). Since I’ve concluded that Debailleul is almost worth the price, if you pick the right flavors (spicy ones, mostly), I’ve kept thinking of trying this also. After months of occasional […]
Mahoroba, Monzen Nakacho (まほろば)
Indeed my friends, Monzen Nakacho is a place of wonder. If you ever make it there, you’ll wonder “Why was I not informed sooner of the bounteous delights which awaited me in this lively, old-fashioned little suburb?” Seriously, you’ll be really surprised by how many places there are to eat and drink at night. It’s […]
Onodera, Kagurazaka
Given that we’ve already posted a glowing review on Onodera from our first visit, we shan’t spend too much time rehashing. In fact, we feel a little bad violating our rule about not posting multiple times on one restaurant, but this place is so good we just gotta do it…looking back, I see that a […]