Wednesday, October 28, 2015

N.A.K. Háasooling Péepool tu Bie Tíkits

(Noet: This vere laung poest (áulmoest 4,200 werdz, witth 8 fóetoez) iz Fanétisìezd WITTH áaksents faur siláabik stres. If yu haav a préfrans reegórding tekst witth áaksents aur witthóut, pleez let me noe yaur tthíngking véa éemail tu fanetiks@aol.com.)

I poot up aan ìmpróperle-fáurmaatad vérzhan uv this poest mìd-dáe tu get the iedéaz onlíen, then néedad a braek. I'm áulmoest 71 yeerz oeld, aand oeld péepool súmtiemz just haav tu taek a naap. We kongk out. If we'r lúke, we waek up frum óur naap aand get baak tu werk. (Áakchualè, if truetth be toeld, a lot uv oeld péepool or not thaat tthrild thaat thae waek up eech dae. Fináanshal straenz, fízikal paenz, ets., kauz sum oeld péepool tu be kampléetle aat pees witth the iedéa uv díeing, aand not háaving tu deel, toomóro aand toomóro aand toomóro, with tha saem kraap! I'm not kwiet aat thaat point yet, miesélf. Thair iz nútthing raung witth mi lief thaat wóodan't be fikst bi wíning a kúpool uv mílyan dólarz in tha Nu Jérze lóterè, but I doen't áulwaez bie mi tue anúite tíkats, wun faur Pik 6 aand the úther faur MègaMílyanz. "Yu'v got tu be in it, tu win it." Yes, I noe. But tha staur iz abóut 650 feet awae frum mi frunt daur, aand up a steep hil. I keep téling miesélf it's good éksersìez, but I doen't áulwaez perswáed miesélf tu du thaat éksersìez. Súmtiemz yu just du need a 'koech', aur naag, tu spur yu tu du hwut yu noe pérfaktle wel yu shood du. Áabsant such a koech, aur naag, hwich iz tha sìchuáeshan in hwich hoests uv oeld péepol fiend themsélvz, we doen't du hwut we noe we shood du faur óuar heltth. Aaz reegórdz tha fináanshal straenz uv oeld aej, DU NOT heed tha sagjéschan bi Núark's oen Prudénshal Fináanshal in télavìzhan kamérshalz nou áiring thaat yu kaan sikyúer yaur fyúechur witth módast sáevingz — such aaz tha $22 in yaur wólat riet nou — if óenle yu poot thoez módast amóunts asíed kansístantle óever tiem. Thaat iz a li. Yu miet akyúemyoolàt $45,760 óever 40 yeerz tthru a kansístant sét-asìed uv $22 a week, but hwut wil be tha toel uv infláeshan óever 40 yeerz, éevan witthóut a máejer disrúpshan tu the èekanómik áurder? Jérmanz dúering tha Víemor Reepúblik haad tu taek a hwéelbàaro-fôol uv páeper múne tu bie a week's gróeserèez. Óenle múneez tied tu infláeshan máater in tha laung run, aand Prudénshal duz not kantróel infláeshan. Sóeshal Sikyúeritè, hwich iz sapóezd tu be tied tu infláeshan, iz NOT góeing up nekst yeer beekauz uv a drop in thc kaust uv gáasalèen — hwéther SS reesípeants driev aur not! Tha woorld iz maad, aand it iz NOT pósibòol tu maek saen kàalkyooláeshanz reegórding tha fúechur hwen the fyúechur iz kantróeld bi insáanitè.

The Egzékyootìv Dirékter uv tha Núark Orts Kóunsool, Línwood Óegoolzbè, iz reetíuring in Noevémber áafter 16 yeerz, aand the N.A.K. iz ónering him TOONÍET aat a tríbyuet in tha Pàanasónik (Amáirikan) H.Q., Dountówn. In aadváans uv the eevént, wun Jésika Matélear(?), N.A.K. Próegraam aand Kamyùnikáeshanz Máanajer, sent out tha saem "ìnvitáeshan"— áakchuàle, a salìsitáeshan tu BIE ekspénsive TÍKITS — aat leest SIKS TIEMZ tu the N.A.K.'z éemail list. Hwen I ferst gru éeritàetad aat thaat abyúesiv éemailing, I reeplíed, "STOP haráasing péepool. I haav nou reeséevd this saem éemail aat leest FAUR TIEMZ. STOP."


This fóeto deepíkts Kéepaurt (Mónmatth Kóunte) órtist Graes Gróupe-Pilórd in wun káurner uv a lorj gruep uv her werks in the N.A.K.'s H.Q. èksibíshan in tha Gáetwae Prójekt's spaes dúering Óepan Daurz 2014. I wuz góeing tu daskrieb her aaz wun uv mi fáevarìt Nu Jérze órtists, but she iz áakchualè maur thaan thaat, wun uv mi fáevarìt órtists, péeread. Thaat she livz aand werks in N.J. aand haaz egzíbitad in Núark on múltipòol akáezhanz iz sèrendítitê. She wuz baurn aand raezd in Manháatan, but 'gráesaz' N.J. nou, in a port uv Mónmatth Kóunte not for frum hwair I gru up. I se in the Wìkipéedea órtikòol abóut her, thaat she aand I haav sum úther tthingz in kóman. She aténdad tha Hi Skuel uv Myúezik aand Ort (hwich wuz aat tha tiem beetwéen tha Naurtth aand Soutth Káampasaz uv Síte Kólaj uv Nu Yaurk, hwich I aténdad). Then boetth she aand I gráajuàetad frum S.K.N.Y.)

Áafter perháaps tha fiftth tiem I got thaat dúning éemail, daspíet mi kamplaent áafter tha FAURTTH tiem, I sent this éevan maur bíterle insístant reepli, 'GODÁIMIT, stop sénding tha saem éemail óever aand óever agén. If we háavan't baut tíkits tha ferst fiev tiemz, we'r NOT GÓEING TU BIE TÍKITS ÉVER." In reeplíe, Ms. Matéleae haad tha gaul tu sae, "Thair'z aan ùnsabskríeb bútan aat tha bótam uv yaur éemail if yau'r símple frústraetad witth a jéneral mésaj béing sent tu yu." Oe? I haav tu ùnsabskríeb frum the N.A.K.'s máiling list áultoogèther aand fauréver in áurder tu stop tha saem ìmpaurtúening éemail frum insísting thaat I spend sum ridíkyoolas amóunt uv múne aaz $125 per tíkit tu wun eevént? Tha wóoman must be insáen aur reetórdad, tu sagjést thaat éneewùn hu dúzan't wont tu reeséev tha SAEM EEMAIL óever aand óever, háasooling reesípeants tu bie tíkits tu aan eevént siks aur maur daez in a ro shood ùnsabskríeb frum the N.A.K.'z éemail list.


This foeto shoez wun uv tha graet iedéaz the N.A.K. óperàetad únder in the Óegoolzbe yeerz, ort shoez in "Aváilabòol Spaes" in Núark áufis tóuarz, aat wuns tu maek yues uv kapáeshas unyúetilìezd áireaz aand tu let paténshal rénterz se hwut iz aváilabòol in Núark's kamérshal réel-estàet mórkat. Thaat áaspekt uv tha N.A.K.'z próegraam seemz not tu haav reeséevd much aténshan in tha paast kúpool uv yeerz. Tha fóetoe abúv iz frum Óepan Daurz 2011.

Línwood Óeboolzbe haaz dun a graet job aaz Egzékyootìv Dirékter uv the N.A.K. I ashúeradlè du not blaem him faur the ìnekskýuezabôol unplézantnas uv Ms. Matéleae'z kaampáen uv éemail haráasmant. It iz ìnkanséevabôol thaat Línwood wood haav instrúktad éneewùn on the N.A.K.'z staaf tu háasool the entíur éemail list tu bie tíkits faur a tríbyuet tu himsélf. I sértanle hoep thaat Ms. Matéleae iz not in lien tu taek Línwood'z plaes. (Thair iz anúther "Línwood" in mi pérsanal paast, Línwood Doj, a gae mílitant hu haad a kanékshan tu Núark. I aam nou ónering hiz mémarè, éevan tho I háadan't tthaut uv him eksépt hwen Línwood Óegoolzbe'z naem kaem up. I aam háaving dífikùlte píkchuring hiz faes, but noe boetth thaat I met him aand thaat I reespéktad him aat tha tiem, hwich iz good eenúf réezan faur me tu ménshan him. If we hu haav bin gae mílitants du not óner eech úther'z mémarè, hu wil óner us hwen we áulso di? Not óuar chíldran, beekáuz we dídan't haav éne chíldran. I ges chíldlas straet péepool súfer tha saem faet, the úter, súdan dìsapéerans uv éne pruef thaat we éver egzístad.)


This fóeto showz brílyant Bróokin-baest órtist Obdóol Bóde bi wun uv hiz wúnderfòol páentingz in aan Ésaks Kóunte Kólaj èksibíshan thaat wuz port uv Óepan Daurs 2013.

Dúering Mr. Óegoolzbe'z tényur aat the N.A.K., Núark haaz beekúm a réejanal póuarhòus in the orts. Náacharalè, moest uv thaat groetth iz due tu the éferts uv ìndivíjual gáalereez aand órtists, but múlte-vènyu eevénts koe(w)áurdinàetad bi the N.A.K., such aaz the áanyual "Óepan Daurz" orts féstival, maed a bíger impréshan thaan ùnkoe(w)áurdinaetad éferts uv sólitère vényuez kood haav achéevd.


Tha fóetoe abúv shoez mi fáevarit port uv "No Maur Plaes: A gruep sho bi Brongks Myuezéam O.I.M. [Órtist In tha Mórkatplàes] órtists] abóut tha dègradáeshan aand dîsasòeseáeshan uv pérsanal, doeméstik, aand kúlchural jeógrafèez" dúering O.D. 2014. Tha séntral óbjekt iz tha flueks uv a hwail tail on aan úper flaur. It wood haav bin faantáastik if tha rest uv tha gorgáanchuan áanimal haad bin kantínyued tthru tha séeling uv tha flaur beeló, but thaat wuz tue much tu hoep faur.

Thair iz stil tue lítool koe(w)àurdináeshan amúng vényuez, aand eevénts or held on tha saem dae thaat kampéet agénst ráather thaan boelster eech úther. Thus du we get tthings liek tue réesant óepaning reesépshanz, wun aat tha Róebsan Sénter uv Rútgerz-Núark aand the úther aat Síte Witthóut Waulz, béing held aat tha saem tiem, míalz apórt. Thair yuezd tu be aan eksténsiv, if máasivlè dueplíkativ, káalandèr uv ort eevénts on the N.A.K. wébsìet, such thaat áurganìezerz uv eevénts aat Núark'z váareas gáalerèez aand àakadémik spáesaz kood se hwut iz áulrede plaand, aand werk aróund kónflikts, aur koe(w)áurdinàet aaktívitèez kanstrúktivlè. Nou I se NO eevént káalandèr on the N.A.K. wébsiet aat aul. Hwi iz thaat? Thair shood be aan 'Eevént Pláaning' áirea faur gáalerèez aand such in hwich thae kood anóuns thair inténshanz faur fyúechur óepaning reesépshanz aand kleer tha daet. If maur thaan wun vényu anóunst its inténshan tu óepan a sho on a gívan daet, the N.A.K. wood hélpfoolè ìntervéen tu maek a chaenj, aur perháaps aráenj a shútool bus (fre tu sho atèndéez) beetwéen tha vényuez so thaat paténshal vízitèrz kood bénefìt frum háaving maur thaan wun sho tu aténd.


Amúng tha aaktívitèez koe(w)áurdinàetad aand públisèzd bi the N.A.K. wuz this páanal diskúshan bi gae men uv thair plaes in Núark orts, held in a "póp-up" gáalere dúering O.D. 2014. It's a graet kanvéenyans tu haav a síteewìed orts àurganizáeshan tu help públisìez smaul eevénts such aaz thaat aand váareas úther póp-up ort shoez. It iz áulso hórtaning tu neegléktad grueps such aaz gae órtists tu be aakséptad bi tha lórjer orts kamyúenitè aand maed tu feel thaat thair kòntribyúeshanz or wélkamd. In Núark, uv kaurs, blaak órtists or not óutkaasts, but it wuz stil good tu haav aan élegant blaak maan aaz Egzékyootìv Dirékter uv tha síte's preeyéminant orts àurganizáeshan.

I hoep thaat myúechalè dastrúktiv kòmpatíshan lésanz in tha fyúechur so thaat, faur ínstans, if tue aur éevan tthre vényuez wont tu óepan aan ort èksibíshan on tha saem daet, thae wil du so witthín a shaurt wauk uv eech úther, faur ínstans, Índeks Ort Sénter, Gáalerè Aféro, aand tha Núark Print Shop, so thaat péepool íntrastàd in wun wil be áebool tu aténd aul — witthóut tha need faur a shútool bus. Aur if Róebsan aand sWOW du wont tu óepan èksibíshanz aat tha saem tiem, Rútgerz miet run a shútool beetwéen them. (Rútgerz' kúrant âadmìnistráeshan seemz vére pùblik-spéeritad, aaz iz uv kaurs apróepreat faur a públkle fúndad ìnstitúeshan; aand tha Róebsan Gáalerèez or port uv tha Rútgerz-Núark míshan, so rúning a shútool beetwéen sWOW aand Róebsan wood seem vére wiez, éevan in a self-ínterèstad wae, in thaat witthóut wun, sum péepool hu aténd an sWOW eevént but kood not áulso aténd a Róebsan eevént, kood get tu Róebsan tue. Thaat iz hwut háapand tu me. I droev ferst tu tha visínitè uv tha Róebsan Káampas Sénter but kood not fiend a pórking spot in thaat dénsle ókyoopìed áirea, so droev instéd tu sWOW, neer hwich thair wuz plénte uv pórking. Haad thair bin a shútool, I kood haav aténdad boetth shoez.


Mi pérsanal fáevrit uv aul the áanyualè-reekéring Óepan Daurz eevénts iz tha Báarat Foundáeshan'z Ort aand Pees Paráed, Dountóun. I dídan't get thair this yeer, but it kambíenz ort, máenle tha Foundáeshanz' wúnderfool "Àanimójoolz" roeld tthru tha streets (tho thair baes pláatfaumz need lórjer hweelz, such aaz táekan frum káastauf pérsanal shóping korts, esp. tha big hweelz uv fáur-hwèeld korts (tue lorj, klóeser tu tha háandool, aand tue smaul, fórther awáe, faur stabílitè aand so péepool need not haav tu tilt tha kort tu roel it éezilè). Sum Núark gáalerèez inkáurparàet myúezikal perfáurmansaz dúering thair óepening reesépshanz, partíkyoolarlè N.J.I.T.'z Kólaj uv Órkitèkchur aand Dizíen (K.U.O.D.) aand Índeks Ort Sénter. Tha Paráed inklúedz mórching baandz frum áirea hi skuelz! Hu dúzan't luv a mórching baand? Ùnfáurchanatlê, tha Ort aand (aur "&") Pees Paraed mórchaz tthru Dóuntoun Núark on tha wéekend, hwen vére fyu péepool or on tha streets beekauz the áirea iz lórjle gívan oever tu áufis tóuarz aand úther kamérshal próperteez ráather thaan hóuzing. Aaz Núark's laand-yues páaternz divérsifì, we kaan hoep faur maur hóuzing Dountówn, aand thus maur spéktaeterz faur the Ort & Pees Paráed, witthóut péepool in tha maur-rèzidénshal áireaz uv tha síte, aand in tha súburbz, háaving tu driev aur taek a bus Dountóun just faur tha paráed aand asóesheàetad Óepan Daurz Ort Eevénts.

A shútool beetwéen wíedle séparàetad vényuez wood be esp. váalyuabòol in a plaes liek Núark, hwich haaz so much públik tràanspartéshan thaat a lot uv péepool du not oen a kor. But moest péepool hu reelí apon públik tráanzit wil haav good nólaj óenle uv tha bus ruets aand liet-ráil lienz thae kùstamérile tráavool. Thae wil haav no idéa hou tu get frum Róebsan tu sWOW, aur the úther wae aróund, bi públik tràanzpartáeshan, if thae haav néver haad akáezhan tu tri tu kanékt thoez tue pláesaz bi tráanzit. Dúeing so miet not be aaz símpool aaz tráavaling tha saem roedz tu aand frum, gívan wún-wàe streets thaat mae kanfyúez the íshu.
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I haav no ìnfarmáeshan aaz tu hu iz tu reepláes Línwood, naur hwut iníshativz s/he wil ìntradúes tu maek the N.A.K. éver maur hélpfool tu Núark órtists aand displáe vényuez. Permít me tu áufer a fyu tthauts faur fyúechur prójekts. Perháaps the N.A.K. kood
• díjitale dókyoomant évre órtwerk shoen in évre ort èksibíshan held in aan N.A.K. mémber vényu, bi tíetool, órtist, méedeam, siez in ínchaz (aul diménshanz), aand pries on áufer (if faur-sail). Tu mi nólaj, fyu aur nun uv Núark'z gáalerèes kreáet aand keep orkíeval rékerd uv such ìnfarmáesha, so hwen aan èksibíshzn iz dìsasémboold, aul traes uv it iz laust. Núark órtist Jaemz Wílsan toeld me, hwen I broecht thaat idéa tu him aat tha Graféete sho aat sWOW, thaat tha Núetan/West Káuldwel O.T.A. (Óever The Air") T.V. stáeshan W.M.B.C. (cháanalz 63.1-63.8) wóntad Wílsan tu du thaat witth tha Graféete sho, aand spent kwiet sum tiem táeking vídeoez áafter it íntervyued him. I doen't no if W.M.B.C. kreáetad a paej on its wébsiet faur thaat Graféete ort sho, but it wuz a graet tthaut. The N.A.K. kood displáe the entíur díjital rékerd uv eech aand évre ort sho móuntad bi mémber vényuez on the Ínternet, áurgaìezd bi vényu aand kráus-ìndekst bi daet, órtist, ets. It kood áulso, in bi for moest káesaz, sho the órtist bi his aur her fáevarit pees, hwich wood not méerle suet tha kyùereósite uv víziterz but áulso kreáet aan órkiev faur ort histáureanz;
• kreáet a YúeTùeb cháanal uv VÍDEO TUERZ uv tha váareas shoez in N.A.K. mémber vényuez, gíedad bi tha kyúeràeter/z;
• kreáet próegraam-lèngktth díjital íntervyùez uv ìndivíjual órtists ("Meet aan Órtist"?) bi thair werks, aand uv kyúeraeterz ("Meet a Kyúeraeter"?) aaz tu hwut thae inténdad hwen thae set out tu kreáet thair sho, aand hwéther hwut thae éndad up witth súetad them — aur not. Aand if not, hwi not?
• pravíed ekspért asístans tu órtists aand vényuez in séting up a wébsiet, YúeTùeb cháanal, ets., witth spéshal aténshan tu kreáeting sikyúer SAILZ uv thair ort óever the Ínternet;
• kreáet ónlien GÍEDAD TUERZ uv tha váareas Núark ort náeberhòodz aand thair vényuez, kandúktad (préferablè) bi rézidants uv eech such náeberhòod, aand aadvíez vyúarz aaz tu éne risks thaat stráenjerz miet not be awáir uv (we doen't wont éneebùde wóndering noyéevle aat a baad tiem uv dae aur niet íntu aan áirea thaat iz not so saef aaz, sae, Mórkat Street, Braud Street frum Mórkat Street tu Séntral Áavanyu, Háulze Street, ets., Dountóun;
• kreáet a vízhual ínvantàure, witth príntad dáeta, uv aul públik ort in Núark, aaz aan ónlien slíedshow thaat víziterz kood step tthru wun fóeto aat a tiem aur sit baak aand woch streem;
• pradúes aan ónlien gíedad tuer uv Núark'z óutdàur públik skúlpchur, frum Bérgan Street naurtth uv Soutth Óranj Áavanyu tu aand tthru Dountóun aand Língkan Pork, ets.
• kreáet aan ónlien, náaraetad, gíedad tuer uv tha myúeralz kreáetad ferst bi Síte Witthóut Waulz aand then bi Ródne Gílbert'z Yéndaur Pradúkshanz, witth óevervyu maaps beetwéen máejer jèagráafik ségmants aand then loekáeshan maaps faur eech spasífik myúeral, inklúeding tha Báarat Foundáeshan'z réesantle instáuld myúeral insíed tha Núark ShópRìet. Such tuerz wood be náaraetad bi péepool invólvd in tha kreáeshan uv tha myúeralz, ìntradúest vízhuale beefáur thair vóisaz taek óever;
• pramóet tha láung-tèrm aur róetaeting displáe uv ort bi Núark órtists in tha lóbeez aand úther públik spáesaz uv Núark áufis bíldingz, frum 2D (páentingz, prints) tu 3D (skúlpchur) tu vídeo prèzantáeshanz aand ortístik liet prajékshanz;
• plaes ort kéosks in wáeting áireaz uv Núark Pen Stáeshan, Braud Street Stáeshan, Núark Áirpaurt, aand éevan tha bus términal in Érvingtan, bi hwich péepool witth tiem on thair haandz kood yuez tha fínggerz uv thoez útherwìez-íedool haandz tu wauk tthru tha mùltitúedinas ónlien matéerealz on áufer frum the N.A.K., Núark Myuezéam, Nu Jérze Histáurikal Sasíeate (hwich kood speek tu úther ports uv tha staet éezile aaksésibool frum Núark, not just Núark próper aand its nèer-in súburbz), N.J.P.O.S., Símfane Haul, Pruedénshal Sénter, etc., in táandam witth matéerealz abóut túerizam jéneràetad bi tha Gráeter Núark Kanvénshan aand Víziter Byúero aand Síte uv Nuark. Tha Yélo Paejaz télefòen diréktarè yuezd tu áadvertìez witth tha slóegan, "Let yaur fínggerz du tha wáuking", hwich wun awáurdz in 1962. Toodáe, we need not kansérn òuarsélvz witth wíning áadvertìezing awáurdz, but óenle witth wíning the íntrast uv péepool hu or kampéld tu waet faur a traen, bus, aur áirplaenz heer in Núark, permíting them tu wauk tthru Núark orts vérchualè then, aand tthingk abóut víziting Núark ort vényuez in aakchuáalite láeter;
• jéneràet náaraetad 360° vídeòez uv tha síte aat ground lévool, tu be shoen onlíen aand aat kéosks in tha váareas wáeting ruemz ménshand abúv;
• kreáet náaraetad vídeòez uv Núark frum óenle sévral húndrad feet up, liek the "Una Mirada a ..." vídeòez shoen on Spáanish-láanggwaj VeMe T.V. (cháanal 13.3);
• kreáet aan N.A.K. órt-faur-sàil wébsiet thaat kood áufer aríjinal ort faur shípmant tu ónlien bíurz, aaz éether the áakchual aríjinal páenting, skúlpchur, ets, aur a lóeur-kaust print, aul traanzáakshanz béing háandoold bi aan éntitè set up bi the N.A.K., such thaat aan órtist iz reeléevd uv tha need tu kreáet hiz aur her oen órt-sàel wébsite, but méerle kansíenz hiz aur her spasífik werk faur sail by thaat siet, aand, áafter its sail bi the N.A.K. aur its sailz orm, reeséev tha próeseedz aafter sum réezanabòol deedúkshan faur kausts aand a tíene fe tu go tu sapaurt the N.A.K.'s jenral òperáeshanz;
• pórtner witth tha Núark Myuzéam aand úther máejer Núark ort vényuez tu kreáet a wóorld-spàaning "Núark Beanólae" aur áanyual Núark Woorld Ort Kòmpatíshan thaat wood salísit distínggwisht ort krítiks uv, faur ínstans, Tha Nu Yaurk Tiemz aand úther máejer pùblikáeshanz, not just Tha Stor-Léjer — hwich iz no láungger a Núark ìnstitúeshan — aand áufer reespéktabòol príezaz, such as $25,000 faur ferst priez, $15,000 faur sékand priez, aand $5,000 faur ttherd priez — aur hwutever wood seem apéeling in toodaéz ìnternáashanal kòmpatíshanz;

• if a Woorld Ort Kòmpatíshan óepan tu aul tha pláanat wood seem tue aambíshas aand ekspénsiv aat tha stort, we kood hoeld a spéshalìezd "Núarks uv tha Woorld Ort Kòmpatíshan'" óepan tu órtists rézidant in tha váareas Núarks aul óever the Ïngglish-spéeking woorld. Such a kòmpatíshan wood líekle eelísit a lot uv hyúeman-íntrast aténshan bi máejer méedea in aul rélavant kúntreez, aand pramóet ìntersíte ekscháenjaz uv órtists aand dígnitèreez tu faurm a nu kamyúenitè, a spéshal kanékshan amúng tha múltipool Núarks uv tha Woorld (hwich haav bin shoen on báanerz on stréetliet stáanchanz Dountóun (heer in N.J.) in yeerz paast. I did a poest heer on Septémber 20, 2006 thaat shoed boetth siedz uz thoez báanerz, but A.O.L. kauzd aul uv tha píkchurz tu váanish hwen it kloezd évre mémber'z ónlien stáuraj spáesaz. Tho I mae haav thoez piks on D.V.D., mi kúrant D.V.D. drievz (wun in a Del désktop, the uther in aan Áeser láaptop) du not werk — aand hwi wood thaat háapan éver, much les in tue difrant kampyúeterz?). I doen't noe hwut it wil taek tu maek them werk);
• áurganìez a stór-stúdad bénafìt faur ort èjookáeshan in tha Núark Públik Skuelz tu bring toogéther, in N.J.P.O.S. aur Símfanè Haul, aaz méne salébritèez witth Núark kanékshanz aaz pósibool (faur ínstans, Kween Lotéefa, Shakéel O'Néel, Láurin Hil, Jáesan Àalagzáander, Síse Hyúestan, Jon Áemas, Jére Lúis, Sáeveòn Glúver, Mélba Muer, ets., etc.). Perháaps Fílip Rautth kood riet a shaurt plae thaat salébritèez hu du not sing aur daans miet aakt in.
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Tha sagjéschanz abúv or uv kaurs óenle indíkatìv, not egzáustiv, uv tha méne waez aan ènerjétik Núark Orts Kóunsool miet bíld apón Línwood'z légase. Aan éver-aambíshas N.A.K. kood uv kaurs kantínyuaslè salísit sagjéschanz frum mémberz uv tha jénral públik (witth apróepreat nóetis thaat éne idéa áuferd beekúmz tha próperte uv the N.A.K., tu avóid téedeas aand ekspénsiv lìtigáeshan aaz tu the óenershìp uv éne áuferd iedéa).



Tha fóeto abúv iz uv tha "Háebeas Lounj", a big kouch koorld baak on itsélf bi órtist Línda Pólak, aaz it wuz enjóid bi órtists aand vízitèrz aat tha Rúepert Ráevanz Kantémparère gáalerè (no láungger in egzístans) dúering Óepan Daurz 2010. Ms. Polak wontad tu dóenaet thaat werk tu sum apróepreat Núark vényu, aand I sagjestad éne Núark-túerizam áufis thaat miet óepan. Such aan áufis did óepan, but I did not heer hwéther it aakséptad, aand nou inkáurparàets, -- thaat órtwerk, hwich wood be aan idéel plaes faur vízitèrz tu reed tthru túerist broeshúerz, in plénte uv tiem tu aask tha staaf éne kwéschan thaat miet aríez dúering thaat réeding.

Tha laast fóeto I sho toodáe iz uv a páenting I saw dúering Óepan Daurz 2009 uv hwut I kaul "tha júekboks bílding", a fáurmer R.K.O. dúbool-déker múeve tthéater on Mórkat Street in Dóuntoun Núark. In príur éeraz, páenterz miet haav paurtráed midéeval aur áenchant rúinz. Núark'z órtists kwiet próperle reekáurd óuar oen, rélatìvle réesant, "rúinz". Núark iz abóut aaz oeld aaz éne síte in Naurtth Amairika. Órtists who chuez Núark aaz thair súbjekt stil haav a próblam, thaat rúinz or àurdinérilê deemólisht aand reemúevd, aaz not tu pruev íesaurz. Tha júekboks bílding iz apáarantle uv stúrde kanstrúkshan, aand staandz taul aand proud on Mórkat Street west uv Braud Street tu this dae. Laast I nue, nútthing bu tha stáurfrùnts aat ground lévool wer ókyoopìed. Thaat's boetth saad aand kanfyuezing. Hwut'z raung witth the úper flaurz? Kóodan't thae serv sum púrpas, aaz faur ínstans áufis aand shop spaes faur stórtup kúmpanèez thaat doen't need shóeplàesaz but óenle pláesaz tu du thair werk aand houz thair emplóiyeez? Aaz reegórds tha páenting uv tha bílding òeverául, I du not áulwaez haav tha kiendz uv ìnfarmáeshan aváilabòol thaat an N.A.K. súrvae uv aul the ort shoez áuferd in Núark wood haav, so I kaan't tel yu hu páentad this wúnderfòol réndering uv a signífikant port uv Núark's paast. I kood áufer a ges, but if I wer raung, I wood insúlt the áakchual órtist.

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Kóment abóut Núark frum Shaak rae Kazáam

(Noet: This poest iz Fanétisìezd WITTH áaksents faur siláabik stres. If yu haav a préfrans reegórding tekst witth áaksents aur witthóut, pleez let me noe yaur tthíngking véa éemail tu fanetiks@aol.com.)

Shakéel O'Néel'z chíldran'z múeve, Kazáam, in hwich he plaez a "ráaping jéenè", wuz bráudkaast tooníet on Óver The Air cháanal 7.3, Laaf TV, a súbchàanal uv W.A.B.K./N.Y., aat 12 mídnìet. Yeerz agó, hwen it wuz áulmoest nu, I tuend in tha ferst fyu mínits uv Kazáam'z ferst áiring on T.V., wuz not amyúezd, so turnd it auf. Tooníet I chekt out Wìkipéedeâ'z órtikòol abóut thaat film aand found this íntrasting kwoet:
Shakéel O'Néel'z perfáurmans in tha film wuz kansíderd puer aand haaz sins bin réfranst in a númber uv múeveez,[fóotnòets oemítad] máenle éether krítisìezing hiz áakting aur glóeting abóut it. Tha film itsélf wuz a boks áufis dìsapóintmant, máeking $18.9 mílyan agénst a $20 mílyan pradúkshan bújat. O'Néel, houwéver, haaz not eksprést reegrét faur máeking tha film. In a 2012 íntervyù witth J.K. máagazèen [fáurmerlè Jéntoolmànz Kwáurterle] he sed, "I wuz a méedeam-lévool júevanìal dalíngkwant frum Núark hu áulwaez dreemd abóut dúing a múeve. Súmwun sed, 'Hae, heer'z $7 mílyan, kum in aand du this jéene múeve.' Hwut aam I góeing tu sae, no? So I did it."
Séven mílyan dólarz! Shaak's sáalarè wuz maur thaan a ttherd uv tha film'z entíur pradúkshan bújat!
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I wuz vére pleezd tu heer thaat "Kazáam" iz pranóunst egzáaktle in akáurd witth mi Fanétik spéling sístam, witth tha werd'z stres béing on tha sékand sílabòol. Fanétik afáurdz a wae tu sho thaat símple, bi pláesing aan akyúet áaksent óever tha ferst vóuwool leter in thaat sílabòol: Kazáam. Fanétik witth tha famílyar áaksents uv French tu sho siláabik stres iz kauld "Augméntad Fanétik", aand kaan dìferénsheâet amúng tthre lévoolz uv stres, príemère (witth the akyúet áaksent), sékandère (witth tha grov áaksent), aand térsheeyère (witth tha sérkamflèks áaksent).

Shaak, hu seemz, frum évreetthìng I'v herd, tu be a vére nies maan, haaz néver tried tu hied hiz Núark áurijinz, aand haaz éevan maed sum invéstmants heer, spasífiklè in enlórjing tha fáurmer "Núark Skreenz" múlteeplèks múeve tthéater íntu "Síteeplèks 12".
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Ùnfáurchanatlê, he haad not (laast I chekt) kum tthru witth a maur aambíshas prójekt, tha kreáeshan uv a híerìez (lúksharè?) apórtmant tóuar óever tha reetáend baes uv the oeld Síanz Hi Skuel, witth its élegant moezáeik, beehíend N.J.P.O.S. [tha Nu Jérze Perfáurming Orts Sénter]

I hoep he iz just wáeting faur tha riet tiem in Núark's hóuzing mórkat, not thaat he haaz skraapt thoez plaanz.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Núark Òverhwélming

(Noet: This poest iz Fanétisìezd WITTH áaksents faur siláabik stres. If yu haav a préfrans reegórding tekst witth áaksents aur witthóut, pleez let me noe yaur tthíngking véa éemail tu fanetiks@aol.com.)

Be preepáird tu be kanfyúezd, ìndeesíesiv, egzáustad, aand frústràetad, beekáuz tha 14tth áanyual "Óepan Daurz" ôrtstràavagáanza storts Fríedae (toomóro) aand runz tthru Súndae, witth for maur eevénts in for maur vényuez thaan éne wun pérsan kaan pósible aténd, áabsant ìnstantáeneas tèlapaurtáeshan, oq loq Stor Trek. Aand, laast I nue, thaat wuz not (yet?) pósibòol.


I sho heer a lingk tu a pres reelées (skréenprint uv hwich apéerz abúv) thaat wil giv yu aan óevervyù uv this yeer'z órtsqhwòorl. It's a bit laung aand kómplikàetad.
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Beló, I sho a skréenprìnt uv tha top uv hwut iz sapóezd tu be aan ìnteráaktiv ónlìen gied thaat yu kaan get tu bi klíking heer. Ùnfáurchanatlê, hwen I chekt thaat, I found thaat it iz KAMPLÉETLE FÓUALD-ÚP, tthru sum apáuling inkómpatens on tha port uv its kreáeterz. Moest lingks point óenle tu Yaap, a kúmpanè thaat wonts yu tu instául its "aap", aur tu a $40 bénafìt on tha ruef uv tha Hoetél Índigò tooníet, NOT hwut the lingks or sapóezd tu go tu. If this 'gied' duz not werk faur yu éne béter thaan it did faur me, tri góeing tu tha Núark Orts Kóunsool'z wébsìet. The Traanspartáeshan paej iz a good plaes tu stort, aand yu kaan braanch out frum thair. Ùnfáurchanatlê, éevan the N.A.K. wébsìet, aat leest aaz shoen on its Gúegool sérch-reezúlts paej, iz ìnáakyoorât, aand reeférz tu sum úther yeer'z (2014'z?) eevént. Hou on Ertth duz thaat háapan? Dúzan't éneebùde chek éneetthìng tu maek shuer tha lingks go tu hwut thae or sapóezd tu go tu? In tha kaes uv a príur yeer'z Óepan Daurz lístingz, thae shood be DEELÉETAD aur aat vére leest muevd tu sum orkíeval siet únder a dífrant doemáen naem, such aaz "NAKOrkiev.aurg". Núarkerz dizérv béter thaan tha ráampant inkómpatàns I haav ùnkúverd in this yeer's publísitè faur Óepan Daurz.


I sagjést thaat aaz yu klik beetwéen káatagàureez aand diskrípshanz uv spasífik ort shoez aand perfáurmansaz, yu maek noet uv tthingz thaat partíkyoolàrle íntrast yu. Yu wil próbablè need tu áurganìez thoez noets in a táebool, hàandrítan aur jéneràetad bi a wérd-prósesing próegram thaat permíts yu tu saurt bi daet aand tiem.
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I sho beeló tha skréenprìnt uv a táebool I haav stórtad in WèrdPérfakt. I kaan saurt bi daet (kólamn 2) aand then, sépratlè, bi 24-óuar tiem (kólam 3). Tu du this sáurting, I need tu híelìet tha PORT uv tha táebool I wont tu saurt, then invóek tha Tuel ményu aand Saurt ópshan, hwair I haav kreáetad a ke faur sáurting bi daet aur tiem, witthín a gívan táebool kólam.


Spáeshal reeláeshanshìps or hórder tu fígyur, aand múevmant beetwéen vényuez wil taek váareas amóunts uv tiem, esp. deepénding apón hwéther yu wauk, driev, aur ried tha shútool.
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If Óepan Daurz wer not eenúf, thair iz áulso a síks-óuar féstival in Mílitère Pork on Sáaturdae tu sélabràet tha 350tth àanivérsarê uv tha fóunding uv Núark. I shaal haav tu kambíen tha Báarat Foundáeshan'z Ort aand Pees Paráed, hwich sets auf frum N.J.P.O.S., vére neer Mílitère Pork, aat 11 a.m., witth thaat féstival. In adíshan, aan 8-fòot-tául stáachu uv Mórtin Lúetther King, Jr., wuz dédikàetad yésterdae in a pork alàungsíed tha Haul uv Rékerdz. I doen't se éne réfrans tu aan ort sho aat Orts Hi, a shaurt wauk frum thair, so I ges I'l haav tu fóetagràaf thaat sum úther tiem thaan this króudad wéekènd.
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In éne kaes, this iz aul I'l riet abóut Óepan Daurz riet nou, so yu miet look tu tha pres reelées aand/aur ìnteráaktiv gied tu eevénts. If yu aténd this yeer'z Óepan Daurz, yu miet wont tu be shuer tu haav plénte uv spaes on éne díjitàl káamra kord yu taek, aand aat leest wun set uv fresh báaterèez tu preevént lúezing out if tha ferst set dischórjaz kampléetle. Aand reemémber if yu haav a káamra bilt íntu yaur sélfòen thaat thaat iz anúther tiep uv báakùp.
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Wun káushan: the óepaning eevént aat Skíelàab kausts $40. I áulso nóetad wun eevént witth a sagjéstad, 'doenáeshan' uv $5. Úther eevénts or próbablè fre, but chek tha lísting faur éne eevént yu or íntrastad in tu avóid éne ùnplézant surpríezaz. Perháaps yu wood be wíling tu maek a kòntribyúeshan if yu aténd wun eevént, but tthingz kaan get wae out uv haand if yu or urjd tu kantríbyuet aat múltipòol vényuez. The N.A.K. shood haav aadvíezd vényuez portísipàeting in tha Gáalerè Kraul NOT tu aask faur doenáeshanz, but I doen't noe if it did.

Friday, October 9, 2015

Piks frum Graand Oepaning uv Nuark ShopRiet

Vere laung poest, sum 2,900 werdz, witth 32 fóetoez. (Noet: This poest iz Fanetisìezd WITTHOUT aaksents faur silaabik stres. If yu haav a prefrans reegording tekst witth aaksents aur witthout, pleez let me noe yaur tthingking vea eemail tu fanetiks@aol.com.)

I atendad tha Graand Oepaning uv tha Nuark ShopRiet, progres piks uv tha kanstrukshan uv hwich I haav shoen heer oever mene muntths.


Tha porking lot wuz not reemoetle lorj eenuf tu akomadaet tha veikoolz uv evreewun hu wontad tu pork. Thair or ajaesant aireaz thaat I hoep wil be graedad aand paevd tu kreaet maur slots, but I doen't noe thaat tu be tha kaes. I endad up haaving tu driev tu 14tth Aavanyu, hwair I haav aufan porkt faur progres piks, tho a blok forther west thaan yuezhual. I then waukt sum 10 minits baak tu tha staur.
Tha staur iz loekaetad on a hilsied, loeur thaan Joenz Street aand its nu rezidenshal bildingz on tha west. The stairwae up iz not yet kampleet, so I koodan't waul tthru tha kompleks frum 14tth Aavanyu west uv Joenz Street tu tha suepermorkat beelo.

Thair wer amaezing numberz uv peepool thair faur the oepaning uv hwut iz, aafter aul, oenle a suepermorkat. This wuz not a salebrite-studad gaila, tho thair miet haav bin sum loekal palitikal bigwigz in atendans aat sum kiend uv faurmal oepaning, witth breef reemorks, beefaur I tried tu pork around 10:45 a.m., tthre kwaurterz uv aan ouar aafter tha stort tiem staetad on tha serkyoolar I reeseevd bi mail a kupool uv daez oorleur. I didan't se ene sien uv a staej aur daeis aur speekerz' airea morkt auf bi velvat roeps, yelo taep, aur eneetthing els. Thus I doen't noe if thair wer ene welkaming reemorks frum the oenerz uv tha staur aand/aur loekal afishalz.


Sumtthing speshal must haav bin haapaning, tho, beekauz the S.Y.V. abuv bairz aan I.D. faur Nuez 12 Nu Jerze kaebool nuez.


I tthaut tha suetad jent in tha senter uv tha pikchur abuv lookt a lot liek Maeur Baroka, but sins thair wer oenle tue peepool tauking tu him, I ges it wuzan't. (Úpdaet, 11/1/15: Ms. Gata P. Negrra aadvízd me bi éemail thaat thaat really wuz tha máeur.)
Tha stairwae on the eest, doun tu Prins Street, iz oepan.

Tha haurdz outsied tha staur wer apaarantle thair maenle if not oenle tu se aand shop in tha nu staur. Eevan around 11:00 a.m., a fool ouar aafter the afishal oepaning tiem, thair wuz a lien doun tha frunt uv tha staur aand around the kaurner anuther 35 feet aur maur.


Heer yu se tha port uv tha lien thaat didan't fit akraus tha frunt uv tha staur.

In a vestibyuel aur aanteeruem aat tha maen entrans apeerz this lorj graafik thaat menshanz a bunch uv Nuark naeberhoodz bi naem.


The inteereur wuz astonishing, witth a hi seeling aand ortwerk faur speshal deeportmants around tha maen spaes, aul lietad bi loekal liets maur thaan just flaresant paanal liets. Thair or paanal liets in vaareas ports uv tha staur, but I'l haav tu chek tha seeling oever the airea shoen heer, tha nekst tiem I'm in tha staur.


Unliek moest suepermorkats, thair or lorj aireaz uv lo displae kaesaz aand kuelerz. Not neerle aul uv the inteereur iz ro aafter ro uv taul shelvz. Bi kontraast, the Eest Oranj ShopRiet aand the Paatthmorks I'v bin akustamd tu paetraniezing haav thaat kiend uv oepanas aulmoest oenle in tha proedues airea.


Abuv apeerz a laung vyu uv tha chekout airea hwair tha myueral (se beelo) apeerz. Yu kaan't se tha myueral itself wel heer, but its neerast ej iz on tha waul just abuv the oepan spaes aat tha point hwair a vertikal poel apeerz, with the "HAANDEEKAAP" sien tu tha riet.


Wun uv tha maen reezanz I wontad tu se the inteereur uv tha Nuark ShopRiet wuz tu taek pikchurz uv tha myueral kreaetad bi Nuark skuelchildran under tha direkshan uv tha Baarat Foundaeshan. Heer'z tha baesik info tha Foundaeshan sent out about this projekt:
Tha Baarat Foundaeshan iz proud tu anouns the afishal unvailing uv ouar 60 foot laung "Heltthe Living" kamyuenite myueral, loekaetad abuv tha chekout aat tha nu ShopRiet uv Nuark.

Tha myueral, diviedad intu 44 paanalz, wuz diziend aand paentad bi oever 300 Nuark childran aand yuetth on siet in 11 skuelz aand kamyuenite aurganizaeshanz [aand then poot toogether in tha supermorkat].

A big aand speshal tthaangk yu tu ShopRiet uv Nuark oenerz, Neel aand Lesle [Lezle?] Greenstien[,] faur maeking this posibool[.]

Aaz I wuz liening up foetoez uv tha myueral, tha Baarats themselvz haapand bi — wel, tthre out uv faur: Gaare, Chondre, aand thair dauter Attheena; Aareaana seemd not tu be in atendans. I sed I wuz haaving trubool trieing tu get tha hoel myueral in wun pikchur, aand koodan't figyur out hou tu du thaat, eevan if I kood taek a foeto frum auf tu wun sied aand then yuez tha Perspektiv Karekshan tuel in mi graafiks proegraam tu maeek it apeer rektaanggyoolar. I tthaut it wuz about 30' laung, not 60'.


Heer'z tha leftmoest port uv tha spaan, aulmoest tu tha senter.

Chondre ashuerd me thaat I wuz riet aand it kood not aul be fit(ad) in a singgool pikchur. Aading tu tha difikulteez uv geting a good pikchur, aur eevan sevral good pikchurz, wuz tha faakt thaat thair or liets thaat haang doun frum tha seeling aat regyoolar intervalz akraus the ekspaans. I took a number uv foetoez, frum left tu riet, aand sho them just abuv aand beelo. Nekst tiem I'm in tha staur, I'l se if thair iz sum wae I kaan baak up for eenuf tu fit the entiur myueral in wun pikchur, eevan tho I doen't haav a wied-aanggool lenz. I'm just afraed thaat tha seeling iz not yuenifaurmle hi eenuf faur me tu se tha myueral frum a distans.


Heer iz tha sentral paurshan, shoeing a stialiezd verzhan uv tha morke uv the oeld Paaramount Ttheater on Morkat Street not for eest uv tha Faur Kaurnerz. Tthre (teen?) jimnasts or perfaurming on tha morke, hwial storz aand buterfliez reevolv around them. Now we get to the right of senter.


Aand nou tha for riet.


Unfaurchanatle, tha lieting, eevan in laet maurning, wuz baad, witth tha haanging liets intersperst akraus the entiur widtth uv tha myueral rendering sabstaanshal paurshanz uv tha myueral aulmoest imposibool tu se due tu glair.
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Tha staur iz much maur plezant tu be in thaan the Eest Oranj ShopRiet, but I wil probable haav tu spend maur tiem in the Eest Oranj staur beekauz it's oepan 24/7, hwairaaz the inishal ouarz uv tha Nuark staur haav it kloezing aat 10 p.m. Perhaaps the oenerz wil go 24/7 if tha deemaand iz graet.


Yu kaan se beelo the ouarz uv tha Formase. I'm puzoold. Hwi oran't tha formase deeportmants oepan tha saem ouarz aaz the oeveraul staur? Thae or shaurter in moest if not eevan aul uv tha suepermorkats around heer.


Thair iz a diatishan availabool faur konsultaeshan bi kustamerz. This foeto, hwich iz fuze aaz reegordz sum uv tha peepool beekauz thae wer mueving hwen I wuz taeking tha pikchur, shoez tha need faur a diatishan, doen't yu tthingk?


This nekst foeto shoez tha diatishan'z ouarz.


Tha Staur Direktare foelder (se beelo) givz baakground infarmaeshan about tha diatishan aand formasist.


Iz this a Chieneez-fued bufae airea? I'l haav tu chek it out hwen I haav maur tiem. Hwi didan't I just stae laung eenuf tu chek theez tthingz out on oepaning dae?, yu mae wunder. Wel, the oenle wae I kood get thair oorle wuz bi staeing up aul niet, so I wuz a litool tiurd. Aand thair wer kroudz in tha wae. I doen't noe about yu, but I doen't kair tu deel witth kroudz hwen I'm tiurd. Thair'z no problam witth mi cheking vaareas feechurz out in tha fyuechur. Tha staur'z not goeing eneehwair. I hoep. The Fien Fair on the Eest Oranj sied uv Soutth Oranj Aavanyu in mi naeberhood suferd a devastaeting fiur a fyu muntths ago aand wuz taurn doun raather thaan reebilt. Thaat's a pite, beekauz I wuz aebol tu wauk thair duering tha paast winter, hwen mi kor wuz snoed in. Thaat suepermorkat wuz on a point rufle levool witth mi hous, hwairaaz tha suepermorkat nekst kloesast tu me iz doun a steep hil — aand baak up witth a loedad shoping kort.


In adishan tu tha speshalz serkyoolar, staaferz wer haanding out a Staur Direktare thaat inkluedad a maap uv the inteereur.


Tha tiep iz a litool smaul faur me, but the indeks aand diagraamz uv tha staur'z laeout shood be a graet help in fiending tthingz.
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On tha baak uv tha direktare iz sum info about tha diatishan aand formasist.


It wil taek a hwial tu beekum familyar witth this graet nu staur, but it's a vere plezant plaes tu be hwial lerning hwair tthingz or.
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Hwen I wuz tthingking baak a kupool uv daez laeter, tha werdz faur it thaat kaem tu miend wer "upskail" aand "klaase". In this nekst pikchur, yu kaan se stuft paurk chops — aat $2.99 a pound! I sapoez thaat's just aan oepaning-dae speshal. I'v never haad stuft paurk chops, but if I se them thair aat a reezanabool pries nekst tiem I'm in tha staur, I tthingk I'l bie a kupool. I haav no iedea hwut tha paurk chops or stuft WITTH, but I'l fiend out. Thaat iz sertanle not tha kiend uv tthing I'd tri tu preepair mieself.


In this nekst foeto apeerz a displae kaes uv smoekt meets. The oenle smoekt meet I haav noetad in uther suepermorkats in this airea iz turke.


Tu tha riet uv tha stuft paurk chops wer tthre roez uv sausajaz, Cheez & Porsle, Hot Itaalyan, aand Sweet Itaalyan. It looks aaz tho yu kaan aurder a smauler kwontite thaan wood kum preepaakajd, hwich iz good faur sumwun liek me, hu livz aloen aand duzan't haav much uv aan aapatiet. I haav tu look faur tha smaulast siez uv preepaakajd sausaj aand kook much uv it ahed uv tiem tu keep it frum spoialing. Aand witth a nu flaever kombo, liek Cheez & Porsle, if I kaan aurder just tue, I kaan se if I liek it witthout maeking a sabstaanshal investmant in eether mune aur fued-prep tiem. Vere praaktikal.


This kaes displaez halol (tha Mozlam verzhan uv koesher) beef, chikan, aand laam saandwich sliesaz.


Heer or sum paakajaz uv preepaird Indean fued, hwich iz in shaurt sapli around heer. I wunder if thair or Jaapaneez gyoeza, noen in the Y.S. aaz a tiep uv Chieneez dumplingz aur "potstikerz". I liek them, but haavan't seen them in ene suepermorkat around heer, aand I'm in no mued tu driev aul tha wae tu a Chieneez morkat on Ruet 10 neer a Hoem Deepo just faur gyoeza uv vaareas flaeverz.


Yu kaan se beelo Paurt Street Peerz, fued frum "Sastaenabool Oeshanz".


Thair or aet difrant tieps uv pieping-hot sueps in this airea!


Aultho tha pikchur abuv mae seem out uv foekas, oenle tha peepool mueving in tha faurground or fuze, du tu moeshan, not baad foekas.

Aand heer'z a graafik faur aan airea kauld "Springfeeld Aavanyu Baeks" sueperimpoezd on tha werdz "Sentral Waurd".


I sapoez this pries, $2.99 faur a gaalan uv milk, iz a wun-tiem speshal. But I hoep tha Nuark ShopRiet wil stae kampetitiv witth Waulgreenz. I'm tiurd uv haaving tu maek a separat stop faur milk aafter leeving tha suepermorkat, but the Eest Oranj ShopRiet aurdinerile chorjaz aaz much aaz $3.99 aand eevan $4.19 a gaalan, aand tha loekal Paatthmorks seem tu chorj aat leest $4.19.


Tha Nuark ShopRiet iz a vere werthe adishan tu the ameniteez availabool tu Nuarkerz aand peepool in Nuark's suburbz. I saspekt tha rezidenshal bildingz neering kampleeshan wil fil much faaster thaan komparabool houzing on aufer in uther naeberhoodz beekauz uv tha kanveenyans uv a wunderfool, elagant suepermorkat witthin a shaurt wauk uv hoem. Hu noez, if I fiend mieself oeverhwelmd bi tha deemaandz uv maentaening a hous aand yord aaz I get oelder, I mae skail doun tu aan aportmant in tha Nuark ShopRiet kompleks mieself.

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Jíant Jínjer Jorz aand Fre Myuezéamz

(Noet: This poest iz Fanétisìezd WITTH áaksents faur siláabik stres. If yu haav a préfrans reegórding tekst witth áaksents aur witthóut, pleez let me noe yaur tthíngking véa éemail tu fanetiks@aol.com.)


Faur méne yeerz, tha fáurmal, Wóshingtan Street éntrans uv tha Núark Myuezéam wuz flaangkt bi tue jíant Chíenèez jínjer jorz. Thae or no láungger thair. Thae wer muevd tu Haríezan Plóza, aan élagantlè pláantad smaul pork beetwéen tha Myuezéam aand Séntral Áavanyù, fáurmerle ókyoopìed in port bi histáurik Paléemas [?] Hous, hwich tha Myuezéam deesíedad wuz tue báadle kómpramìezd strúkchuralè tu be rénavàetad, so haad tu be deemólisht. I'm not shuer thaat thaat wuz tha best chois, but it iz tha chois tha Myuezéam maed.
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I yuezd tha fóeto beeló witthóut much tékschuàl daskrípshan (thaat iz, kóntekst) aaz tha ttherd píkchur in mi poest uv Joolí 14tth, aaz a saurt uv prómis tu adrés thaat tópik. I aam nou so adrésing it.
I háadan't noen abóut tha muev untíl I aténdad this yeer'z Fíur Múster on June 7tth. (I stil need tu adrés thaat tópik. In du kaurs.) This iz mi ferst vyu uv tha jorz in thair nu loekáeshan, paast a fíur-aand-réskyu véikòol frum Fláanderz (Móris Kóunte), N.J.
I tthingk theez páentad-kónkreet jorz look béter in thair nu loekáeshan. In adíshan, thair iz a sien bi them thair thaat daskríebz them. Thair wuz no sien aat the príur loekáeshan. Ùnfáurchanatlê, mi fóeto uv thaat sien dídan't turn out kleer, beekáuz uv glair frum tha sun. I'm not góeing tu tiep the entíur tekst thaat I wuz áebool tu reed, aand inténd aat sum point tu take a good píkchur aat réedabòol siez tu sho heer. In breef, theez or tue egzáampoolz uv a séereez uv such werks bi the órtist Áalan MiKólam, kauld "Pérfakt Véikòolz", in tha sénchurèez-oeld faurm uv a Chíenèez jínjer jor, eksépt tha tops du not kum auf.

Fre Myuzéamz. It's thaat tiem agén, tha ferst fool wéekènd (Sáaturdàe aand Súndae) uv tha muntth, hwen Baangk uv Amáirika / Mérool Linch treets its krédit aand débit kórdhòelderz tu wun aadmíshan per pérsan (aur iz it per kord aur akóunt?) tu éne uv óever 150 myuezéamz akráus tha kúntre. Tha wérding iz a lítool unkléer. Tha fiev partísipàeting ìnstitúeshanz in Naurtth Jérze or tha Núark Myuezéam aand Aaljíera: A Sénter faur Kantémparère Ort in Núark, tha Montkláir Myuezéam uv Ort in Montkláir, tha Móris Myuezéam in Móristòun, aand tha Líbertè Síans Sénter in Jérze Síte. Aaljíera iz óepan óenle Sáaturdàez, but the úther ìnstitúeshanz or óepan boetth Sáaturdàe aand Súndae. Yu kaan fiend lingks tu thair wébsìets aat the Myuezéamz on Us wébsìet faur ínfo abóut loekáeshan, óuarz, spéshal èksibíshanz, jénral kalékshanz, ets.
St. Páatrik's Pro Katthéedral seen paast tha jínjer jorz.

I háavan't bin tu éether tha Móntklair Ort Myuezéam aur tha Móris Myuezéam in a laung tiem, aand haav néver bin tu tha Líberte Síans Sénter. Tha wéthur this wéekènd iz dréere, but máebe a trip tu a fre myuzéam wood bríetan mi mued. Aand yaurz?
Heer'z a wied vyu frum tha jínjer jorz in Haríezan Plóza tu tha méerer-glàas tóuarz uv P.S.E.&G. (left) aand tha Prudénshal Fináanshal Woorld Hédkwàurterz áaneks (riet; yes, I noe thaat iz áakchualè soopérfluas, but tha réeder miet fiend it maur kúmfartabòol thaan if I just left the íshu háanging).