Posted in Hurricane Sandy in Ocean Grove, Hurricane Sandy recovery, Music from the Broadway stage. on May 9, 2014| 2 Comments »
Steel bulkhead. By Paul Goldfinger. © May, 2014
This image shows how far the boardwalk excavation is progressing. Lucky they found this bulkhead just in time.
BLOSSOM DEARIE. “Just in Time” from the 1944 Broadway hit The Bells are Ringing. Click on the comments button below to find the music player. Then use the return arrow to come back.
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Music from the Broadway stage., tagged Delicious orchards, Red is for spring on April 23, 2014| 1 Comment »
Beefsteak tomato, vine grown tomatoes, radishes, bell peppers, globe grapes, and red onion from Delicious Orchards. Design by Eileen Goldfinger
Pomegranates. $4.99 each. The Chinese chew on the seeds to improve digestion. They also like the color red for good luck. Blogfinger photos on April 23, 2014
STEPHEN SONDHEIM “Beautiful” from Sunday in the Park with George.
Posted in Music from the Broadway stage., Music from the movies, tagged Auditorium Square Ocean Grove, Surrey with the Fringe on Top on April 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Auditorium Square Park, Ocean Grove. Sunday, August 8, 2010. By Paul Goldfinger © Click left and find Jack.
OKLAHOMA—movie soundtrack
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Music from the Broadway stage., Music from the movies, Ocean Grove history, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, tagged Nagle's, Nagle's interior photograph on March 4, 2014| 5 Comments »
Nagle’s at 43 Main Avenue in Ocean Grove. Paul Goldfinger photo. © click left to see more.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger
Nagle’s in Ocean Grove used to be a pharmacy, but you can no longer buy drugs there despite the many pill and elixir bottles found in the antique cabinets around the place. It was built in 1880, and Len Steen of Ocean Grove turned it into a restaurant that is very old- fashioned, including an ice cream/soda fountain. People line up at the window for cones and sundaes (remember those windows in candy stores found in urban environments like Brooklyn and Newark? ).
The interior of Nagle’s is what sets it apart from other establishments in the Grove. Great effort went into the decor, but there are some items, like the racing jersey seen above, that suggest the owner’s interest in horse racing.
But don’t try to lay down a wager at Pimlico inside. Instead, the best bets are the food and the ice cream which you can enjoy inside or out, weather permitting.
GUYS AND DOLLS “Fugue for Tinhorns.”
A cup of Joe at Nagle’s. Note the ads under glass. Paul Goldfinger photo ©
Posted in Music from the Broadway stage., Neptune Township Events, tagged Hairspray at Neptune High School on March 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Blogfinger feature article, Music from the Broadway stage., Music from the movies, Photography by Bob Bowne, tagged Replenishment moves to Bradley Beach. on February 22, 2014| 5 Comments »
Before Sunrise. By Bob Bowné at the Ocean Grove beach. Feb. 22, 2014 . © Special to Blogfinger Click left for the full Monty.
“Hi Paul…shot this this morning before the sun came up….The beach replenishment crew has moved well into Bradley Beach and is slowly pulling out of the south end of Ocean Grove….so we can say good bye to the heavy equipment and ships off shore, it would seem….”
—Bob
MARTHA WAINRIGHT From the soundtrack of the movie The Aviator. The song “I’ll be Seeing You” was written by Fain and Kahil in 1938. It was in a Broadway show called “Right this Way” which closed after 15 performances, but it was huge during WWII when it became an anthem for homesick British and American troops.
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Music from the Broadway stage., Music from the movies, Photography by Bob Bowne, tagged Asbury carousel--a portrait in the snow on January 30, 2014| 1 Comment »
January 23, 2014. By Bob Bowné © Special to Blogfinger
BARBARA RUICK. From the movie soundtrack to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s CAROUSEL.
* Headline quote from the off-Broadway show “The Fantasticks.”
Posted in Crime in Ocean Grove, Music from the Broadway stage., tagged Broadway Baby from Follies, Crime does pay on Broadway in Ocean Grove on January 3, 2014| 1 Comment »
Just the facts m’am. Crime scene photo by Ken Buckley on Broadway
While sending us a terrific news image, Ken has actually found beauty in the evidence. Ken says an illegally parked car forced the plow to go around. Will we hear about this in the Neighborhood Watch Report? Ken’s documentary weapon of choice: an iPad 2. It seems awkward to take a photo with an iPad. But we can’t ignore this fine result. Thanks, Ken. We are having a field day today with guest photographers. —-Paul @Blogfinger
NEW BROADWAY CAST OF FOLLIES BY STEPHEN SONDHEIM:
Posted in Asbury Connection, Music from the Broadway stage., tagged Photo Gallery by Bob Bowne, Polar Bear plunge in Asbury Park, The Sea Song on January 3, 2014| 3 Comments »
All photos by Bob Bowné . © Special to Blogfinger
This is the 11th annual New Year’s Day fundraising event where over 500 people jump into the Atlantic Ocean near Convention Hall to raise money for over 15 local charities. the event is sponsored by the Sons of Ireland who had bagpipers there to lead the plungers to the water.
Bob Bowné is an award winning photographer from Ocean Grove whose amazing shot of Sandy blasting the fishing pier was posted on Blogfinger and has been on display at the Museum of the City of New York’s exhibit about Sandy.
By Bob Bowné ©
By Bob Bowné ©
By Bob Bowne
Photo by Bob Bowné
THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST OF By the Beautiful Sea Here is “The Sea Song.”
Posted in Music from the Broadway stage., Photography: Nocturnal Ocean Grove, tagged MUSIC. Christine Ebersole, MUSIC: Another Winter in a Summer Town." on November 24, 2013| 2 Comments »
Nov. 17, 2013. By Paul Goldfinger © Click left. Nocturnal Ocean Grove series.
CHRISTINE EBERSOLE. “Winter in a Summer Town” from the Broadway Show Grey Gardens. (Note: Christine Ebersole has a new album being released in a few days. It is with Adam Weinstein the jazz violinist.)
Posted in Music from the Broadway stage., Music from TV, Ocean Grove history, tagged Historic photograph of Ocean Grove, Ocean Avenue House, Shawmont Hotel on October 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Ocean Grove. 1908. Courtesy Rich Amole. click left for larger view.
Rich Amole is an avid history researcher. He lives in Philadelphia, but spends a great deal of time in Ocean Grove. We have previously reported on his work digging into the past of the Shawmont Hotel on Ocean Avenue. (link: BF Shawmont article )
Now he has discovered an old picture book of OG and AP containing a winter photo looking back from the fishing pier. In the middle is the Ocean Avenue House which later evolved into the Shawmont.
Cover of the book where Rich found the OG winter scene. Photo by Rich Amole
This is what Rich had to say about the image seen above,
“I found the winter time beach scene and it is dated 1908. This book appears to have come from the Library of Congress digitized files. What is great about it is that in the center of the Ocean Grove Avenue properties is the Ocean Avenue House that many decades away will be the Shawmont. This is the oldest “photo” I have of that lot.”
As for his ongoing Shawmont project, he said,
“I continue to seek old image’s for my Ocean Grove/Shawmont Hotel project, and that research has led me to this wintertime photograph from so long ago.
I’m really looking now for Ocean Avenue House/Hotel images in any form as they occupied the property now where the Shawmont Hotel is at 17 Ocean.
Pretty cool to see the winter time pic from the Pier. Ever run across this one?”
AMBER EDWARDS. From the Boardwalk Empire soundtrack album , Vol. 1. The song “Alice Blue Gown” is from 1919 and was in a Broadway show called “Irene.” —Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger
EDITOR’S NOTE: We welcome comments from you OG historians out there who might have some observations about that OG skyline scene or about Rich’s quest for Shawmont info. We have never seen this particular photograph before.
—PG
Posted in Blogfinger News, Music from the Broadway stage., tagged fall flora in Ocean Grove on October 8, 2013| 2 Comments »
10/8/13. Morning glory at Karen’s garden on Mt. Hermon at Delaware. Note the mums to the left. Blogfinger photo taken around 1:00 pm. The morning glory flowers tend to fade toward the end of the day.
By Eileen Goldfinger, house and garden editor @Blogfinger (with accompaniment by Paul on the keyboard.)
The big thing for fall flora in the Grove are chrysanthemums. You expect morning glories in the spring, but there are some species that like cold weather. In the above case of fall flora in the Grove, the gardener may have planted these seeds in the summer. This plant is in a pot. Morning glories can be invasive.
Hydrangeas on Pilgrim Pathway. 10/8/13. All photos © by Paul Goldfinger
The hydrangeas around town turned a lovely reddish color late in the summer, but many of those blooms are now becoming dry and brown and should be pruned and discarded. If you have some nice hydrangea flowers now (as above,) you can prune them and bring them into the house for a dry fall arrangement. Just stick them in a vase—no water needed.
Daisies on Abbott Ave. 10/8/13 ©
We did notice some white daisies around the Grove. Our garden still has multicolored lantana, zinnias, begonias and New Guinea impatiens. The liriope has bluish lavender flowers that turn into a dark blue berry. The recent warm weather has given the begonias and impatiens some extra life.
The Aanensen’s had an awesome fall display at their home, the Tali Essen Morgan House on Abbott Avenue. In one fell swoop, Paul was able to take a photo that included mums, lantana, coleus, and begonias.
Tali Essen Morgan House on Abbott Ave. 10/8/13 ©
Editor’s Note: We have never had a fell swoop before on Blogfinger—in fact, we don’t even know what it is. Maybe we can join the zombies in the Guinness Book of Dopey Records. –Paul
“IT’S YOU” (by the cast of “Dames at Sea”) is dedicated to all those gardeners in Ocean Grove who create wonderful gardens–secret and public and too shady and sun speckled–around town designed to delight all the walkers who enjoy the Grove (aptly named) with all its surprises including the flora and fauna (including the girls in their summer dresses and short shorts that defy gravity) —-PG
Posted in Music from the Broadway stage., Ocean Grove photographs, tagged Fishing in Ocean Grove on October 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Jetty fishing in Ocean Grove. October 4, 2013. Paul Goldfinger photo
SUSANNAH Mc CORKLE From her album Someone to Watch Over Me:
“It Ain’t Necessarily So” from Porgy and Bess (1935) George and Ira Gershwin
