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New Jersey Tulip\nFestival<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday\u2019s drizzle didn\u2019t deter the tulip-lovers at Holland Ridge Farm<\/a>, whose motto is \u201cDon\u2019t fly to Holland. Drive to Holland.\u201d While I\u2019ve studied the Facebook pix from friends who went to Keukenhof Gardens this spring with great envy, I realized, you know, we have tulips in New Jersey! This IS the Garden State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On more than 150 acres in the community of Cream Ridge,\nHolland Ridge Farm devotes 50 acres to its colorful stripes of tulips, the\nlargest tulip farm on the East Coast. The owners have brought their fields to\nthe point that the farm now has an annual Tulip Festival, in full bloom this\nmonth. There must have been hundreds of people there, strolling the grounds,\nsmiling, but the areas is so large, it never felt crowded (Easter Sunday was\nanother story, I\u2019ll bet). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gift shop, caf\u00e9, U-pick opportunities, hayrides around the\nfields, and lots more, with more tulips every year! While a leisurely walk around\nthe tulip beds may seem an old-fashioned, almost quaint pursuit, the farm\u2019s FAQs\noffer a sign of the times: No, you cannot fly your drone over the tulip fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only an hour from Philadelphia and New York, getting there\nentails a lovely drive through farmland and past horse farms. Buy tickets\nonline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Metropolitan Museum <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last weekend in Manhattan we saw the Met\u2019s \u201cThe World Between Empires\u201d<\/a> exhibit, \u201cart and identity in the Ancient Middle East,\u201d on view through June 23. Some of those empires I\u2019d never even heard of before, so I definitely learned something. The exhibit focuses on the Middle East conflict between the Roman and Parthian empires. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The art and objects of the period (c. 100 BCE – AD 250) came from the civilizations along the great trade routes and show the influences of Arabea, Nabataea, Judaea, Syria, and Mesopotamia. Says The Wall Street Journal<\/em>, \u201cNothing short of spectacular.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos: Vicki Weisfeld<\/em>
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