Comments on: Touristy Stuff.

By: bitterman

bitterman — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:37:20 +0000

I ain’t getting on nothin’ that floats that is named after New Jersey.

Just sayin’ is all…..

By: Jerry K

Jerry K — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:06:23 +0000

Went to Ellis Island back in the 80’s with my parents to visit the site where both sets of my grandparents entered this country around the turn of the last century. The meriod of emotions I felt while sitting in the “Great Room” can not adequately be put into words. I could feel the fear and the anxiety they felt in this new strange new world, but also the hope and great expectations of being in a new land, given a “new beginning”, if you will. It truly makes my blood boil when I hear the “ILLEGAL” immigrants complain. Which, brings me to this link:http://c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070729/NEWS/707290306

Every person whose ancestors first set foot on these shores through Ellis Island should make at least one visit to that site and reflect on what that distant generation of LEGAL immigrants endured to get here and, subsequently, go on to build this country.

By: Randy Heinz, SFO

Randy Heinz, SFO — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:09:25 +0000

Miss New Jersey is a boat?

Did she finally win “Miss Congeniality?”

By: Erica

Erica — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:20:00 +0000

Miss New Jersey is a boat? Why am I not surprised.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:15:09 +0000

Brian — Next time gimme a holler.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:02:23 +0000

Jimbo,

I almost had enough time to visit you while I was working in White Plains. Maybe next time.
I went down there with a couple of friends on the Sunday before Memorial Day. It was afternoon by the time we got the ferry and we enjoyed being on Liberty Island and the Statue so much that we did not get a chance to go to Ellis Island. The last ferry is at 4:30. So that will also be next time to visit where my grandparents on both sides came to America!!
I could not get my digital up fast enough but an F-16 made a flyby in across the face of the statue and it was beautiful, if you know what I mean.
The time before that when I saw the statue was at 6 AM on a Sunday morning sailing into NY Harbor on the Sky Princess from a New England cruise. Also on the beautiful NY skyline were the twin towers of WTC (RIP). I also visited that site and choked up when I saw the fire station and the flags on display.