Long johns, bear hunting, and damn good food

You know you're in Northern New Jersey when your ass is wearing long johns under your black dress pants to work. Seriously. It's been in the 30's this past week - we've even had snow flurries here and there, but still no full-fledged snow storm. I know it's coming though - probably just around the corner. And I'm already freezing! But luckily, I ordered some long johns (several pairs of pants and the long sleeved shirts) back in October, which are coming in pretty handy this time of year. This may sound dumb, but honestly this is the first time I've ever had to wear long johns in my life! They are somewhat uncomfortable and I feel kind of bulky when I wear them under my clothes, but at least they keep me warm.

Next on my list of random thoughts - bear hunting. This past week kicked off black bear hunting season in New Jersey - a whole six days where hunters can take a shot at one of these massive beasts. The season ends on Saturday, and so far about 500 bears were killed. According to a report at North Jersey.com, there are more than 3,400 black bears in the state of New Jersey. This whole week on the way to and from work, I've seen multiple cars parked along Berkshire Valley Road (wierd cause I never see cars there) - must be all the hunters out on a quest for bear!

I don't think I could ever hunt anything - though my husband is fond of the sport. He wants to go bear hunting sometime while we're up here, but apparantly they don't allow bear hunting every year. What would you do with a bear if you killed it? Would you eat it? Really?

On another note, I ate at the Jefferson Diner for the first time today and it was AWESOME. The diner was featured on Food Network and apparantly there is supposed to be a reality show in the works? It is ranked one of the top five best diners in New Jersey - which must mean a lot, because New Jersey has more diners per capita than any other state in the country. Just Google "New Jersey diners" and see how many little red dots pop up all over the map. It's crazy!

The Jefferson Diner has such an extensive menu - it probably could have taken a half hour to read everything. Appetizers, wraps, club sandwiches, hot dogs, Greek entrees, breakfast foods, burgers......it was so hard to figure out what to order! I finally decided on the Italiano Panini sandwich and it was delicious and HUGE. In fact, I'm about to go heat up my left overs for dinner.....