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Lighthouse Beach. Sanibel Island, Florida. Re-post.   November 2012. By Paul Goldfinger.  Then try to click on the image.  Look before you read the comments.

 

IMUS RANCH ALBUM:   “You Better Move On”

 

 

“Storm Clouds over Jersey Fats.” 2012.  Paul Goldfinger photo. We wrote then that “Prevention Does Work”.  I t was a terrific start, but now we know a lot more,  These guidelines from the Government will make a significant impact on health for all.

 

 

 

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW. This is very  important.  Blogfinger medical will comment later after we study these remarkable guidelines.

 

realfood.gov

 

So, behave yourselves.   Here’s Hank  Williams.

 

Wintery Central Park…

Paul Goldfinger. Central Park South . NYC.

 

 

London Philharmonic Orchestra:    Academy Award Music:      “Lara’s Theme” from Doctor Zhivago.

 

 

Auditorium Square Park. July, 2016. Paul Goldfinger photo ©

Auditorium Square Park. July, 2016. Paul Goldfinger photo ©   Click image to enlarge.

 

NORAH JONES  “Carnival Town”      From her album Feels Like Home.

 

Casual dining off Cookman. Asbury Park.  Paul Goldfinger photo. 2021.

 

Asbury Park continues to find itself.  That will be better than to constantly focus on Cookman Avenue. Their boardwalk is exciting in season, but throngs of tourists show up.

It seems that Asbury is  beginning to focus on their residential population which doesn’t only  mean wealthy buyers of expensive condominiums.  But you can see many small buildings being occupied by families whose interests lie with the schools, diversity, a growing art scene including music,  performing arts  and religion.

Undoubtedly the next area to develop will be Main Street, but can they steer that into a place of cultural varieties including cuisines, which can be designated consciously  for lower and middle class residents and visitors?    Another Cookman will be a mistake.

Inexpensive housing is needed for young people just starting out, couples, poor, and working folks.   And can the forces of segregation be addressed?   And try to attract 20-30 somethings with new ideas and interests.

How about a college campus extension in town?  What about a Jewish school or a Catholic school with uniforms?

And one of my interests is music but can the planners recognize jazz, country, The American Songbook, pop,  classical Latin and other music languages–including street musicians and small combo’s like New Orleans?    And how about more variety in shopping?

It’s too bad O. Grove hasn’t been breaking into different directions.

Good luck to them as A. Park moves ahead to be a place for all the people.

 

BILLY JOEL:   “Leave a Tender Moment.”

 

 

Paul  Goldfinger,  Editor Blogfinger.net

Eileen’s cod with cherry tomatoes. Photo by Eileen. 7/21/21 ©

 

 

Recipe by Eileen Goldfinger,  Food Editor, Blogfinger.net

 

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 pound cod loin

1 tbsp searing flour

1 tbsp paprika

10 cherry tomatoes, halved

4 scallions, diced

1/4 cup dry white wine

4 tbsp margarine  (or butter)

3 cloves garlic, grated

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper

2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

1/2 lemon, juiced

 

 

PREPARATION:

Butterfly the thick section of the loin so that the piece of fish is the same thickness throughout.

Rub both sides of the cod with searing flour  and then with paprika.

In a 10 or 12 inch non-stick frying pan add 1 tbsp of margarine and 2 tbsps of extra virgin olive oil and heat on medium until margarine melts.

Next add cod to pan and brown on both sides, approximately 10 minutes.

Remove fish from pan and set aside.

Add the remaining margarine to the pan.

Heat on medium low until margarine melts.

Add tomatoes, scallions, garlic, salt and pepper to the pan and sauté for 10 minutes or until the scallions and tomatoes begin to wilt.

Then add white wine and lemon juice.

Stir all ingredients and add cod back into pan.

Using a spoon drizzle the sauce over the fish as it cooks–approximately 10 minutes or when the fish becomes opaque.

 

Serves 2

 

THE DANLEERS  “One Summer Night”

 

Mt. Hermon Way, Ocean Grove. Dec. 5, 2016. By Paul Goldfinger ©

Mt. Hermon Way, Ocean Grove.   By Paul Goldfinger.

 

JOE BROWN: It starts with a ukulele and then picks up an orchestral component later. At times it sounds like a balalaika component.

 

 

Central Park at 5th Avenue and East 85th Street. Paul Goldfinger photo. Silver gelatin print. © Blogfinger.net

Central Park at 5th Avenue and East 85th Street. Paul Goldfinger photo. Silver gelatin darkroom print. © Blogfinger.net  Click to enlarge

 

 

JUDY COLLINS:    “Who Knows Where the Time Goes?”  From the album Christmas in New  York

 

“Across the morning  sky, all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it’s time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming
I have no thought of time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?”

 

 

 

End of the day, August 27, 2016. Ocean Grove © Paul Goldfinger photo ©

End of the day, August 27, 2016. Ocean Grove © Paul Goldfinger photo ©  Click and stand at attention, hand over your heart.

 

ELLA FITZGERALD AND THE PAUL WESTON ORCHESTRA

 

Embury Avenue block party. Blogfinger photo

Embury Avenue block party. Paul Goldfinger. photo. 2013. Ocean Grove, NJ

 

Saturday, September 15, 2013.

This year, the Embury Avenue block party once again featured a series of big bands and ensembles performing in driveways and porches while the neighbors chowed down in the street.

This is an impressive event, with high quality jazz, dixieland and big band music.  It’s a shame that this could not have been shared with the whole town somehow.  Anyhow, it was a wonderful happening in the Grove: unique and marvelous.  Congratulations  to the organizers.  —-Paul Goldfinger,  Editor Blogfinger.net

 

BELOW IS WALT TORIE’S DIXIELAND BAND playing on Gail Shaffer’s porch.  Video by Eileen Goldfinger

 

Caroline has 50 hats. She loves these hand crafted raffia hats crocheted in Madagascar.  The colors are amazing.  Paul Goldfinger photo. 1/10/18. Lakes Park, Ft. Myers, Fla.

 

LENA HORNE   from the 1940’s Broadway show “St Louis Woman”  with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

"Free and easy, that's my style
Howdy-do me, watch me smile
Fare-thee-well me after a while
'Cause I gotta roam
And any place I hang my hat is home."



									
New York City street series. 2011. By Paul Goldfinger

New York City street series. 2011. By Paul Goldfinger   Click once to enlarge.   Blogfinger.net.

The Fleet Foxes are a rock group from Washington State.  This song “Montezuma” is from the TV series “Girls” on HBO. The music is from the season one soundtrack.  The Fleet Foxes are known for their lyrics and their harmonies.   The photograph is from Fifth Avenue in lower Manhattan.—-PG

“i wonder if I’ll see any faces above me
or just cracks in the ceiling
nobody else to blame?

“Oh man what I used to be
Oh man oh my oh me
Oh man that I used to be
Oh man oh my oh me”

 

Revolution Tehran

Tehran. Citizens take to the streets. 12/4/25. 8 PM. Paul Goldfinger image  from Tousi TV live broadcast.  Blogfinger.net.  Ocean Grove  NJ, USA.

Anne Hathaway. from Les Miserables: