Ocean Grove. Undated. By Paul Goldfinger. Blogfinger.net © Click to enlarge. Reposted from 2017.
PAOLO NUTINI and the PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND (New Orleans)
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End of day. South Beach Ocean Grove
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove beachfront, Photography: Jersey Shore Gallery, Photography: Ocean Grove Gallery, tagged Photo: Ocean Grove south beach on March 18, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Ocean Grove lifestyles
Posted in Ocean Grove beachfront, Ocean Grove boardwalk, Ocean Grove lifestyles, tagged Ocean Grove boardwalk on March 12, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Flying high on the new Ocean Grove Boardwalk. (or checking his diaper.) Paul Goldfinger photo © June 2015. Click to enlarge.
LILLIAN ROTH
It’s October on the OG boardwalk: you can bicycle and walk your dog and have blue hair.
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Ocean Grove boards on Oct. 1, 2017: bikes and dogs allowed whenever. Dogs can also go on the beach. A woman with blue hair-is she blue? Paul Goldfinger photo. © Click image to enlarge the picture.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger
Notice the sign. In big letters it says WARNING!!! NO LIFEGUARD ON DUTY. Isn’t that enough warning for those who might consider swimming? So why do we need 3 exclamation points? We don’t need even one.
Recently we heard from a surfer dude who wants red flags to be posted in October when the water is dangerous. But maybe this sign is more than enough to try and discourage dopey daredevils.
And the sign says “No Diving!” Is there any way anyone could dive at this beach? I suppose someone might walk over to the pier and dive in, but if anyone is so inclined, the little message on the bottom of this sign is not likely to be influential. And besides, it’s all sand under there. Maybe the sign should also say, “Don’t stick your head in the sand!!!”
The lady with blue hair smiled at us as she went by, but she was moving fast, and we don’t know why she smiled or why she has blue hair in Ocean Grove. This is a rare sighting here, but maybe she was going to Asbury to attend a meeting of the Blue Hair Society.
And the girl on the bike? She was on the beach and came up to get her bike—seemingly caught between the seasons.
BARBARA ROSENE WITH VINCE GIORDANO AND THE NIGHTHAWKS. “Am I Blue?”
Future Blogfinger reporter at the OG beach. He’s the Hi De Ho Man.
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove beachfront, Ocean Grove lifestyles, tagged Hi de ho man in Ocean Grove on October 17, 2020| Leave a Comment »
2 1/2 year old approaches bathing beauty and introduces himself. Ocean Grove. October, 2020.
This young man was visiting the OG beach. He can say some words, so he ran around introducing himself to bathing beauties and kids digging holes. He is a true Hi De Ho Man. His Mom was nearby taking pictures and wondering “What the hey?”
CAB CALLOWAY ON SESAME STREET.
Protect Ocean Grove in 2020. Stand vertical and do something.
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Cleanup after Sandy. Ocean Grove middle beach. 2012. Paul Goldfinger portrait. © Blogfinger.net Click to enlarge
PINK MARTINI
Countdown to OG Labor Day 2020: Thursday
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove beachfront, tagged Labor Day 2020 on September 3, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Yoga class with Fran the Man. OG boards. 9/3/20. 8:45 am. Paul Goldfinger photo ©
9/3/20. 9:17 am. Lifeguards begin their shift. Wonderful weather as beach-goers begin to arrive. Click on image. Paul Goldfinger photo. Blogfinger.net.
Under the pier. 9/3/20 morning. Paul Goldfinger photo. Click to enlarge. Blogfinger.net
LISA ONO: From her album Look To the Rainbow
Beach season to be extended beyond September 7 in OG. Revised notice. 9/1/20.
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove beachfront, tagged Ocean Grove beach safety on September 1, 2020| Leave a Comment »
OG lifeguards get ready. June, 2019. Paul Goldfinger photo. ©
Sept. 1, 2020, OG boards, but at 8 am before the lifeguards officially take charge at 9 am. I noticed no one in the water at the time of this photo. Paul Goldfinger image. Blogfinger.net ©
Paul Goldfinger, Editor@Blogfinger.net
The beach season with lifeguard coverage was supposed to be completed on September 7 (Labor Day, 2020.)
But since many visitors are renting, or staying, or visiting in the Grove through September, lifeguard staffing will be extended two more weekends after Labor Day.
The beach will now be covered on Saturday, Sept. 12 and Sunday Sept. 13 . Then there will be coverage on Saturday Sept 19 and Sunday Sept 20.
On those two extra weekends, badges will be required, but not on weekdays.
On weekdays, there will be no lifeguards after Monday, September 7. The “no lifeguard on duty sign” will be up. It would seem best if no one swims during the week, but people may do that at their own peril.
The Office of Emergency Management has ready procedures if someone gets into trouble in the water, but that sequence cannot be activated if no one is around to dial 911. So, if someone plans to swim during the week or after hours on weekends, they should at least have someone with a phone tagging along.
Interestingly, a water distress call to 911 will contact the usual emergency groups including police, EMS and fire, but a water emergency will also produce a response from the “Answer Team” which is a network of experienced lifeguards who can provide specially trained assistance in an emergency.
If the 911 call is for a “swimmer in distress,” then members of that Answer Team team from OG will respond and bring their TORP with them—– that is the red flotation device which is a lifeguard’s best friend.
JAN HOWARD. “Sunshine On My Shoulder.”
Protecting our beach….
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove beachfront, tagged Ocean Grove beachfront on August 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »
OG beachfront. July, 2020. Paul Goldfinger © Click to enlarge
DAVE BRUBECK “La Paloma Azul.” (Paul Desmond on alto sax)
“Forever grateful for the OG lifeguards.”
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove beachfront, Ocean Grove lifestyles, tagged Ocean Grove lifeguards on July 22, 2020| 1 Comment »
Lifeguard instructions on the OG beach. July 22, 2020. By Jean Bredin. Blogfinger.net. Click to enlarge.
Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff: “Several years ago my husband Jack was pulled out in a rip tide. He was going down for the third time when a lifeguard (John) appeared before him, pushing his board for Jack to hang onto.
“You got caught in a rip tide” were his words.
“To this day, we will be forever grateful for the life guards”
Editor’s note: When they pulled Jack onto the shore, he lay there gasping for air and coughing up salt water. His life had been saved.
Jean ran over and said to the lifeguard, “He had a hat!”
Every year there is a lifeguard tournament, but it will not be held this year.
This Blogfinger image is from the 2013 Lifeguard Tournament. Paul Goldfinger photograph © Click to enlarge.
FONTELLA BASS (re-recorded)
Shaping up for the day…
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove beachfront, tagged Around town with Jean in Ocean Grove, Ocean Grove beachfront on June 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Ocean Grove beach morning. By Jean Bredin. Blogfinger.net. © 6/24/20
PETER, PAUL AND MARY:
