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42 From Linwood to DJ Hollywood in this issue... How a kid from Mainland became the hottest club DJ on the Vegas Strip 8 Publisher’s Letter 44 Jimmie Lee “The Jersey Outlaw” Doctor by Day... Rocker By Night 11 The Raw Feed Juicy news from our undercover journalist 46 champion spirit Jessica Galli: A True Gold Medalist in Life 12 t he Insider Presents A listing of the news and happenings around town and candid 52 s . Jersey Tourism Tied to Golf Industry Girls niGHt: title waVe morris Day photographs from community events First-class golf courses make the A.C. vacation experience better Main Event: NABF Champion & tony tHe musiCal Philadelphia’s “Hammerin” anD tHe time 56 w alking the line with nik wallenda who’s Who at the Jersey Shore EVERy tHuRSDAy - SAtuRDAy HANk LuNDy vs RAyMuNDO BELtRAN DanZa and special guest BCAPP 28 One-on-one with the death-defying King of Tightrope Walking Our new section profiles movers and shakers each NOW - SEPT. 1 JULY 27 AUGUST 11 AUGUST 18 month at The Jersey Shore 58 Featured Restaurant Philippe Chin: inside Somers Point’s French-Asian Bistro & Deck Bar on the Bay 36 the weatherman:tracking dan skeldon 60 out to lunch What Makes TV40’s very busy meteorologist so special Anthony Previti and the all-new Fitzpatricks Deli and Steakhouse 38 could New Jersey’s Next Big Gamble 62 c urtain Call win $1 million. Mean Lights Out For Atlantic City? Snooki Speaks: The ‘Jersey Shore’ star dishes on her life. win musCle Cars. $1 sHots Brunch • Private Party room • live muSic • haPPy hour • weDDingS $2 DraFt Beer • Sal $3 Beer & wine
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When my Creative Director, Ginny Leith, told me that this was our 40th issue, I have to be honest, at firstI didn’t believe her. It did not seem possible. It seems like just yesterday that we were laying out the These SOLD in June 2012: blueprint for what would become the first issue ofThe Boardwalk Journal and here we are discussing our 40th. on the inside cover, you will see, in sequence, all 40 Boardwalk Journal covers and I will invariably be asked to answer the question, “Which one is your favorite?” The politically-correct answer is that I don’t have one particular Margate Single FaMily favorite, but there are several that stand out for one reason or another. addreSS Sold date Sold Price 1 n. BuFFalo avenue 6/8/12 $350,000 For example, the January 2009 Trump Talks cover stands out as one of my favorites, perhaps for more sentimental 33 n. clerMont avenue 6/6/12 $325,000 17 n. SWartHMore avenue 6/11/12 $355,000 reasons, as I remember working around the clock on that issue, as it was our first. The April 2010 cover featuring Mayor Langford and former Chief of 121 n. Hanover avenue 6/26/12 $335,000 110 n. SWartHMore avenue 6/1/12 $370,000 Police John Mooney is also one of my favorites (even though I welcomed a group of passionate pro-Langford protestors into my office who were not 1 n. delavan avenue 6/11/12 $350,000 too happy about a racy cartoon featuring a caricature of the Mayor giving the finger.) The Mayor’s wife later told me that her husband got a kick out 119 n. adaMS avenue 6/18/12 $375,000 ventnor condoS of the cartoon. 105 n. SuMner avenue 6/19/12 $415,000 addreSS Sold date Sold Price i love the August 2010 cover featuring Michelle Dawn Mooney. It is such a beautiful image of an amazingly talented individual who has 121 n. clarendon avenue 6/29/12 $440,000 709 n. dorSet avenue #c-12 6/26/12 $54,500 contributed—in one way or another—to all forty of our issues. The December 2010 Real Housewives of South Jersey cover is one of my favorites, 22 n. Huntington avenue 6/29/12 $472,500 as is last year’s installment in December, 2011. 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ManSField avenue 6/25/12 $875,000 Though I like all 40 covers for their own unique reasons, there is one that stands out to me as my particular favorite and that is the September 102 n. evergreen avenue 6/29/12 $484,500 2011 Rat Pack Revisted cover featuring a great black and white shot of the legendary Francis Albert Sinatra. 29 n. clarendon avenue 6/22/12 $1,075,000 217 n. 35tH avenue 6/1/12 $700,000 so there you have it, my two cents on our best covers over the last 40 issues. 102 S. clerMont avenue 6/1/12 $1,400,000 26 S. 32nd avenue 6/29/12 $675,000 Enjoy. Margate condoS Respectfully, longPort condoS addreSS Sold date Sold Price addreSS Sold date Sold Price James J. Leonard, Jr., Esq. 9504 aMHerSt avenue #6 6/27/12 $261,000 111 S. 16tH avenue #508 6/22/12 $570,000 President / CEO / Publisher / Editor-in-Chief 9400 atlantic avenue #415 6/25/12 $360,000 11 S. adaMS avenue #7 6/1/12 $385,000 23 S. 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August 2012 | The Boardwalk Journal | 11 The Insider WHAT IS A CERTIFIED Local News, Happenings, and Events MATRIMONIAL LAW ATTORNEY?
first Margaritaville-inspired casino and Michael Gill entertainment complex comes to the East Coast Family Law, Mediation and Commercial Litigation. Certifi ed by the Supreme Court of NJ as a Matrimonial Attorney. Margaritaville and Resorts Casino Hotel are now giving Atlantic City visitors their license to chill with an experience unlike any other on the East Coast. Governor Chris Christie Choosing the right attorney can be a diffi cult decision. What criteria determines choosing one announced today at a press conference on the attorney over another, and how can you be sure that you will choose the right attorney to handle Boardwalk in front of Resorts that Resorts will be your matrimonial legal situation? Given the uncertainty and complexity associated with this adding a Margaritaville complex to the property which will open in May 2013. decision, a Certifi ed Matrimonal Law Attorney is a good place to start your search. “The Margaritaville project at Resorts is an amazing step forward for Atlantic City,” said A Certifi ed Matrimonial Law Attorney is a designation granted by the New Jersey Supreme Court Morris Bailey, owner of Resorts Casino Hotel. “Our investment coupled with the Jimmy Buffett to attorneys who are able to demonstrate suffi cient levels of experience, education, knowledge Margaritaville brand is a huge coup for Atlantic and skill in matrimonial law practice. To achieve the designation of “certifi ed”, an attorney must City and I am extremely proud to say it was Resorts demonstrate a substantial level of experience in their fi eld, take and pass a written examination and the state of New Jersey that made it happen.” and receive favorable evaluations by other attorneys and judges familiar with his or her work. “This is easily one of the biggest things to happen to Atlantic City since the inception of gaming in 1978,” said Aaron Gomes, Like any certifi cation process, this one is offered to individuals who have mastered this subject Executive Vice President of Operations at Resorts Casino Hotel. area which includes: “The Margaritaville and Jimmy Buffett brand is one of the most recognizable in the world and without a doubt will become the Divorce • Child Custody • Child Support • Alimony • Mediation • Domestic Partnerships must-see attraction in Atlantic City.” Pre- and Post-Nuptial Agreements • Domestic Violence • Adoption The Margaritaville complex at Resorts will completely embrace the lifestyle featuring a casino, restaurant, Five O’clock Somewhere Bar, retail stores, LandShark Bar and Grill, a year- For over 40 years Goldenberg Mackler has been guiding clients through diffi cult family law issues. round beach bar complex, and their first ever coffee shop. Call today for more information or visit our website at gmslaw.com Additionally, Resorts Boardwalk façade will be re-themed with the Margaritaville brand. “Today’s Margaritaville announcement is another great sign for Atlantic City and another important step forward in our
efforts to revitalize Atlantic City as a premier resort and vacation Hurley P. by Don Image destination,” said Governor Chris Christie. “The success ofA tlantic Top: artist’s rendering of new Margaritaville complex City is critical to both the regional and state economics, which is Bottom: Jimmy Buffett why we have seen an unprecedented amount of investment and cooperation among all of the casinos, the Casino Reinvestment “It is certainly no surprise to me that a huge flock of Parrotheads www.gmslaw.com Development Authority, and my Administration. The continued reside on the Jersey Shore,” said Jimmy Buffett, “I am very grateful addition of world-class entertainment, retail and gaming offerings for the years of support from some of our most die-hard fans in the in the city illustrates the commitment of all partners to making this country. Atlantic City is a historic beach town and I am very happy The information contained herein is intended for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice. Seek competent legal counsel for advice on any legal matter. effort succeed. I congratulate both Resorts Casino Hotel and the to be a part of helping it find its place again as a beach vacation Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville brand on making this a reality.” destination. I’ll see you on the Shore.”
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30th Annual Wings and Water Festival huge success Visitors of all ages enjoyed crafts, food, music, games, talks, tours and animal encounters at the 2012 Wings ‘n Water Festival. The events took place July 12-14 at the Wetlands Institute and in various other locations throughout Stone Harbor and Avalon. At the Wetlands Institute, the conservation and preservation of coastal ecosystems is promoted by providing a fun and educational experience for families, school groups and vacationers of all ages. The Institute is located at 1075 Stone Harbor Blvd., Stone Harbor, NJ. Images by John Dimaio by John Images
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Rock and ROll Hall of Famer GRAHAM NASH WORLD Premiere Art exhibition at Ocean Galleries draws huge crowds Over the July 4th holiday, Ocean Galleries in Stone Harbor hosted the world premiere of artwork by Graham Nash. “The Art of Graham Nash” attracted huge crowds throughout the week – many hoping to have the opportunity to meet the artist, photographer, and music legend who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice (once with Crosby, Stills & Nash and once with The Hollies.) “The Art of Graham Nash” exhibition will remain on display through September 2012. For more information, call 609-368-7777 or visit www.oceangalleries.com
Band mate and long time friend David Crosby stopped by the gallery during a private client event on Saturday, June 30 to see Graham Nash’s artwork for the first time. At the Crosby, Stills & Nash concert in Atlantic City later that evening, The artwork of Graham Nash represents David commented on how great the art was! Pictured (left to right) gallery the manifestation of his love for music and owner Josh Miller, Nash, Crosby, gallery owner Kim Miller. art over the past 50 years. Susan Chapman of Avalon was especially impressed by this pastel created after Graham took a photo in New York City, then later enhanced it into the magnificent image shown.
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MIA-0002-12BJ-full.indd 1 7/18/12 9:28 AM The Insider Local News, Happenings and Events Mow Lawns? 10 tips for making seafood Yeah, we can do that. part of a healthy diet But we also do so much more! etting fit and staying fit involve a combination of Add variety by we are a full-service landscaping company proper diet and exercise. The fitness professionals at trying a new fish • Pavers (patios, walkways & driveways) • Custom Landscape Design & Installation Tilton Fitness can help you on both counts. such as grilled G according to Tilton Fitness personal trainer and diet/ Atlantic or Pacific • Lawn Maintenance • Ponds & Water Features • Flower Planting • Shrub Trimming nutrition expert Nicole Bell, it’s a smart idea twice a week to mackerel, herring make seafood the main protein food on your plate. Seafood on a salad, or oven- contains a range of nutrients, including healthy omega-3 fats. baked pollock. According to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 7. Put it on a eating about 8 ounces per week (less for young children) of a salad or in a call today variety of seafood can help prevent heart disease. sandwich nicole offers these tips for making seafood a key Top a salad with for a component of a healthy diet. grilled scallops, free Quote 1. Eat a variety of seafood shrimp, or crab Include some that are higher in omega-3s and lower in in place of steak (609) 228-5756 mercury, such as salmon, trout, oysters, Atlantic and Pacific or chicken. Use mackerel, herring, and sardines. canned tuna License #13VH06472900 Tilton Fitness Nutition Expert, Nicole Bell www.tntdynamitelawns.com 2. Keep it lean and flavorful or salmon for Try grilling, broiling, roasting, or baking—they don’t add sandwiches in place extra fat. Avoid breading or frying seafood and creamy of deli meats, which are often higher in sodium. sauces, which add calories and fat. Using spices or herbs, 8. Shop smart such as dill, chili powder, paprika, or cumin, and lemon or Eating more seafood does not have to be expensive. Come home to Cousin Mario’s lime juice, can add flavor without adding salt. Whiting, tilapia, sardines, canned tuna, and some frozen 3. Shellfish counts too! seafood are usually lower cost options. Check the local Oysters, mussels, clams, and calamari (squid) all supply newspaper, online, and at the store for sales, coupons, and healthy omega-3s. Try mussels marinara, oyster stew, specials to help save money on seafood. steamed clams, or pasta with calamari. 9. Grow up healthy with seafood 4. Keep seafood on hand Omega-3 fats from seafood can help improve nervous Canned seafood, such as canned salmon, tuna, or sardines, system development in infants and children. Serve seafood to children twice a week in portions appropriate for their Live Music is quick and easy to use. Canned white tuna is higher in Thursday - Friday omega-3s, but canned “light” tuna is lower in mercury. age and appetite. A variety of seafood lower in mercury should also be part of a healthy diet for women who are happy hour 12 - 7 5. Cook it safely pregnant or breastfeeding. Check oysters, mussels, and clams before cooking. If shells DaiLy Drink speciaLs don’t clamp shut when you tap them, throw them away. 10. Know your seafood portions Full BanqueT After cooking, also toss any that didn’t open. This means To get 8 ounces of seafood a week, use these as guides: FaciliTies that they may not be safe to eat. Cook shrimp, lobster and A drained can of tuna is about 3 to 4 ounces, a salmon Take OuT & scallops until they are opaque (milky white). Cook fish to steak ranges from 4 to 6 ounces, and 1 small trout is delivery availaBle about 3 ounces. 145°F, until it flakes with a fork. check us OuT 6. Get creative with seafood visit www.ChooseMyPlate.gov for more information. Also, on The WeB or Be our Friend Think beyond the fish fillet. Try salmon patties, a shrimp to schedule a complimentary nutrition and fitness consultation on FaceBook stir-fry, grilled fish tacos, or clams with whole-wheat pasta. with Nicole Bell, call (609) 652-7744.
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He was declared persona non grata and narrowly escaped arrest.) Americans are, of course, proud of underinsured motorist coverage is important to understand that your their native sons, the Wright Brothers, (UM/UIM). The Uninsured Motorist insurance carrier will include this limitation automatically unless you ask to have this for developing and flying the first Coverage option will provide coverage Take it from a personal injury attorney if you are in an accident with someone limitation excluded. In my opinion, if it is successful heavier than air flying – invest a few minutes to understand that does not have insurance or cannot be financially feasible, do not include this machines in Kitty Hawk. Although no just three key points about automobile identified, as in a “hit-and-run.” limitation in your insurance policy. American built fighter planes insurance coverage that may save you a Underinsured Motorist Coverage lot of trouble if you are injured in an The list above is not exhaustive and is only THE PRE-HISTORY OF THE ATLANTIC CITY AIR SHOW participated in World War I, American provides additional coverage in intended to provide a baseline for pilots distinguished themselves in automobile accident. New Jersey situations when the vehicle at fault is automobile insurance operates under the protecting you and your family in the event The Atlantic City Air went up in a tethered balloon in Paris on service with the Lafayette Escadrille of covered by insurance but the coverage is of an automobile accident. It is also true “No Fault” statute, which means that not enough to adequately compensate Show has become one May 20, 1784. (Even braver, perhaps, the French Air Service, while many that including in your policy the choices your insurance policy dictates how your you for your injuries. Simply stated, the of the signature was Jeanne LaBrosse, who in 1799 others joined the fledgling American medical bills will be paid and how you that I have discussed above or increasing Army Air Service later in the war. UM/UIM portion of your policy will your present coverage limits for these tourist attractions became the first woman to jump from a collect compensation for pain and provide you with a safe harbor of If you have ever seen up close one of choices will raise your monthly premium. during August at the balloon with a parachute.) suffering and other losses. Too many of coverage in the event that you or anyone the planes flown in the World War I era, the people I see either do not understand However, depending on the remainder of shore. Tens of These early balloons were often very else covered by your policy is injured in the selections in your policy, the changes thousands of people come from great beautiful and were perfectly quiet, but you will have an appreciation for the what their policy covered or felt that an accident caused by a person who they could not afford better coverage. that I have mentioned may mean only a distances to see the incredible precision were entirely at the mercy of the winds. incredible courage of the men who went either has no insurance or not enough nominal increase. No matter the increase, up in them. Made of light wood, canvas, The reality is that, while the cost insurance to adequately compensate you. of jet fighters and to admire historic Their riders had no way of predicting difference between good and bad though, if you are injured in a motor planes dating back to World War II and where they would land, and could only and wire, it is almost impossible to However, you should note that you vehicle accident you will be happy with coverage can be minimal, its impact on cannot elect UM/UIM benefits that are even earlier. hope that they would avoid what believe that pilots engaged in crazy your decision. In these economic times how your ability to obtain proper medical higher than your liability limits. As amazing as modern aviation is, I happened to Jacques Charles, when his acrobatics in those contraptions while treatment or to be compensated for pain we spend our money is important. But Therefore, I recommend $250,000 limits since in New Jersey we are required to have frequently reflect on the courage and balloon landed in a village whose firing machine gun bullets at each other. and suffering can be tremendous. for both. automobile insurance to drive, we might as ingenuity of the earliest “aeronauts” who peasants believed it to be a monster and Most of my readers are probably much Remember that you get what you pay Last but certainly not least, be sure that well pay for what will be the most helpful decided to attack it with pitchforks. more familiar with aircraft from the for, so pay for what is important. risked their necks in crazy contraptions you are aware of the “tort threshold” or in a time of need. in (sometimes) successful attempts to Airships powered by engines were World War II era on, and with the rapid First, your personal injury protection “limitation on lawsuit” option, which Remember you get what you pay for, so eventually developed, and another development of monoplanes, jet coverage is paramount. Personal injury emulate the birds. does just that; it limits the compensation pay for what is important. Father Bartolomeu de Gusmäo (1685- Brazilian aviation pioneer, Alberto fighters, right on up through the stealth protection (PIP) is the portion of your that you and those covered under your For an automobile insurance brochure, 1724) was a Brazilian priest who may Santos-Dumont built an airship bombers and the even more mysterious policy that pays for your medical bills if policy can receive for things like pain and you are injured in an automobile call 609-572-7458 or have demonstrated the first workable powered by an internal combustion experimental craft employed by our suffering depending on the particular type armed services today. accident. As discussed above, since New of injury that you have suffered. This is [email protected] balloon at an exhibition he gave before engine which flew in 1898. Jersey works under a no-fault system, it the King of Portugal in 1709. Later that The Germans eagerly followed up on The common element from Father de true even if the other driver is 100% at is your personal injury protection fault. Despite the drastic consequences of century, the Montgolfier brothers of this innovation, and Count Ferdinand Gusmäo to today’s pilots is the courage coverage that will pay for your medical this choice, many choose this option France came forward with their own von Zeppelin led the way with his line and skill of those who defy gravity and bills no matter who is at fault. There are soar through the wild blue yonder. Let’s because it provides a lower payment. elaborate hot air balloons which soon of ships which eventually reached two basic PIP coverage options: However, to receive that reduction you think of them all as we thrill to another caught the imagination of everyone in astonishing size. While everyone “standard” and “basic.” Standard forfeit your right to file a lawsuit unless Europe. Using the same approach taken remembers the Hindenburg disaster, Atlantic City Air Show. coverage provides for medical expenses you have suffered one of the following by the modern space program, the which took place right here at the Jersey up to $250,000 whereas the basic policy injuries: death, dismemberment, Shore in Lakehurst on May 6, 1937, only provides medical coverage up to significant disfigurement or scarring, Montgolfiers experimented by sending $15,000 per person, an amount not likely Lloyd D. Levenson is Chief Executive displaced fracture, loss of a fetus, or a animals up, before making the first passenger zeppelins actually had an to provide sufficient coverage for a human flight on November 21, 1783. excellent safety history. The LZ127 Officer of the Atlantic City-based law firm Cooper permanent injury. Unfortunately, if you Levenson and Chairman of the firm’s Casino Law serious injury. In my opinion, standard have selected the limitation on lawsuit The first women to fly followed soon after Graf Zeppelin, for example, flew more Departments in Atlantic City and coverage in the amount of $250,000 per and you cannot show that you have than a million miles with no passenger when the Countess of Podenas, the Las Vegas. Mr. Levenson may be reached at person per accident is a necessity. suffered one of the aforementioned Marchioness and Countess of ever suffering an injury. (An interesting (609)344-3161 or by email at The second point to consider is the injuries, you will likely not be Montalembert, and a Miss DeLagarde historical tidbit is that Dr. Hugo [email protected]. coverage referred to as uninsured and/or compensated for your loss at all. Also, it Who’s Who Who’s Who at the Jersey Shore at the Jersey Shore
Tova Ioannucci Charles Weeks
It almost seems as if Tova Ioannucci was born Communications. She also did internships in NYC with Vanity When Charles Weeks told me that he had a but the moral obligation to do the best for his clients. It’s a status that to do what she does. As the daughter of a cocktail waitress and a Fair and Seventh House PR. And, as the only child of two passion for finance, I thought he was exaggerating. He’s not. Not is wholly appropriate, considering Weeks’ passion for finance and his bartender, both longtime casino employees, Ioannucci couldn’t be parents who are involved with AC nightlife, Ioannucci had the only does Weeks maintain his full time position as a Certified interest in getting basic financial principles into the hands of the many. more in the know when it comes to Atlantic City nightlife. Which benefit of seeing early on their example. “They are always happy Financial Planner at the firm he created, Barrister Wealth It was with the RIA affiliation that Weeks decided to go into business is why she is the perfect person to do her job. and are constantly surrounded by fun, interesting people that just Management, he also teaches finance at Richard Stockton for himself, establishing Barrister Wealth Management in 2010. as the Director of VIP Services as well as the Brand adore them. This is what I grew up around and with that, lots of College, where he serves as a half-time professor. currently located in Galloway, Barrister Wealth Management Ambassador of The Chelsea Hotel, Ioannucci’s main focus is on doors opened my way,” explained Ioannucci. it’s been that way as long as Weeks can remember. “When I manages assets for clients with a minimum $250,000 portfolio, customizing guests’ experiences to their interests. Unlike other if it seems that Ioannucci is focused solely on nightlife, was young, my dad would invest in mutual funds and I’d sit and which includes comprehensive financial planning at no additional local venues, The Chelsea is neither a casino nor a destination, think again. “Luckily, I still find time to myself outside of work,” look through all the brochures and information,” said Weeks. While cost. Weeks also provides financial planning—from the basics to which makes Ioannucci’s job all the more important. Her goal is explained Ioannucci. “I still get to play sports and spend time with enrolled in Holy Spirit High School, Weeks took a political science/ a fully detailed plan—at an hourly rate, without a minimum net to “make each guest’s experience something special…something my friends and family on a regular basis…snowboard(ing) in the finance course and loved it. worth or asset level requirement. Perhaps the most important thing memorable…that they can only get at TheC helsea.” winter and play(ing) softball during the fall.I n the summer, I play when Weeks describes the world of finance, it’s clear that that Weeks offers, in addition to his years of experience, is ethics. besides managing the expectations and interests of her guests, in a pretty awesome woman’s flag football league.” he’s at home there—finance is not just a job to Weeks, it is most With a pronounced emphasis on non-propietary products and a flat Ioannucci, as the Brand Ambassador, is “at the most basic level, a ioannucci also makes it a point to frequent the local bars and decidedly his passion. And with passion, comes the urge to educate fee schedule, Weeks works hard to adhere to the Barrister Wealth physical representative of The Chelsea Hotel,” she explained. “It nightclubs “to support the people that have always supported me.” others about that passion. In his case, Weeks was instrumental in Management mission of “operating with the sole mission of offering the creation of a Financial Planning Concentration at Stockton, a clients an opportunity to meet their financial objectives through is my duty to encompass and then reflect the corporate image in a And on days off? “You can always find me at the beach.” program that enables current finance students to take the classes ethical, unbiased, and competent professional guidance.” positive way. “ necessary to test for the CFP exam after graduating instead of having to make an appointment at Barrister Wealth Management, ioannucci does just that. On any given day, she can be found Tova Ioannucci to take the classes as modules post graduation while also juggling please call 609.568.5654. conversing with her clients, either in the hotel or via email in a career. He was also involved in the creation of a ten-month long real time, making sure that their experience with The Chelsea Financial Planning certificate program, which begins in November, has been a good one. And Ioannucci knows a good Atlantic that will allow working professionals to meet the education City experience. Not only were her parents involved in Atlantic requirement necessary to become Certified Financial Planners. City nightlife, but Ioannucci herself has enough experience in The idea to create the concentration at Stockton stemmed from Atlantic City nightlife to ensure that her clients are getting the Weeks’ own experience in the professional world, when he had the best that the city has to offer. experience of managing classes alongside a career while in the working consider her background: Ioannucci has worked at such world. But first, after graduating from LaSalle University with a finance bars and nightclubs as 32 Degrees Luxe Lounge, Providence degree in 2001, Weeks took a job as a financial advisor at Morgan Nightclub, Maloney’s Uptown, and Pitney Tavern, among Stanley. And while Weeks was happy to be in a part of the world he was others. In addition, Ioannucci and her partners established Next passionate about, he decided that he wanted to also include his interest Level AC, a promotional company. With Next Level, Ioannucci in the law in his career. And so, Weeks attended Villanova University has teamed up and worked with places like Dusk Nightclub School of Law and graduated with his law degree in 2006. in Caesars, Diving Horse Cabaret and Steakhouse, Anthem instead of pursuing a law career that related to finance, such as a Lounge, The Foundation Room at Showboat, and Souzai Sushi career as a corporate attorney, which was initially an option, Weeks and Sake. Next Level even partnered with C5 at The Chelsea decided to find a way to incorporate law into finance by taking his and has won a few AC Weekly Nightlife Awards, “Best After legal experience in estate planning and wealth taxes with him back to the financial world. Hours Party” for the past 3 years and “Best Promoters” of 2012. weeks began working at Merrill Lynch, where he spent two years, Ioannucci is clearly in the know when it comes to the best before leaving to assist a Philadelphia firm with the development of experiences in Atlantic City. a Registered Investment Advisor. Weeks explained that a Registered it’s not just her work experience that has influenced Investment Advisor is, in layman’s terms, a financial advisory firm that Ioannucci’s experience with Atlantic City. Ioannucci was raised is held to a higher legal standard than his/her non RIA counterparts. here in South Jersey in Galloway Township, graduating from A Registered Investment Advisor is legally responsible for putting the Charles Weeks Absegami High School in 2003 before attending The Richard interest of the client before their own interest. Stockton College of New Jersey, where she received a BA in as a Certified Financial Planner, Weeks has not just the legal,
28 | The Boardwalk Journal | August 2012 August 2012 | The Boardwalk Journal | 29 Who’s Who Who’s Who at the Jersey Shore at the Jersey Shore Raina Tallent Charles Fahy
Raina Tallent has always loved to shop. It wasn’t equally passionate about helping people feel good about themselves, Charles Fahy couldn’t be happier. The continued to work for Caesars—he has been with them for 11 a career choice—Raina is trained as a teacher—it was a hobby. Many and she receives shipments of new merchandise almost daily at Class A PGA member, Treasurer of the NJ Golf Course years—at Atlantic City Country Club. women can say the same thing. But Raina felt the need, had the Simply Fly in order to do so. She also makes sure it’s affordable. While Owners Association, and Vice President for the Greater AC originally established as a golf club built for the pleasure and opportunity, and found something missing in the local marketplace high fashion usually comes with a high price tag, Raina tries to keep Golf Association, among numerous other affiliations, is exactly convenience of the guests of the Atlantic City boardwalk hotels, that led to the creation of her boutique, Simply Fly. everything in her store priced from $10 to $200. “Our customers are where he wants to be. As the Director of Operations at the according to twooverpar.com, Atlantic City Country Club was a raina, a New Jersey Shore native who grew up in Margate and like family,” Raina explained, adding, “Jillian and I are always very Atlantic City Country Club, Fahy has come full circle—he private club until until 2007, when it was opened to the public. graduated from the Trocki Hebrew Academy of Atlantic City in 1997, honest with our customers…we would never say something looked played The Atlantic City Country Club course while on the golf currently a semi-private resort (it is open to the public and attended the University of Miami, where she majored in education. good just to make a sale. We want our customers to look their best.” teams at both Holy Spirit and Mainland Regional High Schools. also entertains memberships), Atlantic City Country Club, under It was while in Miami that Raina met and married her husband, They’re a family that’s benefitting from the style and eye for “It’s amazing to come back,” explained Fahy. “It’s a dream come the direction of Fahy, provides the type of service usually reserved Michael Tallent, who is the Chief Operating Officer of Jack Trocki fashion possessed by both Raina and Kinderman, whose plans for true to manage a place I played.” for the elite, including warm and friendly staff at every corner as Development and Partner of TNT Cutting Edge Lawn. the boutique include maintaining a comfortable and stylish shopping it’s not just his own history that’s of interest to Fahy when well as amenities only found at the best resorts in the country. In raina stayed in Miami after graduating long enough for her experience for their customers as well as bringing some events—a it comes to Atlantic City Country Club. The facility itself is the addition, the club restaurant, the Taproom Bar and Grille—open husband to complete graduate school, and then the two of them, Barre Belles ballet class is held at Simply Fly on Saturday mornings— along with their growing family, returned to the Jersey Shore to raise to add to the already fun environment. stuff of legend. As one of the top 100 courses to play in the United to the public for a daily happy hour as well as breakfast, lunch and their children. The mother of three boys—Jack, 9, Max, 7 and Jesse, simply Fly is open seven days a week and can be found States, according to Golf Magazine, the Atlantic City Country dinner Thursday through Saturday—offers one of the best views 5—Raina focused her time raising her children and their five dogs, on Facebook. Club is known as the “Birth Place of the Birdie” and is also where of Atlantic City from across the bay. With a fair and challenging happy with her decision to be a stay-at-home mom. the term “Eagle” was coined. The club, founded in 1897, invites course, crowd-pleasing events, and a resort steeped in history, it’s it wasn’t long, however, before Raina began to see a need in Raina Tallent its guests to “walk in the footsteps of champions,” referencing the no wonder Fahy is proud to be here. our area. As a woman who loved to shop, Raina was accustomed to legendary names that have played the course in the past century. frequenting boutiques and shops to indulge her hobby. As a mother Fahy is proud to represent such a course, and the man knows of three little boys, though, she felt like she was getting the cold golf. After starting to play the sport when he was in 7th grade, Fahy shoulder. “It was so hard to go into these places with kids,” Raina participated in golf teams in both high school as well as in college, explained. “A lot of times, the boutiques would ask me to leave.” There where Fahy was captain of the Conference Champion Moravian were no ‘family friendly’ boutique shopping experiences to be found. College Golf Team that recently was inducted into the Moravian still, Raina may not have decided to pursue boutique ownership Hall of Fame. While at Moravian, Fahy studied accounting with if not for the nudge she got from her brother and cousin, who were the intention of managing golf facilities. He was always passionate in the process of opening up a men’s clothing shop. “They said, ‘why don’t you do the women’s clothes?’” said Raina. about the game. That was three years ago. Since then, Simply Fly has transitioned Fahy’s official golf career started at the Greate Bay Country into an almost completely women’s boutique owned solely by Raina, Club, previously Sands Country Club, where he was part of the and managed by Jillian Kinderman. While the two women are grounds crew even before he was in college. During college, bringing some menswear back to the store this year, their main focus Fahy caddied at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, has been the women in our area. Women who, like Raina, are mothers Pennsylvania, before becoming a golf professional at Wildwood and oftentimes bring their children with them to the boutique. Golf and Country Club. “We are completely family friendly,” described Raina of Simply Fahy continued to learn and experience some of the best Fly. “We have a couch, toys, a TV and candy…people even bring courses in the country, becoming a golf professional at the their dogs in…It is a completely fun and relaxed experience.” legendary Innisbrook Resort in Tampa, and then the Head Pro at it’s fun and relaxed, but it’s also 3000 square feet of designer Dessert Pines GC & Stallion Mountain in Vegas, before becoming clothing, featuring up-to-date fashion and trends. While the boutique the Director of Sales & Marketing/ Assistant GM at Cascata and itself is located in Northfield—at 521 Tilton Road—the styles Rio Secco Golf Club in Vegas, both owned by Caesars and both and designers are decidedly New York and Los Angeles. Raina was determined to bring the most current and fashionable styles to her award-winning, prestigious courses. shop, and does this by attending Fashion Week shows in New York it was while in Las Vegas that Fahy met and married his wife, and across the country. Laura—an East Coast native herself—who was a concierge at the “We are going to Las Vegas for a 5 day show at the end of August Bellagio. In 2007, the Fahys returned to the East Coast. Both Fahy’s and I’m so excited,” explained Raina. missed their families, the ocean, and the east coast culture—it was Raina is passionate about shopping and fashion, but she is also a place they could see themselves raising a family. Laura Fahy Charles Fahy continued work as a concierge, now at Harrah’s, while Charles Fahy
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elax. The irony isn’t lost on me that I’m researching and writing requirement in our daily lives. about relaxing while frantically trying to squeeze this article in Lisa Mott, a masseuse who works independently through under a looming deadline. I’m hardly relaxing. Even though I Oceanside Wellness and Sport, recognizes our cultural acceptance know it’s not just important for my mental well being but also of overworking, but can see another side. “Though we are typically Rfor my health, my family, and my friends. I know all about the benefits of workaholics, people seem to be becoming more aware of the need to relaxing, and I’m guessing that many of our readers do too. And yet, here I relax…the benefits of relaxation.” Of the benefits of massage, Mott am. Working on a Sunday afternoon. explains that “you have one hour to shut everything off. We shut the and I’m hardly alone. door, and it’s your own oasis where you can stop your body and allow not only are we working more—according to U.S. Census and CPS it to let go.” Mott adds that massage is a way to “release the tension in data, the share of employed American men regularly working more than your body.” 48 hours per week is higher today than it was 25 years ago—but even and while I love a massage, I complained to Mott that it doesn’t our ‘leisure time’ is so jam packed with planned activities—camps, social usually feel mentally relaxing because I can’t seem to stop talking to the engagements, classes, appointments, and to-do lists for kids as well as masseuse. Mott explained that she helps clients mentally get into the adults—that it barely feels like leisure time at all. It’s gotten to the point relaxation zone by helping them to stop talking. “I’m not going to keep that as a culture, we are so busy, that many the conversation going,” Mott explained. “I’m not of us have forgotten how to slow down. I’m going to let you keep your mind racing. Once you being completely honest when I say that I can’t “When you’re stop talking, you will be able to shut your mind off.” remember the last time I felt relaxed. The cause and effect of physical activity in and while many of us joke we are physically fit, it regards to relaxation and self awareness isn’t limited ‘workaholics’ or ‘supermoms’ or ‘mini Martha to massage. Joe Pappano, owner of CrossFit 609 Stewarts’—names we wear as badges of also gives you in Ocean View, sees the same type of relaxation honor—we actually have a problem. It seems benefits in his clients. While Pappano agreed that that the addiction to ‘work’ is, culturally, an confidence in it seems almost counterintuitive—work out harder acceptable addiction. In actuality, we are doing to feel more relaxed—he has seen the proof of ourselves a huge disservice. other facets of this in every client. “If you get the workouts in” how? The ways are myriad. Pappano explained, “it will carry over to other parts First of all, there’s the economy. According your life.” of your life, releasing nervous energy as well as to Wikipedia, “the automobile manufacturer, mental stress.” Pappano added that “when you’re Henry Ford, was an ardent proponent of shorter - Joe Pappano physically fit, it also gives you confidence in other work hours, which he introduced unilaterally in facets of your life.” his own factories. Ford stated that he pursued Certified Fitness and Nutrition Expert, Nancy this policy for business rather than humanitarian reasons. He believed Adler, of Linwood, agrees that exercise plays an important part in that workers (who were also the main consumers of products) needed combating stress, adding that “nutrition is key” and that “you can’t adequate leisure time to consume products and thus perceive a need relieve stress if you’re not eating well.” Adler explained that “by eating to purchase them. Over the long term, consumer markets needed to be properly, you’re releasing good endorphins, especially when eating foods grown. ” high in Vitamin B, which supports the nervous system.” Adler added, second of all, there’s our health. According to Ray Williams, the “nutrition plays a huge part in how you are feeling…eating poorly can author of Breaking Bad Habits and The Leadership Edge, in his 2012 raise your pulse rate, your blood pressure, and tense your muscles, all of article in the Wired for Success section of Psychology Today, “In Japan, which create stress.” workaholism is called "karoshi"—death by overwork—and it's estimated the idea that physical actions and reactions contribute to lower to cause 1,000 deaths per year and nearly 5% of that country's stroke and stress, and therefore a more relaxed mindset isn’t just the dominant heart attack deaths in employees under age 60. In the Netherlands, it's idea in the health and wellness community. Comedian Brandon Ficara resulted in a new condition known as "leisure illness," estimated to affect of Los Angeles, has “seen the overall effects of laughter contribute 3% of its entire population, according to one study. Workers actually get to lower stress and many other positive physiological outcomes physically sick on weekends and vacations as they stop working and try, in firsthand”. Ficara continued, “As outlined in Norman Cousins book, vain, to relax.” Anatomy of an Illness, the healing effects of laughter go far beyond and on a completely visceral level, there’s our simple inability to stop just being happy. There is a profound healing effect that comes from and smell the roses. If you’re like me, you may be thinking, who has time consistent laughter that can raise your immune system, improve stress to smell the roses when I’ve got to plant them, water them, weed them and levels and improve overall health.” prune them? We’re missing moments with our families and friends as we so while it seems counterproductive to add one more thing to our scramble to scratch things off our to-do lists. to-do lists, the fact remains that unless we add a line item for taking care of all of this has me thinking that something must be done. Fortunately, ourselves, we may never get to the point where we can feel relaxed when relaxation is available, we just have to remember how to do it and make it a we’ve finally checked everything else off.
August 2012 | The Boardwalk Journal | 35 The 11 o’clock news broadcast wrapped up on Friday, made his way home. The trip took about 45 minutes, twice as long as usual, June 29, and much of NBC40’s personnel and crew headed to Maynard’s as he maneuvered darkened back roads, through intersections with non- The Weatherman: Cafe in Margate to celebrate TGIF and cool off after a scorcher of a day. working signals, around mammoth downed trees and wires. Philly might chief Meteorologist Dan Skeldon didn’t go along with his cronies to after a harrowing drive through a virtualA rmageddon scene, Skeldon toss back a Miller Lite. Nor did he head home to his Ocean City condo, drove over the Route 52 Causeway and 9th Street Bridge into Ocean City to have Cecily Tynan where his girlfriend Amanda Major and dog Bailey waited. find the resort largely unscathed. At his condo in the central part of town, Major, Tracking Dan Skeldon instead, the lanky Skeldon stayed behind in the bunker-like Linwood his girlfriend, and Bailey, his yellow lab-Rhodesian ridgeback mix, were waiting. studio, using RadarScope app and WeatherTAP website to keep an eye on skeldon snoozed for a couple of hours before he went to work on his and Hurricane wicked-looking thunderstorms barreling ominously toward Atlantic County. laptop from the Wi-Fi spot in his condo. He spent the next 20 hours working skeldon, 36 but exuding an earnestness of someone older, had warned Facebook and Twitter—even though he was supposed to be “off” enjoying Schwartz, 6 o’clock viewers that storms formed in the Midwest were likely to strike the the weekend with Major and friends. His page turned into an online lifeline. Delmarva and Washington, D.C. areas. People posted dozens of stunning storm damage photos, some showing but Atlantic, by 11 o’clock, Skeldon cautioned that a thunderstorm “warning” had homes crushed so badly it was a wonder occupants survived. been upgraded to a more serious “watch.” But, at the time, it still looked like all weekend long, Facebook posters commiserated on Skeldon’s pages the worst would hit to the south. about tolerating the weekend’s heat without power; asked where they could Cape May and midnight approached in the eerily quiet studio. Only master control cool off and get water and ice to try to salvage food in their refrigerators and operator Mitch Beard was there for company. Skeldon watched anxiously as radar freezers; looked for advice about where to find air-conditioned shelter for Cumberland models showed Atlantic County could suffer a direct hit—with Mays Landing, themselves and pets. Linwood, Northfield, Absecon and Egg Harbor Township being ground zero. skeldon repeatedly thanked utility workers from around the region Counties have technically, this event was called a derecho (de RAY sho)—a word few who withstood blistering temperatures to restore power to stricken areas. people in this region, besides a meteorologist, would have known prior to In turn, Skeldon’s Facebook fans returned the love, writing how they June 30. Now, many more regular folks know it means a highly destructive, appreciated his updates and calming presence. Dan Skeldon, sustained storm cluster featuring hurricane-force, straight-line winds. skeldon grew up in Rhode Island, maintains his New England twang The storm lived up to its name—packing winds of between 60 and and staunchly roots for the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox. But NBC40’s chief 80 miles per hour and gusts estimated at 100 mph. It snapped thousands he came to the tiny WMGM-TV 40 almost 9 years ago and seems to make it of huge tree trunks and limbs like twigs, sending them crashing down on clear it’s not a stepping stone for him, but his home. His viewers are grateful. power lines by the hundreds, and crushing cars, mobile homes and houses. “Dan, I wanted to take this time to thank you for keeping us informed, It uprooted giant trees, including large healthy ones. meteorologist, constantly. You are never truly ‘off the clock’ and this storm left most of The financial impact still was being calculated, but N.J. Lt. Gov. Kim us feeling isolated,” wrote Lisa Williams Press of Egg Harbor Township, Guadagno estimated it at $17 million in a request for federal assistance. who seems to who waited 4 ½ days for power – and water – to be restored. “You made it On July 19, President Obama declared Atlantic, Cumberland and Salem bearable by letting us know we weren’t alone.” counties major disaster areas, making them eligible for financial aid. of course, the ever conscientious Skeldon wondered if he could have always be on Individual homeowners also asked for an emergency declaration, which was done more to warn people of the approaching monster storm. “Maybe there being reviewed. needs to be another category—up from severe thunderstorm watch—to as it became increasingly clear the rare storm would hit Atlantic duty. When the announce more dire conditions are on the way,” he said. County hard, Skeldon took to his iPhone and spent 10 to 15 minutes in the end, “the June 30 storm and its aftermath likely will prove spreading the word on two Facebook pages, where he reaches upwards of most destructive 11,000 people, and via Twitter, where he has 3,700 followers. to have been a good test of emergency services and an eye-opener for “The problem was, it was a Friday night and people maybe were out residents about nature’s potential to wreak havoc,” said Jim Eberwine, a storm in recent or went to bed early, so they might have missed the warnings all together,” retired National Weather Service meteorologist and Absecon’s emergency Skeldon said in a mid-afternoon interview while sitting at NBC40’s anchor management coordinator. memory hit desk. Even three weeks later, Skeldon was excited as he relived moments if rain and tidal flooding had accompanied the wind and lightning, leading up to and after the storm that he said was the worst he’s seen. conditions would have been more like those of a hurricane – and damage The fact that the storm hit in the early morning hour also quite likely would have been far worse. Residents should always have water and ice on Atlantic County prevented the death toll from being even higher than it was because most hand, he said. people were at home, not on the roads. The storm claimed four lives, including “I preach: If you’re going to have a disaster, you want to be selfish, you and other areas two children—cousins camping in a tent in Parvin State Park, Salem County, don’t want to share your disaster with anyone,” Eberwine said. “This type of killed by a fallen pine tree; a 66-year-old Mays Landing woman pinned in her event makes you think, where is your help going to come from? You want to early on June 30, mobile home by a 40-foot-tall fallen oak tree who succumbed 11 days later after be able to stand on your own feet. You might not see emergency services for undergoing leg amputations and battling infection; and a 48-year-old Ventnor a couple of days.” restaurateur whose fishing boat capsized off of Brigantine. For weeks after the storm, Skeldon reassured traumatized survivors Skeldon proved by about 12:30 a.m., wind gusts rattled NBC40’s studio. At 1:15 a.m., living in terror that every thunderstorm would be another derecho. the power went out – as it would in more than 206,000 homes in the region. “My son is camping with the scouts in the woods of Salem County,” – once again – Some would not see electric service for almost a week. Skeldon hunched his Robyn Margulis wrote on Facebook. “Some are reporting chance of severe 6-foot-5-frame and dashed to his car, a Saturn Aura, where he charged his weather, including those straight-line winds. I am worried! Is that forecast iPhone and watched the tremendous storm in awe. accurate?” he is Southern sitting in the pitch dark lot, Skeldon saw wind snapping trees and nbc40’s studio remained without power for four days and the twice-daily lightning striking in every direction. At least one ferocious strike was newscasts were off the air for two. Skeldon toured some hard-hit areas, but New Jersey’s believed to have hit a 104-year-old Longport church, sparking a devastating mostly stayed home and kept up Facebook posts and Twitter tweets. Finally, a fire that destroyed it. generator allowed the first post-storm newscast at 6 p.m. Monday, July 2. very own Super skeldon admitted to an unfamiliar feeling. “It was the busiest weekend I ever worked without being on the air a single “For the first time in my life, I felt scared,” he said. “I’m just sort of minute,” Skeldon said. frozen there in amazement.” never fear, South Jersey – hurricane season is around the corner and By Je a n n e Do n o h u e Weatherman. The event lasted about 25 minutes, but it was 4:30 a.m. before Skeldon our weatherman is on the job.
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ith a last-minute appearance by and once that begins, the pressure will build for the Casino are the same no matter where the casino is located in New Jersey. needed is momentum. Without it, Atlantic City will not get it together Jimmy Buffet, Gov. Chris Christie's Reinvestment Development Authority to again fund initiatives outside The Meadowlands could draw people away from Atlantic City, but in time to survive the possible onset of even more competition gaming Atlantic City. it almost undoubtedly will bring in gamblers who don’t play at all now last visit to Atlantic City took on a that the Meadowlands would present. as before, North Jerseyans will demand a cut of the casino revenue in New Jersey—meaning more money for the state coffers. but really, it's just one more place to get gambling—not unlike the surreal, almost carnivalesque tone. to help settle the political score, to make up for the deprivation of if Trenton chooses to expand casino gambling, they will do so with dozens of other cities that have established the industry, albeit smaller local economic benefits they imagine they’d gain with legalized casino christie stayed positive about all things Atlantic City—but not a clear conscience. They will have given the Atlantic City resort the than Atlantic City's—during the past decade. W gambling where they are. advantage of a years-long head start complete with stern warnings, blunt That's why the goal is to first diversify the tourism industry here without facing the issue of Meadowlands gambling. christie made the trip to plug plans for a Margaritaville attraction and the CRDA is free to start sending funds out of the area again. criticisms and at least $471 million in hand. So far, however, results are and then diversify the economy. on a pier rebuilt in the footprint of the former Steeplechase in front During the Tourism District legislation’s drafting process, South Jersey’s mixed and slow-coming. down the road, the plan is to grow green tech as well as of Roaring 20’s-themed Resorts. The casino is partially owned by representatives in Trenton said part of the point of the new laws was to of the aforementioned money provided to Atlantic City, casinos educational sectors in the city (something that could bring economic billionaire Morris Bailey, who made his fortune in real estate, but keep CRDA money in Atlantic City. Despite that, the final document were encouraged to spend $150 million on a nonprofit marketing agency. stability to Atlantic City)a first for what's always been a resort and contains no language preventing CRDA funds from flowing anywhere in the otherwise slow-moving Atlantic City Renaissance, the has a strong interest in horseracing and was jockeying for a stake in therefore dependent on the volatile hospitality industry. Turnover but exactly where board members—some answerable to those who’d Atlantic City Alliance yields the most striking results. Monmouth Park less than a year ago. is high, the skill set required for entry is low and its susceptibility to call for CRDA compensation from outside the region—decide. take, for instance, the ‘DO AC’ magnets. Every other car on as Christie stood on the Boardwalk in front of one of Bailey's economic forces is great because consumers see it as a nonessential all that could happen at a time when keeping money in Atlantic the road has one. And the new slogan fits on the magnet so perfectly, investments, talk turned from Margaritaville to Meadowlands and diversion they forego first if they're short on money or time. City is more critical than ever before. Saying it’s needed for local it makes you wonder. Maybe that figured strongly into (or entirely back again. Fishermen's Energy is moving ever closer to building what could be projects is an understatement. It’s also key to leveraging serious, large- drove?) the marketing team's formulation of the vague new phrase that how could he endorse Meadowlands gambling? Wouldn’t that kill the first (although second is more likely) offshore wind farm in theU .S. scale investment, something tied tightly to the CRDA and its fulfillment met mixed reviews when it was announced. Atlantic City, dooming what seems to be one of Christie’s pet projects? That needs to happen. And hopefully, those industries get started maybe Christie won't, at least not now. But Atlantic City needs of its new duties overseeing the Tourism District—all of which needs The rest of the money is from the Economic Redevelopment and expand at a faster pace than the redevelopment people thought to proceed as if that is a reality—if nothing else, it could serve as some to be carried out efficiently and consistently, particularly when it comes Authority and meant for redevelopment in the South Inlet section of would have already yielded evidence more discernible and dramatic sorely needed motivation to, you know, do something. to ensuring significant investment occurs quickly and dramatically. the city. The place is a blank slate. Land is cheap, and if it’s not vacant, than a lightshow or flower pots and banners on the Boardwalk. after Meadowlands chatter collided with the Margaritaville or else. it is, bluntly put, more often than not owned or occupied by people announcement, Christie and State Senator Steve Sweeney swiftly if none of that works, does anyone think state lawmakers (or without the financial or political wherewithal to stop redevelopment because the bottom line is that state coffers will benefit from reaffirmed their pledge to keep New Jersey casino gaming limited to enough of them) will care? Or give Atlantic City yet another chance? plans for better or worse. gambling revenue no matter where it's located within New Jersey. Atlantic City for at least five years. More money? A monopoly over a multi-billion-dollar industry? even that drags on without any visible progress. In parts of the city And establishing a hub closer to New York would draw convenience horseracing stakeholders hinted they can’t wait that long without should they? that are not such a blank slate, where more obstacles and opposition gamblers, some who even come to Atlantic City now. That will benefit growing impatient. Which means they’ll start lobbying. First, it’s all the same to the statehouse. Gaming revenue benefits might exist, redevelopment will move at a glacial pace—and what’s the state, no matter how it affects Atlantic City.
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The Linwood “I was scared! I had never even seen a turntable before—we were native, known to friends and family as Leandro Vlastaris Jr., got his using CD players when we were doing our little dances so he pointed at start in the business at a very young age and has since established what to do and I took a chance. The songs were Prince’s I“ Want to be several successful nightlife companies. Your Lover” and Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean”,” Vlastaris remembers. based in Las Vegas, the 37-year-old Vlastaris has been the host “Sure enough, I put it on, it was a terrible mix and everybody went of a national radio show called Hollywood Boulevard and opened the crazy. He came back and says, ‘nice mix man.’ He gets back on the radio restaurant, DJ Hollywood’s Pizza & Gyros. In addition to deejaying, and says, ‘I’m sitting here with my good friend, guestD J—what’s your From Linwood he also runs an artist management company and consulting firm name kid?’ I say Lee and he said, ‘that’s a terrible name!’ He looks at called Beatclan. me up and down and he says, ‘DJ looking like he’s from Hollywood, DJ “We book talent from DJ’s to large talent—anyone from DJ Hollywood’s with me.’ I’m superstitious so I held onto it,” Vlastaris said. Tiesto or one of my local jocks all the way to Kim Kardashian and vlastaris has spun at the hottest nightclubs in almost every major Jenny McCarthy; we do all artist management,” he explained. city. Some big residencies he had include spinning in Rain at the with DJ’s in every state, his other company, Party Perfect, a Palms, Pure, Pool After Dark at Harrah’s Atlantic City, Liv in Miami private events company, handles every last detail for their clients’ and The Church in Denver, Colorado. parties or special events anywhere in the country. “Most people don’t treat the DJ business like I do; I treat “You can create your perfect party from scratch. You choose deejaying as a business all the way around. When DJ’s are sleeping what kind of theme you want, you choose if you would like to have a at two, three in the afternoon, I’m up at nine o’clock in the morning celebrity or not because we run into that in town a lot. There’s a lot of trying to figure out what the next gig is, trying to figure out what the money in Vegas. Presidents of hotels say, ‘Can you get me Miley Cirus next business opportunity is,” Vlastaris explained. for my daughters Sweet Sixteen?’” Vlastaris said, “Or you can just having been spotted spinning on a variety of reality TV shows have a regular DJ for a backyard barbeque.” through the years, Vlastaris has also appeared in an episode of CSI vlastaris’ career choice seemed destined very early in his life. and has won numerous awards. During his freshman year at Mainland High School, he was a member “My life is extremely complicated and busy but it’s all for one of student council. While planning the school dance, it was decided purpose and that’s all to push our brand,” added Vlastaris. to pay a DJ $400 for the night. In a spur of the moment decision, a typical week for Vlastaris is to spin in Las Vegas, head to Vlastaris had an idea. Atlantic City for appearances, return to Las Vegas to spin again, fly “I said, ‘I’ll DJ for four hundred dollars! I’ll learn how to DJ’,” he down to Miami to spin there, then back to Las Vegas and finally to remembered, adding, “What kid can have that kind of money when New York for a deejay gig. they’re fourteen, fifteen, sixteen years old?” “All the while I’m travelling, I’m actually handling the business his debut at the dance was a hit and he partnered with a friend for the company too. I have 104 DJ’s on my roster that spin in town,” whose father allowed them to borrow the appropriate equipment. “The churches in the area, like Our Lady of Sorrows in Linwood, Vlastaris explains. would commission us to do their church dances,” he said. when Harrah’s nightclub, The Pool After Dark, started featuring in addition to church events they also started booking birthday him, he says he was so excited to have the opportunity to work in parties and other special occasions in the area. News quickly spread Atlantic City. throughout Atlantic County and soon they had their own little business. “I have opened up concerts for artists like Dr. Dre and Miley one year after graduating fromM ainland, Vlastaris decided to Cyrus but I would probably say there’s nothing more exciting then move to Las Vegas and attend the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. coming home and spinning to the hometown crowd,” Vlastaris “I use to work 16 hour days where I would get off one eight hour shared. shift and then go across the street and work the next eight hour shift. vlastaris was the personal DJ of Paris Hilton, is good friends I did that for about nine months when I first got here,” he said of his with Shaquille O’Neal, has worked with Jenny McCarthy and early days in Las Vegas, which did not include deejaying just yet. has collaborated with countless celebrities but says there is one while Vlastaris was guiding a boat tour around the Luxor, a man experience he will cherish above all the others. who had a mobile DJ company approached him about auditioning for “Meeting my fiancé, who worked in a club in Las Vegas, is my a job. Vlastaris auditioned and was hired to start deejaying weddings. greatest experience because it means that all of this wasn’t for nothing. as time went on he began booking some of the hottest clubs in The DJ business is a tough business; it’s just like acting—you’re hot the country as DJ Hollywood, a name he unexpectedly received in one day, you’re not the next day. You do everything you can to stay on Atlantic City. One night as a teenager, he went with a friend to a club top,” Vlastaris said of the industry. in Atlantic City. He recalls how that night forever changed his life. The couple is currently planning their wedding and continues to By Ve r o n i c a Du d o vlastaris explained that his friend said, “I’m dating the guy build their nightlife brand. The high school freshman who accepted a at the front door so don’t worry about it, I’ll get you in just dress DJ job for a teen dance is now in the national spotlight after turning ‘old,’” he shared, adding “So, I put on a three piece suit and aviator his passion into a lucrative business.
42 | The Boardwalk Journal | August 2012 August 2012 | The Boardwalk Journal | 43 Jimmie Lee “The Jersey Outlaw” Doctor by Day... Rocker By Night By Do n P. Hu r l e y
alk about living two lives. Dr. James Wiener spends his days “I really do with his patients at one of his three dental offices located enjoy making in the Cherry Hill area. At night, he comes out to play as a splash,” Lee rock star Jimmie Lee, “The Jersey Outlaw.” This is when he said.”When people deliversT his unique blend of country rock-infused blues music and his see my high-energy originally-written “Poker Rock” songs to audiences around the country. act and the lovely Jimmie is a local boy from right here in Atlantic County. He went Bandito Girls, to Atlantic City High School before graduating from Mainland Regional their reactions High School. are great. It’s all you might ask yourself how a doctor manages the balancing act about creating between a career in dentistry and a singing career. a memorable “The dental practice is my vocation,” Jimmie Lee told The experience for people that they can take away from every show.” Boardwalk Journal, “but the music career is my vacation. I truly enjoy Jimmie Lee has carved out his own niche in the industry. His being in a position to help so many people with their dental needs. To unique blend of poker rock with a country feel gives him a sound that’s be able to put people who are in pain into a sense of comfort, or to just his alone. maintain peoples’ good health, is a rewarding career. But to have the “I love music, every genre of music, and I’ve been playing since I opportunity to get in front of thousands of people at the House of Blues was eight years old. I was influenced through the years by so many types in Atlantic City, opening for George Thorogood, or playing the poker of sound. It all led me to where I knew that I wanted to create music rooms in the casinos of Las Vegas and around the country, that’s a thrill myself. I wanted to craft a show that people would remember, and a that’s hard to put into words.” sound that they weren’t hearing anywhere else.” Jimmie Lee is truly a high energy guy. His enthusiasm for This brings Jimmie to this summer’s “Kid Vegas Tour.” The tour will performing and for life in general is infectious. You can’t help but be take The Jersey Outlaw to Tropicana Casino on August 3rd, when he’ll lifted up when you’re in the presence of this interesting musician. appear at a charity poker tournament sponsored by “Rolled Up Poker” Jimmie has had a busy year to be sure. He currently has two songs to benefit lupus research. climbing the country music charts: Kid Vegas and Gone. “These are the things I enjoy doing most,” said Lee. “Being in a “I wrote these two songs and I’m so happy to see the response position to help others—in this case with a dreaded disease such as we’ve gotten from audiences and from radio listeners all over the lupus—gives me a great deal of personal reward and pleasure.” country and the world. It amazes me,” said Lee. “In fact, a song I wrote to see what else Jimmie is up to, you can visit Jimmie’s fully- a couple years ago, I’m All In, is being covered heavily on Australian interactive website at www.jimmieleesongs.com. You can also catch radio and television right now. I couldn’t be happier at this point in my his music on YouTube, where many of his live performances have been career.” captured. His CDs are available at CDBaby.com and on iTunes, as well unlike some others in the entertainment business, Jimmie is as other major music outlets. happily married. He has two loving children. When you talk with him, “The website is something we take personal pride in. It offers great you get the sense that he’s the luckiest guy in the world. samplings of my activities, as well as access to sounds of my original “I’m married to the love of my life, Linda, and I have two beautiful music. Like many others, I’ve enjoyed very active participation with boys, Blake and Colby. I treasure watching them grow up before my social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter.” eyes,” Lee said. “Like Steven Tyler says, I’m being careful not to miss a Jimmie Lee realizes he must network with his followers in the thing.” music business to service their needs, just as he approaches his business The Jersey Outlaw is delicately balancing two very demanding practice of taking care of peoples’ health needs. Lee not only has careers at the same time, while being fully aware that his most important boundless energy, but great talent as well. He’s ready to pop in the music role is as a good husband and father. He has his priorities in good order, industry. Keep an eye on his chart-climbing songs, and you’ll see for and it shows, but that doesn’t stop him from being a true showman. yourself. There’s nothing understated about Jimmie Lee. Whether he’s as Jimmie is fond of saying, “Lock your doors and hit a venue near performing live in concert, appearing at poker tournaments, or you for a live performance. When the sun goes down and the shades go Pictures by Joey Del Palazzo engaging in a photo shoot with his famed “Bandito Girls,” his high on...you’ll know it’s time for The Jersey Outlaw, Jimmie Lee, to come energy and over-the-top personality leave pandemonium in his wake. out and play.” The commotion that The Outlaw caused just a few weeks ago during a in the crazy world of rock and roll, the Garden State can take pride promotional tour at the newly renovated Atlantic City Golden Nugget in one outlaw of a good nature. Jimmie Lee, The Jersey Outlaw, is one of made this clear. Jimmie Lee and his Bandito Girls entertained huge a kind. You won’t want to miss the action when he brings his great show crowds with his talent and antics. to a city near you.
44 | The Boardwalk Journal | August 2012 August 2012 | The Boardwalk Journal | 45 train today, she earned her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology their way through life in a wheelchair. Champion Spirit By Mi c h e l l e Da w n Mo o n e y and a Masters in Health Policy and Administration. She also “They’re a great group of kids. They all have wonderful found love. Her fiancé, Gavin Cloy, is a double amputee who personalities...some of them are really, really funny and really, With all eyes on London for the 2012 Olympic was a junior wheelchair basketball player when Jessica was an really smart, so when you see that you just have hope for them Galli Games, there’s quite a lot of talk about medals. Who’s got them? incoming freshman. They briefly dated, became friends for a few that they’re going to become something great in whatever it is How many do they have? How many more can they win? If years, then reconnected about 2 years ago…and the rest is history. they choose to do. If I can help…and give them some confidence you ask me, winning even one medal in any major sporting Jessica is hoping history will repeat itself in the form of a few or inspiration...that’s awesome.” competition is impressive, but how about 18? Well, that’s the medals at this year’s Paralympics, where family, friends and now For now, she’s just concentrating on London. After that, number Hillsborough, New Jersey native Jessica Galli has her fiancé will be in the stands. It’s a bittersweet time, however, as there are plans to trade the track for a full time position collected on the national and international levels in track and field 2012 may be her last time at the Paralympics, which is why she where she can hopefully continue to advocate for people with competitions. The accomplished athlete has an even split of gold, will definitely be taking it all in. disabilities. In the meantime, she’ll continue to serve on the silver and bronze, six of which are from the games in Sydney and “I don’t know if people can really understand what kind of athlete council as a Paralympic summer representative Beijing. After months of spending hours in the gym, hours on the patriotic sense you get when you go to the games. When I won “I realize that all the opportunities that I had presented to me track, and following a strict diet, the 28-year-old is expected to that gold medal in Beijing in the 400… standing on the podium were only because these athletes before me fought for them…to bring home even more gold from London. and you hear your national anthem…it’s so much bigger than make sure the next generation would have it even better.” “I’m ready for them…I had trials in Indianapolis and I did you. It’s all about…not only your friends, but everybody who’s now, Jessica is paving the way for even more athletes to be very well, much better than expected. I’m feeling strong. I’m influenced your life and then everybody who influenced their lives. given the opportunities that she’s had. Amazingly, she tells me excited,” said Galli. It’s a whole country and everybody supporting what we all do. You she’s still surprised at how many people are so taken with her it’s no wonder Jessica says she’s loving life right now. Who feel like your accomplishment really isn’t your own because it’s not story, when it’s just…her story. wouldn’t want to be at the top of their game heading to the completely yours. You owe it to so many other people.” “Everybody trips and falls, whether you’re in a wheelchair Olympics, right? Well, actually, it’s not the Olympic Games Feeling indebted to give back to those who have helped or not. Everybody has those days that they don’t want go get out that Jessica will be competing in this month, but rather…the shape her life, Jessica says she owes so much to the Lightning of bed. Overall…I’m happy. I haven’t really ever felt upset about Paralympics. You see, when Jessica was just 7, a serious accident Lightning Wheels. The training not only reunited Jessica with her Wheels organization. She makes it a point to come back to it or wished it was different, or wish I could go back and change left her paralyzed from the waist down. While it may have kept former athletic self, it gave her a glimpse of the possibilities that practices and track meets in New Jersey when she can, to it…I’m happy and I like who I am, so it’s good.” Jessica from ever walking again, it failed to keep her from doing potentially were in her grasp. encourage the next generation of kids who are trying to navigate spoken like a true champion...on and off the track. pretty much anything else she set her mind to. Her parents were a “I had my friends at school and they were really supportive driving force in nurturing her competitive spirit. and great (but) none of them looked like me and none of them “The best thing they did for me was to never lower their were in wheelchairs and so going…was huge for me. Just to know expectations. I was still their daughter and they still had these that there were opportunities out there for me was huge.” hopes and dreams and it was up to me to meet them or exceed Things really began to gel for Jessica in 1998 when she made them. They didn’t say, O‘ kay, now that you’re disabled we expect her first international team at just 14 years old. nothing from you.’ They definitely set the bar high and so I had to “I came back from those games really, really excited and then achieve it.” my dad who was sort of acting as my coach…kind of sat me down Jessica was already an avid gymnast before the accident in and said, ‘you can do this, you can be something great.’” 1991, just a few months shy of her 8th birthday. Looking back, it was no doubt an emotional victory for both Jessica and her she considers it a blessing that the accident happened when she dad, who years prior had struggled with what happened to his was so young, giving her the ability to bounce back so fast. little girl. after spending 3 weeks at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, “He used to come into my room at night and play with my she was sent for four months of rehabilitation at Children’s feet…he would sit at the end of my bed and hold my feet and say, Specialized Hospital in Mountainside, which just happened to be ‘okay, now wiggle your toes’ and we would do this over and over the home of a Paralympic Sports Club called Children’s Lightning again. My toes never wiggled,” she says lightly. “There was just Wheels. From there, the journey began. one day when he and I both looked at each other and I said, ‘that’s “My parents and my therapist knew that sports would be a not going to happen dad’…and he said, ‘I know’…and we both good thing for me to get back into…I was encouraged to go to moved on from that.” one of their team practices. I very reluctantly agreed to go…I move on she did. Her silver medal in the 800 meter was a bit stubborn, but…that was probably the best day and the T53female wheelchair race was just the beginning. After finding greatest decision I ever made…. more like my parents greatest success in swimming, cross country and track and field at decision to make for me was to get me to that first practice Hillsborough High School, Jessica chose to further her education because sports really have changed my life.” and Paralympic training at the University of Illinois, which is well so, once a week in the spring and summer, Jessica’s parents known for its wheelchair athletics. would make the hour long trip to allow her to practice with the during her time at the University, where she continues to
46 | The Boardwalk Journal | August 2012 Harrah’s Regional Trauma Center At Atlanticare Regional Medical Center Marks 20th Year Of Serving Community Center Has Served Nearly 26,000 Patients And Their Families
The Harrah’s Regional Trauma Center at AtlantiCare Regional ARMC’s Trauma Center – Then and Now Medical Center Atlantic City Campus marked its twentieth year of n The Center opened June 1, 1992. The average patient ranged in age serving the community this summer. from 15-34 years old. Mechanisms of injury the first month were: “The Trauma Center has brought many great people to • 52 percent - motor vehicle crashes AtlantiCare who save lives,” said David Tilton, president and CEO, • 9 percent - pedestrian struck by motor vehicle AtlantiCare. “It has changed who we are as an organization, and how • 9 percent - stabbing we provide care.” Tilton said the Trauma Center Program was the • 6 percent - bicycle injuries impetus that led to AtlantiCare’s offering other regional services, • 6 percent - assault including cardiac surgery at ARMC’s Heart Institute and the and • 6 percent - gun shot wounds stroke, spine and brain injury care at the AtlantiCare Neurosciences • 3 percent - diving injuries Institute. n Since opening, ARMC’s Trauma Center “The entire trauma team contributes to care of our patients,” said • Has treated nearly 26,000 patients. Alexander Axelrad, MD, medical director, ARMC Trauma Program, • Treated its highest number of patients – 1,908, in 2010 as he thanked the Trauma surgeons, specialty surgeons, nurses, n Average patient age today is 48. technicians and the many support staff who contribute to care of n Causes of injury today are approximately: trauma patients. • 90 percent blunt trauma, including injuries from motor vehicle “Through their work and dedication and care I’m standing here crashes, falls, water sports and watercraft injuries today,” said Michael Kevin Ennis, of Wenonah, NJ, during a patient • 10 percent penetrating trauma and staff reunion. The team cared for Ennis for 52 days last year after The Trauma Team community education programs include: a pick-up truck struck the motorcycle he and a friend were riding as • Fall Prevention program for seniors – focuses on medication, well as his wife Robin’s motorcycle and other vehicles May 14, 2011. falls prevention and other safety issues affecting seniors. His wife and friend died as a result of the crash. Ennis, a foreman • Prevent Alcohol and Risk Related Trauma in Youth for South Jersey Gas and a volunteer emergency medical technician (P.A.R.T.Y.) – focuses on teaching adolescents importance of firefighter in Wenonah, said, “You’ve given me my life so that I can making smart choices. return to my family and friends and my work.” • Infant Swimming Resource Aquatic self-rescue™ instruction “We are extremely proud to mark our anniversary with our for children 6 months to 6 years of age (fee required). patients, their families and our expert clinicians, who are all part Professional educational the team offers include: of our Trauma Family,” said Margaret Belfield, chief operating • Annual Trauma Symposium for healthcare professionals and officer, ARMC, thanking patients and families for their courage in volunteers, focusing on advances in trauma and emergency facing trauma and commending the trauma team for its ongoing medicine (fee required). commitment to caring for patients and families and to providing • Monthly Emergency Medical Services Education Series – for education aimed at preventing traumatic injuries. emergency medical services professionals to gain educational armc’s experienced Trauma Team treats the most critically credit. injured patients with the most advanced technology. Located in • Trauma, Triage & Transport classes for emergency medical an international tourist destination, the center treats residents of services professionals review New Jersey State Triage and visitors to Atlantic City, as well as visitors from throughout the Guidelines for treatment and transport of patients with country and the world who are injured in Atlantic, Cape May and traumatic injuries. southern Ocean counties. • Weekly Grand Rounds physician presentations in the hospital “The team uses a multidisciplinary approach to care,” said are open to all care providers, regardless of where they work. Monica Titus, RN, Trauma Program director. “It collaborates with • Community hospital presentations related to care and/or first responders and community hospitals to ensure critically injured transport of trauma patients are as requested. patients get quality care they need within the ‘Golden Hour’ of • Annual Lifeguards Safe Attitudes and Valiant Efforts (SAVE) Trauma. We also coordinate discharge and follow-up care – regionally event in collaboration with the Life Rolls On™ Foundation and internationally.” and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is for paid and one of 10 trauma centers in NJ, the Center is staffed 24 hours volunteer lifeguards throughout NJ. a day, 7 days a week, 365 days of the year by trauma surgeons, anesthesiologists, trauma nurses, respiratory therapists, on-call For more information, call the AtlantiCare Access Center at consultants and vital support services, including transfusion services, 1-888-569-1000, visit www.atlanticare.org or find AtlantiCare on laboratory services and diagnostic radiology. Facebook at www.facebook.com/atlanticare.
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nce upon a time, the historic attract no less than two of the most well-trained mansion located at 800 Bay Avenue restaurateurs in the business. in Somers Point was home to the and while their accolades are many—Chin renowned Grand View Hotel. Since is an award-winning, Parisian-trained chef who then,O the building, built in 1876, has changed graduated from L’Ecole Hoteliere de Paris, Rue hands—and identities—many times. Mederic with honors in 1980 before eventually From a dining establishment owned by making his mark on the Philadelphia restaurant the esteemed restaurant family, the Latzs, to scene with his restaurants Philippe on Locust, a marina, to a bed and breakfast operated as Chin-Chin, and Philippe Bistro, all of which Tucker’s, to the more recent Fanucci’s and finally were award-winning restaurants, while Wilson as a restaurant named for its location, 800 Bay, is classically-trained in French cooking as well For a starter, best choices include customer ($38), “Papa Chin” Braised Veal Shortribs ($26) and the building has seen its share of both successes as having 3 years of study from the Wine and favorite, the Asian Tuna Nacho, $16, with sesame Mixed Mushroom Raviolis ($12). Besides offering and failures. What it hasn’t seen in quite some Spirit Education Trust under his belt, according spinach salad, wonton chips and a trio of aioli, or entrees meant to suit the most discerning palate, the time is any sort of permanence. That, my friends, to The Society Page magazine—it is their current stick with Wilson’s favorite, the Tuna Sashimi “Brule” menu features several entrees priced under $25. is going to change. enterprise that has people talking. paired with a sweet and spicy Asian slaw for $12. desserts are at once simple—donuts and coffee enter Philippe Chin French-Asian Bistro and besides the stunning visual appeal of the as a follow up, the Sweet Corn and Crab ($6) or cookie and milk ($5)—as well as decadent— Deck Bar. The restaurant, named for its world restaurant—inside a newly-renovated Victorian Chowder with ginger cilantro pesto ($8) or the profiteroles (vanilla cream puffs and warm chocolate famous chef, Philippe Chin, opened Memorial mansion with access to bay breezes and a casual Chilled Ratatouille—sesame oil, cilantro, Thai basil, sauce) and raspberry-chambord torte (almonds, Day weekend. And though this particular atmosphere on an open air deck—the restaurant, candied pumpkin seeds and hoisin dressing ($10)— restaurant is in its infancy, its chef, Chin, along as General Manager John Wilson explained, ‘fills a are just two of the many soup and salad options that bittersweet chocolate mousse and fresh raspberries.) with its manager, John Wilson, are far—very niche’ in South Jersey. From appetizers to entrees, are bound to impress. From start to finish, Philippe Chin French-Asian far—from inexperienced. the menu at Philippe Chin French-Asian Bistro & in addition to a well stocked raw bar, entrees are Bistro & Deck Bar is a refreshing new choice for rather, Somers Point and the historic Deck Bar excites with the signature style of Chef just as diverse and eclectic as the rest of the menu, dinner in Somers Point. And it seems that it has found location at 800 Bay Avenue have managed to Chin, the “Grandfather of French-Asian Cuisine”. and include such options as Yellowtail Tuna Hamachi a home at the mansion at 800 Bay Avenue.
58 | The Boardwalk Journal | August 2012 August 2012 | The Boardwalk Journal | 59 Anthony’s Out to Lunch Atlantic City.... Fitzpatrick’s Deli and Steakhouse A Place We Call Home
Ring….Ring… Ring. Groggy, I we sat down and I ordered rolled out of bed, looked over at immediately. I was doing By Anthony Previti my phone and saw it was my good everything in my power not to Fitzpatrick’s buddy Charlie calling. It must scream out what I wanted. So I favorite—the Baked Ham and have been important for him to took a deep breath and with all Cheese Sandwich with mayo Deli and call so early so I answered it right my restraint, calmly asked for the ($5.50). However, she threw in away. “Ant, hey Ant, it’s Charlie… Hot Corned Beef and Pastrami a twist and decided to have that Steakhouse Aw man, I went to Fitzpatrick’s Sandwich ($6). Thankfully, hefty quarter pound of sweet ham 650 New Road Deli in Somers Point last night and it arrived just a few minutes plus American cheese served on Somers Point, NJ 08244 the corned beef was outstanding. later and it was even better top of a freshly baked croissant. Ant, hey Ant, you there…?” than I had hoped. The soft rye I applauded her innovation and While a normal person would have bread was loaded—and I mean she declared it to be a delicious Hours: hung up the phone right there, I loaded—with the most tender decision. She also added a side of Monday: on the other hand, had to know and perfectly cooked corned beef Egg Potato Salad ($2.25), which the details. As Charlie described and pastrami that I have ever had. I also devoured in an attempt to 7 am to 5 pm, every bite of his meal, I knew there The mound of meat was slathered keep myself from ordering that Tuesday – Sunday: was no way I was going back to in Russian dressing and covered second sandwich. sleep. I tried to take my mind off with melted Swiss cheese. A flood i have eaten at Fitzpatrick’s 7 am to 10 pm “The Avenue” – Atlantic Avenue 1854 – 1875 it but I couldn’t. The thought of of emotions rushed through my over the years, but after my last fitzpatricksdeli.com a delectable deli sandwich had body as I took bite after bite, until experience, I believe it’s better By Ken Calemmo and Kristine Kodytek took up an entire city block located at During the Civil War, The Hotel Clifton consumed my thoughts. By the sadly, it was all gone. than ever. The deli has always put Atlantic Avenue between Maryland and located at Atlantic and Connecticut Avenues time we made our way there for my favorite parts were the out solid food, but with the new menu: Although today the heart of Atlantic City Delaware Avenues. Upon its completion it served as a hub for news regarding the war lunch, I was ravenous. little bits around the edges of décor and newly created dinner I still can’t believe my seems to center around The Boardwalk, The was the largest hotel in the nation with 600 and Lewts Reed’s General store was at the i knew that Fitzpatrick’s the meat that get so crispy from entrees, Fitzpatrick’s feels like sandwich was only six Walk (Tanger Outlets), and a multitude of rooms on 14 acres. corner of Atlantic and Delaware Avenues. Deli had been a staple in the the flat-top grill. The meat, the casino floors, this was not always the case. a completely new restaurant. I Schaufler’s Hotel and Summer Gardens Somers Point area since 1989. cheese, the dressing, and the bread bucks. All of their prices Surprisingly, it wasn’t until 1870 that the can’t wait to try one of their grilled In 1852, Dr. Jonathan Pitney led the charge was located on the southwest corner of first Boardwalk was laid down— long after But Charlie told me how they were all absolutely perfect. And I steaks. Well, that is if I can ever are really reasonable, to turn a small fishing town into a getaway Atlantic and North Carolina Avenues in the establishment of a busy and bustling moved to a new location just have to be 100 % honest here—I make it past that amazing corned especially for the resort by partnering with other businessmen 1854. Railroad conductors would yell “All Atlantic Avenue! The Avenue continued to down the street and expanded have been to some solid New beef and pastrami… portions you get. not only their space, but also their York Deli’s (which shall remain to obtain a railroad charter. The Camden & Aboard!” at the edge of the saloon, calling thrive even after the development of The menu. The restaurant has been nameless) in my life and have paid Check out the complete Atlantic Railroad was established and passengers to their departing trains. Boardwalk. In 1875, a popular dance hall renamed Fitzpatrick’s Deli and twice the price, for a sandwich breakfast, lunch, and Railroad Engineer Richard Osborne Ironically, a bell called “the liberty bell,” and skating rink was located at Atlantic and Steakhouse. So not only will you only half as good as this one. Save dinner menus on their planned what he called “Atlantic City” at located in the hotel’s beer garden, would Arkansas Avenues. This was the first public find the same excellent breakfast the trip and eat this first. In fact, I the rail’s Atlantic Ocean end. ring each time a new keg was tapped, hall in Atlantic City. and lunch specialties that they’ve wanted to order another sandwich website. calling all those potentially thirsty patrons Atlantic City was officially incorporated in To Be Continued… (1875 – 1900)! served for 20 years, but also a right on the spot but opted to Tony’s Tip: 1854. Pitney and Osborne planned the street to the saloon. new dinner menu served Tuesday snack on a side of Chicken Dijon layouts: naming those that ran north and At the southeast corner of Atlantic and through Sunday from 5 to 10 pm. Pasta Salad ($2.95) instead. The With the new location, south after bodies of water, and thus, Virginia Avenues in 1857, Hotel Champion as we walked in, my wife pasta salad and a pickle the size of Fitzpatrick’s now has a Atlantic Avenue—the original heart of and John Champion’s Livery Stable (a immediately ran to the dessert Nebraska, which came with the Atlantic City— was born. place to hire horse rigs) could be found. case—which housed some pretty sandwich, were just enough to private party room that Located on the opposite corner was one of beautiful pies and cakes—while I convince me not to order a second The West Jersey and Camden and Atlantic you can reserve for your the city’s largest grocery stores owned by noticed how great the renovation sandwich. But I made a vow to next corporate or special Railroad depots on Atlantic Avenue looked. The place has a nice come back within a few days with between New York and Tennessee Avenues Smith Conover. open floor plan with an inviting the rest of the lunch crew. event. Corned Beef for were integral in the growth of the city, From 1858 – 1861, the southeast corner of countertop seating area. But while I was in corned everybody? Now that’s a which, just four years earlier (1850), only Atlantic and Tennessee Avenues was home enough of that, I was there for beef and pastrami heaven, my possessed seven permanent homes. to the Atlantic City Post Office. The the food! wife was enjoying her personal Happy Birthday!! Atlantic City’s first hotel, The Bedloe southwest corner was home to Clabby’s— a House, was built on the corner of Atlantic saloon that offered free lunch with the purchase of beer. Anthony Previti is a criminal defense attorney who appears frequently in Atlantic County Superior Court and he and Massachusetts Avenues in 1853 in preparation for the visitors soon to come. The second national bank opened at Atlantic loves food. If you would like your restaurant featured, please send an email to: [email protected]. and New York Avenues in 1858. By 1860, The United States Hotel, one of the most there was an estimated permanent popular lodging stops at the edge of tracks, 60 | The Boardwalk Journal | July 2012 population in Atlantic City of 7,000. curtain call b y Da v i d Sp a t z
Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi Snooki Speaks Monday, augusT 27 • 6pM - 9pM Photographers elbowed one another as they Polizzi, whose middle It’s the culinary event of the summer! Now in its fifth delectable year, jockeyed for the best angle, hoping to land the money shot. school friends hung the Taste of The Quarter is even bigger and better. “Over here, Nicole!” several shouted from opposite ends of Snooki nickname on her, the firing line. “Look right at me!” was just 19 when she Mix, mingle and satisfy your appetite for the good life as only Tropicana and The Quarter can do it! The object of their affection handled the shouted commands landed the gig on Jersey The best part? All proceeds benefit the United Way of Atlantic County. like the pro she’s become. This clearly wasn’t her first time at the Shore. She had originally paparazzi dance. been featured on the series she smiled sweetly and struck a practiced pose, leaning first to Is She Really Going ® the left, then to the right, and finally straight down the middle as Out With Him? when she gave the shutterbugs a variety of looks. she was picked for the Rigatoni broccoli and Mamá Amelias Empanada Cape May Cavatelli Alla Polpa Chang’s Chicken but Nicole Polizzi—you know her as Snooki from MTV’s new series that follows sausage in a red sauce of hand chopped chicken, Clam Chowder Di Granchio and fried rice Jersey Shore—was keeping a little secret, which she let slip as the the escapades of eight corn, sweet peppers and still photographers made way for the video crews. mostly Italian-American Jack cheese “My back is killing me,” the pint-sized reality TV star said 20-somethings sharing a quietly and to no one in particular. “My feet, too.” summer home at the shore. Polizzi has been on a book tour to promote her third release, of the eight cast members, Gorilla Beach, a sequel to her 2010 debut novel A Shore Thing. On the New York Times zeroed in on July 25, Team Snooki visited Atlantic City. But not even a long Polizzi during the first season in 2009 and Signature drink Lobster Bisque & Vodka Infamous Taco Bar Chocolate Wine samples and relaxing massage at the Red Door Spa at Harrah’s Resort could identified her as “the breakout member of the cast” because of her Infusion Shots Samples Samples take away the aches and heaviness of eight months of pregnancy. antics. “I am so ready for this to be over so everyone can meet my Polizzi says she joined the show without any real expectations little bundle,” Polizzi said as she unconsciously rubbed her hands and was as curious as the next person to see where the reality series ® in circles over her rather prominent baby bump. Nearby, fiancé might take her. and baby daddy Jionni LaValle kept a watchful eye on things and “Going into the show, I just wanted to be on TV for a hot 10 Jumbo Shrimp Bruno Salt Water Taffy even posed for a few pictures with his lady. minutes,” said Polizzi, who was born in Chile and adopted by an A variety of fresh The Girls will butler Beer Garden Franchised Shrimp sautéed samples With about a month to go before the big day, Polizzi still hasn’t American couple, who raised her in Marlboro, N.Y. not far from baked cookies and boneless wings 25 Cent Draft Beer in a Dijon mustard sauce decided how much of her labor and delivery she’ll allow television the New Jersey border. brownies Specials with Purchase cameras to capture, either for Jersey Shore or her spin-off series, “But (the show) actually blew up to be something huge, so I’m of Wristband Snooki and JWoww vs. The World, which may or may not have been definitely taking advantage of it and branding myself,” she added. picked up for a second season. Indeed, Polizzi will introduce a second fragrance and nail polish to “There’s a rumor that it’s been picked up, but no one’s told me her perfume line this fall. officially yet,” Polizzi said. She won’t allow the camera to film the but for now, the focus is on promoting Polizzi’s book, which actually birth, she said, “because some things should be private.” takes place mostly in Atlantic City. Her first novel, A Shore Thing, Chocolate Fondue Offering Baked Goods, Beef and Guinness Coffee samples Assorted but she knows she’s in the TV reality series business, and was set in Seaside Heights, where Jersey Shore was filmed. and an assortment Candy, Dips, Salsas and Stew Cookies there’s nothing more real than labor pains. “I like to incorporate New Jersey in my books,” Polizzi said. of delicious desserts Cheese Balls all made from “I guess it all depends on how (the footage) will be used,” she “And I love Atlantic City. Who knows, the next (book) might be mixes we carry in the store said during a stop at Showboat, where she helped cut the ribbon in Jersey City, because that’s where we filmed Snooki( and JWoww opening a new chain restaurant, The Earl of Sandwich, which vs. The World.”) Fashion Show Featuring items created a special sandwich honoring Polizzi and her new book. TasTe of from the shops of The Quarter The G“ orilla Beach,” which will only be on the menu for a limited David Spatz is the host and co-producer of the Emmy Award-winning Boogie Nights • 8:30pm – 9:30pm. time, is grilled chicken, tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, lettuce and— entertainment series Curtain Call with David Spatz on WMGM-TV fashion Free admission with wristband. Snooki’s favorite—pickles. 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