Mattison Avenue, A. Park. Paul Goldfinger photograph. © Summer, 2019.
JACK TEAGARDEN: “A Hundred Years From Today.”
Archive for the ‘Asbury Park’ Category
Raw on Mattison….
Posted in Art, Asbury Connection, Asbury Park, Blogfinger Presents, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photography Asbury Park lifestyles, tagged Asbury reflections on November 15, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Real love….
Posted in Asbury Park, Asbury Park lifestyles, tagged Sunset Park on November 9, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Sunset Lake. Asbury Park. Paul Goldfinger © November, 2019 © Click to enlarge.
REGINA SPEKTOR “Real Love.”
Wide open spaces behind the A. Park boards:
Posted in Asbury Park, Asbury Park lifestyles, Asbury Park music, Blogfinger Presents, tagged Asbury Park musician on October 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Asbury Park boards. Paul Goldfinger © 10/5/19. Click to enlarge. Music plays during that change. Back arrow to return.
From Oklahoma:
Asbury Park Train Station: Jack Bredin’s latest painting.
Posted in Art, Asbury connection with Ocean Grove, Asbury Park, Blogfinger Presents, Jack Bredin painter, tagged Asbury Train Station by Jack Bredin on October 1, 2019| 5 Comments »
Asbury Train Station by Jack Bredin, Ocean Grove artist. Special to Blogfinger. Photograph by Rob Bredin. © Click to enlarge
And here’s Jack singing the Freight Train Blues:
(actually it’s Roy Acuff)
“What is there to say….”
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.
The other side of A. Park: a pay phone that never left.
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.”
Nocturnal A. Park #2
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)
Nocturnal A. Park #1 A new series.
Posted in Asbury Park, Photography: Nocturnal Asbury Park, tagged Cookman AVenue Asbury Park, Nocturnal Asbury Park on August 31, 2019| Leave a Comment »
True Conversation: Asburian apology….
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:
The other side of A. Park: TAKA
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.
