THE CROWS:
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Relaxing at the front window of “Odyssey V1.0.” This is what coffee man Joey Lipp hoped for. Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff photo. © Ocean Grove, Jan. 18, 2019.
By Jean Bredin. Reporter at Blogfinger.net. Ocean Grove, NJ, USA
“A cold dank day in Ocean Grove. Thought I’d head to Odyssey for a cup of brew.
“This coffee house is already morphing into a destination: Cool music in the background, chatter from customers having their coffee, students reading…
“I was lucky to be sitting in the front window, by the door, watching the world go by.
“People coming and going greeting me with a smile, and then saying, “Have a nice day” when they were leaving.
“How did I get so lucky?”
Cast of ON THE TOWN. Leonard Bernstein:
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RAY WATERS AND HIS ORCHESTRA:
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DAFT PUNK: “Get Lucky”
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Nagle’s. July, 2014. Nighttime in Ocean Grove. Bewitched and bewildered. Paul Goldfinger photograph. Click once to enlarge.
By Paul Goldfinger, MD, Editor @Blogfinger.
A little girl in a long red t -shirt is standing in front of Nagle’s clutching an ice cream. She seems a little bewildered by all the people, especially in a nighttime setting when she might normally be in bed; and then Mom leans over and scoops her up to safety. Another magic moment in Ocean Grove.
MARVIN GAYE:
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Ocean Grove, NJ, USA. Main Avenue. July 26, 2014. Paul Goldfinger photo. Click once on photo to enlarge.
By Jennifer—guest reporter. Blogfinger.net
I remember the first time I ever visited this town, as if it were just yesterday. My spouse and I had the perfect day at the beach, enjoyed a fantastic dinner al fresco at the Sea Grass, then took a walk to the Boardwalk to smell that ocean breeze, hear those summer night’s crickets at work and then to walk back along the magically lit Main Avenue’s trees to guide us to the Nagle’s line for an ice cream cone.
While waiting in line, our smiles widened as our spirits were in cloud nine listening to an older man singing songs to music played by a keyboardist, while in front of Nagles. People crowded around in their beach chairs, intently listening and appreciating this special slice of Ocean Grove heaven. We reached the window to retrieve our ice cream, and I made eye contact with the gentleman singing, as he sang to me–we both smiled at each other and I danced to his tune.
It was at that very moment…that soul to soul connected special moment that I blurted out to my spouse — that we were going to move into this town by the Spring.
On the first day of Spring, we bought our home and we continue to live happily ever after in this charming town.
I can’t exactly relive that most perfect simple day again, but we will try to create similar memories like those again and again.
—-Jennifer
KENNY VANCE and the PLANOTONES soundtrack of Looking For an Echo:
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GLEE CAST:
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KATHERINE HO: From the soundtrack of Crazy Rich Asians. “Yellow”
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ANNE MURRAY