Getting to Know Historic Newark

The city is  our close sister, in the same county as Montclair (Essex County). But until now, it was

• A place where my Dad worked as a chemist at a kind of run-on-a-shoestring chemical company when I was in high school.
• The city where a former boyfriend lived.
• Our county seat for jury duty.
• The pivoting point for child custody hearings (when Skippy was a baby).
• The area where cherry blossoms bloom in the park.

Now, we have reason to be there often. I’ve learned how to use the mobile parking app; to appreciate the beauty and history of so many old churches; to admire the Rutgers Newark Business School, Law School and other campuses.

And the airport drive is old hat to me now. Today, Skip and I  picked up Sis when she winged back from Florida.

I like Newark.