Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Paul Goldfinger photo © 2013. Blogfinger.net.
THE DIXIE CUPS:
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Chapel of Love
Posted in Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, tagged Chapel of Love, Dr. Hook's wedding song on September 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Rain? What rain?
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography at The Jersey Shore, tagged Walking in the rain in Ocean Grove on September 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Ocean Grove. July 18, 2019. Paul Goldfinger photograph. Blogfinger.net ©
LOS LOBOS from the original soundtrack of La Bamba.
Play it again Sam
Posted in Ocean Grove lifestyles, Ocean Grove Musical Event, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, tagged Street musician Ocean Grove on September 9, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Street musician. Main Avenue, Ocean Grove. September 2012. Paul Goldfinger photo © Re-posted from September, 2015.
BLOSSOM DEARIE “It Might as well be Spring” (performed in French)
“I’m as busy as a spider spinning daydreams
I’m as giddy as a baby on a swing
I haven’t seen a crocus or a rosebud
Or a robin on the wing”
Memories on the beach in Ocean Grove: 2015
Posted in Memories are made of this on Blogfinger, Ocean Grove events, Ocean Grove Gallery, Photograph by Bob Bowné, Photographic Gallery: New Jersey, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography at The Jersey Shore, Photography by Bob Bowne, tagged Bob Bowne´photography, Memorial service in Ocean Grove New Jersey on August 31, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Bob Bowné captures an intriguing image. It was a memorial service on the Ocean Grove beach. November, 2015. Special to Blogfinger © Click to enlarge.
KAREN O. and EZRA KOENIG. “The Moon Song”
Into white….
Posted in Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography at The Jersey Shore, tagged girls at the Ocean Grove beach on August 31, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Shift shaper in the Grove…
Posted in Ocean Grove art, Ocean Grove beachfront, Ocean Grove photographs, OG wildlife news, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography at The Jersey Shore, Photography by Moe Demby, Photography Nights in Ocean Grove, Photography: Nocturnal Ocean Grove on August 25, 2022| 1 Comment »
Ocean Grove beach. Winter. By Moe Demby, Blogfinger staff © Click to enlarge.
A.R. RAHMAN From the film The Hundred Foot Journey. “You Complete Me.”
What’ya say? Let’s leave Ocean Grove’s North End alone!
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove controversies, Ocean Grove North End Redevelopment Plan, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography at The Jersey Shore, Photography Nights in Ocean Grove, tagged Ocean Grove north end boardwalk, Ocean Grove North End Redevelopment Plan on August 24, 2022| 3 Comments »
A. Park looking through the looking-glass* into O. Grove’s North End. Paul Goldfinger ©
Evening at the OG North End. Paul Goldfinger photograph. ©
- “Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There” is the name of Lewis Carroll’s 1872 book. (just a few years after OG was founded.)
- Alice found a wondrous world. (as we find every day at our beautiful open-to-the-ocean North End) but also Alice found that logic was reversed, as it is in the hands of all the North End culprits who are supposed to be doing right for the people of Ocean Grove.
Ya know: If you walk on our boards, for most of the distance, you cannot see the beach or the ocean. That is because of the dunes created after Sandy. People used to set up chairs near the boardwalk railing or towels to relax, get some sun and admire the view. The same for the benches that face east. But you can still do that at the North End of Ocean Grove…”for the people, of the people, and by the people .”
The beach and ocean front are supposed to be reserved for we-the-people for recreation, swimming, fishing, etc by order of laws going back to Roman times.
But the forthcoming North End development will block the views and the flow of breezes, and the light for visitors and those who live in that neighborhood.
And can this re-development plan stand up to our Master Plan? Let’s hope that the HPC can stand its ground,
But don’t depend on the Home Groaners. They have been on the wrong side of all this since 2008.
RYAN GOSLING AND EMMA STONE from La La Land: “A Lovely Night.”
Tell me on a Sunday…
Posted in Ocean Grove Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography at The Jersey Shore, Photography Nights in Ocean Grove, tagged Ocean Grove story on August 4, 2022| Leave a Comment »
A tale of two bicycles on a Sunday in Ocean Grove. Paul Goldfinger © Sundays also change in the Grove
DENISE VAN OUTEN:
Noturnal crossing to the other side. Ocean Grove stares over to A. Park
Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Blogfinger Presents, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photographic Gallery: New Jersey, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography Nights in Ocean Grove, Photography nocturnal Asbury Park, tagged Bridge to Asbury Park, Rufus Wainwright on Blogfinger on July 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Bridge to somewhere. Ocean Grove. Paul Goldfinger © Blogfinger.net New Jersey Avenue crossing. Click to enlarge this night scene.
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT from (live) Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall: “If Love Were All.”
A musical riddle on Blogfinger:
Posted in Blogfinger Music Department, Faces in the Grove, Photo news from Ocean Grove, Photograph by Paul Goldfinger, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photography: Ocean Grove portraits, tagged Ronald Naldi in Ocean Grove, Ronald Naldi Metropolitan opera on July 13, 2022| 1 Comment »
Ronald Naldi, tenor, in front of his Ocean Grove tent, a short walk to the Great Auditorium. Paul Goldfinger photo, Blogfinger.net. ©
Q: Where in the world can you meet a world famous opera singer, wearing a lavender sport jacket, emerging from his tent home, about to leave for his recital—one block away?
A. Ocean Grove, New Jersey, USA. Only in America.
I was on my way by bike to Ronald Naldi’s Sunday afternoon recital, when I spotted the man himself, getting his wardrobe organized on his porch, having just emerged from his tent, i.e. his summer home in Ocean Grove.
I made a U turn and stopped in front of his abode. Ron, a lyric tenor, artist-in-residence each summer in the Grove, was almost ready. For those of you who don’t know of him, he is a major star with the Metropolitan Opera in NYC.
I reminded him of who I was, but he was well aware of our Ocean Grove blog. Actually I knew that from a prior telephone interview, but I wasn’t sure he would recognize me. He cheerfully and enthusiastically agreed when I asked to photograph him in front of his tent. His concert would start in about 15 minutes, so we didn’t chat much, but he did give me the Blogfinger quote of the year:
He said, “I love Blogfinger.…it is the best blog in the world.”
Holy mackerel! “Thank you,” I blurted out, “I promise a good review for your concert.” Goodness—-what a lame thing to say.
He laughed. I jumped on my bike pedaling off towards the Youth Temple—visions of sugar plum fairies dancing in my head.
The next time I saw him was when he strode on stage for what Shelley Brown of OG calls “The best concert of the year in Ocean Grove.”
Needless to say, the recital was superb.
—Paul Goldfinger, Editor @blogfinger
RONALD NALDI from his album of Neapolitan Songs. “Rondine al Nido”