Posted in Ocean Grove beachfront, Ocean Grove events, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Ocean Grove magic moments, Ocean Grove Musical Event, Ocean Grove summer time, tagged Harry Eichorn conducts, Ocean Grove Summer Band on August 7, 2019| 2 Comments »
Ocean Grove Summer Band in the Boardwalk Pavilion. 8/5/15. By Jean Bredin, Blogfinger.net staff. © Click to enlarge
Re-post from 2015. “Around Town With Jean:”
“Harry Eichhorn’s Summer Band is a treasure. It is reminiscent of days gone by.
Where else can you hear a rousing song, feel the ocean breezes, then stroll for ice cream?”
–Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff.
Here is a link to a 2013 article which we posted about Harry : Wild about Harry
VINCE GIORDANO AND THE NIGHTHAWKS
Posted in Ocean Grove beachfront, tagged Smoking on the Ocean Grove beach on July 21, 2019| 2 Comments »
This hound can’t believe her eyes: No dogs on the boardwalk or the beach. Even Spring Lake has a dog beach. Blogfinger photo. Click on photos to read the signs. July, 2018. ©
Ocean Grove is an extremely dog-friendly town, but the Township and the CMA cannot find it in their hearts to provide a dog park or an after (or before) hours dog beach. Such places are as much for the owners as they are for the animals. It’s a quality of life issue.
Want to smoke on the OG beach? Well, you cannot; read the sign. Oh, you can smoke on the Boardwalk. Blogfinger photo.
The NJ Governor just signed a law forbidding smoking on public beaches. The price of a ticket is $250.00.
OGCMA banned smoking on our beaches some time ago, but would the OG beach be considered a “public beach” making such OG puffers eligible for that fine? And what about those vapor puffers?
And is it OK to smoke in Auditorium Square Park? There’s a big fire risk building over there.
Re-post from one year ago.
ANITA O’DAY:
Posted in Ocean Grove beachfront, tagged Ocean Grove beach fun on July 2, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Ocean Grove near the pier. Paul Goldfinger photo. © 7/1/19. Blogfinger.net Click to enlarge the image.
FRANK SINATRA:
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove beachfront on April 24, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Paul Goldfinger © September 14, 2010. Ocean Grove beachfront.
“When an early autumn walks the land and chills the breeze
And touches with her hand the summer trees”
TIERNEY SUTTON from her album Unsung Heroes.
Posted in Asbury connection with Ocean Grove, Ocean Grove beachfront, Ocean Grove fire April 2019, Ocean Grove fires, tagged Ocean Grove fire 2019 on April 22, 2019| 1 Comment »
Paul Goldfinger ©. April 22, 2019. OG North End. Pathfinders. Click to enlarge.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor@Blogfinger.net
The walking path has now been opened, following the boardwalk north past the two piles of rubble and other signs of the great fire. A truck from the Neptune Office of Emergency Management has arrived, but their role in the cleanup is unknown to us.
You could stand on your head, but no one from the Mother Ship would offer some information on Blogfinger. The last time that happened was with Committeewoman Mary Beth Jahn, when she opposed the North End Plan, and she later got dumped by the Township Comedy.
The two rubble piles remain. Safety fence along the boardwalk.
Some boardwalk damage was evident. Paul Goldfinger. © 4/22/19.
Bikers, joggers, walkers, and tricky kids have returned this morning, the day after Easter Sunday.
I even saw a young woman walking with her friend, chattering back and forth as they swung their arms. They both wore black leggings (girls in their spring clothes) and one wore a shirt that said, “Á La Mode.”
That made my day, trying to understand her messaging. Lately we see a lot more T shirts with messages other than “Marquette University” which also showed up this morning. You can’t blame her for not wanting to be in Wisconsin in April.
North End wreckage at the north side of the damage. April 22, 2019. Paul Goldfinger © Click to enlarge.
This jury rigged path will allow life to resume as access to Asbury Park returns, and the merchants over there breathe a sigh of relief. Now all that remains is to wait for the Asburians to begin the beguine.
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH RUBEN BLADES AND WYNTON MARSALIS:
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove beachfront, Ocean Grove lifestyles, tagged Ocean Grove beachfront on March 27, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove beachfront, Ocean Grove lifestyles, tagged An Ocean Grove beach day, Wedding photo shoot on March 24, 2019| Leave a Comment »
CHRISTINA PERRI “A Thousand Years” from the film soundtrack The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove beachfront, Ocean Grove North End Redevelopment Plan, Ocean Grove South End, tagged Fletcher Lake in Ocean Grove, South End of Ocean Grove on February 1, 2019| 2 Comments »
Southeast end of Fletcher Lake as seen from the Bradley Beach side. We can still have an open vista at the North End if we fight the voracious NERP. Blogfinger photo 5/16/16 ©
Thomas Mato Blanchot feat. WAWA: “Isn’t She Lovely”
Editor’s Note: This Stevie Wonder song is about his newborn daughter, but in a larger sense he is writing about the beauty of God’s gifts.
Shouldn’t we try to preserve one of the few remaining open vistas at the Jersey Shore for all to enjoy, not just a select few? Go take a walk at the North End of OG and look around, especially at the open views of the ocean. Why not start by sending letters to the Township Committee. They have the power to cancel that zoning disaster in favor of a gift to the people.
In Morris County, they pay farmers to keep the land forever as farms. Why don’t our elected officials campaign in Trenton and Washington to do the same sort of thing here by turning the North End into a wonderful seaside park (perhaps with a vast underground parking garage to soften the financial loss for the Camp Meeting Association.)
A reasonable Plan B would be to return to single family zoning for that project.
Link to the 1986 rejection of a South End project (posted in 2016):
1986 OG project rejection of South End condominiums
—Paul Goldfinger, Editor at Blogfinger
Posted in Ocean Grove beachfront, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Photograph by Bob Bowné, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography in New Jersey, Photography: Jersey Shore Gallery, tagged TONY BENNETT ON BLOGFINGER, Windy day in Ocean Grove New Jersey on January 30, 2019| Leave a Comment »
“A blustery day” by Bob Bowné. “Man impersonates a sea gull.” October 4, 2015. The non-fishing pier in Ocean Grove, NJ. Special to Blogfinger. © Click image to enlarge.
TONY BENNETT:
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove beachfront, Ocean Grove Historical Society, Ocean Grove history, Ocean Grove history by Blogfinger, Ocean Grove lifestyle, Ocean Grove memorabilia, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography: girls in summer clothes, tagged Bathing Beauties in Ocean Grove, Girls in their summer clothes, ies, Ocean Grove lifeguards on January 6, 2019| 3 Comments »
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.
This was originally posted in June, 2015 on BF. But each year we pay attention to girls in their summer clothes. It is a tradition for our seashore community.
Ocean Grove beach, late 1800’s. Courtesy of Ted Bell author of: Images of America—Ocean Grove. © 2000.
Source: hanging at the HSOG museum. Blogfinger photo
By contrast, here is a photograph taken in summer, 2018 on the OG boards. What a difference 140 years can make in beach fashions:
Coup de foudre: (“Love at first sight.) Paul Goldfinger photo. Summer, 2018. OG boards. ©
The June day in 2015 (below) started out rainy and chilly, but later in the day it became Sunny and Cher; it warmed up a bit, but it was still windy.
I went on the boardwalk and saw lifeguards at their stations. A green flag was flying along with “Old Glory.” But no one was swimming. In fact no one was in the water.
OG lifeguards. 6/6/15 Blogfinger photo © All photographs by Paul Goldfinger, Editor @ Blogfinger. (except for the one by Ted Bell dated 1880.) Click to enlarge all photos.
I walked up to one of the lifeguard stands and joked with the guards who stayed at their post, like soldiers guarding a “no-man’s land.” An older guard, “Cowboy Dave” was sitting in the rescue boat, 10 gallon hat on and blue sunglasses, but he was facing the water. He is either the first or the last in the lifeboat. He said that he is from OG and that this is his 16th summer as a lifeguard. He reminds me of Robert Duvall smelling napalm in the morning. (Apocalypse Now)
Cowboy Dave. 6/06/15. Blogfinger photo ©
I asked him if he saw any bathing beauties go by, because all that was out there was the surf. He pointed to some young ladies about 100 yards away who were the only ones on the beach, to the north. Clearly this was not a “no-woman’s land.”
They wore some pretty small bathing suits, so it seemed like a good public interest news photo- op for Blogfinger.
OG bathers. (Left to right) Hannah, Tui, Danielle, and Amelia. 6/6/15. Blogfinger photo © Click image to enlarge the bathing suits.
When I walked to their location, it seemed like I should ask them why they are in Ocean Grove on such a bleak day. I was thinking that they looked like they should be in Asbury Park. I did not comment on their attire, but you can’t help but notice that this is much different than 1880.
As it turns out, they are coeds who are camping at Allaire State Park where they are renting a yurt. They were having a great time just being together and laughing and talking and telling yurt jokes. They said that they preferred Ocean Grove’s beach to any others. One of them had come to OG as a child.
They especially singled out Days Ice Cream and the summer tents as favorite spots. I only had one BF card which I gave them to photograph and share.
I said goodbye and walked back to the lifeguards offering to sell them the names of the young ladies. They seemed interested, but ultimately I suggested that they get the names themselves.
So who says that we live in Ocean Grave? It’s time to bury that nickname.
Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger
Saturday, June 6, 2015, Ocean Grove beach.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (live)
