Posted in Jersey Shore gallery, tagged Red Bank on January 23, 2023| 1 Comment »
Red Bank, River Road at Broad Street. Paul Goldfinger photo © Click to enlarge. Blogfinger.net
Speaking of Red Bank, this is the most Edward Hopperish photograph in our Goldfinger collection.
COUNT BASIE was from Red Bank. Here he is with his orchestra playing “L’il Darlin’ ” from the album Count Basie’s Finest Hour
Posted in Jersey Shore gallery, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, tagged Are you OK by the Dum Dum Girls on January 12, 2023| 1 Comment »
Seaside Heights, NJ. August, 2013. by Paul Goldfinger ©
DUM DUM GIRLS. From the album Too True “Are You OK?”
Note there is a Chinese version of this group called “The Dim Sum Girls.”
Posted in Blogfinger contest, Jersey Shore gallery, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, tagged Name that town contest on December 15, 2022| 2 Comments »
Jersey Shore. “Is it yes, or is it no?” By Paul Goldfinger in September, 2014. © Blogfinger.net. Click to enlarge
THE ELDORADOS “I’ll be Forever Loving You.”
Posted in Fort Hancock, Jersey Shore gallery, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: New Jersey, Photography at The Jersey Shore, Photography: Black and White gallery, tagged Fort Hancock Sandy Hook, John Courtney on December 9, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Fort Hancock. October 9, 2015. Paul Goldfinger photograph. Blogfinger.net. Click to enlarge
JOHN COURTNEY from the movie Chef. “Lucky Man.”
Posted in Jersey shore, Jersey Shore gallery, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: New Jersey, tagged George Jones on Blogfinger, Getting lucky on Blogfinger, Photo: Seaside Heights on December 8, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Seaside Heights. October 12, 2015. By Paul Goldfinger ©. Blogfinger.net. Click to improve your chances.
GEORGE JONES
Posted in Grovers Around Town gallery, Jersey Shore gallery, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Ocean Grove portraits, Ocean Grove Topics, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, tagged Ocean Grove lifestyle, Refreshments at the Great Auditorium Postcard show on October 9, 2022| 2 Comments »
Fred “Waterseller” Ohleth at the August 22, 2015 postcard and antique show. Auditorium Pavilion. Paul Goldfinger photo © Blogfinger.net
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @ Blogfinger.net
Fred Ohleth, a retired 6’4″ NYC police officer, lives in a tent each summer with his wife Linda. His family goes back in the Grove, so he keeps up the tradition. In the off- season Fred and Linda (no, not Fred and Ginger) have a condo in the Grove. Fred is the Commander -in-chief of a small band of water, hot dog and treats sellers who cover a number of events in town, but they are best known for their supply side activities in the shadows of the Great Auditorium on Saturday nights—-tonight it’s the Beach Boys (as if we don’t already have a few of those around.)
Fred and Linda travel to the wilds of Pennsylvania for those dogs. You must try one! These volunteers work hard and party hard when the show is over.
Stop by and say hello to Fred, Linda, Shirley, Barbara, Mike, Ted and all the others who make sure that no one is hungry or thirsty at the GA (right across the street from the bathrooms. ) And yes, you can take bottled water into the GA.
Link to our article from May 2013:
BF link re refreshments at the GA
JANE SUMMERHAYS and NICK ULLETT: Original Broadway cast of Me and My Girl:
Posted in Jersey Shore gallery, Jersey Shore photography, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, tagged Music from Carousel on September 9, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Carousel on the boardwalk. Paul Goldfinger photograph. 2014 ©
SHIRLEY JONES and the GIRLS’ CHORUS. From the Broadway show Carousel.
Carousel was the favorite show written by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein III (words). It opens with a carnival scene.
This song is “What’s the Use of Wondrin'”
Posted in Asbury Connection, Asbury Park, Jersey Shore gallery, tagged July 4 Springsteen, Wesley Lake historic on July 1, 2022| 2 Comments »
Asbury Park, New Jersey. c.1965. Seen from Ocean Grove across Wesley Lake. Paul Goldfinger photo © Click left for full view.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. 4th of July (Sandy)
“And the boys from the casino dance with their shirts open like Latin lovers on the shore
Chasing all them silly New York virgins by the score
“And Sandy, the aurora is rising behind us
This pier lights our carnival life forever
Oh, love me tonight, for I may never see you again
Hey, Sandy girl
My, my, baby…”
Posted in Jersey Shore gallery, Music from the movies, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photographic Gallery: New Jersey, Photography: Jersey Shore Gallery, tagged Battle of Monmouth Courthouse, Monmouth Battlefield State Park on June 30, 2022| 1 Comment »
Monmouth Battlefield State Park. Atop Combs Hill. By Paul Goldfinger 2014. ©. Click once to enlarge.
Paul Goldfinger, MD, Editor Blogfinger.net
The Battle of Monmouth took place in the vicinity of Monmouth Courthouse in Freehold.
On a blistering hot day on June 28, 1778 the land that is now Monmouth Battlefield State Park was the site of one of the longest battles of the American Revolutionary War.
From the State Parks information: “Here at Monmouth, Washington restored a reputation battered by defeats in 1777. In the day-long battle in the hills, wood lots, farm fields and meadows, the main Continental Army, retrained at Valley Forge, repulsed attacks by the main British Army.
By the end, over 600 men were dead, dying or wounded and the Continental Army held the field.”
The vista above is from Combs Hill where the Continental Army had placed their artillery.
The park is a beautiful place where you can visit, picnic, ride horses or sleighs. The visitor center is near where I was standing to make this photograph. The address is 16 Rt 33 Business in Manalapan.
I enjoy photographing battlefields, although this is only my second. The first is Gettysburg which we have visited quite a few times. Battlefields are evocative of so many qualities of man including bravery, fighting for right and freedom, loyalty and sacrifice.
It seems as if you can time- travel back in such a place as this, and that is an emotional experience.
I tried to capture that mood in this photograph which is much better felt in black and white than with color. —
Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.net
BAND OF HM ROYAL MARINES: “Main Theme from Saving Private Ryan” (2006) Written by John Williams.
