15 May 2008 | By
charlotte
Have you ever been to an IMax theater? We went to one when we took our kids to Florida back in the 80’s. It was at Kennedy Space Center. It was awesome! It was like being in the move the theater seating would shake when it showed the rockets blasting off and made it seem like you were “right there”. The screen is really high and it’s all in 3D.
One scene showed how the astronauts escape if something happens before lift-off. It showed this large basket the astronauts get into and it goes along something like a zip line to the ground. The camera was in the basket and it just made you feel like you were in the basket riding it to the ground.
If you ever get a chance to see an IMax movie you should go. They’re awesome.
16 Mar 2008 | By
charlotte
There are several golf courses in and around Galloway Township, NJ. If you come for a visit be sure to bring your golf clubs. You can play at Valleybrook Golf Club in Blackwood, Blue Heron Pines Golf Club in Cologne, Buena Vista Country Club in Buena, Great Bay Resort & Country Club in Somers Point, Green Tree Golf Course in Egg Harbor, Hamilton Trails Country Club in Mays Landing, Harbor Pines Country Club, Latona Golf & Country Club in Buena Vista, Mays Landing Country Club in Mays Landing and Pomona Golf & Country Club in Pomona. There are several other too.
My parents were big golfers and my oldest son loves to play golf too.
16 Nov 2007 | By
charlotte
I haven’t been horseback riding in a long time so I was just searching for places to do just that. I found a few places in Southern NJ to ride or take lessons:
Circle D Farm (No website) Southern New Jersey
466 Centerton Rd Bridgeton NJ (856) 575-0496
Horseback riding lessons and boarding in NJ
Circle D Farm offers horse boarding, training and riding lessons. Please call for lesson pricing. The manager of Circle D is an experienced trainer. The facility has an 80 x 125 indoor arena, 100 x 200 lighted outdoor arena. Trail rides may be available. Please call 856-575-0496 for more information.
Hidden Valley Ranch (No website) Southern New Jersey
4070 Bayshore Rd. Cape May NJ 609-884-8205
Horseback riding lessons only in NJ
Come take lessons and learn how to ride today! DAY CAMP FOR KIDS- Hidden Valley ranch offers a wonderful day camp for children where the kids clean stalls, take riding lessons and ride the ponies. Pricing for camp is $160 a week or $40 a day from 9 AM-12 AM. Please call for regular Horseback lesson pricing.
Circle A Riding Academy (No website)
116 Herbertsville Rd. Howell NJ 732-938-2004
3,800 Acres in beautiful Allaire Park
Circle A offers guided horseback riding through scenic 3,800 acre Allaire Park. Their summer hours are from 9AM to 6PM and all other times from 9am to 4pm. The cost is $40 per person, per hour. Call for reservations and exact ride times.
1 hour Rides $40 Per Person | Call for reservations | Open everyday | Open Year round
Timber Creek Ranch
47A New brooklyn Rd Sicklerville, NJ (856) 262-3800
Horseback riding through Ancient Indian Trails
Timber Creek Ranch is located a few miles from exit 38 on the Atlantic City Expressway. Rides are Saturday and Sunday only from 10am to 4pm, Year round – Weather permitting. Children must be at least 7 years old. $20 per person for a 50 minute trail ride Reservations required, call: (856) 262-3800 All rides are with a guide. Groups of 8-10 riders: $15 per personPony rides available for children not old enough for trail riding.
50 Minute Rides are $20 Per Person I Call for reservations I Sat and Sun Only I Open Year round
Just make sure you find yourself some nice horse riding apparel so you can be the best dressed person there! 
12 Oct 2007 | By
charlotte
What is the origin of Ducktown in Atlantic City? Long before Atlantic City became the fully developed resort town it is today, there were duck farms along the bay, dating to the 1800s.
In those days, the inlet side of Absecon Island was swampy and inhabited by wild fowl. Thus, all of the ducks. So it was home to a lot of birds and shorebirds. So it was called Ducktown.”
As hotel owners developed Ducktown, they shipped workers in from Sicily. Those workers made their home in the area between Texas and Missouri avenues. The Italian laborers bought up a good deal of the land north of Atlantic Avenue between those streets. The most crowded part of Atlantic City was toward the inlet; that’s where the population was.
In the 1920s and ’30s the Italian men stood out for the way they combed their hair, “back over their heads and behind their heads,” an effect that looked less like a ponytail and more like the ends of duck feathers. The hairstyle found its origins in South Philadelphia, another former Italian area. He said the hairstyle started a false rumor as to the origin of the neighborhood’s name. For the older generations, the Ducktown name still applies.
When you speak to people over 50 that have moved away from Atlantic City, they refer to it as Ducktown.
Popular stops in the Ducktown area include St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church on Mississippi Avenue, Angelo’s Fairmount Tavern on Fairmount Avenue and the White House Sub Shop on Arctic Avenue.
04 Oct 2007 | By
charlotte
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Have you ever been to an IMax theater? We went to one when we took our kids to Florida back in the 80’s. It was at Kennedy Space Center. It was awesome! It was like being in the move the theater seating would shake when it showed the rockets blasting off and made it seem like you were “right there”. The screen is really high and it’s all in 3D. 
