a. Main Avenue: The new coffee shop Odyssey has a sign in the window. Glass is blocked by brown paper. Word is that the opening is held up by delays at the Mother Ship having to do with zoning and mercantile licensing. Mary got her Place’s zoning designation very quickly.
10/26/18 Blogfinger photo. It’s good we can read Greek.
b. The former surf shop, where the news stand used to be has a sign in the window: “Coming soon—‘Serenity by the Sea’ (formerly from Belmar——Weird and Wacky and always Zenfully wonderful!”
Editor’s note: “The word ‘Zen‘ is the Japanese attempt at pronouncing the Chinese word ‘Chan’, which in turn is the Chinese attempt at pronouncing the Sanskrit word ‘Dhyana’, which translates as ‘meditation’. And indeed, the word Zen conjures up an image of motionless Buddhist monks lost in deep meditation.” (Dictionary note)
Perhaps “Serenity by the Sea” will bring us motionless Buddhist monks lost in deep meditation. But that would be superfluous given the state of motion on Main Avenue in the winter.
c. Signs of the times:
Sign on Sunset Avenue at the Wickipecko Fire Dept: “Change your smoke alarms every 10 years.” Hopefully no wacky wicko confuses this warning with smoke alarm battery changes due when the clocks change.
Sign seen on Rt. 287: “Go to University of Maine for the in-state cost of Rutgers.” Editor’s note: Not if you factor in room and board in Maine vs. commuting to New Brunswick. Commuting to Maine might be a hardship from NJ. But you must admit that this is a clever ad—an unusual approach to recruiting paying customers.
Sign on Rt. 287: “Robert Wood Johnson—help us beat cancer.” How can I, driving by in my car help beat cancer? Beats me!
d. Song of the week: “A Star is Born” with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper brings a few wonderful duets to this fine film which has received glittering reviews.
The music is terrific including her solo rendition of “La Vie en Rose” in the very first scene in the film–a scene where she sings to a barful of gays enjoying the transvestite nightclub scene (except for Gaga.)
This duet is particularly wonderful: “Music to My Eyes.”
LADY GAGA AND BRADLEY COOPER from A Star is Born:
e. The Clueless Coaster creates a case of mish-mash out of their report about redevelopment as discussed at the 10/22 Committee meeting. Read Blogfinger for the scoop.
f. BF stats for 10/25: 700 visits. Most popular are the redevelopment piece, Jack’s paintings, and the Granelli candidacy. 11 foreign countries visited including China, Russia, and Australia.