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Accommodations are expensive and hard to find during graduation time in May and
June, but beyond that it should be easy to arrange for a stay at one of several atmospheric
inns, including the traditionally furnished
Nassau Inn
( 609-921-7500;
www.nassauinn.com
; 10 Palmer Sq; r incl breakfast from $169; )
. For reasonably priced
healthy Mediterranean-style food with a Greek emphasis stop by
Olives
(22 Witherspoon
St, Princeton; sandwiches $7; 7am-8pm)
for lunch-time takeout.
It may not be the most beautiful place, but New Jersey's capital,
Trenton
, has several
historic sites, a museum and a farmers market worth visiting - especially if you can pair
it up with a trip to Philly or Atlantic City.
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Jersey Shore
Perhaps the most famous and revered feature of New Jersey is its sparkling shore
(
www.visitthejerseyshore.com
), stretching from Sandy Hook to Cape May and studded
with resort towns ranging from tacky to classy. You'll find as many mothers pushing
strollers as throngs proudly clutching souvenir beer bongs. Though it's mobbed during
summer weekends, you could find yourself wonderfully alone on the sand come early
fall. Beach access varies across communities, though the majority charge reasonably
priced fees for the day. Putting up a tent in a state park or private campground is a low
cost alternative during the summer months when finding good-value accommodations is
nearly as difficult as locating un-tattooed skin.
HURRICANE SANDY
In late October 2012 Hurricane Sandy devastated much of the New York and New
Jersey coastline, destroying homes, breaching barrier islands, ripping away board-
walks and washing away entire waterfront communities. In New York the hardest
hit were Staten Island, the Rockaways and Red Hook, while the Jersey Shore from
Sandy Hook to Atlantic City suffered the brunt of the hurricane's impact. The di-
mensions and profiles of many beaches were diminished and it remains to be seen
whether rebuilding efforts will add dunes and other storm surge impediments
where none existed before. More than six months later, there are still significant
pockets of desolation: piles of debris, houses with their sides ripped away and oth-
ers that teeter at gravity-defying angles.
