When you're thirsty, H is the place to be...

Sometimes it pays to be small.

That town to the east of Hoboken, the one at the other end of the PATH train, has 1,726 establishments offering Happy Hour specials in its drinkeries or 3.7 for every square mile.

The Mile Square city on the other hand (which is actually nearly two miles square) has only 63 watering holes, but that's 31.5 per square mile, which may be the densest concentration of bar specials anywhere in the U.S.

So where would you rather be when you're thirsty?

That info came to us courtesy of a survey by CNBC that ranked Hoboken the 9th best city in the nation for Happy Hour.

Portland was tops (they have 28 local breweries), followed by Washington, D.C.  New York City was 5th (the sheer number of bars did count for something).

If you're interested in helping the city get out of some of its legal messes, you have through Friday to apply for the post of corporation counsel. That's the deadline for applications for the vacancy created when current city attorney Michael Kates resigned last week. Kates' salary of $103,000 may be tempting but you might give some thought to the legal thickets ahead, including the mess over the failed sale of the old city garage and the conflicting claims to the site of a new garage.

About Town  is a quick look at the not-quite-news but still-neat happenings that occur in Hoboken all the time. Seen something wacky, wild, cute, cuddly, funny or fun? Got an incidental observation or a minor celebration? Shoot it to our editor, at clairem@patch.com. We want pictures too.

Looking for someone special to snuggle up with as the weather turns colder and our summer breezes turn to winter gales? Worn out by the hassles of the Friday night bar scene? The W Hotel and the folks at HurryDate are again teaming up for one of their popular speed-dating sessions this Wednesday. Get details here. But guys... before you try this, you might check out our story on the last matchfest at The W, particularly the comments section.

And hey, if that doesn't work, you could always just photocopy various body parts and post the copies around town, as this young woman appeared to be doing. With credit to TheBokenOnline.

So what are we missing? Openings, closings, winners, losers or just plain strange, drop us a note, clairem@patch.com. And check back often.