Ocean Grove, September, 29, 2015 Photograph by Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff. (Sandy was 2012)
MARY STALLINGS from her album But Beautiful
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Around town with Jean: A hazy fall day on the OG beach.
Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Around town with Jean, Photographs by Jean Bredin, tagged Autumn in Ocean Grove on September 28, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Around town with Jean : “Dogs rule on the Winter Beach.”
Posted in Around town with Jean, Blogfinger Presents on September 22, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Photo from the OG Fishing Pier looking south. By Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff. © Jean thinks the background is the Belmar Fishing Club as seen through her tele-lens.
KELSEY GRAMMER AND DOUGLAS HODGE: “Song on the Sand” from the Broadway Cast album La Cage Au Folles
Modern OG history—2016. Around town with Jean: Sticky fingers on Valentine’s Day
Posted in Around town with Jean, Ocean Grove Woman's Club, Photographs by Jean Bredin, tagged Ocean Grove Woman's Club on March 30, 2026|
Ocean Grove Woman’s Club. Feb. 14, 2016. By Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff. ©
From Jean Bredin: “Miss Pegi ( Costantino) opened her home, the Ocean Grove Woman’s Club, today to an afternoon of decoupaging. A few of us came out on this very cold day, and we had fun!
“As the song goes, “What good is sitting alone in your room…..Life is a Cabaret!”
LIZA MINNELLI:
Around town with Jean: This time she’s in Provincetown, Mass. (Cape Cod)
Posted in Around town with Jean, Photographic Gallery, Color, Photographs by Jean Bredin, Photography: girls in summer clothes, tagged Around town with Jean, Street musicians on April 29, 2025| 1 Comment »
Provincetown, Mass. By Jean Bredin. With that dress on, who’s looking at the stars? Blogfinger staff © Click to enlarge.
From Jean:
Hi Paul,
Street musicians are plentiful in Provincetown.. I took this picture today.
She was singing country folk, and darned good at that.
Jean
ps I liked the pic of Boardwalk Entertainer you just posted….
THE ROULETTES “I See a Star.” Who says these ’50’s songs sound alike? But who cares, this is a slow number, so lower the lights in the gym and find Gloria for this dance.
Warm and hazy, but not too crazy.
Posted in Around town with Jean, Blogfinger Presents, Photographs by Jean Bredin, tagged Jean Bredin around town in Ocean Grove on January 7, 2025| 1 Comment »
Jean Bredin Ocean Grove. September 27, 2017. Click once on the photo to see the details. Blogfinger.net staff.
“Around Town With Jean”: “Today’s beach scene was very atmospheric. The huge waves kept rolling in. Beach lovers dotted the sand.
“It was a hazy, warm, and quite beautiful day for late September.”
OMARA PORTUONDO “Mariposta de Primavera.” Buena Vista Social Club.
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 Flowers planted in Ocean Grove on October 24, 2024| 2 Comments »
Flower delivery for the Beautification Project, Ocean Grove. Photo by Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff. May 20, 2016
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”
Halloween in the Grove: Is there much to see? Have our goblins run off with the zombies from A. Park?
Posted in Around town with Jean, tagged Halloween in Ocean Grove on September 27, 2024| 1 Comment »
Jean says, “Where have all the pumpkins gone? Halloween decorations are sparse in Ocean Grove.
I came upon this Jack o Lantern glowing in a window, and was happy to see him.”
Stephen says, after carousing in Bradley Beach with Pooja, “They have a lot more Halloween decorations than the Grove.”
Send us some photos from Halloween night. Please no Coaster shots. Look for candids,
Orange is the new black. By Jean Bredin…around town with Jean at night in Ocean Grove.©
COLDPLAY “A Sky Full of Stars”
Life is but a dream….It’s what you make it!
Posted in Around town with Jean, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Photographs by Jean Bredin on January 1, 2024|
Jean Bredin © Asbury Park. 2014 . Blogfinger staff. New Years Day.
THE HARPTONES: Wolfman Jack sends this out to Blogfinger fan Perry Young up in the New Hampshire North Country.
Lip Schtick in Provincetown, Mass. where advertising does pay
Posted in Around town with Jean, Photographs by Jean Bredin, Photography show and tell on Blogfinger, tagged Jean in Provincetown on September 1, 2023| 1 Comment »
Around town with Jean Bredin (Blogfinger.net staff) in Provincetown where boys will be boys and girls will be boys; and where the fine arts are really fine arts. Click to read the bike ad. Re-post from 2016.
LORENZO FULLER from Kiss Me Kate:
Around town with Jean: Pee-wee’s adventure…
Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Around town with Jean, tagged Around town with Jean in Ocean Grove on August 14, 2023| 3 Comments »
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:
A quick dip in the Ocean as spring is delayed.
Posted in Around town with Jean, Blogfinger Presents on April 18, 2022| 1 Comment »
Jean Bredin spotted this merman going for a quick dip in that cold, unruly Atlantic on the first day of spring in Ocean Grove. 3/20/18, Blogfinger.net ©
3/20/18: A huge flock of robins showed up in Firemen’s Park today. “Get the flock out of here,” said Old Father Time, so they flew away.
Today the water temperature is 41 degrees, while the air is 35 degrees.
Jean found a crazy man going swimming. “It’s the first day of spring, and I guess he just can’t wait to take the first dip of the season. Unfortunately there’s a nor’easter brewing for tomorrow.”
This guy ran in and soon discovered the shock of cold water in early spring. He was quick, because he was back out of the surf by the time Jean zeroed in with her camera.
Editor’s note on April 18, 2022. This morning it was 35 degrees in the Grove. The weather in April is too undependable to plant annuals for your gardens. But you can plant some perennials now.
Check with your nursery expert as to which perennials can be safely planted this month.
Eileen, our house and garden editor, advises to be patient. The end of May through June is safer for annuals.
CANTWELL AND QUILLEN–It may be April, but snow is still possible.
The Ushers’ March. Choir Festival 2018
Posted in Around town with Jean, Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association Activity, Ocean Grove events, Ocean Grove Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove Musical Event, tagged Choir Festival 2018, Photo: the Ushers March on December 16, 2021| 3 Comments »
Paul Goldfinger ©. 2012. Ushers March in the Great Auditorium during Choir Festival.
Windblown…..
Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Around town with Jean, Blogfinger Presents, Photographs by Jean Bredin, tagged Jean Bredin windblown 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: