Faces at the Farmers Market in Ft. Myers Florida. By Paul Goldfinger © Undated. Click to enlarge.
THE VELOURS From Forever Doo Wop Vol I
Archive for the ‘Florida connection on Blogfinger’ Category
Award winning hot dogs, and more….
Posted in Florida connection on Blogfinger, Photography Ft. Myers, tagged Florida hot dogs, hot dogs on August 24, 2021|
Faces at the Farmers Market in Ft. Myers Florida. By Paul Goldfinger © Undated. Click to enlarge.On the beach…..
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Florida connection on Blogfinger, Girls in their summer clothes, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography from Florida, Photography Ft. Myers, tagged Bunche Beach Florida on August 3, 2021|
Bunche Beach, Fla. Paul Goldfinger © February , 2018. Click to enlarge.
Enlarge the photo to see the variety of bathing outfits at this family beach in South West Florida.
PINK MARTINI:
Old Fort Myers
Posted in Florida connection, Florida connection on Blogfinger, tagged Ft. Myers downtown, Old Fort Myers Florida on July 13, 2021|
Downtown Fort Myers, Florida where wonderful architecture can be found just by cruising the side streets. Paul Goldfinger photo ©
THE ANGELS:
Back where I belong
Posted in Florida connection on Blogfinger, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photography from Florida, tagged Gasparilla Island Florida on June 23, 2021|
Gasparilla Island Florida. No boardwalk, no lifeguards, nobody selling anything, no beach badge. Just beauty and pleasure. Paul Goldfinger © Blogfinger.net
AMY GRANT
No cell phone zone
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Florida connection on Blogfinger, Photographs Sanibel and Captiva Islands Florida, tagged Florida connection on Blogfinger on May 20, 2021|
Sanibel Island Causeway. January, 2013. By Paul Goldfinger © Click to improve the view..
EDWARD STRAUSS From Guys and Dolls
Boca Grande, Florida
Posted in Florida connection on Blogfinger, tagged Amy Grant on Blogfinger on March 22, 2021|
Boca Grande, 2014. Paul Goldfinger photograph. © Click to enlarge.
AMY GRANT from the album: Remembering Patsy Cline
Tommy Bahama is actually in Seattle. Their Naples store has fine casual clothes for those who will pay for those gorgeous fabrics and designs.
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Florida connection on Blogfinger, tagged Tommy Bahama in Naples Florida on March 20, 2021|
Tommy Bahama’s flagship store and restaurant in Naples, Florida. Paul Goldfinger photo © March, 2016. Click to see the finery.
The women’s store is on the left—-men’s wear is on the right. In the middle is a fine casual restaurant. Naples is a very fancy city on the Gulf of Mexico where rich people live and shop. It is actually an international town where multiple languages are overheard all over. It’s lovely to visit, but don’t leave home without your Amex card. It is so much fun to people watch—–and the cars—oh boy.
Paul @Blogfinger.
MATT BERNINGER with VINCE GIORDANO AND THE NIGHTHAWKS From “Boardwalk Empire.”
Wanna neck?
Posted in Florida connection on Blogfinger, Florida photography, tagged Great White Egret on March 12, 2021|
Great White Egret. Sanibel Causeway between Ft. Myers and Sanibel Island, Fla. Paul Goldfinger photo. Can be found as far north as Canada.
PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND: “Georgia On My Mind.”
Lakes Park: bird sanctuary and farmers market.
Posted in Florida connection on Blogfinger, Fort Myers Florida, tagged Lakes Park on February 17, 2021|
Visit Lakes Park, off Gladiolus Dr. Ft. Myers, Fla. It’s very lovely, and there is bird watching. Feb. 17, 2021. Photo by Paul Goldfinger. Click image to enlarge.
The islands in the water are bird sanctuaries and breeding grounds where birds nest and lay eggs in the spring. There is a farmers market there each Wednesday until April. It is from 9 am to 1 pm. Lee County watches over this beautiful park. You can jog, bike, stroll, picnic, meet friends (in small groups) and take nature walks.
BRIAN WILSON REIMAGINES GERSHWIN.
Small bookstores struggle during pandemic.
Posted in Florida connection on Blogfinger, Photography from the Florida beaches, Photography: Sanibel and Captiva Islands, tagged MACINTOSH BOOKS SANIBEL, SANIBEL BOOK SHOP on January 26, 2021|
MacIntosh Books and Paper on Sanibel Island. Jan 26, 2021. Paul Goldfinger photos. Click to enlarge photos.
MacIntosh display. James Patterson lives in Florida, and this book was released just one month ago. Paul Goldfinger photograph.
By Paul Golfinger, MD, Editor@Blogfinger.net
When we visit Sanibel Island we always stop at the MacIntosh bookstore. It is the sort of place where book-lovers love to go, to browse and to talk about books. Eileen’s eyes widened as we entered Rebecca Binkowski’s shop. She looked around and exclaimed, “I love sox.”
I said, “Now you tell me.”
Another woman was also looking at the sox display. This selection was brightly colored with pictures on them.
This shop is hanging on. The shopping traffic has diminished, and across the country 20% of independent book shops are in danger of closing.
Eileen headed right to the children’s section. She has pretty much given up on books on paper because all her “reading” is of audio books where someone reads a book to her. The readers are specially talented–some are actors who make a career out of it.
Rebecca the owner of MacIntosh is bubbly, talkative, and happy; the perfect personality for what she does. She unmasked for the photo. Paul Goldfinger photo. Q2M 1/26/21
Rebecca is the 6th owner of the MacIntosh shop located in the 6th location on Sanibel Island. That business was started in 1960, and a large photograph of the founder, named MacIntosh was hanging behind her. But she was feeling optimistic because she said that “sales of books on paper” are up 30%—a good side effect of the pandemic.
The shop’s cat was sitting near my feet, looking up at us. Rebecca says that Bart is the perfect book store cat.
Bart, the book store cat. Click to enlarge. PG
JOHN LENNON:
Can you recall the ’50’s? The colors, the cars, the love songs.
Posted in Florida connection on Blogfinger, Florida photography, tagged Photo: Tropicana lights series on December 27, 2020| 2 Comments »
A throwback to the 1950’s—even the name: Tropicana. Ft. Myers. Paul Goldfinger © Feb 2018.
THE MELLO-KINGS :
Editor’s note: The color scheme of the 1950’s was recreated by Francis Ford Coppola, 1970’s, for the Godfather movies, which were set in the ’40’s and ’50’s. He used special Technicolor film to provide authenticity when filming scenes in Little Italy, Havana, Sicily and suburban America.
Christmas in the Florida tropics.
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Florida connection, Florida connection on Blogfinger, Florida photography, tagged Christmas Time is Here, The Canadian Brass: Sweet Songs of Christmas on December 21, 2020|
Tropicana Park in Ft. Myers, Fla. Golf cart parade for Christmas. Dec. 20, 2020. Paul Goldfinger photo. ©
Tropicana Park Christmas Parade. 12/20/20. Paul Goldfinger photo. ©
–CANADIAN BRASS from their album “Christmas Time is Here” (Brass quintet with percussion.)
Camelia River at nightfall…
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Florida connection on Blogfinger, Florida photography, Fort Myers Florida, tagged Camelia River, Moon River on December 19, 2020|
Camelia River. Ft. Myers, Florida. December 18, 2020. Paul Goldfinger monochrom photograph. © Click to enlarge. (Don’t you wish life were that easy?)
NANCY LAMOTT: “Moon River” from Breakfast at Tiffany’s. With Christopher Marlowe on piano.