Hi All!
Yesterday was such a glorious July 4th that I decided to venture over to
Moorestown, New Jersey to see the Nipper 2005 exhibit. Based on the concept
started years ago with cows, the town of Moorestown had 30 artists decorate
large
vinyl Nipper Dogs and they placed them throughout the town. They will be on
display until September and then auctioned off. They are REALLY neat. If you
are anywhere near Moorestown, I highly recommend you go to see them. About
half are in the center of this quaint small town and you can park and see
them.
The others require a car but you aren?t traveling more than 3 miles from the
center of town. It took me about 2 ? hours to see them leisurely.
A few comments and hints for anyone planning to go:
1. Go on a Sunday if you can. The streets are less crowded and parking
is easy and free.
1. Print out the map on the _www.nipper2005.com_
(http://www.nipper2005.com/) site. (Go there anyway to learn about them). It
is two pages: one is a
map and other is the address for each. I found it easier to use the map side
and just check them off. A few are a little harder to find. #6 is in a small
shopping Center and you might miss because of the trees.
1. All are outside and can be seen at any hour EXCEPT # 4, which is
inside the Moorestown Mall.
1. There?s a nice Starbucks and a Subway right on Main Street good for
lunch, a snack and (ta-da!) clean restrooms.
Okay, so many of you may be far away and the Nippers are not shown on the
web site. But I?ve loaded them up in two places for you to see. I took LOTS of
photos so you can see all the angles and watch as a slide show. I have them on
Yahoo Photos without descriptions and on Snapfish with descriptions and a
few comments. If you would like to see them, and I haven?t emailed you
already,
send me an email at [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) and I?
ll send them off for you to see.
There were lots of other folks yesterday looking at them. Most were not
Nipper collectors but either brought their dogs or their kids. Kids love these
statures and it makes a great scavenger hunt!
So go if you can! If you are too far away., I hope you enjoy the photos.
Steve Ramm
