Person-to-Person
Hoboken blogger
JENNIFER CASSON TRIPUCKA
has her finger on the pulse of the town
WRITTEN BY LAURA ADAMS STIANSEN
The best thing about Hoboken
is that you are able to do so
much in such a small area of
space. Take a walk down the block and you can
pick up your dry cleaning, grab a delicious cup
of coffee, buy a book at a locally owned
bookstore, get your nails done, head to
Fiore’s for a sandwich with some mutz and
have a picnic on Pier A to enjoy it.
I love the
accessibility to
everything –
restaurants, vintage stores,
boutiques, art galleries,
bars – all with the urbanmeets-small-town feel.
Usually when
someone says,
‘Wait, are you
Hoboken
Girl ?, I usually
tell them that I
started the blog.
Everyone who
lives in Hoboken is
a ‘Hoboken Girl,’
so I don’t think
that one person
would be able to
represent what
that means.
A
t 28, Jennifer Casson Tripucka’s name may
not be known to you – but the thing is…you
probably already know her. She is the face and
force behind the popular blog, Hoboken Girl.
Tripucka started the website in January 2012
as a New Year’s resolution to start exploring the
city, “since I felt like there was so much to see and do that I
was missing,” she says. “I also felt like there was a need for a
Hoboken voice from a woman’s perspective.”
HobokenGirl.com now has 30,000 readers (with its social
media channels having more than 27,000 followers and
counting) – filling them in on all things Hoboken. The site
offers information on picks on where to eat, drink and shop,
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plus Hoboken nightlife, beauty, fitness, health and even
adoptable pets in the area.
Tripucka runs the blog in addition to her full-time job as a
counselor, using her master’s in counseling psychology from
Lehigh University. She is also a professional photographer,
focusing on portraits, headshots, family and engagement
photos.
“It’s a lot to balance, having three jobs,” she says, “but I feel
like each thing I do is a passion that doesn’t feel like a job.”
When asked what was next for HobokenGirl.com, Tripucka
says, “We are working on a bit of a ‘spin-off’ site that has to
do with Hoboken Girl, but it’s top secret – so details will be
revealed as soon as we can divulge them.” ◆
COURTESY OF JENNIFER CASSON PHOTOGRAPHY
The view never gets old. I
feel like a tourist every time
I walk the waterfront.