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Around town with Jean: a mellow morning coffee at Odyssey

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Ocean Grove magic moments, tagged on January 25, 2026| 1 Comment »

Relaxing at the front window of “Odyssey V1.0.” This is what coffee man Joey Lipp hoped for. Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff photo. ©  Ocean Grove, Jan. 18, 2019.

By Jean Bredin.  Reporter at Blogfinger.net. Ocean Grove,  NJ,  USA

 

“A cold dank day in Ocean Grove.  Thought I’d head to Odyssey for a cup of brew.

“This coffee house is already morphing into a destination:  Cool music in the background, chatter from customers having their coffee, students reading…

“I was lucky to be sitting in the front window, by the door, watching the world go by.

“People coming and going greeting me with a smile, and then saying,  “Have a nice day” when they were leaving.

“How did I get so lucky?”

 

Cast of  ON THE TOWN.  Leonard Bernstein:

 

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Gospel service at the boardwalk pavilion. June 24, 2020. Ocean Grove, NJ, USA. Blogfinger.net

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Blogfinger Presents, tagged on July 18, 2025|

Jean Bredin videographer:    “The Gospel Service at the Boardwalk Pavilion in Ocean Grove on a Wednesday morning in June—a tradition that people are still coming to.

“Attendance was a little sparse, but heartfelt.”

 

To go from the smallest to the largest, here is THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR:

 

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Modern OG history—2016. Did someone order flowers? Around town with Jean.

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Around town with Jean, Ocean Grove lifestyles, tagged on October 24, 2024| 2 Comments »

Flower delivery for the Beautification Project, Ocean Grove. Photo by Jean Bredin. May 20, 2016

Flower delivery for the Beautification Project, Ocean Grove. Photo by Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff.   May 20, 2016

The Beautification Project receives flower funding via donations made by the OG Historical Society, Chamber of Commerce, OG Ladies Auxiliary, and a Neptune Township grant of $500;   but the bulk of the money comes from donors .  The flowers are planted in urns, plots, boardwalk containers, and public gardens.

Many of the  volunteers signed up at the Spring Fling.

Planting begins each year in time for the Law Enforcement Memorial Service at the Great Auditorium.

 

BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB  “Dos Gardenias”

 

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Around town with Jean: On the beach..

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove beachfront, tagged on August 20, 2024| 2 Comments »

Jean Bredin ©. 8/17/17. Ocean Grove, NJ. Click to enlarge.

 

August 17, 2017.  Ocean Grove beach:     “It’s 7 pm, the sun is setting, mostly everyone has gone home, but there’s always an assemblage of beach lovers clustered together, who don’t want to call it a day.

“Life is a Beach,” and they know it.”

 

BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB  “Amor De Loca Juventud”

 

 

 

 

 

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…and the band played on.

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove boardwalk, Ocean Grove events, Ocean Grove Gallery, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photographs by Jean Bredin, Photography: Nocturnal Ocean Grove, tagged on August 9, 2024| 2 Comments »

Around town with Jean Bredin. Blogfinger staff. Boardwalk Pavilion in Ocean Grove, NJ ©

Around town with Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff reporter. Boardwalk Pavilion in Ocean Grove, NJ © That’s Harry Eichhorn holding the trumpet with his back to us. Click to enlarge.  Photo by Jean.  7/13/16

 

Jean Bredin: “Every Wednesday night, the Ocean Grove Summer Band plays at the Beach Pavilion at 8 pm.

“Tonight  the band was celebrating 64 years of playing in Ocean Grove.

“Harry Eichhorn does not conduct anymore, but he was in the brass section playing his trumpet.

“Old fashioned fun, what a treat!”

Yo Harry!! Girls in the trombone section!  Photo by Jean Bredin. Blogfinger staff action shot. ©

Yo Harry!! Girls in the trombone section!  Photo by Jean Bredin. Blogfinger staff action shot.

 

A little night music. Jean Bredin photo outside the Boardwalk Pavilion in Ocean Gove, NJ © Blogfinger.net

A little night music. Jean Bredin photo outside the Boardwalk Pavilion in Ocean Grove, NJ    Blogfinger.net

 

GUY LOMBARDO

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How deep is the ocean? Around town with Jean.

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, tagged on August 5, 2024|

Surf fishing in Ocean Grove. Around town with Jean Bredin. June 12 2018.

Jean: If you want to answer this question, Jack needs to get you a snorkel. Send us a photo.

BILLIE HOLIDAY:

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Around town with Jean: Pee-wee’s adventure…

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Around town with Jean, tagged on August 14, 2023| 3 Comments »

 

Ocean Grove. Sept. 4, 2015. By Jean Bredin. Blogfinger staff. © Ocean Grove Schwinn. Sept. 4, 2015. By Jean Bredin. Blogfinger staff. ©   Click to raise the seat.

 

From Jean Bredin:   “One of my favorite movies is Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.  The plot revolves around Pee-wee’s customized vintage bicycle which was stolen.

“His bike had doodads, gizmos, whistles, horns, and could fly! Well, this bike has no doodads or gizmos, but it is beautiful nonetheless…and fits right into Ocean Grove’s charm.”

 

THE DIAMONDS:

 

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Centennial Cottage—“abuzz with ladders.” Around town with Jean.

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Historical Society of Ocean Grove, Ocean Grove history, Photographs by Jean Bredin, tagged on August 1, 2023| 1 Comment »

Centennial Cottage

Centennial Cottage “abuzz with ladders” by Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff. June 3, 2015. ©  Be careful Patrick—the bucket’s got a hole in it.

 

Centennial Cottage is maintained as a historical museum by the Historical Society of Ocean Grove. It is at Central Avenue and McClintock Street. Tours are given in-season; just contact the HSOG.

The cottage was built in 1874 and is of the “carpenter’s gothic style.”  It was donated to the OGCMA by the Robert Skold family.

A Victorian garden adjoins the cottage.

 

Credit:  All the information above is courtesy of Wayne T. Bell of Ocean Grove.  He is the author of Images of America: Ocean Grove, published in 2000.

 

PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND (New Orleans)

 

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Around the Grove with Jean—-under the boardwalk.

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, tagged on January 13, 2023| 2 Comments »

Photo by Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff ©

Photo by Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff ©

Says Jean, “There is a subculture of beachgoers who prefer to sit under the Boardwalk i.e. Fishing Pier.   There’s the advantage of not lugging a beach umbrella, or not having sand kicked on your blanket by kids racing to the water, or overexposure to the sun.”

 

FIRST CLASS  “Beach Baby”

 

 

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Windblown…..

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Around town with Jean, Blogfinger Presents, Photographs by Jean Bredin, tagged on March 26, 2021|

Ocean Grove 3/26/21. By Jean Bredin. Blogfinger staff. ©

 

Jean says, “It was windy today. How windy was it?

I went out by the ocean, and the gusts were very strong.

I sat on the pier, and felt it shaking.”

 

KIMMIE RHODES:

 

 

 

 

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Night walker—around town with Jean.

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Blogfinger Presents, tagged on December 22, 2020|

Jean Bredin. OG. December 22, 2020 © Blogfinger staff photo.

 

Jean Bredin. Ocean Grove December 22, 2020. © Blogfinger staff.

 

Jean says, “I went out for a short walk, but found myself winding through many streets in town, following the lights.”

 

MARCO BELTRAMI:  “Casanova’s Kiss.”  From The Sessions (Original motion picture soundtrack):

 

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Lingering joy….

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Around town with Jean, Blogfinger Presents, tagged on November 27, 2020|

Tent Village. Ocean Grove, November 27, 2020. By Jean Bredin. Blogfinger.net staff ©

 

Around town with Jean:  She says, “Tent village is quiet for the holiday season, but some joy lingers on.”

 

THE KLEZMONAUTS  from their album Oy To The World–A Klezmer Christmas.

 

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Around town with Jean: Downtown OG on a summer’s evening 2020.

Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Around town with Jean, Blogfinger Presents, tagged on August 19, 2020| 2 Comments »

Jean:   August 18, 2020, Main Avenue.

“There’s nothing like live music to draw a crowd.  The Band of Strays was just right for Ocean Grove.

It was nice to see people get up and dance.. Great atmosphere.”

 

 

TONY BENNETT:

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