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(SALEM, NJ)—New Jersey Network has posted a new podcast featuring organist Joanne Owen discussing the Salem County Cultural & Heritage Commission’s upcoming concert, “Tunes from the Crypt,” Friday evening, October 23, 2009, 6 PM. The concert takes place in historic St. John’s Episcopal Church, 76 Market St., Salem, NJ, and is a free event.

“Having New Jersey Network feature Tunes from the Crypt is very exciting,” said Deputy Freeholder Director Beth Timberman. “It is wonderful to have Salem County’s cultural events recognized and publicized this way.”

NJN producer Eric Schultz visited Salem at the beginning of October to interview Owen at the console of the organ at St. John’s. The resulting program offers a taste of the “spooky music” that will be performed that evening, including Bach’s famous “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” and Gounod’s “Funeral March for a Marionette.” The podcast is available for listening and downloading here.

“When I came down for the interview I was really struck by the evocative beauty of the church and the surrounding graveyard,” said Schultz. “Hearing the organ live reverberating around me in that gothic setting was so powerful – a totally different experience from listening to a recording.”

“Tunes from the Crypt” is the perfect prelude for Salem City’s Annual Walking Ghost Tour, which begins nearby at 7 pm. There is no admission charge for the concert. For information, visit the Events Calendar or call (856)-935-7510 ext. 8532.

For a uniquely spooky start for your Halloween celebration, this is a program not to be missed.

My son is always asking me to have a “campout” with him on the weekends (and sometimes the weekday). This usually meens we setup camp in one of the spare bedrooms and stay up late and watch movies, eat snacks, read etc..
Well last night he decided he wanted to have the campout downstairs on the pull out bed that is in our couch, so we did and let me tell you, it was so much fun! We setup camp around 9pm and were in bed watching some movies and eating snacks until close to midnight. After pulling out the bed I realized how much I needed to vacuum under that area since we haven’t pulled out the bed in a few months. So after some cleaning and picking up old loose change we hit the bed and started our camping.
This was the longest he has slept in, we woke up a little after 9am and definatly are going to do this again, luckily it was the weekend so we could sleep in a bit. But what a fun time. It was a little to cold outside to camp in the tent and I was happy to be inside. In South Jersey our weather right now is nice but it definatly gets chilly overnight. Pumpkin time soon! Check out the clock for how many days are left until Halloween!

These Airhogs remote controlled helicopter’s are awesome, here is a small clip of me flying one outside with my son.

I finally picked a theme for my site CostaRica4uonline.com and started it. Very basic setup right now but I wanted to at least get it up and looking ok. It used to be Haddonfield.tv (another project I need to get to)
CostaRica4uonline.com will have lots of information about visiting Costa Rica but more important, buying real estate and investing there.
About 10 years ago I bought a house there before the real estate boom and it turned out to be a great investment, you can see it at www.villasmymosa.com, since I was already involved with a few business’s there I wanted my own place and I was able to rent it out for a nice income when I was not there.
Sadly enough I sold it when a great offer came in but I learned a lot about the process of buying property as a foreigner that I decided to offer services to people interested in buying a house there. Its a beautiful country and one of the top places that Americans are retiring too.
So CostaRica4uonline.com will have a lot of information about the process and laws for buying property there.

If you have time, check it out Costa Rica 4U Online

I also added a guestbook to our sister site www.bestsouthjersey.com so go ahead and sign it if you desire, the link is on the left sidebar. Thanks everyone!