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With thunder in the distant south and the threat of lightening, life guards ordered the ocean and the beach vacated at 2:45pm on Saturday 7-16-16. By Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff. ©

Prosper Bellizia:  “With thunder in the distant south and the threat of lightening, life guards ordered the ocean and the beach vacated at 2:45 pm on Saturday 7-16-16.”    Photo by Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff. ©

For a second I thought it was my people making a hurried  exit from Egypt:     “Quick  Ma, grab the bagels and cream cheese”—PG

 

JULIE RAFFERTY  from THE FANTASTICKS

 

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Paul Goldfinger ©.Sanibel Island Lighthouse, Florida. c 2016. Tri-X Collection. Click to enlarge.

WARREN VACHE´AND FRIENDS.  Houston Person (tenor sax) and Nicki Parrott (vocal.)  “Only Trust Your Heart”   Written by Benny Carter.

“Never trust your dreams
When you’re about to fall in love
Or your dreams will quickly fall apart
So if you’re smart, really smart
Only trust your heart.”

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“Falcon. Sunday afternoon at the Pilgrim Hotel on Main Avenue.”   By Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff © 1/21/18

 

LANG LANG    “Remembering Marilyn.”

 

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Ocean Grove North End Beach. Sept. 16, 2015. By Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff. ©

Ocean Grove North End Beach. Sept. 16, 2015. By Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff. ©   Reposted from 9/16/15.

Prosper Bellizia:  “Goodbye to the summer. Lifeguard stands piled up in a row September 16, 2015 at the North End Beach, Ocean Grove.”

CAROL KING:

 

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Ocean Grove North End. 6/4/16. Photo by Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff. ©

 

6/4/17 OG North End. By Prosper Bellizia. ©

 

6/4/17 Blogfinger photo.

One of our roving reporters, Prosper Bellizia was at the North End today, Sunday, June 4, when he observed some used cars for sale.

He said, “Paul, these two cars are on exhibit for sale by a used car sales company  Team Princeton  at the North End parking lot on Sunday June 4 at 10:45 am.   This could be the start of something big!”

Do you think the Zoning board would award a use variance for this?  Anything’s possible when it comes to special favors from the big shots in Neptune Township.

But is it historic to sell cars in our historic town? Well, it could be argued that there is a precedent when a 19th century buggy man sold a horse and carriage in the same neighborhood.  Maybe the HPC would allow it?  The historical society wouldn’t object, and the Committee could declare it a zone in need of some businesses.

Maybe Steve Vita could put a showroom in the White Whale.  Have a lobster roll and take a test drive on the Ocean Pathway.

And guys, if you get the right car, you too could have the Boswell Sisters sing this song to you in the morning , but don’t forget the wedding ring.

 

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Saturday, August 20, 2016. By Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff. ©

Saturday, August 20, 2016. Ocean Grove, NJ.  By Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff. ©

KARRIN ALLLYSON      “Many a New Day”  from Oklahoma by Rodgers and Hammerstein.

“Many a light lad may kiss and fly
A kiss gone by is bygone
Never have I asked an August sky
Where has last July gone?”

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Tent reconstruction behind the Great Auditorium. Photo by Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff. ©  3/27/16  Ocean Grove

Tent reconstruction behind the Great Auditorium. Photo by Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff. © 3/27/16 Ocean Grove

PINK MARTINI  “Clementine”

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Ocean Grove.  January 10, 2016. By Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff. ©

Ocean Grove. January 10, 2016. By Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff. ©

JOHN WILLIAMS AND ITZHAK PERLMAN (violin)  The theme from the movie  Il Postino

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48 Main Avenue, former home of the Barbaric Bean. Photo by Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff. ©

48 Main Avenue, former home of the Barbaric Bean.  But where’s the bay?  Sept. 11, 2015.  Photo by Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff. ©

DON AZPIAZU and the HAVANA CASINO ORCHESTRA  “Amor Sincero.”

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Chateau Des Alpilles. 19th century inn in southern France. Paul Goldfinger photo. © Silver gelatin darkroom  print. Blogfinger.net

Chateau Des Alpilles. 19th century mansion in southern France. 21 rooms and a first class restaurant.  Paul Goldfinger photo. © Silver gelatin darkroom print. Blogfinger.net. Click to enlarge.

JERRY ORBACH   by Richard Rodgers (music) and Lorenz Hart (lyrics) 1936.

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Ted Bell at the Postcard show, Auditorium Pavilion. OG. August 20154.

Ted Bell at the postcard show, Auditorium Pavilion. OG. August 2015. Paul Goldfinger portrait. ©  Blogfinger.net.

 

Wayne T. Bell is a historian who specializes in Ocean Grove.  He is an author, collector, naturalist, lecturer and raconteur.  Sometimes you can find him selling refreshments outside the Great Auditorium.  His books are for sale at the HSOG museum on Pitman Avenue near Days. He also occasionally offers words of wisdom at Blogfinger and he is a seriously funny guy—just ask Big Mama Sue.

 

BIG MAMA SUE TRIO:

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Loire Valley, Chambord, France. Grand Chateau. By Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff. © 8/16/15

Loire Valley, Chambord, France. Grand Chateau. By Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff. © 8/16/15

MADELEINE PEYROUX:

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Asbury Park facing Wesley Lake. By Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff. 8/12/15. ©

Asbury Park facing Wesley Lake. By Prosper Bellizia, Blogfinger staff. 8/12/15. ©  Click to enlarge

If you live in Ocean Grove along Lake Avenue, you see the Asbury Park skyline every day, so that evolving vista is of great concern. It affects Grovers who live there, not only because of the physical appearance but because of the growing night life that creates noise and music.

Prosper Bellizia, who took the photo above says, “Renovation has begun on the expansion of Lake House Music Academy into the vacant building next door. When it is completed it will eliminate the last piece of vacant property on west Lake Avenue in Asbury Park. ”

The big beer hall over there has been attracting very large crowds, and North End residents in OG complain about the loud music, even though the proprietors promised, when they were proposing the project, to keep that noise down.

AMY WINEHOUSE:

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