Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Asbury Park lifestyles, Blogfinger Presents, tagged Gloria by Kenny Vance, Kenny Vance and the Planotones on September 2, 2019|
It’ s an August Friday night, and Cookman Avenue is alive with Millennia. (18 to 30 somethings.) These two didn’t get the memo. Across the street is TAKA. Paul Goldfinger 8/31/19
KENNY VANCE AND THE PLANOTONES;
Here’s a link to a post we wrote about this song: “Gloria.” (the Cadillacs had the big hit, and they performed it in the Great Auditorium, as did Kenny.)
Gloria: a rock and roll litmus test
Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Asbury Park lifestyles, tagged Asbury Park farmers market at Sunset Avenue on August 17, 2019|
Socializing at the market. Paul Goldfinger photograph.8/17/19 ©
Sunset Saturday market was busy. 8/17/19. Blogfinger photo © Very good heirloom tomatoes here.
This is the sort of small neighborhood events that OG needs to bring people together.
FYI: The Italian baker from Paterson has fine sfogliatella ( sea shells with crispy, flaky pastry, and inside there is sweet lemony cheese.) He also has fig bars and a terrific variety of authentic breads plus cheeses from Italy.
FRANK SINATRA:
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, tagged Asbury Park boardwalk on August 1, 2019|
Asbury Park. Fast forward 10 years and picture these two in a convertible with the top down. Paul Goldfinger © ? Thelma and Louise
“Pack your bags and hug your mom
Been dreaming about leaving for so long
You start to cry as you crank the truck
Yeah, that’s the downside of growing up.”
MADDIE AND TAE “Downside of Growing Up”
Maddie and Tae
Posted in Art, Asbury connection with Ocean Grove, Asbury Park, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Casino Gallery. Asbury Park on June 6, 2019|
Casino Gallery #3. Asbury Park. Paul Goldfinger © Blogfinger.net
BØRNS “Past Lives.” from the album Dopamine”
Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Asbury Park lifestyles on April 16, 2019|
Dusk, Asbury Park boards. Paul Goldfinger ©. Blogfinger.net. Click image to enlarge.
SONNY STITT “At Last”
Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Photography: The Other Side of Asbury, tagged Thursday farmers market in AP on January 22, 2019|
At the market in the Carousel building. 2013. © Paul Goldfinger photos. The Asbury Connection. Click to enlarge.
Lemonade stand. © 2013. Blogfinger.net
ST. VINCENT with VINCE GIORDANO AND THE NIGHTHAWKS. From Vol II Boardwalk Empire. “Make Believe”
Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Music from the Broadway stage., Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: The Other Side of Asbury, tagged Asbury Park in winter, Kristin Chenoweth on Blogfinger on January 11, 2019|
View across Sunset Park. By Paul Goldfinger. c. 2012 © ( Re-post 2014)
KRISTIN CHENOWETH. This time of year, there is often a concern that someone who should come home will not be present.
Here is Kristin Chenoweth’s live performance of “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again,” by Andrew Lloyd Weber, from the Phantom of the Opera.
It’s from Kristin’s concert album, 2014, called Coming Home. It was recorded at the Kristin Chenoweth Theater in her hometown of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Kristin Chenoweth.
Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, tagged Palace amusements on January 10, 2019| 1 Comment »
Asbury Park. June 5, 2003. By Rich Amole, Blogfinger staff historian/researcher. Click left for full view.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN;
Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Asbury Park lifestyles, Blogfinger Presents, tagged Asbury Park connects with Ocean Grove on December 18, 2018|
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:
Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Asbury Park lifestyles, Blogfinger Presents, tagged Photo: Nocturnal Asbury on December 11, 2018|
Posted in Art, Asbury Park, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Asbury Park lifestyles, Blogfinger Presents, tagged Asbury Park boardwalk on October 29, 2018|
Paul Goldfinger ©. October, 2018. Click to enlarge.
THE BIRD AND THE BEE
“I’m Into Something Good” (From the movie Valentine’s Day)
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Asbury Park lifestyles, Asbury Park news on Blogfinger.net, Blogfinger Presents, tagged The Hotel Asbury in Asbury Park on October 15, 2018|
The lobby bar at The Asbury is the Soundbooth where you can hear live music every night. All photos by Paul Goldfinger, Blogfinger.net. Re-post from July 21, 2016. © Click on the music below and then return here.
Check in here or visit the juice/coffee bar. Get a snack and sit down and relax. No pressure. © Paul Goldfinger photo ©.
The nocturnal Asbury. July 2016. Paul Goldfinger ©
One time, in Paris, we wanted to walk through the lobby of the Hotel George V, a very ritzy famous place. But we were not allowed to even walk in the front doors. Some hotels are fussy about non-guests coming in. But the new Asbury Hotel at Kingsley and 5th Avenue, near the ocean by the Paramount Theater, is just the opposite.
Architect Anda Andrei (looking at us) was guiding a photo-shoot in the lobby. Paul Goldfinger photo. ©
The designer/architect Anda Andrei wants her new hotel to be full of life and to be welcoming. Steve Valk and I took a tour of her new Asbury Park establishment and we found out that they want the public to come in and visit: have a coffee, listen to live music, sit at the bar, do your homework, or chat with the staff.
Be sure to check out the roof top space called “Salvation” where the views are spectacular in all directions. It is particularly impressive at night.
The eastward view from Salvation (not the mystical place; it is a wonderful rooftop lounge and bar.) Paul Goldfinger photo ©
Roof top lounge and bar. Photo from the NY Times July 5, 2016 by Tony Cenicola © See link below.
You can also watch classic or cult movies at the roof top garden called The Baronet, a tribute to the old Asbury Park theater which was torn down a few years ago.
Rooftop garden “The Baronet” where you can watch movies every night. © Paul Goldfinger photo.
In the lobby you can have casual food like a sandwich or something from the juice bar or the coffee bar. Steve and I ordered cappuccinos, and they were very good.The lobby bar area is called the “Soundbar” and it is beautiful and functions as a music venue.
More relaxation space on the ground floor. Paul Goldfinger photo
In fact you will marvel at the functional and gorgeous design features. Every night there is live music in the lobby, and you can just walk in and sit down. The staff is welcoming and very proud of their hotel.
If you are from Ocean Grove, do not fail to walk or bike or even drive (there are parking meters) to the Asbury. You will be impressed and you will enjoy yourself even if you don’t rent a room…but then again….
Paul Goldfinger, Travel Editor @Blogfinger.net
THE HOT CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO: “J’Attendrai”
LINK: Click on this NY Times article below.
Here is a link to a Blogfinger article in response to the Times piece above:
Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, tagged Wesley Lake Asbury Park on August 22, 2018|
Wesley Lake from the Ocean Grove side. A. Parkers have Condo City. But maybe our shore will become Condo City South. Photograph 2015 By Paul Goldfinger © Click to enlarge. Blogfinger.net
WILLY NELSON from the Imus Ranch Record : “What a Difference a Day Makes.”
