This week we visited a not-so-small bookstore to check out the new digs for the Barnes and Noble at Monmouth Mall. I grabbed something off my reading wish list and cracked it open tonight.

Took a little ride this afternoon to check out Thunder Road Books and Driftwood coffee house in Spring Lake, NJ. This is the inaugural outing in my plan to hit up as many independent bookstores as I can!

Looking for recommendations for independent bookstores, ideally with a coffee shop or cafe, in New Jersey. Please tell me about the best ones!

Hello! I’m new here and hoping to make some new friends and allies.

I’m an urban planner by trade, painter by spirit, and deeply in love with the East Coast of the United States, especially Cape Cod and the Jersey Shore.

Please enjoy this painting of Rock Harbor on Cape Cod!