Activities in Our Area
Plays in the Park -- Outdoors June-September, Indoors October-May -- Pine Drive Rosevelt Park, Edison, free (732)-548-2884 -- musicals, drama, comedy
Every Sunday -- Soccer Matches -- semi-pro teams -- Cedarbrook and Greenbrook Parks, Plainfield and North Plainfield
Every Wednesday April-December High Tea and Tour 1:30 PM $20 by reservation, Liberty Hall Museum, a 225 year old mansion with 23 acres of gardens, for tea lovers, gardeners -527-0400 -- $20 per sitting
Osborn-Canonball House Museum -- Sundays 2-4 PM Colonial furniture, clothing, garden (908)889-4137
Drake House Museum -- Sundays 2-4 PM George Washington's Headquarters 1777 -- 1840 Front St -- (908)755-5831
Watchung Stables -- September to May Sunday Guided Trail, also Ring rides (908)789-3665
Golf -- Plainfield West Nine -- Weekdays $23, Senior $19 (908)7913888 -- call for dates, times
Year-Round Things to Do in our Area
GENERAL
www.state.nj.us/travel
Events: www.events.nj.gov/
Tours, Attractions: www.visitnj.org
Union County: www.unioncountynj.org/togotodo/index.htm
Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament: www.medievaltimes.com
River Cruise with Dinner: www.ohwy.com/nj/t/thelady.htm
SHOPPING
The Mall at Short Hills (201)376-7692 140 of the world's finest specialty stores. www.shopshorthills.com
Jersey Gardens Outlet Mall -- Elizabeth -- Outlet shopping under cover -- good values www.jerseygardens.com
The Antique Castle -- Plainfield -- 3 stories of antiques and other attractions
"Downtown" kind of shopping -- Westfield: www.WestfieldNJ.org
GALLERIES
Swain Galleries since 1868 www.swaingalleries.com/index2.html -- Plainfield -- Restoration, Antique frame repair
David Gary Ltd. -- Milburn -- Investment quality art -- watercolors, oils, graphics
Sheila Nussbaum Gallery -- Milburn -- contemporary art, jewelry, crafts
Watchung Arts Center: www.watchungarts.org Performing and visual arts.
TRAILS, PARKS, MUSEUMS
Liberty Science Center (201)200-1000 250 interactive exhibits, 70' tornado, Omnibox theater www.libertystatepark.com
Liberty State Park -- ferry access to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
Washington Riding Stables -- (732)249-2471 Piscataway Trail riding and ponies www.washingtonstables.com
Watchung Reservation & Deserted Village of Feltville/Glenside Park -- Union County
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge -- 7,000 acres -- many birds (201)425-1222
Frelinghuysen Arboretum www.makcom.com/vgreen/arbor.htm -- Morris Township (201)326-7600 nature center & museum
Children's Amusement Park: www.bowcraft.com
MUSEUMS
Drake House Museum: drakehousemuseum.tripod.com -- Plainfield -- George Washington's Headquarters in 1777
Edison National Historic Site www.nps.gov/edis/ -- West Orange -- (201)736-0650 -- Thomas Edison's factory
The Newark Museum/Ballantine House www.bcausa.com/projects/mus_new.html -- (201)596-6550 -- largest in N.J. -- Planetarium
Liberty Hall Museum www.libertyhallnj.org
THEATER & SYMPHONY
Paper Mill Playhouse -- Millburn -- Broadway-Quality plays -- (201)376-4343 www.papermill.org
The Plainfield Symphony Orchestra -- Plainfield - oldest community orchestra in NJ. http://members.tripod.com/~Plainfield_Symphony/
New Jersey Performing Arts Center NJPAC (800)GONJPAC www.njpac.org
The State Theater: www.statetheaternj.orgRemember -- Manhattan is just one hour by train from the Plainfield station.
SPORTS & HORSE RACING
Meadowlands -- www.meadowlands.com (Giants, Jets, Devils, Nets)
Horse racing -- www.thebigm.com
Baseball -- Somerset Sports Park -- www.somersetpatriots.com
Rutgers University: www.scarletknights.com
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