Jennifer Kasilag Sells Real Estate

08/06/2026

Interested in this amazing 55+community in Renaissance at Manchester? Know someone 55+ that wants to live here? Reach out!
32 Gabriella Cir., Manchester, Twp., NJ

06/19/2026

Are you from New Jersey?

If you grew up in New Jersey, there's a good chance summer meant Italian ice in one of those little paper cups.

Before fancy frozen desserts took over, this was the taste of a Jersey summer.

Italian ice traces its roots back to Sicilian granita and was brought to America by Italian immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

The frozen treat became especially popular in New Jersey, New York, and the Philadelphia region, where it became known as "water ice."

New Jersey actually has a special place in Italian ice history.

One of the earliest Italian ice businesses in America, DiCosmo's, was founded in Elizabeth in 1915. Another longtime favorite, Little Jimmy's Italian Ices, started in Elizabeth and Linden in the 1930s, selling Italian ice from trucks and carts to factory workers and neighborhoods throughout the area

For a lot of us, though, the history isn't what we remember. We remember the little paper cup sweating in the summer heat, trying to eat it before it melted down the sides, and arguing over whether lemon, cherry, blue raspberry, or rainbow was the best flavor. Some memories just taste like summer

05/09/2026

Open house today, Saturday, May 9 from 11 AM to 1 PM

04/20/2026