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| Catching
a Second Wind at the Boat House |
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Story and Photography by Chris Poh |
 The Boat House in Lambertville, NJ |
 The delightful bar is graced with a beautiful patina. |
| Like all writers I would like to believe that my prose could stand on their own—that my thoughts, observations and convictions were delivered with such elegance and precision that the reader would need nothing more than the product of my keyboard to fire the imagination and to capture the content of my brain. But the words too often fall short, and the proverbial pen may be mightier than the sword, but it is seldom a match for a good camera in the right hands. The adage still stands “a picture is worth a thousand words,” or at least in my case six hundred and eighty words, which seems to be the average length of most of my articles. |
 Every seat in the Boat House is comfortable and intimate, |
 But the most coveted perches are in the loft. |
| So it has
always been the goal of American Public House Review to
publish images that would properly convey to our readers the spirit,
ambiance and unique physical attributes of those special places where
we chose to raise our glasses. There were those welcomed instances when
we actually achieved that goal with a certain degree of aplomb. But
unfortunately, there were also a number of times where that which was
seen and experienced was not adequately expressed by our photographic
efforts. This was certainly true of our very first article which used
The Boat House in Lambertville, New Jersey as a backdrop for a somewhat
philosophical casting off piece about the magazine. I have always
regretted having not done a much better job of visually presenting this
very fine establishment to our readers. Therefore after three plus
years of honing my photojournalistic skills, I’ve decided to hopefully
undo my previous misstep. From this point forward I will say nothing more other than the following: Across from the legendary Finkles Hardware Store there is an alleyway that runs parallel to the Delaware and Raritan Canal. Nestled near the end of that walkway is a little pub that rivals all of the preeminent public houses in all of the lands contained here on God’s good green Earth… |
 Finkle's hardware store operates the old fashioned way. |
 Delaware and Raritan Canal |
 Another view of the canal |
 Ah, Yes! |
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