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Paul Goldfinger photo. Blogfinger.net. Dec. 2015.
The M.U. Library sits on a vast open field with planting and statuary. Formerly the Beaux Arts summer cottage of Murry & Leonie Guggenheim.
Photograph in the rain by Paul Goldfinger. Click to enlarge.
Paul Goldfinger photo. 2015.
DINAH WASHINGTON. Dinah thinks it’s September in the rain, but actually it’s December.
Posted in Blogfinger contest, Blogfinger News, tagged Blogfinger staff car on November 28, 2025| 3 Comments »
Blogfinger staff car. Sarasota, Fla PG photo
The “James Bond Theme”. by the John Barry Orchestra (this version from the “Dr. No” album)
Posted in Blogfinger contest, tagged Blogfinger name that town contest on August 19, 2025| 5 Comments »
TenBroeck Fountain, AP. Paul Goldfinger photo. July, 2015. Blogfinger.net © Click to enlarge
Frank LaRue TenBroeck is the name of an AP mayor from 1905. He was honored for having the most capital letters in his name. The City has been restoring this fountain for years. Vandals have repeatedly done damage to the memorial.
AP’s governing body just announced a dog run at the park by the library on Grand.
SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS:
Posted in Blogfinger contest, Caption contest. Participate, Photograph by Bob Bowné, tagged Blogfinger caption contest, Eva Cassidy on Blogfinger on August 14, 2025| 5 Comments »
EVA CASSIDY Live at “Blues Alley;” A wonderful jazz club near Dupont Circle in D.C. which I used to frequent with Eileen during our college years in Washington.
Posted in Blogfinger contest on July 31, 2025| 3 Comments »
Jay Castelli wins our “name that bird contest.” He wins a Jack Bredin signed print. Our staff will be in touch with him.
KAT EDMONSON “How’s About It Baby” (OK, the song has nothing to do with birds, but I like it anyhow.)
Posted in Blogfinger contest, tagged Blogfinger contest on May 15, 2025| 1 Comment »
17th century silver Spanish coin. The gold “frame” is not part of the coin. When I wear this coin Eileen says I have the Tony Soprano look. Paul Goldfinger photos. Side one.
Side 2 Not exactly pocket change. PG
By Paul Goldfinger, MD. Editor@Blogfinger.net
The Atocha was loaded with treasure (gold, silver, jewels and jewelry) when it sunk in a hurricane off Key West in 1622. The wreck was scattered, and most of the treasure was not found until 1985 by American treasure hunter Mel Fisher, who searched for years. Among the loot were rosaries with emeralds–destined for the Vatican, gold carved rings, gold coins and silver coins.
The silver was mined in Peru and rolled into lengths like a tootsie roll that could be cut into coin blanks. Then a wooden form with an engraving on the end was used to hammer the carvings into the silver, much as they did during the Roman Empire. This coin was minted in Potosi, Peru (now Bolivia)
The coins were shipped in wooden chests. The wood dissolved leaving an amalgam of silver coins all stuck together. It was a huge job to separate them while preserving the coin details.
Many people invested in his search, and when the bulk of the riches were found, they received a portion.
I purchased this silver coin from the family of one of the original investors. It is “grade one” which means that much of the detail is preserved.
One side depicts the symbols of the two royal houses of Spain: the castle and the lion. It is about 1 1/2 inch in diameter.
The writing has to do with King Phillip III and where the coin was minted.
Comment from Rosemary of Ocean Grove who sends us an interesting account of Mel Fisher:
Thanks, Rosemary.
MILES DAVIS AND GIL EVANS. “The Maids of Cadiz”. From the Miles Davis 1957 album Miles Ahead.
A few years later Miles Davis along with composer-arranger Gil Evans made the album shown above: Sketches of Spain. It is not actually a jazz album as much as a remembrance and reinterpretation of Spanish music. This album is perhaps his most famous and most beautiful work.
Cadiz is a port in southwest Spain which had been the home of the Spanish navy.
Collectors love to find albums like the one above, partly for the music and partly for the album artwork . This is my album, but it will not be for sale among the albums which I will show at the Blogfinger Town-Wide Yard Sale on June 7, 2025 in Ocean Grove. Sketches of Spain
“The Maids of Cadiz” from Miles Ahead:
“Concierta de Aranjuez”. From the Miles Davis and Gil Evans album Sketches of Spain.
Posted in Blogfinger contest, Blogfinger Presents, tagged Simon and Garfunkel on May 11, 2025| 3 Comments »
Paul Goldfinger photo. 11/18 © Torat-El is a conservative synagogue on Monmouth Road near Deal Rd. in Oakhurst.The building dates back to 1976. Kevin Chambers was the first to identify this structure.
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL “So Long Frank Lloyd Wright.”
Posted in Blogfinger contest, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: New Jersey, Photography at The Jersey Shore, tagged Blogfinger name that town contest, Deal house on April 4, 2025| 5 Comments »
Paul Goldfinger photograph. Click once to enlarge. Deal, NJ.
Geo George is the winner of our “name that Jersey Shore town contest.” This snazzy color scheme is a bit unusual for Deal.
THE NIGHTHAWKS: “Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails”:
Posted in Blogfinger contest, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography outside of NJ, tagged Castles in the air, Name that town contest on April 4, 2025| 6 Comments »
Charleston, S.C, downtown. Marion Square, with the John Calhoun monument. By Paul Goldfinger. Click to enlarge.
DON McLEAN “Castles in the Air.”
Posted in Blogfinger contest, Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged Name this object and win a prize, Some kind of wonderful by Carole King on January 31, 2025| 8 Comments »
Ocean Grove, New Jersey. May 31, 2013. Paul Goldfinger photo.
Anna Murphey wins the prize.
CAROLE KING. “Some Kind of Wonderful.”
Posted in Blogfinger contest, Blogfinger Presents on November 30, 2024|
Paul Goldfinger photo: Click once to enlarge. Literary giants and literary girls out for coffee at Barnes and Noble. Ft. Myers, Fla. No, the mural does not depict a scene from Woody’s Midnight in Paris. But those literary figures on the mural are reminiscent of that film.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor Blogfinger.net
Hemingway said: “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”*
Joyce said, “His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or revery, he had heard their tale before.” An erotic sentence if ever there was one.
* A Moveable Feast is a 1964 memoir by American author Ernest Hemingway.
ALEXANDER DESPLAT—— from the movie Julie and Julia “Leaving Paris.”
Posted in Blogfinger contest, Jersey Shore gallery, tagged Name that town and place contest on October 17, 2024| 9 Comments »
Mt. Prospect Cemetery. Blogfinger photo. Oct. 11, 2014. Plots still available. It’s a lovely spot, and the residents can watch the Scarlet Fliers from there. Call 908 461 7132 for the lay-away plan. Click to enlarge.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor Blogfinger.net
Mt. Prospect Cemetery. Founded by Wilisford Dey, 1881. Neptune Township.
Neptune Twp. was created in 1879 (carved out of Ocean Twp,) and Ocean Grove was made part of it at that time.
Note new comment dated 7/1/19.
WYNTON MARSALIS “It’s Easy to Remember.” Marsalis studied under Phil Smith of Ocean Grove.
Posted in Blogfinger contest, Blogfinger Presents, Jersey Shore gallery, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography at The Jersey Shore, tagged Blogfinger Jersey Shore Gallery on June 13, 2024|
Sandy Hook. Paul Goldfinger photograph. Jersey Shore. 2015. © Wedding day. Click on image to see the road runners roasting on the roaring fire.
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT “If Love Were All” Live at Carnegie Hall: “Rufus Does Judy”