Vlasic Stork makes celebrity appearance at All Star football game
June 4, 2009 by admin
Filed under Day Trips, News For Parents
VLASIC STORK MAKES CELEBRITY APPEARANCE AT 12th ANNUAL NJ-NE ALL-STAR CLASSIC FOOTBALL GAME WITH CRUNCH-OFFS BEFORE KICK-OFF!
An All-star team of football players from New Jersey will go head to head against a team of all-stars selected from eight Northeast states in the 12th Annual All-Star Classic, but before kick-off comes CRUNCH-OFF. Vlasic Pickles and the famous Vlasic Stork will lead off the hospitality area this year by hosting its ever-popular “PICKLE CRUNCH-OFF,” competition encouraging game-goers to satisfy their craving for crunch before the big game. Participants will:
· Compete to see who has the LOUDEST pickle crunch…the microphone doesn’t lie!
· Meet the Vlasic Stork
· Win prizes
· Enjoy music, food, games and other activities in the Vlasic FanFest Area!
*FUNNY, ACTION-PACKED PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES OF LITTLE KIDS, BIG KIDS AND FAMILIES ALL DAY LONG!*
Sunday, June 7th at Rutgers Stadium from 12:00 p.m.– 2:30 p.m.
WHO: Vlasic Pickles—America’s FAVORITE Pickle—are always crunchy and juicy. Low in calories, with no fat a BIG flavor, Vlasic pickles are available in nine key segments including Kosher Dill Spears, Bread and Butter Chips, Ovals, Sweet Gherkins, Large and Small Whole Dills, Stackers, Relish and Peppers. For more information about Vlasic® pickles, please visit www.vlasic.com
*Advance in-studio and on site “crunch-off” segments bookable upon request*
WHERE: Vlasic Pickles FanFest Area
Athletes Glen (right across from Rutgers Stadium)
Piscataway, NJ
WHEN: Sunday, June 7th from 12:00-2:30
Please contact Lee Makofsky for all advance and on site media inquiries at 973.856.2643 or lee.mako@bhgpr.com
Gulliver’s Travels (Oxford World’s Classics) (Paperback)
May 18, 2009 by admin
Filed under NJ Travel Guide
In Gulliver’s Travels, the narrator represents himself as a reliable reporter of the fantastic adventures he has just experienced. But how far can we rely on a narrator who has been impersonated by someone else? The work purports to be a travel book, and describes the shipwrecked Gulliver’s encounters with the inhabitants of four extraordinary places: Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the country of the Houyhnhnms. An extraordinarily skillful blend of fantasy and realism makes Gulliver’s Travels by turns hilarious, frightening, and profound. Swift’s alter ego plays tricks on us, and our gullibility uncovers one of the world’s most disturbing satires of the human condition. The fullest, most up-to-date paperback of Gulliver’s Travels currently available, this new edition contains an astute analysis of the nature of Swift’s satire. It includes the changing frontispiece portraits of Gulliver that appeared in successive early editions and whose subtle changes contribute to (more…)


