Wishing summer was already here?

Written by Cindy Nevitt Friday, April 05, 2013 01:00 am

It is, in the beer aisle at the liquor store

It’s one thing to rush the holidays and the seasons. Go ahead and bring on Christmas on the heels of Halloween, completely downplaying Thanksgiving as a major event. I don’t mind because I mostly don’t care about convention and what Hallmark dictates.

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Peeps: Nothing but cheap thrills

Written by Cindy Nevitt Friday, March 29, 2013 01:00 am

In news that defies belief, Peeps marshmallow candies are celebrating their 60th anniversary this year. How could a product so vile live so long and prosper?

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Stuck in the middle: The sea is rising, the land is sinking

Last Updated on Friday, March 29, 2013 04:26 pm Written by Cindy Nevitt Friday, March 22, 2013 01:00 am

Stuck in the middle: The sea is rising, the land is sinking

Turns out, the sky is not falling, Henny Penny. The land is.

Here in the mid-Atlantic region, the land is disappearing at a rate three times faster than elsewhere on the East Coast, reports say. Yay, us! So not only do we have sea level rise in the mid-Atlantic region that is twice the global average, we have the “sinking land effect,” as well.

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Just what the doctor ordered: Rescue personnel in a flood

Last Updated on Thursday, March 14, 2013 09:12 pm Written by Cindy Nevitt Friday, March 15, 2013 01:00 am

Flooding is a fact of life on a barrier island. Lately, it’s been a more frequent fact.

Usually, flooding is a matter of inconvenience. If you live in a notoriously low-lying area – as I do – there can be long stretches of time when you can’t park your car in your driveway. Which, now that I think of it, may be a selling point when it’s time to put my house on the market.

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What’s your number? Know your ABFE

Last Updated on Friday, March 08, 2013 01:51 pm Written by Cindy Nevitt Friday, March 08, 2013 01:00 am

Before a certain mattress brand co-opted the phrase “What’s your number?” the question was understood to mean your telephone number.

But along the coastline of New Jersey, “What’s your number” is starting to refer to something else entirely. Post-Sandy, it’s ABFE.

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