Jean Bredin. October 4, 2018. ©
The little gull in the turquoise dress attracts the interest of the big white gull who hopes to find a snack.
THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS: “Ebb Tide.”
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October on Ocean Grove beach: Around town with Jean
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We’re having a heat wave….Around town with Jean.
Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Around town with Jean, Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Ocean Grove weather, Photographs by Jean Bredin, tagged OG heat wave in February 2018 on February 20, 2018| 1 Comment »
Auditorium Park on a warm February afternoon. Plenty of empty benches,; 67 degrees. Everyone is in Florida. Rain is coming
By Jean Bredin 2/20/18 © Blogfinger.net
MARTH REEVES AND THE VANDELLAS (Motown 50th anniversary)
Progress at the North End Boardwalk
Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Ocean Grove boardwalk restoration, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photographs by Jean Bredin, tagged Ocean Grove boardwalk on January 31, 2018|
Debris was being loaded into a dump truck this morning. Jean Bredin photo Blogfinger staff. © Jan 31, 2018.
PAOLO NUTINI AND THE PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND
The Single Family Homes in the Grove Movement is alive and well in our town.
Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove issues, Ocean Grove land use issues, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Photographs by Jean Bredin, tagged New homes in Ocean Grove on January 31, 2018| 5 Comments »
New Victorian on north side of Ocean Pathway, Manchester site. Jean Bredin photo for Blogfinger.net. 1/31/18. ©
Paul Goldfinger, MD, Editor @Blogfinger.
Amateur historical architects are already raving about this home under construction on Ocean Avenue—a work in progress. Our consultant has a one word review of this project so far, “WOW!”
Johnny on the spot evokes the old days when there were outhouses. We assume that there will eventually be indoor plumbing.
Besides the welcoming sight of this single family home going up where condominiums were once proposed—at the Manchester Inn location before it was destroyed by fire, other new Victorians (four of them) are actively under construction at the Whitfield Hotel site (Bath and Surf Avenues.) Recently #19 Bath Avenue reached the market at $1.25 million. #17 was similarly priced. As far as we can tell, no condos are presently in the works.
Link to the Whitfield construction site:
Whitfield single family houses
The owner of the Warrington who is suing the Township because he wants a hotel (? or condos) on his Lake Avenue property, the site of a huge fire last March which destroyed that hotel, might take notice of what happened to the Manchester and the Whitfield, and back off—choosing instead to put up one or two single family homes over there as well.
It would be good if the OGCMA (who owns all the land in town) would pay attention to the Master Plan and support the Single Family Homes in the Grove Movement–to join with the citizens of Ocean Grove who are solidly behind that concept.
The CMA might begin by pressuring the Warrington owner to change his vision for that site and then top it off by withdrawing their support for the aggressive and destructive North End Redevelopment Plan.
ROSEMARY CLOONEY:
Around town with Jean: Becca, a Weasette and a lifeguard–an OG double play.
Posted in Around town with Jean, Girls in summer clothes Jersey shore, Girls in summer clothes Ocean Grove, Ocean Grove Gallery, Photographs by Jean Bredin, tagged Girls in their summer clothes Ocean Grove, The Tempos on Blogfiner on June 22, 2017|
Becca Hamilton, Weaser fan. Ocean Grove. September , 2015. Photo © by Jean Bredin, Blogfinger.net staff. Re-posted from 2015. Worth a second look and a chocolate ice.
Says Jean Bredin: “Becca Hamilton from Ocean Grove is an OG lifeguard. I was curious how long has she been enjoying Weaser’s ices. .’Since I was 2 years old, she exclaimed! ‘ She’s a great representative for Weaser’s, our lifeguards, and girls in their summer clothes !”
THE TEMPOS. From the film American Graffiti.
Around Town with Jean: “Happy days are here again.”
Posted in Around town with Jean, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Ocean Grove Main Avenue news, Photographs by Jean Bredin on April 30, 2017| 1 Comment »
Nagle’s in Ocean Grove. An 80 degree spring day. Chartreuse is the new black. By Jean Bredin. 4/29/17. Blogfinger staff ©
Jean says,
“Happy days are here again,
The skies above are clear again,
Nagle’s’ line is really long again
Happy days are here again.”
GLEE CAST channels Streisand:
“Not a creature was stirring…” Around town with Jean.
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photographs by Jean Bredin, tagged Around town with Jean in Ocean Grove on March 29, 2017|
Ocean Grove. March 28, 2017. By Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff. ©
Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Jean Bredin says:
“It was a cold, dark, stark night in Ocean Grove.
Not a creature was stirring.
Not even a mouse.
The only things lively, were the flags, blowing in the breeze by the Boardwalk and Main Ave.
With the spotlights shining on them, it was a sight for sore eyes.”
JOHN RUTTER AND THE CAMBRIDGE SINGERS “A Gaelic Blessing:”
“Deep peace of the running wave to you.
Deep peace of the flowing air to you.
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.
Deep peace of the shining stars to you.
Deep peace of the gentle night to you.
Moon and stars pour their healing light on you.”
The Casino “music man” won’t let the music fade away–even in the winter.
Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Around town with Jean, Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Photographs by Jean Bredin, tagged Paul Echlin music on February 26, 2017| 1 Comment »
Around town with Jean: Paul Eichlin recreates music of another era. Photo by Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff. Feb. 26, 2017. ©
Jean says:
“Paul Eichlin of Ocean Grove is an icon sitting in the middle of the cold, dank Casino building on the Boardwalk playing his songs that sound like you’re on the carousel in an amusement park. He could sit out in the warm sunshine, but the acoustics are divine inside the building.
“He sits with his two buckets. One for tips, one for his cigarette butts, I guess. How he manages to play and dangle a butt in his mouth at the same time is part of his persona.”
Editor’s note: Blogfinger posted an item about Paul last summer. Click on the link below to hear a sample of the sort of music he plays. Paul’s music is nostalgic and is reminiscent of carnivals, merry-go-rounds, and cotton candy.
I think we will record him live next July when the air is thick with the aromas of summer. —-PG
Around town with Jean: magic over Wesley Lake
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Ocean Grove magic moments, Ocean Grove photographs, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, Photographs by Jean Bredin, Photography at The Jersey Shore, Photography: Nocturnal Ocean Grove, tagged Wesley Lake at night on December 13, 2016|
Wesley Lake. By Jean Bredin, , Blogfinger staff. Dec 12, 2016/ ©
From Jean: “I walked across the Wesley Lake Bridge late this afternoon, and was struck by the reflections. They seemed to magically camaflouge the unsightly condition of the Lake.
“Maybe there’s hope…..”
THE CITY OF PRAGUE ORCHESTRA “Octopussy—All Time High”” from the James Bond movie collection.
Pearl Harbor Day: December 7, 2016
Posted in Photographs by Jean Bredin, tagged God bless America in Ocean Grove on December 6, 2016|
Chutes and ladders. Around town with Jean.
Posted in Around town with Jean, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Photographs by Jean Bredin on August 25, 2016| 1 Comment »
Jean Bredin photo, Blogfinger staff. August 25, 2016. Ocean Grove. ©
It seems that Jean was lifting her eyes unto the Lord when she saw this scene. Thank goodness there are painters around who are fearless on ladders except these guys who are finding reasons to stay on the ground floor.
THE ELDORADOS
Around town with Jean: Staying cool on the Ocean Grove pier.
Posted in Around the Grove with Jean Bredin, Around town with Jean, Photographs by Jean Bredin, tagged Summer in Ocean Grove on June 22, 2016|
Summertime on the pier. Evoking memories. Photo by Jean Bredin. June, 2016. Blogfinger staff ©
BLAH, BLAH, BLAH “Fifties.”
Around town with Jean: Neptune High School graduation at the Great Auditorium
Posted in Ocean Grove events, Ocean Grove lifestyles, Ocean Grove magic moments, Photographs by Jean Bredin, tagged Neptune High School graduation 2016 on June 21, 2016|
From Jean: “The mood was celebratory in Auditorium Park as hundreds of graduates proudly held their diplomas, balloons, and flowers! Good Luck Graduates.”
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