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TRUE!  Thomas Alva Edison, one of the most famous and influential inventors to walk the earth, never attended high school or college but was awarded an honorary degree from Princeton in 1915!   Did you know Edison proposed to his wife in Morse Code?  TRUE!  (Biographies state that he would say “I love you” throughout…

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  Beginning November 23rd, we’re bringing climate controlled, gorgeous trolleys to downtown Princeton! What’s the best way to see Princeton’s holiday lights and historic sights? Being chauffeured in a warm trolley while an expert guide regales you with fascinating tales, of course! Princeton’s Palmer Square is no Rockefeller Center. It’s WAY better! Our town green…

  We love it when people call us and ask if a rumor in town is true.  We recently received a call asking if a sculpture at the Institute for Advanced Study inspired the band, Phish, to create songs.  We hadn’t really heard that one before so we chipped in our signature WGSWESTI –  “What…

I love to deep dive into my favorite Princeton characters  ….. the last few days has been T.S. Eliot whose love (or lack thereof) life has always fascinated me. With his first wife, Vivienne, T.S. experienced an unhappy marriage and she suffered from terrible mental illness. He moved to the US and left her in…

   See ALL the fun on our official Facebook Page here.       Eleanor Lee, aged 4 yrs old, of Cranbury, New Jersey won $314.15 by nailing the Einstein signature outfit and stealing the show with her knowledge of Einstein and darling personality!     Kanelyo Iwelumo. aged 12 yrs old, of Short Hills, New…

Einstein was born on March 14th – 3.14 – the numeric equivalent of Pi! Every year the town of Princeton celebrates with an irrational number of events! Pie Eating, Pie Judging, Pie Throwing, Pi Recitation and Pizza Pie Judging Contests! Events with prize money are for contestants 12 yrs and younger! Every year the town…

Yep, his name was Nicholas Biddle AND he graduated as valedictorian when he was only 15 yrs old! WE LOVE THIS STUFF! He was a total smartypants and had deep family connections to folks like Ben Franklin, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and more …… all that still didn’t help him when Andrew Jackson tried to…

On our scavenger hunt, your Johnson & Johnson employees will visit the location where the famous Credo was written in Princeton!  That’s right, Robert Johnson first penned his company’s famous mission statement in Princeton in 1943, just before opening up the company to public trading! Featured in Small Meetings Magazine, Mid-Atlantic Magazine and Meeting Planners…

THIS JUST LEARNED:  Princeton math professor, Charles Fefferman, won the 2017 Wolf Prize in Mathematics! I KNOW! Here’s 5 THINGS YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HIM WHEN YOU BUMP INTO HIM ON THE SIDEWALK: 1).  Fefferman has been a professor at Princeton for 43 years – (his nickname is “Charlie”) 2).  HE NEVER WENT TO…

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