Blogfinger walking the dog by the New Jersey Avenue bridge in OG on Sunday afternoon 8/12/18. © All photos by Paul Goldfinger. Click to enlarge.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.net.
I posted this in 2018, and the OG-AP connection hasn’t changed much. Now it is 2023, and Asbury is over-rated as a destination city, and Ocean Grove is still stuck in the mud regarding our plans for North End redevelopment.
2018: I was playing “sit” with my son’s dog Pooja when I found out a few things. First, cute girls will stop and pet a dog with lots of “oohs and ahs and what’s his name?”
“It’s a girl,” said I, but no one wanted to know my name. (“Is it Mary or Sue?” as in the song.) I would have allowed them to pat my head, but no such luck.
DON AND JUAN:
Secondly I became distracted by the steady stream of people heading north to “sin city,” But, to be fair, there were all ages, genders and sizes. And they all seemed happy to be heading in that direction, so the “Asbury Connection” (with OG) seems to be working out. On a summer Sunday, a walk to A. Park seems to hold great promise for laughter, fun, food, friends and ogling.
Grovers understand this, and so do the Grovarian realtors who are pushing this concept.
And where did they all park? You know where.
A bridge not too far. Blogfinger photo. 8/12/18 ©
Heading north to the bridge from Asbury Avenue in the Grove.
Bring the kids. It’s not all babes, booze and bon-appetite. 8/12/18 Blogfinger photo
BOB GAUDIO from Jersey Boys: