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recalling her aunt | the new old barn of susan hockaday and maitland jones beaucoup blooms | garden club of princeton’s flowerful french market returns fly-fishing: ‘the quiet sport’ | a writer challenges her angling abilities at Wargo Pond

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<< Susan Hockaday and Maitland Jones call this Hopewell barn home, which was redesigned by their architect son, Maitland Jones Jr. Learn more about the home’s finer details on Page 22.

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26For 20 years Cherry Valley Country Club has been serving the Princeton area with manywonderful activities for the entire family to enjoy. From our award-winning Rees Jonesdesigned golf course, beautiful tennis and aquatics facilities to our dining and socialevents, CVCC has something for everyone.

Whether you are a family, an individual or a corporation, we have a membership categorythat will fit your needs. While our membership is diverse, they share a common desirefor enjoyment and CVCC delivers in spades.

Just minutes from downtown Princeton, CVCC’s location isconvenient for residents and business people from Mercer,Somerset and Bucks counties. We cordially invite you to exploremembership opportunities at our award winning club. Pleasecontact the Director of Membership at 609.466.4244, ext. 114.who will be happy to set up a tour of our facilities.

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“Our tennis pro shares his love ofthe game through superb teachingtechniques that makes tennis excit-ing for beginners and advancedplayers alike."

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“I like to walk the golf course to clearmy head and for exercise. Kirstenplays tennis both socially and for theclub’s competitive travel team.”

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For 20 years Cherry Valley Country Club has been serving the Princeton area with manywonderful activities for the entire family to enjoy. From our award-winning Rees Jonesdesigned golf course, beautiful tennis and aquatics facilities to our dining and socialevents, CVCC has something for everyone.

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Just minutes from downtown Princeton, CVCC’s location isconvenient for residents and business people from Mercer,Somerset and Bucks counties. We cordially invite you to exploremembership opportunities at our award winning club. Pleasecontact the Director of Membership at 609.466.4244, ext. 114.who will be happy to set up a tour of our facilities.

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“Our tennis pro shares his love ofthe game through superb teachingtechniques that makes tennis excit-ing for beginners and advancedplayers alike."

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As I researched the club’s nearly 100-year history for a feature on its popular French Market (see Page 26), the devotion and commitment of its members moved me.

This issue of PM compelled me to think more about the story behind mainstays like the French Market, which I have driven by dozens of times but never took a moment to stop and get to know the people who make it happen. Take for instance March’s Then & Now column (Page 48), which explores Paul Robeson’s roots in Princeton and his childhood home on Witherspoon Street. I pass this Civil War-era house every day on the way to work, but never paused to contemplate the legacy of the famous man who once lived there.

I hope that in these pages, you will come across a familiar face or place to reflect on. Perhaps Honey Brook Organic Farm Manager Jim Kinsel is the man who grows your fruits and vegetables (“People to Know,” Page 10) or Mike Zingaro is the barber who gives you a shave and hair cut every two weeks (“Homegrown,” Page 42). Maybe you’ve long admired the Hopewell barn-turned-home featured on Page 22, but have yet to meet the artist, former Princeton University professor and ancestral spirits who live there. There’s always a story to find — writer Gwen McNamara went fishing for hers (fly fishing that is, Page 30) at Wargo Pond

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There’s been a design revolution taking hold in downtown Princeton. Ambitious and rococo is out, simple and classic is in.

Judy King Interiors on Spring Street is the epicenter of this revolution, sporting a new contemporary look showcasing Bunny Williams’ latest furniture line, BeeLine Home.

“We completely renovated the shop,” says Ms. King, as she takes a turn around her airy showroom. “We came in with a whole new look, less antiques, a little more classic, modern,” she says. “It was time for a change, a new look. I’ve been here since ’95.”

Into this new ethos the BeeLine Home line fits cleanly and artfully. As its name

suggests, BeeLine Home emphasizes the increased yearning for the classic comforts and pleasures of hearth and home — family and friends gathered close at hand in elegant surroundings.

BeeLine Home “is a collection of traditional and modern pieces that can be combined in many ways to create your own statement. Each piece is meaningful to me and was inspired by something either I coveted or I own,” writes Ms. Williams on the BeeLine Home Web site.

Ms. King represents BeeLine Home in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for retail customers and the trade. “We seem to be doing more interior design,” she says, and the new furniture line has struck a chord. “Yeah, it’s been good.”

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>> SAVE, A Friend to Homeless AnimalsTails have been wagging in Princeton ever since Piper Huggins (left)

took over as executive director of SAVE, A Friend to Homeless Animals earlier this year.

An experienced fund raiser and administrator — who most recently served as corporate and foundation director for McCarter Theatre, as well as director of development for the Chapin School prior to that — Ms. Huggins also has that most desirable prerequisite for overseeing the operations at the Princeton Township-based nonprofit shelter and animal welfare organization.

“I’m very, very fond of cats and dogs,” she says. “We’ve always had shelter pets at home.”

Helping less fortunate pets runs in the family. Ms. Huggins’ mother was chairwoman of the board of the local shelter in Westchester County, when she was growing up.

“At a very young age, I remember volunteering,” she says.Although SAVE already has an excellent reputation, Ms. Huggins

has no interest in adhering to the status quo. She plans on expanding programs, including SAVE’s humane education program in area elementary schools, and revving up donor participation as the organization embarks on a $2.5 million capital campaign in anticipation of its planned move in 2012 to the Van Zandt mansion property on the Great Road.

“We have a lot of work to do,” Ms. Huggins says. Stressful? Not when she can decompress by heading to the shelter building and cuddling a cat or taking one of the dogs for a walk.

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>> MoC MoC SushiThose in-the-know on matters of design

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MoC MoC Sushi serves classic sushi, sashimi and other Japanese specialties in a hip undulating space designed by Nicole Robertson of New York City-based GRO Architects. Ms. Robertson is also redesigning the building on Tulane Street in which MoC MoC sushi is a tenant, for property owner Jeff Siegel.

“We looked at it and loved it,” Carrie Chang says of the space. Ms. Chang is partnering with her brother Michael in the new sushi venture. The Chang family operated Osaka Japanese Restaurant in Manhattan for years, and he is a former manager of Sunny Garden restaurant (now Hanami) in West Windsor.

MoC MoC is a play on the first initials of Mr. and Ms. Chang’s name, as well as being a Japanese greeting, according to Mr. Chang.

After looking in surrounding areas, the Changs say they settled on downtown Princeton because it has a good vibe and plenty of pedestrian traffic. “It’s a nice town, very friendly,” Ms. Chang says.

The Changs are looking forward to becoming a part of Princeton’s culinary fabric and developing a devoted following, as they have in past restaurant ventures. “I think we are definitely ready,” Ms. Chang says.

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>> Lacrosse UnlimitedLacrosse gear as a source of fashion accessories? Well, it’s not so farfetched when you

take a look at the offerings of Lacrosse Unlimited, one of the newest tenants on Palmer Square in Princeton. With a wide array of brightly patterned shorts and jerseys, custom-dyed heads for lacrosse sticks and other colorful accessories, Lacrosse Unlimited is bent on bringing lacrosse apparel into the wider world.

The allure of Princeton for the company — a 20-year-old family-owned business based in Long Island, N.Y. — is natural. “Princeton has all these private schools, and they all play lacrosse,” says Shannon Kelly (right), manager of the new Princeton store.

Enthusiasts will find everything they could desire in the new store, from customized equipment, to dying and stringing, but for novices and the just plain curious Lacrosse Unlimited is worth a look too. Team sales are important but spreading the word about lacrosse to the new and uninitiated is part of the store’s mission, Ms. Kelly says.

If surf gear can go from a niche to a mainstream product, why not lacrosse gear? Watch out Billabong and Ocean Pacific, Lacrosse Unlimited has arrived.

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Enter Utopia for Pets, Michael Growney’s new store located in the Princeton North Shopping Center, which lavishes the same kind of holistic attentiveness and healthful advice on pets as neighboring stores provide for their human counterparts. “We feel we fit in great,” says Mr. Growney, who previously ran a successful pet sitting and dog training business before selling it.

“The essence of what we are trying to do here is to service our customers,” says Mr. Growney. Organic and natural diet advice and products, grooming and behavior tips, sustainably made accessories — Mr. Growney knowledgeably and cheerfully

dispenses it all, often with Willow (below), his 10-year-old Samoyed, by his side.

“Everyone thinks she’s 4,” Mr. Growney says, and Willow’s glossy snow-white mane and enlightened disposition does offer a close-at-hand testimonial to the benefits of patronizing Mr. Growney and Utopia for Pets.

Unlike those big box pet supply retailers, Mr. Growney and his staff are there to answer any and all questions about pet health and products that can improve that health. It’s only natural that after learning about the health benefits of eating organic and unprocessed food, people will realize the same benefits accrue to their beloved pets, Mr. Growney says.

“People are learning,” he says.

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Honey Brook Organic Farm Manager Jim Kinsel operates one of the largest community supported agriculture pro-

grams in the country. In the beginning of the season CSA members pay a flat fee for a weekly share of fruits and vegeta-bles. Each week from June to November the Hopewell farm delivers about 2,500 CSA shares throughout New Jersey, from South Orange to Cherry Hill, offering residents of the Garden State thousands of pounds of food crops — tomatoes, strawberries, eggplant.

With three years of farming experi-ence, Mr. Kinsel came to Honey Brook in 1991, establishing what he says was one of the first organic farms in the state. He describes his first attempt at farming like this: “The first year I knew absolutely nothing. It was a total leap, a leap of faith.”

He remembers making $4,000 profit his first year at Honey Brook, which was named Watershed Organic Farm until 2004. Disappointed, his partner left the farm. On the other hand, the money bu-oyed Mr. Kinsel’s spirit. “I viewed it as an extreme success,” he says. “Not only did we harvest crops but we made a modest return.”

Organic farming has become big business since then. The social change inspired by the local food movement reflects Mr. Kinsel’s long-held beliefs of sustainability, genetic diversity and the viability of family farms. “When I started farming you could not find organic pro-duce in the supermarket,” the 52-year-old says. “The largest organic farms in Cali-fornia were 100 acres. Now they’re 1,000 acres. Even at 60 acres we’re still kind of miniscule.”

Both at Honey Brook and another farm in Chester, Mr. Kinsel manages about 250 acres of land, of which about 65 are used for growing vegetables. The rest are cultivated as part of a crop rotation that aims to improve the soil and prepare it for future vegetable plantings.

Mr. Kinsel works mostly in the field during the growing season, completing the primary tillage and direct seeding himself. He plans what crops to grow and

when and where to plant them, striving to extend their season and match their fertility requirements with the proper soil.

He enjoys the traditional livelihood of small-scale farming. “Human kind has been farming since we became civilized,” he says. “Maybe we’re doing it a little dif-ferently now but how it’s experienced at the human level is similar.”

Though the job of being a business manager can overshadow the job of being a farmer, Mr. Kinsel says he finds moments to appreciate his occupation. “At least once a day there’s a moment of clarity where I really just enjoy being out there and doing this work and coming to understand what I’m doing and finding some part I really enjoy.”

That enjoyment is what drew him into the field. In the early ’80s the Somer-ville native graduated with a degree in mathematics from Rutgers College and accepted a job in the Newark actuarial department of the finance company Pru-dential. “I decided after two years it didn’t work for me,” Mr. Kinsel says. When he returned to Rutgers to study computer science, he also began taking courses in biology and ecology. He soon met a Cook College professor who introduced him to organic farming and changed his life.

“I knew immediately that that’s what I wanted to do,” Mr. Kinsel says. “The level of satisfaction was palpable, seeing the crops grow from where there was noth-ing but seed and some soil into a harvest-able tomato.”

For a time Mr. Kinsel sold wholesale but found it more satisfying and profitable to cut out the middleman and sell directly to the public. Running a CSA allows him to support a specific group of people who are specifically supporting him. Forging that relationship, though, nearly cost Mr. Kinsel another, more important one. Switching careers, from insurance to farming, upset his mother, who worried that farming didn’t offer the corporate package of wealth and safety.

Mr. Kinsel was unfazed by farming’s risks. “When I started having more suc-cess,” he says, “my family came around to understanding my point of view.”

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Throughout March and AprilFIRST IMPRESSIONS ARTS WORKSHOPS>> West Windsor Senior Center, 271 Clarksville Road, West Windsor; As its home in the Princeton Junction firehouse nears completion, West Windsor Arts Council will be offering one- and two-day workshops. Classes are available for youth, teens and adults in everything from drawing, sculp-ture, painting and video to jewelry making, dancing, acting and writing. 609-919-1982; www.westwindsorarts.org

March 4TRIBUTE TO WOMEN AWARDS DINNER>> Hyatt Regency Princeton, 102 Carn-egie Center, Princeton; At this 27th annual event, the YWCA Princeton will recognize the achievements of area women who have made significant contributions to their professions, communities, education institutions or organizations, and whose accomplishments reflect the YWCA’s mis-sion to eliminate racism and empower women. 5:30 p.m.; $125 per person. 609-497-2100, ext. 316; ywcaprinceton.org/tributetowomen

March 6GALA ARTS BENEFIT>> TPC Jasna Polana, 4519 Province Line Road, Princeton; Revel in the sounds, sights and tastes of three of the world’s most electrifying cities — Rio de Janeiro, New Orleans and Venice — at Young Audiences New Jersey gala benefit, Dazzle 2010: Car-nival. 7-11 p.m. 800-566-9265; dazzlenj.org March 7CIRCUS YOGA>> SimplyYoga, Kingston Mall Shopping Center, 4437 Route 27, Kingston; Led by Zoe Brooks of Stone Soup Circus, Circus Yoga blends the consciousness of yoga with the fun and community of circus. An adult should accompany children. 1-2:30 p.m.; Drop-in: $15 adults, $10 first child, $7 additional child; eight week course: $96/$64/$48. 609-924-7751

March 9-28AMERICAN BUFFALO>> McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton; In David Mamet’s story of a penetrating battle of friendship versus business, loyalty is tested as three small-time crooks plot the midnight robbery of a buffalo nickel. Performances: Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 3, 8 p.m., Sun. 2, 7:30 p.m.; $15-$55; 609-258-2787; mccarter.org

March 12 THE HERETICS>> Solley Theater, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon St., Princeton; New Jersey premiere of Joan Braderman’s feature film about the groundbreak-ing feminist art magazine Heretics. Su Friedrich, Princeton University professor, filmmaker and Heresies Collective mem-ber, will be the featured speaker with a Q&A session. Sponsored by the Feminist Art Project and Princeton Artists Alliance.

7:30 p.m.; $10, $5 Arts Council of Princeton and Princeton Artists Alliance members/seniors/students. 609-924-8777; artscoun-cilofprinceton.org

March 12-21THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER>> Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Com-munity College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor; An exciting musical version of Mark Twain’s immortal novel, presented by Maurer Productions. Performances: Fri. 7p.m., Sat. 2, 7 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.; $12-$16; 609-570-3333; kelseyatmccc.org

March 14PRINCETON PI DAY>> Princeton Public Library, Palmer Square Green and other downtown Princeton locations; The Princeton Merchant Associa-tion celebrates Albert Einstein’s birthday with a pie judging contest, Pi recitation

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Recalling Her Aunt

by ilene dube | photos by mark czajkowski

Removing a ceiling helped open up the living room to light in the barn Susan Hockaday and Maitland Jones restored, with help

from their son, architect Maitland Jones Jr. and Deborah Berke & Partners Architects. The furnishings are from Ms. Hockaday’s aunt, Margaret Hockaday LaFarge, who is remembered in an iris-shaped

work on the far wall, “Recalling Her,” by Ms. Hockaday.

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Susan Hockaday and Maitland Jones host concerts for friends and ancestral spiritsin their new old barn

“The barn,” as owners Susan Hockaday and Maitland Jones call it — well, it really is a barn, but more about that later — is filled with mid-century Modern

furniture. It is also filled with a spirit.No, this is not a ghost story, although it is

about a family who deliberately made sure their home was inhabited by the spirits of ancestors. And if you had Ms. Hockaday’s ancestors, you’d probably welcome them into your home as well.

Her mother’s cousin was Buckminster Fuller; her father, an architect, studied under Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius; and her grandfather Clark Greenwood Voorhees founded the American Impressionist movement in Connecticut. Two uncles were architects, and her mother was an artist.

“Aunt Mig” — Margaret Hockaday LaFarge — is, perhaps, one of the most prominent spirits here. The Charles Webb sofa, Hans Wegner dining chairs, George Nakashima dining table, George Nelson lamps and Sarrinen chaise the family calls “Cleopatra’s barge” once furnished Aunt Mig’s New York apartment.

Ms. LaFarge ran an advertising agency in the mid 1900s whose “saucy, irreverent ads shook up Madison Avenue,” according to her New York Times obit. The furniture now in the Hockaday-Jones home had been pictured in ads in treehouses, on city streets, in green fields.

“We weren’t really thinking about it until the day we moved in, but we’ve re-created one of Aunt Mig’s advertisements,” says Ms. Hockaday, an artist. “I thought she should be here — she’d love it.”

Before settling into the barn, Ms. Hockaday, Mr. Jones and their three children lived in a Victorian house on Fitzrandolph Road in Princeton. When Mr. Jones retired from the chemistry department at Princeton University, the couple realized they no longer needed to live so close to campus. And they were looking for a space where they could host jazz concerts.

“There’s not a better way to hear this music than in living rooms,” says Mr. Jones, who has been listening to jazz since his father took him to clubs more than half a century ago. “The intimacy is there for the musicians and the audience.” Mr. Jones scouts acts in New York, where he lives >>

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during the week, teaching at New York University.Four years ago, Ms. Hockaday and Mr. Jones found the

perfect venue in, yes, a barn in Hopewell, surrounded by 900 acres of the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association. Once part of a dairy farm, the barn had been turned into a residence in 1965 by land developer Bryce Thompson. Architect Jeremiah Ford removed the old cow stalls and created a kind of rough and rustic lodge. (Mr. Ford was also the architect behind the conversion of a 1900-era barn to the D&R Greenway’s Johnson Education Center in Princeton.)

Ms. Hockaday and Mr. Jones liked the feel of the barn and phoned their son, Maitland Jones Jr., an architect who lives in the Boerum Hill section of Brooklyn. “Young Mait” had redone the kitchen in their Princeton home. His own home, a former dairy distribution center and, later, a church, was featured in Martha Stewart Living last fall. In that space, where he lives with his wife, an architect, and their three children, the second f loor was removed to open the choir loft with slanted rafters.

“I was excited about the potential for open space,” says Mr. Jones, recounting the day his parents called him to Hopewell to help them decide whether to buy the barn. “It had already been renovated by an extraordinary architect but the style retained the character of a dairy barn. It took imagination to project how one would live in it.”

The ceiling height had been 7-and-a-half feet, and Mr. Jones’ immediate impulse was to open it up. “The barn presented a perfect canvas: its character was gloomy, but it had the potential of an extraordinary space. So we projected our fantasies on it. I could picture us making this bold modification because we had done it in Brooklyn.”

Architect and councilman Kevin Wilkes served as the contractor. “Kevin and I had similar training so spoke >>

Ms. Hockaday works in her studio on the second story of the barn.

Mr. Jones peruses a book from the shelves that line the first-floor gallery where Ms. Hockaday’s work is on view.

Artifacts, artwork and origami by the couple’s 10-year-old grandson Ray enliven a spot next to the stone fireplace.

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a common language,” says Mr. Jones, who worked with Deborah Berke & Partners Architects on the project. “I couldn’t make weekly site visits and I depended on him as my eyes. When you meet Kevin you’re aware of his competence and integrity.”

To date, two concerts have been held here, including one in January with bassists Rufus Reid and Michael Moore. The residence includes one bedroom, a TV/guest room, a breakfast room and the large open space that is living room, dining area and performance space. Upstairs, Ms. Hockaday has a studio with storage space for her artwork. The enormous loft has been turned into storage, although the eight grandchildren enjoy playing in it. When the entire family visits for the holidays, Ms. Hockaday and Mr. Jones sleep in the living room.

Some of the details include: bookshelves in the guest room from Princeton’s former and beloved bookstore, Micawber’s; a Kumiko window grille from the Fitzrandolph Road house that serendipitously fit a window here; and artifacts and tools the family has collected. The stories of how these were acquired help unravel the story of how Ms. Hockaday and Mr. Jones met:

“When I was at Vassar, one of my roommates invited me to her home in Bedford, N.Y., where Mait grew up,” she recollects. “She held a big party on her huge estate with tennis courts, and it went on for 10 hours. Mait’s mother forced him to go to the party, and we played tennis late at night. I just knew he was amazing.”

Mr. Jones was at Yale — “the great source of boys when Vassar was all girls” — and the couple married three years later. They also have a summer residence on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

“I love simplicity and openness,” says Ms. Hockaday, who organizes things in clusters and balances it with emptiness. “Our Victorian house was a different kind of space but our style was the same.”

Not only is Aunt Mig’s presence felt in the furniture, but Ms. Hockaday has created “Recalling Her,” a portrait of Aunt Mig based on shadows. “The shape is derived from shadows of wild iris,” she says. “Shadows are more interesting than the objects that product them. She loved that color. She was a person on the move. In my imagination, she’s here, f lying. It’s a wonderful way of gathering the family.” PM From top: The bedroom, a window and the dining area embody Ms. Hockaday’s love for

“simplicity and openness.” A George Nakashima table shares the dining space along with a painting inherited from “Aunt Mig.”

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Beaucoup Blooms

Spring is around the corner, and so is

the Garden Club of Princeton’s French

Market

Spring is around the corner, and so is

the Garden Club of Princeton’s French

Market by megan sullivan |

photos by mark czajkowski

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Each spring and autumn, a little slice of Paris comes to Princeton. Modeled after the f lower stalls at L'Eglise de la Madeleine a Paris, the Garden

Club of Princeton’s French Market has brightened spirits for more than nine decades, with its fresh-cut and artfully arranged lilies of the valley, daffodils, iris, roses, lilacs, tulips and more.

On market mornings, club members set up shop on Mercer Island Park, a patio-like section at the bustling intersection of Mercer and Nassau streets. Wisteria vines climb its brick pillars, forming a canopy of violet f lowers in spring that dangle overhead from woody stems. Ornamental mondo grass, creeping lily turf, wintergreen and dwarf Japanese creepers f lourish underneath and around the island’s metal benches.

GCP members donate many of the f lowers and plants for sale from their own gardens to raise funds for local civic projects. Between the spring and fall markets, the club raises $6,000 to

$8,000 annually. This spring, the Mar-ket will open April 16 and continue each Friday, 9 to 11:30 a.m., through May 21.

“The French Market makes you see that you can cut branches and f lowers and make something of them,” says Hopewell resident Kathy Sartarelli, GCP president. “You can decorate the house with things from your own lawn, walk out and cut a rose or a ferny little leaf and make an arrangement right from your own yard.”

Even though Palmer Square and the Princeton Public Library plaza gener-ate more foot traffic than the less pedestrian-friendly Mercer Island, and despite competition from f lorists and supermarkets, the Market continues to thrive. Ms. Sartarelli stresses that meter parking around the island is free during market hours.

The Market is only one of many out-lets through which the GCP, a charter member of the Garden Club of America, carries out its mission: to further an interest in and knowledge of gardening and kindred matters among its nearly

90 members and the Princeton commu-nity. As one of 197 clubs in the Garden Club of America — totaling more than 17,500 members in 40 states — the GCP supports the umbrella organization’s purpose to restore, improve and protect the quality of the environment through programs of conservation, horticulture, civic improvement and education.

Barbara Chatham, a member since 2001, looks forward to working at the Market each year. “I know so many people in town, it’s a good way to see them and hopefully they’ll buy some f lowers,” Ms. Chatham says. “There’s a great sense of camaraderie — you’re never alone, you’re working with a fel-low member. It promotes friendship in the club.”

As the club’s historian, Ms. Chatham has spent hours combing through old meeting minutes and other archival materials in storage at Mountain Lakes House in preparation for a landmark occasion: The nonprofit organization will celebrate its 100th anniversary this September, with special >>

Above and facing page: Garden Club of Princeton members made artful centerpieces during a flower arranging session at their January meeting.

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events through May 2011. Conserva-tion, f lower arranging, horticulture and photography committee members have also been tracing the roots of the club, to find ways to pay tribute to its early days.

The celebration will include hold-ing meetings at sites “historic” to the organization, such as Constitution Hill Mansion (now condos), where socialite Josephine Perry Morgan, a club member from 1917 to 1933, summered. Three current members who live on Hodge Road and Library Place also will host meetings, since early GCP members previously owned these historic homes. Other locations include the Hun School, Present Day Club, Marquand House, D&R Greenway Land Trust and Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association.

The French Market had its begin-nings in 1914, but developed into a larger and more official event the following year, when a May Flower Fete was held on the grounds of Garrett Place (now Palmer House). In addition to the sale of potted plants, cut f lowers and other plant materials, the fete fea-tured booths with garden tools, hard-ware, bulbs, seeds, you name it. Live entertainment, dancing and refresh-ments carried on into the early evening. The proceeds went toward the salary and equipment of a teacher who would train Princeton public school children in gardening.

When the United States entered World War I in 1917, GCP members wanted to direct their efforts toward helping the Red Cross and war victims in France. “Deeming it unwise during the stress of war to hold these Flower Fetes, it was decided instead to open a French Market in 1918 for the sale of vegetables, fruits, f lowers and plants,” Ms. Chatham read in meeting minutes. Once the U.S. government assumed the costs of relief to countries devastated by the war, the need for private sup-port ended and the GCP redirected its proceeds to civic projects.

Some of the earliest beneficiaries included the Princeton Community Chest, Princeton Public Library and the Princeton Hospital (now the University Medical Center at Princeton). According to meeting minutes from 1920, the club contributed $250 to the hospital, $150

to the Unemployed Relief Fund, $25 to the Thrift Gardens for the Unemployed, $20 to the public school gardens and $50 to the gardens of the lepers in Al-lahabad, India.

Although the French Market has

moved to Mercer Island Park on Nassau Street, the fundraiser has continued annually and tempts us with the same types of vibrant and fragrant f lowers. Many of the club’s longtime members recall how gardeners or chauf->>

Top: A fez-wearing gentleman stops to buy flowers at the Garden Club of Princeton’s 1951 French Market (photo collection of the Historical Society of Princeton). Above: The market still operates at the intersection of Mercer and Nassau streets and offers the same array of vibrant and fragrant flowers.

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feurs used to drop off f lowers by the carload at the Market, when many of the women used to live on sprawling estates with plentiful cutting gardens.

“You would think it was a f lorist delivery,” recalls Pete Peters, member since 1969 and archives chairwoman.

Sandi Tatnall, who joined in 1965, fondly remi-nisces about the times a fellow member, who has since moved to Vermont, would donate dahlias from her Hopewell home. “The back of her sta-tion wagon on French Market day was filled with dahlias,” says Ms. Tatnall, a former club president. “It was the most beautiful sight.”

Nowadays, many of the women don’t have the same luxuries as past mem-bers, who had acres of growing space and hired help. Others face battles with deer, squirrels and small animals that graze on or dig up plants. Ms. Peters, a past president who at one time had a ton of daffodils in the woods behind

her old house, lives in a condo now with less space to grow.

Ms. Chatham, also a past president, says they are especially grateful for donations made in the fall by the GCP’s Pam Mount, owner of Terhune Orchards in Lawrence. “She’s got a whole slew of f lowers growing in the fall and donates

some zinnias and mums that are gor-geous,” Ms. Chatham says. “We’re lucky to have her as a member.”

Barbara Morrison, photography committee member, has come to know a number of French Market regulars since joining the club in 2002. Some custom-ers buy f lowers for their desks on the walk to work. One morning, a young college student purchased a single f lower for his girlfriend. “He walked away with it behind his back, as a sur-prise for early morning class,” she says.

“There are romantics out there.” When Ms. Morrison moved into her

Princeton home with a large yard in 1997, she knew she had much to learn about gardening. The GCP offered her the opportunity to learn from other members who represented different backgrounds and interests in horti-

culture, as well as f lower arranging and photography.

If one thing is for certain, it’s that the women have a special place in their hearts

for the GCP. Ms. Tatnall has remained very active in the organization, even though she is a sustaining member. “It’s changed so and grown so and yet it remains the same,” she says of the club.

Some members who have moved as far away as Massachusetts, Vermont, Ohio, North Carolina and Florida still keep their memberships. “I think that says a lot,” Ms. Tatnall says. “They still send their dues and we don’t see them from one decade to another. It becomes a part of your life.”

The French Market makes you see that you can cut branches and flowers and

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A “Holly and Wintergreens” flower arrangement was among the entries

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I jumped at the opportunity to challenge my angling abilities.

The first reference to the ancient sport of fly-fishing can be found in Ælian’s Natural History, likely written around 200 A.D., according to online fly-fishing historian Dr. Andrew N. Herd. Through the centuries it’s evolved from vital food-catching technique to allur-ing pastime — or as Fly Fisherman Magazine calls it: “The quiet sport.” In the early 1990s the movie A River Runs Through It, starring Brad Pitt, thrust fly-fishing into the spotlight.

Since that surge in interest, fly-fishing’s popularity has waned, but die-hard enthusiasts are quick to cite the merits of this beautiful sport. “Fly-fishing is fun and frustrating,” says Bob Atticks, a lifelong fly-fisher-man and manager of fishing at the Sportmen’s Center in Bordentown. “Every time I go out I learn something new. You definitely get out of fly-fishing what you put into it.”

Casting LessonTo start my fly-fishing adventure, I meet with Bart

Lombardo, president of the conservation group Central Jersey Trout Unlimited, for a casting lesson at Wargo Pond on the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Associa-tion Reserve in Hopewell.

It’s sunny and really cold, but I’m excited to see what fly-fishing is all about. We start with a simple

overview of the equipment and what makes fly-fishing different from traditional fishing. The fly-fishing rod can vary in length and action — how much bend or play there is in the rod. The reel is mounted below the rod and is operated by stripping the line off the reel with one hand, while casting with the other.

“With traditional spin or bait casting the line is weightless and the lure or bait acts as a projectile pulling the line of the rod,” says Mr. Lombardo. “With fly-fishing the fly is virtually weightless and it’s the line that’s heavy. The motion of the rod and weight of the line propels the fly onto the water.”

He demonstrates two basic casts: the overhead cast and the roll cast. The overhead cast is used when there is plenty of air space for the line and fly, while the roll cast is used when the fisherman has more limited space, like in an area with lots of tree cover.

“It doesn’t take a lot to get things moving. Begin-ners think it takes a lot of energy or force to cast, but you don’t need a lot of energy to make a long cast,” says Mr. Lombardo, an avid fly-fisherman for more than 35 years. “It’s more about technique and timing.”

Mr. Lombardo’s technique and timing is flawless — a few arm movements and using an overhead cast his line moves like a whip in a beautiful sweeping arc and lands on his target, my reporter’s notebook on the bank of the pond. Mine, on the other hand, needs a bit of work.

“Take the rod back to about 1 o’clock and made sure your line is flat before bringing the rod forward,” says Mr. Lombardo as he corrects my arm position. “And you want to end with your rod pointing at your target.” With a few tries I’m getting closer, but I’ll definitely need more practice before heading to my local pond or stream. >>

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Getting EquippedNow that I understand how to cast, I need to find

the right equipment for the job. Mr. Atticks at the Sport-men’s Center in Bordentown recommends starting out with the purchase of an all-in-one kit or “combo” with rod, reel, line, backing and leader.

“St. Croix, Remington and Temple Fork Outfitters all make a good combo and are priced relatively com-petitively in the $99 to $200 range with the beginner in mind,” says Mr. Atticks.

“You can also get an idea of what you’re looking for online,” adds William Hannisch, treasurer of the Ernest Schwiebert Chapter of Trout Unlimited, which meets in Pennington. Stores like Cabelas, Orvis and even L.L. Bean have fly-fishing equipment and accessories.

Next pick up a pair of breathable bib waders. “If you go with hip boots you’ll always end up with a wet butt,” says Mr. Atticks, who recommends stocking foot wad-ers with spiked soles. “Felt soles are being phased out, since they can pick up and distribute aquatic life from one stream to another.” Spiked soles help eliminate this problem and offer additional traction in New Jersey’s slippery streams and rivers.

“Now all you’ll need is a vest to carry basic equip-ment in — flies, split shot, things like that — and you’re pretty set,” Mr. Atticks says.

Flies — the lure at the end of a fly fisherman’s line — can be store-bought or handmade and are constructed with a variety of materials, everything from feathers and animal fur, to beads and metallic threads. Mr. Atticks suggests checking with your local sport or fly shop to find out what fish are biting before selecting the right fly for your outing.

Mr. Lombardo agrees. “The right fly depends on the type of fish, the waterway and the season,” he says. Dry flies are made to stay on the water’s surface, underwater flies mimic nymphs and other lifecycle stages of aquatic and terrestrial insects, and terrestrial flies look like bugs you’d find on land — everything from spiders to grass-hoppers.

“Fly tying is a great way to keep busy when you aren’t fishing,” says Mr. Lombardo, who ties all his own flies. “And its even reached art-form level with top fly-makers taking hundreds of hours to create lifelike flies that are seen as collectible.”

The last thing I need — a fishing license. Anyone age 16 or older must have a valid license to fish the fresh waters of New Jersey, including privately owned lakes and other waters, according to the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife. To learn more or purchase a license online, visit njfishandwildlife.com/als/websalesintro.htm. >>

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Let’s FishNow, where can I fly fish? “Anywhere!”

says Mr. Lombardo. “Most people associate fly-fishing with trout or salmon, but you can fly-fish for any type of fish in every inch of the water column — from the sur-face to the bottom — in cold water, warm water and even coastal salt water.”

In New Jersey, rivers and streams north of Interstate 78 are the best places for year-round trout fishing, according to Matthew Grobert, former Star-Ledger fishing columnist and author of the book Fly Fishing New Jersey Trout Streams (Frank Amato Publications, 2008) and the blog Caddis Chronicles (mattgrobert.blogspot.com). “South of I-78 you have to rely on stocked waters,” he says.

To find the trout stocked lake, river or stream near you, visit the Pequest Trout Hatchery’s Web site state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pequest.htm, which provides a town-by-town “trout stocked waters” listing with tips and information on year-round fishing locales.

While trout might not be living year-round in central New Jersey, that doesn’t mean there isn’t good fishing to be had. “Southern and central New Jersey have a number of great spots for warm water species like bass and sunfish,” says Mr. Grobert. “I really love the whole Musconet-cong River (Hunterdon, Morris, Warren and Sussex counties) and the Delaware River in the Lambertville area is also great for striped and small mouth bass.”

“Many of the folks in our chapter fish in Pennsylvania as well,” says Mr. Han-nisch. “It’s just a short drive to hit some great spring-fed creeks and streams.”

Wildlife Management Areas are an-other great resource for anglers, says Mr.

Grobert. Sorted by county, check out the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Wildlife Management Areas list at state.nj.us/dep/fgw/wmaland.htm.

Now all I have to do is grab my fly-fishing gear and get out there. See you at the stream!

Additional resourcesFly casting lessons: Go Fish!

The Basics of Fly Casting at Princeton Adult School begins March 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; $100 for five sessions; ssreg.com/princeton

Fly tying lessons: Central Jersey Trout Unlimited; cjtu.org/tyingschool.html

Ernest Schwiebert Chapter of Trout Unlimited, fly tying demonstrations second Mondays, 6:30 p.m., Pennington Firehouse; sites.google.com/a/esctu.org/www/home2

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Conversation Piece

PM >> ON THE BLOCK

by lauren otis

A historic farmhouse in Lawrence is at its best when filled with people

A sense of connectedness is palpable upon turning onto the drive of 106 Carson Road in Lawrence. Connectedness to the area’s farming past

as manifest in the historic farmhouse residence and 200-year-old barn on the 4-acre property. Connectedness to nature in the bucolic vistas across the landscape, not to mention the property’s proxim-ity to the Carson Road Woods nature preserve.

Far from leaving the outdoors behind, upon entering the house nature is invited in, with each of the high-ceilinged ground floor rooms featuring several sight lines through the house and outside. The large semicircular enclosed porch and recently built spacious breakfast room each fea-ture panoramic views onto the grounds beyond.

Because of this openness and re-ceptiveness in plan, the house seems destined to be animated with human conviviality. Which indeed it has been.

“The house at Carson Road is absolute-ly at its best when filled with people,” says David P. Prescott, the property’s owner.

“It was decorated to be warm and inviting and the layout just naturally lends itself to small group conversations as well as being a wonderful place for a buffet style dinner or cocktail party,” Mr. Prescott says.

The current farmhouse — sometimes referred to as the “W.B. Sloane House” although this is something of a misnomer — was moved to the property by John Applegate sometime after he acquired the land it sits on in 1899, according to a history of the house compiled by Mr. Prescott.

In 1923, the property was conveyed to Eleanor Sloan, whose husband was Wil-

liam Griffith Sloan. At some point it came to be referred to as the W.B. Sloane House, an incorrect label Mr. Prescott came across when he located a glass plate negative of the house at the Historical Society of Princeton.

The house, which dates to around 1860, still retains many of its original de-tails, including bull’s-eye and crown mold-ing, and the 8-foot French doors which open into the family room, known as the “summer room” by past owners, according to Mr. Prescott. The living room, library, dining room, kitchen and the semicircular porch are also situated on the first floor.

From the wisteria-laden front of the house, the main doorway leads into a wide center hallway marked by an elegant curved staircase with mahogany banisters leading up to the second floor, which houses four bedrooms as well as a self-contained separate apartment. Another bedroom is on the third floor.

Many modern upgrades and additions have been made over the years. Most re-cently, in 2004, Mr. Prescott executed a full kitchen renovation for his wife and added the large breakfast room.

Today the house presents a harmoni-ous blend of old and new, with period fireplaces, original pine and oak floors mixed with modern amenities. And despite being embraced by nature, the property is only three miles from the bustle of Princeton.

“I treasure it not only because of its meticulous interior detail, but also be-cause it was a great place to raise a family — many rooms, nice big yard and close to downtown Princeton,” Mr. Prescott says of the house.

Price: $1,795,000 Realtor: Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty Agent: Judith “Jody” Erdman

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PM >> INGREDIENTS

Cabbage, Chili,

Kimchi !by faith bahadurian

Kimchi is having its culinary moment. Perhaps the most famous of Korean foods, the humble combination of chopped, fermented cabbage and chili is the national condiment, and is also used as an ingredient to jazz up other dishes, like

savory pancakes and fried rice. It doesn’t hurt that we are also learning more about the healthfulness of fermented foods and friendly bacteria in general (see Living Well, page 43).

Making kimchi is traditionally a communal affair, with several cooks working together to make and share a big batch. While most often made from Napa cabbage in the fall, it can also be made of other vegetables as the seasons pass, as I learned from Sun Lee, owner of Soonja’s Restaurant in Princeton.

Sun Lee’s recipe is a family secret that she brought with her when she bought the restaurant a dozen years ago. When she makes hers, it goes into the fridge for, at most, seven to 10 days. You can start eating it right away, she says, but each day it changes. Each family has their own unique recipe, she emphasizes, and many versions include dried or fermented seafood, and even nuts, like walnuts or pine nuts.

Over at Nassau Sushi, where owner Charlie Choi offers many Korean dishes, the kimchi is made weekly by his mother. She soaks the cabbage for 14 hours in salted water,

then rinses it, and adds the chili and other vegetables, often including some red and green bell pepper in addition to the garlic-ginger-onion trinity of Asian cuisine. In the summer, he reports, his mother adds fish sauce, but in the winter she favors shrimp sauce, themselves fermented foods said to be rich in umami, the savory element often called the fifth flavor.

Chef-owner Will Mooney of Brothers Moon restaurant in Hopewell has been making all-vegetarian kimchi that he uses on a vegetable plate, or to serve with richer fish like salmon, bluefish or mackerel.

Korean chili powder, which is sold in Asian markets, is only moderately spicy, with a sweet undertone. You could substitute another culture’s chili powder, such as mild New Mexican red chili. Look for chubby white and green Korean radish in an Asian market, too, or substitute the more common daikon. Feel free to refrigerate the kimchi as it ferments if you don’t think you have a cool enough spot at home, but it will slow down the process.

The radish kimchi recipe on the facing page is from local chef and cookbook author Sue K. Choo, a member of the Women’s Club of the Korean Community Center of Princeton. She also makes an elaborate wrapped version of cabbage kimchi, called Ssam Kimchi. Her newest book, Asian Cuisine, was published last fall; look for it in local bookstores. >>

Left: Sue K. Choo, local chef and cookbook author, makes an

elaborate version of cabbage kimchi, called Ssam Kimchi. Facing

page, from top: Kimchi from Soonja's Restaurant in Princeton;

radish kimchi, made by Faith Bahadurian and adapted from Ms.

Choo's recipe; Ssam Kimchi.

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QUICK KIMCHIAdapted from Quick & Easy Korean Cooking by Cecilia Hae

Jin Lee (Chronicle, 2009) Makes about 1 gallon

2 Napa cabbages1 medium Korean or daikon radish1/4 cup coarse sea salt dissolved in 1 cup water4 green onions, cut in to 2-inch lengths7 cloves garlic, minced2 tablespoons minced or grated ginger2 tablespoons Korean chili powder2 tablespoons Asian fish sauce Rinse cabbages and cut crosswise into 2-inch lengths.

Peel daikon, cut lengthwise into quarters, then into pieces about 1/2 inch thick.

Put cabbage and daikon in a large bowl and pour the salt water over them. Let sit at least six hours or overnight. The next day, drain the vegetables, but reserve water. Return cabbages and daikon to same bowl. Add green onions, garlic, ginger, chili powder and fish sauce and mix well. Pack mixture into a 1-gallon glass jar. Slowly pour the reserved salty water over the vegetables to cover, leaving about 1 inch of space on top. Tightly close the jar.

Let the jar sit in a cool, dark place for two to three days, depending on the weather and how ripe (pickled) you like your kimchi. Refrigerate after opening. It will keep a couple of weeks, after which you’ll want to make fried rice, kimchi pancakes or a hot pot with it.

RADISH KIMCHIAdapted from Sue K. Choo

Makes about 1 gallon Note: If you don’t want to buy a whole jar of fermented

shrimp from the refrigerated section of the Asian market, consider substituting Asian fish sauce as I did. — F.B.

5 pounds white radishes (Korean preferred)1 tablespoon salt 1 ounce watercress (about 1/4 bunch)1/2 ounce scallions (1-2 stalks)1/3-1/2 cup coarse grind red chili pepper, to taste5-6 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped1/2 tablespoon ginger, peeled and chopped1 tablespoon sugar1 1/2 tablespoons salted fermented small shrimp (optional)

Wash the radishes well and cut them into cubes. Soak the radish in salted water for 20 minutes. Clean the watercress in water, and trim off the stalks. Cut in 2-inch long pieces. Slice the scallions into long thin strips. Drain radishes, rinse briefly and mix them with red chili pepper powder first, being sure they are evenly coated. Then, add all remaining ingredients. Mix well and put the mixture in glass jars or a ceramic bowl. Allow to ferment at 60 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 hours.

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It Was a Very Good Year — for Newborns

PM >> ON THE VINE

Despite a difficult, rainy summer, winemakers at New Jersey

vineyards see the silver lining

by lauren otis | photos by mark czajkowski

Winemakers in general view the weather as a critical but temperamental part-ner, with the capacity to dazzle or dis-may. During years when warm sunny summer days alternate with nourishing

moist cool evenings, and the fall is clear and dry, great things can come from the grapes which are harvested.

And then there are years like 2009.Rainy almost without letup, the summer of 2009

was the kind of year winemakers dream of... in their worst nightmares.

“We were beaten up last year as growers by Mother Nature,” says Cameron Stark, winemaker at Unionville Vineyards in Ringoes.

“It was a wet year, and what that meant was there was a lot more disease pressure, fungal disease pres-sure,” says Gary Pavlis, an expert on New Jersey grapes and wine who is a professor and agricultural agent at Rutgers University.

According to Rutgers’ office of the state climatologist, between June and October in 2009 — the main grape

growing, ripening and harvesting period — there was 29.04 inches of precipitation, an average of more than 5.8 inches a month. That was more than 50 percent higher than for the same period in 2008, when precipitation totaled 18.65 inches, an average of 3.73 inches a month.

Moldy grapes aside, “the biggest thing was there wasn’t enough sun because of the rain,” Mr. Pavlis says. “Before August there was not a string of three days of sun.”

Yields were down and those grapes that made it through never reached the optimal sugar contents of previous years, Mr. Pavlis says. As a result, the concentrated fruit flavors, higher alcohol content and astringent tannins which make for a “big” wine that will age and mature into a glorious drink over the years were beyond reach in 2009, he says.

As the French would say, 2009 was a “petite an-née” for the New Jersey region.

“We spent a lot of time and money in the vine-yard,” Mr. Stark says. Pruning and tending to water-logged vines, and spraying antifungals were a near constant requirement in order to reap any harvest in 2009, he says.

In the end Unionville Vineyards did come through with a reasonable harvest, enabling him to make a range of the winery’s well known >>

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blends, Mr. Stark says. But because the concentrated fruit, tannins and sugar con-tent were lacking, he won’t be making any of his premium single vineyard artisanal wines or Unionville Vineyards’ signature “Big O” Bordeaux blend this year, he says.

Still, it could have been worse. There were horror stories. “I know of two vine-yards with a total of 70 acres worth of vines that didn’t pull a single grape off their vines,” Mr. Stark says.

At Silver Decoy Winery in East Windsor, winemaker Mark Carduner had to resort to drastic measures himself. On top of intense stepped-up pruning and spraying, in the wet and cold, to ensure that he had any ripe fruit to work with at all by harvest time, “we dropped almost 50 percent of our crop to the ground,” Mr. Carduner says.

The sacrifice of half his grape clusters gave the other half greater air circulation to fend off fungus, and a fighting chance to ripen even in the dismal weather. “If we had not done that, then I would have to say we

would have had a disaster,” Mr. Carduner says.“Yields are down, so production is down,” he says. But Mr. Carduner is

confident he will ultimately be able to offer some pleasing wines from 2009. “No question, we are drinking reds out of the barrel and they are sound, and they’ve got good balance,” he says.

“We have some very pretty everyday wines in the tanks and barrels but nothing you would age for 10 years,” Mr. Stark says.

In good years, when most wineries harvest excellent fruit, making a palatable wine can be almost formulaic, according to Mr. Stark. But in years like 2009, the formulas are useless. “You have to be intuitive and you have to draw from experience,” he says.

“I think it is possible to make a good wine when you have excess moisture, you just have to be extra diligent, and spend extra time in the vineyard,” Mr. Stark says.

Pinot Noir is one of Unionville Vineyards’ signature of-ferings, and Mr. Stark says he’s happy with his Pinot Noir from 2009. And the vineyard’s Chambourcin grapes, from which it makes its signature port, while not containing the deep concentrated fruit he prefers, have still sufficed to make an excellent port this year, Mr. Stark adds.

“The wines are still going to have fruit in them and are still going to be drinkable and enjoyable,” says Mr. Pavlis. “It was a difficult year but at the same time I think you are going to see some very nice wines,” he says.

Although 2003 was a similarly dismal harvest year in New Jersey, perhaps worse than 2009, “we’ve had a really nice string of years” leading up to 2009, says Mr. Pavlis. New Jersey’s regions and climates are generally excellent for grapes, and while a poor year may not be welcome, it will not put much of a dent in New Jersey’s robust and growing wine industry, he says.

In fact, at the annual New Jersey wine competition he hosts, when the 2009s have their turn, Mr. Pavlis says he fully expects to come across something which “blows your socks off.”

There’s even a silver lining to a year like 2009, according to Mr. Stark.

Unionville Vineyards planted almost 9 acres of new vines in 2009, and they are going great guns, he says.

“It was a great growing year for young vines,” he says. PM

Mark Carduner, winemaker at Silver Decoy Winery in East Windsor, siphons off a 2009 red wine from the barrel (facing page, top) and checks for clarity (above). Top and facing page: Mr. Carduner prunes the vines on the winery property.

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PM >> HOMEGROWN

Shave Haircuta n d a

Barber Mike Zingaro can’t picture a better way to

make a livingby gwen mcnamara |photo by mark czajkowski

Mike Zingaro didn’t set out in life to become a barber, but after 18 years of trims and close shaves this Princeton entrepre-neur couldn’t think of being part of any other profession.

“I got started at 20 after I went to college,” Mr. Zingaro says. “I went to play baseball, but the college thing didn’t re-ally work out for me. My father had an old Italian friend who owned a barber shop and I had great memories of going in and out of there as a kid. It seemed like an interesting trade so I went to vocational school, graduated and started cutting hair.”

After graduation from Ocean County Vocational School in Brick, he came to Princeton as the manager of Rialto Barber Shop on Nassau Street. There he built up a strong clien-tele and learned the skills that today are the foundation of his craft.

“It was a great experience and I devel-oped great friendships,” Mr. Zingaro says. “But after a while I wasn’t progressing and decided to open my own shop.”

Mike’s Barber Shop opened at 16 Witherspoon St. in 2006. Competing with two other shops wasn’t easy — Rialto Barber Shop on Nassau Street and Continental Barber Shop also on Witherspoon Street — but with quality service and a warm, welcoming atmosphere Mr. Zingaro quickly gained a loyal following.

“Being a barber is not just a service,” says Mr. Zingaro. “It’s about the people you meet. I’ve grown so many friendships over the years. This is a close-knit town. Many people would come by even if they didn’t need a haircut just to grab a cup of coffee, hang out, talk sports, watch some TV or bring the kids by. A barbershop is a place for community.”

After more than four years at 16 Witherspoon St., rising rent forced Mr. Zingaro to make the tough choice of closing shop and looking for a new locale.

“For three months I was looking for new space and then the Henderson brothers (of Henderson Sotheby’s International Reality) stepped in and says they’d like me to be in their build-

ing,” Mr. Zingaro says. “They didn’t have to do what they did, but I’m really thankful. The Henderson brothers are really good people. It’s a testament to building relationships — if you give to people, you get it back, even if you’re not looking for it.”

Mike’s Barber Shop reopened at 33 Witherspoon St. Feb. 1. The new shop features separated stations set against a back-drop of black slate. Mr. Zingaro’s signature sports memorabilia and flat panel TVs still line the walls.

“It’s like the old shop, but better,” he says. “There’s more room, but I wanted to keep the same atmosphere. There’s still a coffee station, and doughnuts for the kids.”

In addition to reopening Mike’s, Mr. Zingaro also has the challenge of running a second shop in his hometown of

Jackson.“I opened Zingaro’s in the summer of

2009,” he says. “It’s tough because people always want you in both locations, but Jackson can hold its own. I’ve got a great staff and people really know my work-ers. I’ll be spending most of my time in Princeton. I’ve been in town for 12 years so people expect to see me at the shop.”

One of four brothers, Mr. Zingaro’s family was initially surprised by his career choice, but is proud of his success. “All my other brothers finished college, but everyone has their own niche,” Mr. Zingaro says. And they like having a barber in the family. “If they need a good cut or have an important event they know where to come — me,” he says with a laugh.

Mr. Zingaro’s only worry is that he might be a part of a dying breed. “Women have a wide array of spas and salons to choose from, but the barbershop is fading as the older generation retires,” he says. “There aren’t too many places for a guy to shoot the bull and get a haircut, but I guess that’s what makes the shops around today such community landmarks.”

He’s hopeful a new generation will be inspired to take up the scissors and razor to fill the gap. “It’s a great job,” Mr. Zinga-ro says. “Anyone looking at taking up a trade should consider becoming a barber. I’m not stuck sitting in an office and get to meet great people all day. What could be any better?”

It’s about the people

you meet

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Mike Zingaro gives a customer a haircut in his new barber shop.

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Mike Zingaro gives a customer a haircut in his new barber shop.

PM >> LIVING WELL

It’s Alive: Why Live, Active Cultures in Food are Good for Your Health

Growing up, you were probably told by your mother-more than once to eat your vegetables, but did she ever tell you to eat your bacteria?

Probably not, given that bacteria tends to have a bad reputation. However, some foods contain bac-

teria that are actually good for you and can help strengthen your body’s ability to ward off disease and assist in digestion.

These healthy bacteria — or live active cultures — are com-monly referred to as probiotics and have long been found in dairy products such as yogurt, raw milk, cultured butter and kefir as well as other fermented foods such as sauerkraut, kimchi, tempeh, sprouted grains and kombucha tea.

Many of these probiotic foods date back to ancient cultures and have a deep-rooted history of health claims. In fact, one version of the Old Testament states that: “Abraham owed his longevity to the consumption of sour milk.”

And while our ancestors fermented their foods as a way to pre-serve them, they also realized that these foods helped aid diges-tion and boost immunity.

Here’s how they work. Most probiotics found in foods are similar to the beneficial bac-

teria naturally found in our guts. These healthy bacteria — which comprise nearly 3 pounds of our total body weight — are vital to the development and support of our immune system and to the digestion and absorption of food and nutrients.

But these healthy bacteria can come under threat, and when they do, we can end up getting sick.

For instance, antibiotics not only kill off bad bacteria, but they also can destroy good bacteria and throw our system out of bal-ance. Chronic stress and anxiety can weaken the immune system and damage the good bacteria in our bodies. Disease-causing bacteria, yeasts, fungi and parasites can upset the balance as can a diet high in refined sugar and processed foods, and excessive alcohol consumption and tobacco use.

However, by eating right and increasing the amount of probiotic foods in your diet you can help keep the levels of good bacteria high and bad bacteria low and stay healthy.

Specifically, according to the National Center for Complemen-tary and Alternative Medicine, probiotic foods are believed to have the potential to:

• Prevent and treat infectious diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome and urinary tract infections;

• Reduce the recurrence of bladder cancer;

• Shorten the length of the intestinal infection called C. difficile; • Prevent and treat pouchitis (a condition that can follow surgery

to remove the colon); • Prevent and manage eczema in children; • Prevent tooth decay. In addition, people with lactose intolerance are generally able

to better tolerate probiotic dairy foods. This is because the bacteria help make the food more digestible by breaking down the lactose and turning it into lactic acid.

The same goes for other fermented foods — be it the cab-bage in kimchi or the soy in tempeh — which are easier to digest because the good bacteria have already begun to break down the food. In turn, the nutrients in these foods are easier to absorb. In some cases fermentation also creates new nutrients. For example, kombucha tea creates B vitamins as well as certain acids that can aid in liver health.

It’s important to note that specific conditions respond differently to different types of probiotics, which are identified by genus, spe-cies and strain. If looking to treat a specific condition with probi-otics, consult a registered dietician and be sure to obtain the full name and amounts of probiotics that a product contains. Effective levels of probiotics vary widely.

The commercially available products that contain probiotic strains from the following genera are considered safe for healthy adults according to the American Dietetic Association: Lactobacil-lus, Bifidobaterium, Streptococcus thermophilus and Saccharomy-ces.

While most people are able to consume enough probiotics through a healthy diet, supplements are available at most natural health food stores. Again, be sure to consult a registered dietician before taking supplements. At the same time, you can also easily make many healthy fermented, probiotic foods such as kimchi and sauerkraut at home. A good reference for beginners is the book Wild Fermentation by Sandor Katz.

Remember though that cooking, including microwaving and pasteurizing, will destroy live, active cultures. Yet the nutrients in the food remain. Oftentimes, live, active cultures will be added back into commercial products such as yogurt after processing.

The world is full of bacteria and so are our bodies. By maintain-ing a healthy diet that includes probiotic foods we can ensure we keep these bacteria in balance and keep our bodies healthy.

Anthony Dissen, R.D., is a registered dietitian with the University Medical Center at Princeton Nutrition Program. To find a physician affiliated with Princeton HealthCare System, call 888-742-7496 or visit princetonhcs.org

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The Whole Earth Center in Princeton sells an array of dairy products, foods and drinks containing probiotics.

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Consignment Adventures

PM >> ECO-LOGIC

With a wealth of consignment shops in the area, it’s easy to put together a complete outfit at a

modest budget

by susan van dongen | photos by mark czajkowski

I should have known that the first thing I would touch at the Princeton Consignment Boutique would be couture, lovely and expensive. The venerable store, just off Route 206 in Skillman, is a haven for fine, gently used designer clothing and accessories, things that tasteful consigners

have entrusted to this shop for several decades.Manager Lamis Faris says she has been

“green” since she was born, and that’s kept her in this business for so

many years. The merchan-dise is not being wasted,

it’s getting a new life, which is good for the

planet and good for customers.

“I always liked the idea

of wearing my sister’s hand-me-downs that were

perfectly adequate,” she

says. “I’d make them my own and

make them more attractive. I’ve always been attracted to ideas about recycling. Plus, why spend a lot of mon-ey when you don’t have to? That’s really attractive

to me, too.”The item that

seduced me was a taupe hooded pull-

over, pure alpaca wool by the Peruvian Connection — you know, that catalog filled with pictures of gorgeous people wearing luxurious alpaca and woolens?

I caressed the folds of the pullover and lifted it to try on (so heavy!), checking the price tag. Uh oh. This was supposed to be an effort in thrift.

My mission was to visit various consignment shops in the area and put an outfit together, something seasonally transi-tional, for a modest budget. I would be busy, too, considering the wealth of such venues in and around Princeton.

Princeton Consignment Boutique is a labyrinth of blouses, sweaters, jackets, dresses, gowns, skirts, slacks, coats, vests and shelves loaded to the brim with fabulous accessories, including bags by the likes of Louis Vuitton and Gucci. It’s a treasure hunt for the careful shopper. Look closely and you might find an amazing bargain, such as that Valentino dress and Perry Ellis coat I spotted, both only $20.

I figured I would start with pants and choose several to take to the dressing room. Big lesson in consignment shop-ping: always try things on and don’t assume your regular size will fit. Sizes vary greatly between makers and you are often not allowed to return clothing.

But here were a funky pair of Michael Kors slacks, in a lightweight fabric with an eggplant, taupe, gray and white faux snakeskin print. I would start here and build the outfit up from the bottom. They were $35 but greatly discounted, ac-cording to the color-coded tag. Another hint when consign-ment shopping: learn to navigate the coded price tags. They give shoppers (and shop owners) an idea of how long some-thing has been on the floor. Time things right and you could really strike gold. I ended up paying $17 for the slacks. And oh, yes, I did succumb to the siren song of the alpaca pullo-ver, but it was also on sale, for just a little more than $100.

Princeton Consignment Boutique, 1378 Route 206, #9, Skill-man. 609-924-2288

Then it was onto Greene Street Consignment on Nassau Street in Princeton. An expansive, orderly place with half >>

Pants by Michael Kors, Princeton Consign-ment Boutique, $17; Cowl-neck top, jane, $15; Via Spiga ankle boots, Second Time Around, $12.50; Jacket by Kasper, Second Time Around, $15.

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a dozen or more changing rooms and a second floor just for clearance, Greene Street was playing great classic tunes by Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole, music to shop by.

Since the pants I had bought were a rather busy print, I was searching for a neutral top. Once again, I was drawn to the plethora of wintery sweaters and pullovers in all colors of the rainbow and had to force myself to look for something more spring-like. Greene Street has many, many wonderful items, including handsome suits and other things that would befit professionals. There is also a featured designer’s rack with names like Sonia Rykiel, Burberry and Dolce & Gabbana. But I just didn’t find the top I had envisioned for my outfit. That piece would come next.

Greene Street Consignment, 162 Nassau Street, Princeton. 609- 924-1990; www.greenstreetconsignment.com

The new girl on the block is Jane, and is she something! The shop on Spring Street, named after owner and longtime Princeton resident Jane Henderson Kenyon, is a feast for the senses. (Ms. Kenyon runs the store with her daughter, Isa-belle Taylor Kenyon.) I craned my neck looking around at the gorgeous things, literally from floor to ceiling. Everything is on consignment, from a pair of African beaded chairs to old postcards from Princeton to a mug with Einstein’s mug on it. Works by local artists are on display, and I immediately recog-nized Fay Sciarra’s whimsical paintings on glass.

Browsing in jane is a bit dazzling, like a trip through the looking glass. Their items are top-notch and come from consigners from the area, as well as New York and Pennsylva-

nia. Ms. Kenyon says jane is a hit, and has been blessed with almost an embarrassment of riches from new consigners. I fell in love with a colorful, mod, knit outfit displayed on one of the mannequins, but remembered I was looking to build on the pieces I already had.

A black, sleeveless, cowl-neck knit shell caught my eye. Hemmed with dangly beads and sequins, I thought it would be a fun addition to top the print slacks. This vintage piece was only $15.

With its philosophy of “reuse, rethink, revitalize,” jane is not just a store filled with pretty things. “People have beautiful clothes that don’t fit them, household items they don’t like,” Ms. Kenyon says. “We’re all about getting these things out of the storage area and getting them into a place where people can use and enjoy them.”

jane, 7 Spring St., Princeton. 609-683-5263; www.janecon-signment.com

I have often hit the jackpot at Nearly New, just off Nassau Street, behind Redding Plumbing in Princeton. The second-floor destination benefits Princeton Day School’s scholarship fund, and has been in business since 1944. I once found a glit-tery black cocktail dress there, something I never would have splurged on at retail. At Nearly New, I paid about $20 for it, and it was perfect for a special occasion. This time, however, I didn’t see exactly what I was looking for, although there were some terrific vintage men’s hats tucked away, something my stylish grandfather would have worn.

Nearly New, 234 Nassau St., Princeton. 609-924-5740.I did very well at Second Time Around in Pennington.

Run by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Princeton, the shop has a genteel, yard-sale feel to it, where you might find anything from fine tweed jackets to a set of longhorn steer antlers.

Toward the back of the store, there is a large basket filled with boots, and with patience, a boot fanatic like me could score something prized. I really liked a pair of taupe low-heeled Salvatore Ferragamos, but they were too scuffed. My animal print pants needed something more kicky anyway. I found not one, but two pairs of Via Spiga ankle boots, one pair in gold-tone and the other in pewter. With their spiked heels and pointy toes, the boots were not really my style, but they complemented the pants well. They fit and the price was right: $12.50. I picked the pewter.

For some reason, I lingered, sensing that the last element of my outfit would be in this store. I browsed by color through the tops, remembering the tones of my pants. There it was — a zip-up, tailored jacket by Kasper, light mustard with a subtle bit of sparkle, for just $15.

Second Time Around, 12 N. Main St., Pennington. 609-737-2828.

Once I put all the things together, I kind of looked like Ziggy Stardust-era David Bowie, or a retro rock-star beatnik, but it would be a fun outfit to wear, maybe on the deck of one of our favorite restaurants in the warm weather. I figured the jacket, especially, would be a versatile addition to my wardrobe. The ankle boots? If I couldn’t wear them frequently, perhaps I could use the pointy toes to open oysters.

The item I really cherish, however, is the alpaca pullover, so warm and cuddly. After all, it was my first love. PM

Princeton Consignment Boutique has plenty of accessories, including handbags from the likes of Louis Vuitton and Gucci. Above: one of the employees shows off the store's selection.

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PM >> NIGHT OUT

Eden Dreams

Eden Autism Services held its 22nd annual Eden Dreams white-tie gala at the Hyatt Regency Princeton Jan. 16. This year’s theme was Dreams of Arcadia and the evening includ-ed a silent auction, a theme-related puzzle and presentation of “Friends of Eden” awards. All proceeds from Eden Dreams benefit Eden Autism Services, the Princeton based nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with autism since 1975. Eden’s programs include early intervention, year-round educational services, parent training, respite care, residential and employment opportunities, and outreach services. 609-987-0099; edenautismservices.org

Eden President and Chief Executive Officer Tom McCool of Lawrence poses with Eden Dreams event co-chairs Janet Quartarone of Flemington and Peter Franco of Hamilton.

Jerry and Melissa Ford of East Windsor and Scott and Michelle Needham of Princeton enjoy the festivities.

Maddie Patrick and Patrick Albanesius provide clues to Eden’s annual Dream Search puzzle.

Eden Human Resources Director Jim Steinruck with Eden Chief Development Officer Melinda McAleer, Cathy McCool and Joanne Steinruck.

Eden Chairman of the Board of Trustees Bob Humes (left) and Dr. McCool (right) present the "Friends of Eden" Guardian

Award to Princeton resident Christopher S. Tarr, Esq. of Stevens & Lee.

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Brodsky Center Gala

The Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions at Rutgers University held its annual gala Jan. 9 in the Mason Gross School of the Arts Galleries in New Brunswick. The gala helps to support the Brodsky Center’s artists’ residency program, which makes it possible for artists to work with a top notch staff of printmaking and papermaking professionals to create new work in print or handmade paper.

Honorees included Princeton resident Audrey Gould, artist Kiki Smith and poet Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, as well as the six new museum directors who have come to New Jersey’s institutions during the past year: Suzanne Delehanty (Zimmerli Art Museum), James Steward (Princ-eton University Art Museum), Eric Pryor (New Jersey State Museum), Laurene Buckley (Jersey City Museum), Mario Grzesiak (New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts) and Lora Urbanelli (Montclair Art Museum). 732-932-2222, ext. 838; brodskycenter.org

Hanami Opening

Area residents and business people gathered Dec. 17 to celebrate the opening of Hanami Princeton, the area’s newest modern Japanese and Chinese restaurant featur-ing an all-star team of chefs. The restaurant’s dining room has a crystal Hanami tree that is evocative of the ancient Chinese and Japanese tradition of Hanami, the celebration of the flowering of the cherry blossom tree. Guests at the opening event sampled the interpretative cuisines of chefs Steven Wong, Spencer Truong and Peter Yip, formerly of New York City’s Megu, Nobu and Tao, respectively. 609-520-1880; hanamiprinceton.com

Jon Evans, Marybeth Evans, catering director at Cherry Valley Country Club, and James Kozack, director of sales and marketing at CVCC, all of Hamilton, attended the opening of Hanami.

Sabina Twiggs, sales operations and correspondence for McMaster Carr; John Lipoczky, owner of Lipoczky Bros. Real Estate Development and Construction; Stacy Carney, realtor at Weichert Realtor; and Kari Adams, CEO and founder of Princeton Elite Club, LLC also attended.

Artist Chakaia Booker, a Rutgers University alumna, and New Jersey State

Museum Director and Eric Pryor, who was among the honorees, celebrate.

Audrey Gould, flanked by her daughters Ellen Gould Baber (left) and Georgianna Gould Moss (right), was honored for her interdisciplinary philanthropy in healthcare, the arts and culture.

Doctors Muriel and Leonard Moss of Princeton attended the gala.

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PM >> THEN AND NOW

The Civil War-era house at 110 Witherspoon St. in Princeton exudes a 1970s vibe these days, with its aluminum siding and three glass rectangles

arranged like steps on the front door. But now there are plans to unmask and restore the historical gem behind the façade in tribute to the man born there in 1898 and whose legacy similarly has been obscured by time.

The house, owned by the Wither-spoon Street Presbyterian Church, is the birthplace of Paul Robeson, the world-renowned concert singer, Broadway and Hollywood star, college football hero, scholar and political activist who was as famous in his heyday as Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan or Martin Luther King Jr. would become in theirs. Mr. Robeson, the son of a runaway slave, had a huge international following and was at the height of his celebrity in the 1930s and 1940s when he risked his career to campaign for an anti-lynching law and civil rights during the years of Jim Crow in segregated America.

Shirley Satterfield, a Quarry Street resident and Historical Society of Prin-ceton trustee who leads walking tours of historic African-American sites in the Jackson-Witherspoon neighborhood, is part of a committee of church, univer-sity and community members working to raise $1 million to restore the house. The goal is to turn the 3,219-square-foot structure, which has had at least five additions made to it over the centuries, into a vibrant community center with a Robeson exhibit and space to house vis-iting scholars and families in transition.

Leading a visitor on a tour of the house, Ms. Satterfield fondly recalls the famous bass-baritone’s visits to Princ-eton in the early 1940s.

“My grandmother actually taught Paul Robeson at the Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children,” Ms. Sat-terfield says. “And when he came back

to Princeton to visit his relatives and sometimes sing at McCarter Theatre, he would come and visit my grandmother. I was just a little tot, but I remember him sitting me on his lap and telling me stories... I remember that deep voice.”

Mr. Robeson’s roots in Princeton ran deep, she says, but he was “soured” by the way his family was treated here.

“He called it the most southern northern town in the United States and it was,” Ms. Satterfield says as she flips through a photo scrapbook of the seg-regated Jackson-Witherspoon neigh-borhood where blacks lived, shopped and attended elementary school.

Churches too were segregated and there were three black churches at that time in Princeton. Paul Robeson’s father, the Rev. William D. Robeson, was the minister of the largest, the Wither-spoon Street Presbyterian Church, for more than 20 years, until he was forced out by the white Presbytery of New Brunswick in 1901, three years after Paul was born in the church parsonage.

“I think one of the reasons he was dismissed from our church is that he spent a lot of time fighting against Jim Crowism and the white Presby-tery was just not ready for that,” Ms. Satterfield says.

Paul Robeson’s childhood in Princ-eton planted the seeds of social activ-ism that became his focus as an adult. However, his increasingly left-leaning politics and his public admiration for the communist system, which he viewed as less racist, made him a target of the FBI and Sen. Joseph Mc-Carthy. He was blacklisted by record companies, driven off the airwaves and blocked from performing. Barely able to earn a living and kept under surveillance by the FBI, he retired from public life and died in 1976.

His sister’s Philadelphia house at 4951 Walnut St., where he spent the last 10 years of his life, was purchased in 1994 by the West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance and is now a desig-

nated national historic site. As part of a fundraising project for restoration work at the house, a new book, Stories from the Paul Robeson House: Lives Touched by a Renaissance Man, has been published and includes the Robeson recollections of dozens of people, including Ms. Sat-terfield.

Is there enough support for a second Paul Robeson House? Ms. Satterfield says that preserving 110 Witherspoon St. should be as important to Princeton as the Walnut Street house is to Phila-delphia.

“I call it the alpha and the omega,” she says. “Here (Princeton) is the alpha, and where he died is the omega. In Philadel-phia they are well-established, and here we’ve got a lot of work still to do, but we’re getting there.”

Paul Robeson Lived Hereby joanne degnan |

photo by mark czajkowski

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