CONTENTS
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“MONTCLAIR WAS A GREAT
PLACE TO GROW UP.”
READ ABOUT COMEDIAN/ACTOR
CHRIS D’ELIA ON PAGE 36
features
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32 ROOM AT THE INN
WHERE EVERY DAY IS HALLOWEEN
Upper Montclair home deserves its spooky reputation
Bobbi Brown and Steven Plofker’s The George
is a home away from home
36
40 HOW TO BE YOUR OWN BEST ADVOCATE
AT HOME WITH A MIC
ON THIS PAGE
18 NEIGHBORS
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
ETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAGES 22 FLAVOR
2
FALL 2018 MONTCLAIR MAGAZINE
6 EDITOR’S LETTER
8 BUZZWORTHY
16 LIST
24 AT HOME
Chris D’Elia is a comic and an actor, in that order
Breast cancer patient and activist Chiara D’Agostino
shares hard-won advice that can save lives
departments
Actor, comedian
and Montclair native
Chris D’Elia performs his
stand-up comedy routine
as part of the Aces of
Comedy series at The
Mirage Hotel & Casino
in Las Vegas, Nevada.
ON THE COVER
Bobbi Brown relaxes at
The George in Montclair.
PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY
OF LESLIE UNRUH
44 DINING REVIEW
46 SOCIAL SCENE
48 VINTAGE PHOTO