Nick just moved into the Grove yesterday. Paul Goldfinger photo Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021   Click to give Nick a telephoto lens. ©

Paul Goldfinger, Editor, Blogfinger.net

It’s a sunny fine autumn Sunday morning in Ocean Grove. Unlike Asbury today, the Grove side is quiet and lovely.  I wanted to photograph someone in front of that “Today I Can do Anything” sign, and then I noticed Nick standing near me with a camera in his hand.

Wow!  Hardly anyone carries a real camera anymore except for photographers.  It turns out that Nick is a photog who was about to take my picture  (a rare event) as I walked by.  He liked my hat, believe it or not—a photo artist after my own style.

So he reluctantly posed for me.  As you know, I try to avoid posed portraits—that’s Coaster territory, but this photo was special because Nick is a new Grover.  He moved here yesterday with his girlfriend and he works for Ocean County.

As I have pointed out, the demographics in the Grove are changing, and I have documented a number of new young people coming here despite the allure of A.  Park.  You can search Blogfinger and look under “New Grovers.”

So we talked a little photography and I gave him a BF card and an invitation to submit some great images from town.

Going through the Casino into Asbury  we saw a large group of mostly young people doing a fund raiser on  the Parker boards, and that is exciting for them, but Nick is a Grover now and worth paying attention to.

BEIRUT   “A Sunday Smile”

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