Posted in Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged Hot Chelle Rae, Photo: Main Avenue---Ocean Grove on March 27, 2026| 1 Comment »
Main Avenue. Ocean Grove, New Jersey. September, 2012. by Paul Goldfinger
What we have here is a 2012 downtown girl.
That doesn’t mean that she is a “Downtown Girl” like in the song below by Hot Chelle Rae from Nashville. Their downtown girl has red lips and “those hips are turning heads.” — PG
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged Florida Arboretum, Photo: Naples on January 16, 2026|
Naples, Florida Arboretum. Paul Goldfinger, 2012
BOB DYLAN: “Stardust” from his album Triplicate
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged Captiva Island, Florida, Photo: Stranger at sunset on January 3, 2026| 1 Comment »
Paul Goldfinger sundown image on Captiva Island. Florida. 2023
Notice anyone unusual on the beach? Sorry for the small image. It’s a snapshot. PG
ANDY WILLIAMS:
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Color, Photography by Bob Bowne, tagged Elsie Bianchi, Van Sant airfield on November 20, 2025|
Van Sant airfield in Bucks County. Photo Bob Bowne. October, 2014 . Click on image. . Special to Blogfinger.net. Click once to enlarge
Paul,
Took a little ride yesterday on my motorcycle to the Van Sant Airport…. or…maybe I just got in the time machine again and pushed the back button! These guys were having a blast!
Bob
ELSIE BIANCHI: (Flying to the moon with a bass player and in 3/4 time)
Posted in Music: The Power to Enchant, Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged Music. Bob Dylan on October 2, 2025|
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged Oh what a night by the Dells, Wesley Lake at night on August 17, 2025|
Posted in Around town with Jean, Photographic Gallery, Color, Photographs by Jean Bredin, Photography: girls in summer clothes, tagged Around town with Jean, Street musicians on April 29, 2025| 1 Comment »
Provincetown, Mass. By Jean Bredin. With that dress on, who’s looking at the stars? Blogfinger staff © Click to enlarge.
From Jean:
Hi Paul,
Street musicians are plentiful in Provincetown.. I took this picture today.
She was singing country folk, and darned good at that.
Jean
ps I liked the pic of Boardwalk Entertainer you just posted….
THE ROULETTES “I See a Star.” Who says these ’50’s songs sound alike? But who cares, this is a slow number, so lower the lights in the gym and find Gloria for this dance.
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Color, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography Ft. Myers, tagged PHOTO: Southern Exposure on February 16, 2025| 1 Comment »
Ft. Myers, Florida. By Paul Goldfinger .
DEAN JONES AND SUSAN BROWNING “Barcelona” from Stephen Sondheim’s Company. Original cast album.
Posted in Music, Photo gallery: Europe, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged Photograph from Bordeaux france on February 7, 2025|
Paul Goldfinger St. Emilion, France. Dordogne region. Growers of Bordeaux wine. Silver gelatin dark room print by the photographer. Click once for full view.
SIDNEY BECHET (soprano sax) with “Si Tu Vois Ma Mere” from the Woody Allen film Midnight in Paris.
Posted in Blogfinger contest, Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged Name this object and win a prize, Some kind of wonderful by Carole King on January 31, 2025| 8 Comments »
Ocean Grove, New Jersey. May 31, 2013. Paul Goldfinger photo.
Anna Murphey wins the prize.
CAROLE KING. “Some Kind of Wonderful.”
Posted in Music from the movies, Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged Fishing for swordfish at Wegmans on January 27, 2025|
Swordfish. Wegmans’ fish department, Ocean Store. May 18, 2013. Paul Goldfinger photo. Click photo for full view
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor Blogfinger.net
When I go fishing, I go to Wegmans because you can definitely catch a fish there. As the hunter in the family, the modern-day version of the cave man, you have to confront danger in the Wegmans parking lot and then finesse your way around all the other game hunters in the store, the most crafty being the young multi-tasking moms racing around pushing little kids driving basket trucks.
Then I bring home the game: fish or chicken or whatever. As a kid, sometimes I would complain to my mother that she should cook something different, and she would say, “Sure, as soon as they invent a new animal.”
Swordfish skeleton from the National Museum of Natural History. Internet photo
Anyhow, I turn over my fish to the gatherer in our house—Eileen, who fires up the stove and cooks it like the gatherers of old.
Do you think the cavemen ate sushi? They probably did before they invented fire. I should listen again to Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner’s record of the Two Thousand Year Old Man to find out. Today those guys are probably eating bagels and lox at the Carnegie Deli or Russ and Daughters in New York City.
Hemingway with a marlin that he caught off Cuba. Marlin can weigh 500 pounds and are related to the swordfish.
The catch of the day today at Wegmans is swordfish. Xiphias glades is a powerful and fast fish which has no teeth. But it has a sword to slash its prey. They gave me a sword in the Navy, but I didn’t dare take it out of its sheath. It’s currently in my Ocean Grove bedroom in case a Barbary pirate invades my house.
I took a photo of the swordfish before the Wegmans’ chefs dismantle it for barbecue steaks this weekend.
Did I buy swordfish? No, I chose cod loins so that Eileen can make some sort of French/Italian heart-healthy dish that she does so well over our campfire in the Blogcave in Ocean Grove. Then, if I can persuade her, we can jump into the Blogmobile and go for Days’ ice cream, something the cave men sadly never experienced.
—-Paul Goldfinger, Editor
Fred Mollin and the Blue Sea Band from the Disney film Ratatouille
Posted in Music, Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged French food and music, Photo: Crepe truck on November 13, 2024|
Channel District. Tampa, Florida. By Paul Goldfinger, Blogfinger.net
If you eat French food, you need a little French music : “Que Reste T-il De Nos Amours” (tr. What remains of our love?) By Charles Trenet
Posted in Photographic Gallery, Color, tagged A portrait at the Waffle House, Bill Frisell--One of These Days, Ordering eggs in North Carolina on October 12, 2024| 3 Comments »
“Eggs Whale.” Alma at the Waffle House. By Paul Goldfinger 2013 ©
This portrait was taken at Waffle House #314 in Weldon, North Carolina. Eileen ordered her eggs well done, and the waitress called out to the chef, “Eggs whale.”
As she was making change, I made this photo. I said, “..took your picture.”
She said, “Thank you.”
The Waffle House is our favorite restaurant when traveling on Route 95 through the south. See our prior post (link below) regarding the Waffle House chain. —PG
BILL FRISELL: “One of These Days” from the Nashville album. The vocalist is Robin Holcomb (b. 1954 Georgia)
