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Town-Wide OG Yard Sale. 2018.

 

OG Town-Wide Yard Sale. 2018.  Paul Goldfinger photo 2018.  Our yard sale photos will take turns  being shown here.

 

By Eileen and Paul Goldfinger, Editors, Blogfinger.net.    Contact;   Blogfinger@verizon.net

 

We are beginning to collect addresses for the June 27 Town-Wide Yard Sale.   This event is to be distinguished from the Neptune Township sales which are occurring in pieces.  Ours, as before, will happen all at once, and we anticipate an enjoyable sale as we have had for the last 14 years.

From now until the sales, we will have this post locked in place here, and this will be where we will communicate information and this is where we will begin posting “THE LIST.”    We will post the list here in June  and add new addresses as they come in to our staff at Blogfinger@verizon.net    New participants can be added to “The List”  as the addresses arrive to us from now through June 26.   Tell your friends;   give them Blogfinger.net.

You can send us your sign-up now  and your list of sale items whenever you wish.  We will save the item list until 1-2 weeks before.  We don’t want early birds knocking  on your doors.   The list will appear here starting in early June.   But you can start signing up now.  We will not post your names unless you request that.

Only addresses and, later, lists of sale items will be on the list.  The latter will be revealed about one week before touch down.  And don’t hesitate to design your own sale including your  own “art-on-the porch.”  We will not judge your sale or your arts or crafts.

We are leaving this post here until June 27  so that those who go to Blogfinger.net for yard-sale information will not get lost.   The content of this post will vary until the sale.

About parking it should be OK. If you drive into town, bring a bike and park anywhere.

The is an Ocean Grove secular  event run by We The People and we expect that mostly Grovers will show up as before, but out-of-towners are always welcome to our historic town and it will be a fun and social event.  Bring the kids, the dogs, your band, or your saxophone or  flugelhorn.  A marching band, a kazoo band, or a solo musician would all be terrific.   Also plan to photograph the sales and send us your best images.

Sellers will need a Neptune Township permit for $5.00. Get them at the mother ship.  We will have fliers to hand out soon, and we welcome efforts by participants to publicize the sales.  Seller groups of neighbors or friends will enhance the success, fun and games.  If you have any ideas please contact us. We can use some volunteer citizen reporters   with bikes who could monitor the sales and report back to the mother ship.

QUESTIONS?   Email to Eileen and me:     Blogfinger@verizon.net

This post will be evolving, so stay tuned.

Eileen and Paul Goldfinger. Editors at Blogfinger.net

 

Darlene Love:

 

Ocean Grove. Paul Goldfinger photo. 8/12/22 ©. Click to enlarge.

 

BARRY WHITE:

 

Washington Square Park, April 2013. Paul Goldfinger photo ©

Washington Square Park, April 2013. Paul Goldfinger photo ©  NYC Street Series

 

DR. HOOK

 

Paul Goldfinger photo. From Peacock streaming. 7/28/24. Marseille.

 

From Bye-Bye Birdie:

 

But beautiful….

Ft. Myers, Fla. Paul Goldfinger photograph.  2024.

 

Me:   Walking on Bunche Beach.  Suddenly there they were.   “Can I take your picture?”

They : “Yes”..

Me:  Snap the photo before they pose and ruin their photogenic charm.  They are beautiful outside but beautiful inside as well, we suspect.

 

“But Beautiful”.   By  Tony Bennett with Lady Gaga      Album:  Cheek to Cheek.

 

Paul Goldfinger photo. Ocean Grove boards. Blogfinger.net. Click once for a better view.

 

STEVIE S. “Why Did You Leave Me?”

 

Youth Temple, Ocean Grove October 2022. Eileen Goldfinger photo.

 

2 CELLOS:   “Benedictus” by  Karl Jenkins

 

The 2 Cellos.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

Café du Monde in the French Quarter.

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:

 

 

January, 2014. By Paul Goldfinger

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

 

Uptown Girl…

Central Park in the East 90's. By Paul Goldfinger © Left click to see the curves

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”

 

 

 

 

Early morning rain. Ocean Township . November, 2018. Paul Goldfinger. Blogfinger.net.  Click once to enlarge.

 

EVA CASSIDY:  “Early Morning Rain.”  From her album Imagine.