How cool would it be to live in Cheesequake *-*

By the way, has Callie Eats Feathers permanently disappered from the interwebs? I wanted to read it again, but couldn't find it anymore :|

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesequake_State_Park

I've had this exact conversation when I first drove by it -- it the best name ever!

I have the most dreading feeling that someday, Taco Bell is going to create a menu item called "The Cheesequake"

I'm surprised you hadn't seen it before! It's one of Stefan's favorite places to giggle about as we drive past on the highway. And yes, we have had many conversations exactly like this one.

Sigh. Worst name ever. I drive by it almost every day, and really, who wants cheese that "quakes"?

It's Cheese, Earthquakes and Fine Wine. :)

"Let's not tell anyone about this conversation" = "Let's tell the entire interwebs"

I love you guys.

I kind of want some cheesecake or something now. And I don't even like the stuff.

I work in Sayreville, NJ and pass the Cheesequake rest stop 5 times a week! :D I've always found it to be an amusing name!

Can't wait to meet you guys in Appleton. I've got a table in the artist alley.

I LIVE NEAR THERE!!!!

For some reason this makes me really excited.

No way! I grew up near there, any school field trips would always stop at the cheesequake rest stop on the way home. So weird seeing this on here...

A delectably rustic new snackfood for cannibals? Or Ben and Jerry's when they're grabbing from the bottom of the barrel?

Woah! Death pecs!

Is Death not allowed to walk barefoot on the beach, for fear that he'd kill something?

This reminds me of when I was on a road trip once. I think we were driving through PA, and there was a place called Buttzville. I took a picture.

Considering I've lived in NJ all my life, I've heard of Cheesequake a few times. Every time, I can't help but wonder why they would ever name a place such a thing, assuming it isn't a magical wonderland of cheese and earthquakes. However, I refuse to look up the origin of the name. I don't want to ruin the magic.

I was talking with my friend today about stuff while walking through the Mission District (a better place than Brooklyn will ever be), and I'm 99% certain he mentioned Cheesequake for some reason (note that he's from Basking Ridge, so he would know of the place).

And now I see this.

Whoa.

I had the same thought when I first passed that sign! I was thinking in terms of cheesecake and earthquakes, though.

I now feel pretty cool.

I love the serious expression in panel three.

Even as she speaks the words, Yuko knows what terrible pun crime she has commited.

Cheesequake gets a mention in Dave Van Ronk's "Garden State Stomp" (a song consisting entirely of New Jersey place names).

I have had nearly this exact conversation every time I drive past this rest stop. Also, I always want to stop there and get some actual cheesecake...because I feel that they should be synonymous.

Other amazing NJ place names: Little Egg Harbor, the aforementioned Buttzville, Loveladies, and SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

I love the figure of Death and how uncomfortable he looks. Especially since Cecilia looks so at ease besides him. <3

YUKO HAS MAGIC GLASSES THAT DONT HAVE ARMS!!!!

I want those

While driving north from North Carolina to Connecticut, I noticed the coolest place name.
Spotsylvania!

does Death have a belly button?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesequake_State_Park

very cute :) just thought it might be interesting to note that the playable Grim Reaper from Sims 3 looks exactly like that, with the totally color absent skin

i have lived at the jersey shore for many years and as a kid whenever we passed that sign i would think the same thing. Although there are mornings when i pass that sign, i still think about cheesecake.

LOL.Thanks for the comic :D

If I ever start a cheesecake restaurant, I would call it the Cheesequake. "The cheesecake that will rock your world!"

I've lived in South Jersey all my life, so I've never heard of cheesequake. I ran out to the living room to tell my roommate all excited, and he just said, "yeah I had to go there recently for a class." (he studies trees and stuff)

What a let down. He still agreed that we should do a cheese-themed cookout there.

Intercourse, Pennsylvania wins best place name. It is an Amish town where they make fantastic pretzels and have Amish restaurants.

Are you guys going to be driving through Southern Wisconsin at all on your way to Appleton? Say, through the Madison area? I know a couple of people (including me, heh) that can't get up there but would love to meet you.

Lived in NJ most of my life and I remember asking about this place a while back. Cheesequake used to be called something else in the native american dialect ages ago, which of course the settlers couldn't pronounce so instead of actually trying to, they renamed the area 'Cheesequake' because it sounded close enough.

Remember the castle in the sky, the one that you could reach by climbing in the branches of the potato plant that had kept growing and growing? Remember the giant up there? Well, one day the giant dropped a city-block sized wheel of cheese and it fell in that part of NJ. Force 10 on the camembert scale.