Paul Goldfinger photo. Ocean Grove boards. Blogfinger.net. Click once for a better view.
STEVIE S. “Why Did You Leave Me?”
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“If you eat all the blueberries in that bag you will regain your memory, your energy and your libido.” (Penny wins the caption contest) Paul Goldfinger photo.
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST OF SOUTH PACIFIC:
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Youth Temple, Ocean Grove October 2022. Eileen Goldfinger photo.
2 CELLOS: “Benedictus” by Karl Jenkins
The 2 Cellos.
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From Stephen Goldfinger. October, 2018 RE- POST:
In a local physical rehabilitation center. Two rehab therapists talking about the end of summer:
Female rehab therapist 1: You know, I stopped going to my beach this summer.
Female rehab therapist 2: What beach?
Female rehab therapist 1: My local beach in Long Branch. It’s ridiculous. They charge you by the hour to park your car. You want to lay out from ten to six, it’ll cost you almost twenty bucks! Forget that.
Female rehab therapist 2: So you mean you just stopped going to the beach?
Female rehab therapist 1: No, I went to Ocean Grove instead. They’ve got free parking, the beach is nicer, and plus they’ve got all those cute stores.
Female rehab therapist 2: Hey, that’s a good idea. I’ll have to remember that next summer.
Going to the OG beach free of all parking worries. Jean Bredin photo from our “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” series. 2015 .
“Wouldn’t it be nice to have free parking?”
THE BEACH BOYS:
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Scene: Courtroom. Union County Superior Court. Presiding the Hon. Ross R Anzaldi.
Scenario: The judge had settled a divorce some time in the past, however the husband and wife appeared again this time because of a disagreement over a provision in the divorce agreement.
The judge heard the case and then went to his chambers to make a ruling. When he emerged he turned to the courtroom and said:
“It seems we stood and talked like this before. We looked at each other in the same way then. But I can’t remember where or when.”
Smiles around the courtroom. In case you don’t know, these are lyrics from the Rodgers and Hart 1937 hit “Where or When.”
And it is a true story. It is also true that Judge Anzaldi has a lyric for just about anything. And he is my oldest friend–can you tell?
DION AND THE BELMONTS . c. 1960. From their “Best of…” album.
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Café Du Monde Coffee Stand in the French Quarter (c. 1862). Paul Goldfinger photograph on a Sunday morning, early. © Click to enlarge.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger
The French brought coffee to the New Orleans area around 1700. In the 1800’s, during a coffee shortage, chicory was added. The Cajuns came from Nova Scotia in the 19th century and brought beignets with them.
Café Du Monde on Decatur Street has been around for about 150 years. If you visit NO, you must visit the Café. It is open 24/7 and is always busy. The scene is livened by street musicians and characters.
The photo above is unusual, because there was only one person chowing down on a Sunday morning. I guess Saturday night on Bourbon Street took its toll.
The menu is very limited featuring beignets (donuts without a hole, served hot and covered with powdered sugar.) The coffee is dark roasted and served black or with milk (au lait). They also have hot chocolate and fresh squeezed orange juice.
NEW ORLEANS JAZZ VIPERS:
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Paul Goldfinger photo. 2014. A. Park.
CONAL FOWKES. From the soundtrack of “Midnight in Paris.” By Woody Allen.
“Do do that voodoo that you do so well.” By Cole Porter
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Central Park in the East 90’s. NYC Street Series. By Paul Goldfinger Blogfinger.net. Click to enlarge. This image has no sharp angles. Delightful.
BILLY JOEL. “Uptown Girl”
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Early morning rain. Ocean Township . November, 2018. Paul Goldfinger. Blogfinger.net. Click once to enlarge.
EVA CASSIDY: “Early Morning Rain.” From her album Imagine.
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Tuscany, Italy. 1996. By Paul Goldfinger. Villa Antinori, near Florence. Tri-X film. Leica M camera. My darkroom print. Photo cards like this one are available, signed, for $10,00. Contact Blogfinger@verizon.net.
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It is very difficult for one swan to do a pas de deux, but this Italian swan is capable. After all, he (or she?) is the only component in this photo which is in sharp focus. Recently we posted a photograph of a seagull in a boat, misidentified as a duck. But a swan?—–never mistaken for a duck.
Has professional ballet ever been presented in Ocean Grove? I’ve never seen it mentioned in the OG history books. We certainly had a lot of opera, instrumental, and choral music, but classical vocalizing was always emphasized here thanks to Tali Essen Morgan who’s buddy was Caruso. There is no mention of Tali hanging out in the Grove with prima ballerinas.
Swan Lake made its debut in Moscow in 1877 by the Bolshoi. Tchaikovsky wrote it, and it has been almost constantly on tour ever since.
Maybe someday we will have Swan Lake on the stage in the magnificent Great Auditorium of Ocean Grove, New Jersey.
But we can dream.
Here is a pas de deux from Swan Lake Act II, It is called the” Love Duet,” and the star is Ulyana Lopatkina. Can you imagine these two going to Days after the show for hot fudge sundaes?
Tchaikovsky must be kvelling wherever he is.
Video below: Click on the full screen or picture in picture mode to enlarge all these ballerinas hopping on one leg.
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From the Demby family album: Jean (L), Marty, Myrna. c. 1938 Coney island. They are all gone now. Paul’s mom is aloft. Marty served in WWII and survived. Jean, Marty’s mom, was widowed early and never remarried. She and Mom were sisters–2 of 9 Demby siblings–Bayonne, NJ.
JOHN BARRY “Coney Island.” from the soundtrack of the motion picture Across the Sea of Time:
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Shark River dredge, Belmar, NJ. January 9, 2016 re-post. By Bob Bowné. Special to Blogfinger.net Click once to make the busy bodies bigger.
Hi Paul…
I caught some action down at the Shark River Inlet. The Army Corps of Engineers has started dredging the inlet…and this ship is vacuuming sand up off the river bed, filling itself up (low rider), and then, I think…taking it off the coast, dumping it and then coming back in for a little more sucking up!
I bet they found a few clams and an old sneaker or two down there. It was a raw windy day down on the ocean …but the beat goes on……..
—Bob
THE INK SPOTS:
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Paul Goldfinger still image. Local in Cologne escaping as Americans advance. Germany, 1945. Video by American Army photographer . Click once to enlarge.
American tanks roll into Cologne. 1945 Paul Goldfnger still image from Army video. German resistance is surprised. 1945.
PEGGY LEE AND BENNY GOODMAN From the KEN BURNS DOC. “The War.”
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