Posted in Asbury Park, Asbury Park lifestyles, tagged Asbury Park boardwalk on September 12, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Paul Goldfinger. Asbury Park Boardwalk. Undated ©
ELLA FITZGERALD (With Ellis Larkens) from her album Songs in a Mellow Mood. The song “What is There to Say” was written by Vernon Duke (music) and “Yip” Harburg (lyrics) for the 1934 Ziegfeld Follies. Duke was a Russian immigrant who also wrote serious “classical” music.
Posted in Asbury Park, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Asbury Park history, Blogfinger Presents, tagged Chicago on Blogfinger on September 6, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Main Street (Rt 71). Asbury Park. September 5, 2019. Paul Goldfinger ©. Number please? Click on the photo.
CHICAGO: “Call On Me.”
Posted in Asbury Park, Nocturnal Asbury Park, tagged Photo: Nocturnal Asbury on September 4, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Paul Goldfinger ©; September 2, 2019. Paul Goldfinger ©
THE SHIRELLES (Music by Carole King)
Posted in Asbury Park, Photography: Nocturnal Asbury Park, tagged Cookman AVenue Asbury Park, Nocturnal Asbury Park on August 31, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park, Ocean GRove parking issues, Ocean Grove parking problems, tagged A true conversation, ASbury Park parking in Ocean Grove, Parking problems in Ocean Grove on August 4, 2019| 1 Comment »
The siren call of the Asburian night life.. Paul Goldfinger photo of the AP skyline across Wesley Lake. ©
By Eileen and Paul Goldfinger, Editors at Blogfinger.net
Scene: It is a stifling peak-season sunny July Saturday afternoon. The Grove is crowded and there is nary a parking space except for one across from where we are standing.
Eileen and I are gardening on the Delaware Ave. side of our house. A car pulls into that sole remaining space, and a young man emerges. He looks around and then walks over to us.
He: Can I park here?
We: Yes, but be sure you are close to the curb.
He: Checking his tires. “I work at the Brick Wall in Asbury, and someone told me that I can park in Ocean Grove for free.”
We: It’s not only the workers who park here, but your customers as well, and we’re not happy with the idea.
He: Oh….I’m sorry.
We: No need to apologize. It is legal for you to park here.
He: I’ve been paying over $100.00 week to park for work.
We: Wow. (We felt bad for him….he obviously is a “working stiff.”)
He: Well, thank you.
We: It’s OK. Bye.
He: Smiles and heads towards the New Jersey Avenue Bridge across Wesley Lake to A. Park.
We: We agree that A. Park is exploiting their workers by neither providing parking or paying for parking. $100.00 is a lot for this worker. We should feel compassion for these young people, but this is Asbury’s problem to solve, and it is a reasonable concern for Grovers.
The AP City Council refused a plea from Neptune to help us with this parking situation which is their fault, and now they demand that we open our bridge-gates.
That is Chutzpah!
BILLY ECKSTINE:
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park, Asbury Park lifestyles, Blogfinger Presents, tagged 3 Little Maids From School, Taka Restaurant on July 29, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Taka, Cookman Avenue in Asbury Park. Paul Goldfinger photo. July, 2019.© click to enlarge.
If you would visit Cookman Avenue on a Saturday night, you would see many college age girls dressed up for bar hopping and fine dining. They might travel with guys, or they might walk about in groups of three or four.
4 little maids from school. Paul Goldfinger photo on the boards in Asbury Park. ©
So here is a song from the Mikado which addresses such a group:
D’OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY: From the Mikado.
Posted in Art, Asbury connection with Ocean Grove, Asbury Park, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Casino Gallery. Asbury Park on June 6, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Casino Gallery #3. Asbury Park. Paul Goldfinger © Blogfinger.net
BØRNS “Past Lives.” from the album Dopamine”
Posted in Art, Asbury Connection, Asbury Park, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Photography by Moe Demby, tagged Easter Parade on Blogfinger on May 28, 2019| Leave a Comment »
This published image is by photojournalist Moe Demby, Blogfinger staff. Undated. ©
ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING FOR IRVING BERLIN’S SHOW HOLIDAY INN:
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, tagged Strolling by the sea together with the Tymes on April 18, 2019| 3 Comments »
Convention Hall. Asbury Park, New Jersey. By Paul Goldfinger © click imagefor bigger wedding. Re-post from 2013.
THE TYMES. (c. 1963)
