Posted in Ha-P 2 B in OG, tagged Asbury Prak, boardwalk, kite, mussels on June 24, 2010| Leave a Comment »
I like to showcase photographs that depict a subject, a place, an attitude, an event…this week I’m pleased to feature some pictures that are what I call “arty photos”. Art is Where You Find It – The Jersey Shore. Well I’m not explaining this very well so let’s have the pictures speak for themselves.
No Life Guard on Duty - CAUTION
Go Fly A Kite
Sand Script
Escaped
Under the Boardwalk
Box Office at Dawn
Mussel Beach
All of the photographs are Courtesy of Murray Head
Posted in Six Word Memoirs, tagged AARP, Larry Smith, Six-Word memoir on June 22, 2010| 4 Comments »
I happened to be reading or rather leafing through the latest edition of the AARP magazine. OH GOD what a revelation! And I put in writing!! Anyway, I came across a page entitled Six-Word Memoirs. This particular page featured Six-Word Memoirs/Cheating Death. They were great, really clever. I discovered there’s something called The Six-Word Memoir Project and I googled the term and found out that Larry Smith founded the project which is based on a literary legend. As the story goes, Ernest Hemingway was once asked to write a story in six words. His response:
“For Sale: Baby Shoes, never worn”.
The editors of Smith magazine challenged writers to craft their own six-word memoirs, and got some interesting results. Most of them sound kinda like crosses between a personal ad and a haiku… Larry and co-author, Rachel Ferschleiser also have a new book coming out; It All Changed in an Instant.
We’re all articulate and intelligent here, right?? So I’m inviting you to submit your own Six-Word Memoirs in any category. AARP has invited its readers to share a Six-Word story about their worst mistake and they’ll publish some of the best – so will !!!
Here is my Six-Word Memoir about a worst mistake although the error’s not mine. The oil spreads, fish are dead
Posted in Ha-P 2 B in OG, Nick & Nora and Flora & Fauna, tagged hydrangeas, La Vie en Rose, petunias on June 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Friends, Ha-P 2 B in OG, tagged Asbury Park, Asbury Park carousel, boardwalk, Carousel, carousel horses, casino, copper bas relief on June 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »
A couple of weeks ago, we had several out of town guests visit us in Ocean Grove for a day. We strolled along the Boardwalk and eventually we ended up in Asbury Park. It’s always fascinating to roam around the old Casino and the Carousel. I had my camera with me and decided to try to take some arty photographs.
This time I really noticed the extensive bas relief on the exterior of the Carousel; the horses, the sun faces and even sections of the buildings took on a new look when captured in the camera’s eye. My friend Murray also took some and you’ll know right away who the pro is! I always give photo credit but you won’t need it to pick his out.
Asbury Park - The Casino
Photo by Murray Head
This Mermaid Lives in Asbury Park
Photo by Murray Head
Posted in Ha-P 2 B in OG, Nick & Nora and Flora & Fauna, tagged bird feeder, black bird, sand piper, sea gull on June 18, 2010| 1 Comment »
THIS IS FOR THE BIRDS
A picture is worth a thousand words or so they say…. going forward I thought I would designate Friday as a day to share some fantastic photos with you-today is FAB FOTO FRIDAY! Let me be clear about this – they will almost NEVER be my photos. I have a dear friend, Murray who is a professional photographer and as his passion is photography he snaps interesting candid shots of kids, animals, birds and well just about anything and everything. I have been saving (read stealing) many of his photos to my hard drive. He has given me permission to share them with you.
Wingspan
Checking for Spots
Looking Over My Shoulder
Big Black Bird
Bird Feeder Fight
Photos by Murray Head
Posted in BY THE WAY, Friends, tagged Flipping the bird, plucking yew on June 18, 2010| 3 Comments »
File this under either “You’re kidding”? or ” Trivial Knowledge You’re Glad You Know So You Can Tell Someone Else”.
My friend Rachel sent this to me and I knew right away this would be good blog material. It’s pretty wild and I asked her if she thought it was accurate and apparently it came from a reliable source.
The History of the Middle Finger
Flipping the Bird
Posted in Everyday Food, Friends, Ha-P 2 B in OG, tagged Ocean Grove, summer fruit tart, Trish on June 15, 2010| 2 Comments »
Fabulous Fruit Tar
NO NO not that kind of benefits!!!! Really this is a G-rated blog! When you are friends with Trish, you not only get sun block and lunch – you also may get a taste of something she has baked. WOWIE you have NO idea just how good her apple pies are, I mean REALLY and this is coming from me, someone who is a fair cook in her own right. Trish made this fabulous fruit tart for a cook-out we had a few weeks ago. Our mutual friend, Susan, reminded me that Trish’s baking prowess is certainly worth noting. So here it is…. try not to drool on your keyboard.
Posted in Friends, Ha-P 2 B in OG, tagged Ocean Grove Vintage Car Show, Trish on June 14, 2010| 2 Comments »
The title of this blog could also be called a Tribute to Trish.
Our friend, Trish, to the rescue! Last week when we were working the Ocean Grove Flea Market in 91 degree heat, Trish stopped by our booth and took one look at how red I was getting and said “I’m coming back with some sun block for you”. AND she did! She insisted we keep the bottle and USE IT.
This week we were showing our 1958 Metropolitan at the Ocean Grove Vintage Car Show and Trish came by in the morning and said, “I’m bringing you guys tuna salad for lunch” and also offered us the use of her loo. Of course we protested about the lunch but gratefully accepted use of the facilities. Trish wasn’t taking no for an answer!
Sure enough, Lunch was Served! Trish showed up with a tray of food beautifully presented. REAL dishes! Peter had opted for a sandwich and my tuna, bean and fennel salad was delicious on a bed of greens.
Lunch is Served!
All around us other car owners looked at the two of us sitting in chairs and eating lunch on dishes and probably wondering why we had been singled out for such a luxurious lunch! WELL, it certainly helps when you have such a good and caring friend.
Thanks Trish!!
THANKS TRISH!
Posted in Ha-P 2 B in OG, tagged Met, Nash Metropolitan, Ocean Grove Main Ave, RB Express, SO CUTE, vintage car show on June 14, 2010| 4 Comments »
Saturday: 6:00am – Peter jumps out of bed. That is SO unusual that it bears repeating: 6:00am and Peter is out of bed. Why? Well this is the day of the Ocean Grove Vintage Car Show. We like to park our car on the north side of Main Avenue where we are perfectly situated for: the sun, across the street from the Barbaric Bean coffee shop and a couple of doors either way to the Bake Shop or Nagle’s (ice cream, breakfast and everything in between). So Peter figured if he drove the car over at 6:00am he would pretty much have his pick of parking spots (because the police had already cleared the street of non-participatory cars. He backed into a spot in front of Ocean Grove Hardware and walked home and crawled back in bed. The cats and I were where he left us, sprawled out and asleep.
About 9:00 we were back on Main Avenue and people had already started to walk along the street admiring the many, many vintage cars. There were some really old Fords and Packards, Mustangs from the 60’s and 70″s, a VW Beetle, a beautiful turquoise and white Ford Crown Victoria, cars in every color of the 50’s car color wheel! BUT there was ONLY ONE Metropolitan! The car draws lots of oohs and ahs and squeals of “oh it’s SO CUTE”.
The Met on display
The show was fun to do, we met lots of our neighbors and friends strolling along Main Avenue. BUT one of the best things about this vintage car show is that the Chamber of Commerce hires RB Express, a FANTASTIC singing group specializing in Doo Wop. I LOVE these guys!!! People are dancing on Main Avenue, they’re singing songs to which I know all the words and what a trip it is down memory lane. A good time was had by all. Check out the link below (the smaller print and second one down) – Blogfinger who has some great pictures of the day long event.
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Posted in BY THE WAY, From My Point of View - Personal commentary on Movies and Books, tagged Abu Dhabi, Carrie Bradshaw, Charlotte, Mario Cantone, Miranda, nymphomaniac, Samantha, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City2 on June 21, 2010| 2 Comments »
Wellllll I went to see Sex and the City2 and it was 2 long, 2 dumb, 2 short on plot, 2 predictable, and 2 cartoonish.
If this site was Rotten Tomatoes I would give it 3 rotten tomatoes which by the way is pretty close to what the movie has gotten on that site. As of tonight, Sex and the City2 has received 150 rotten tomatoes out of 179 reviews. I knew that it had been getting bad reviews but I really did want to see it. I DID enjoy the first movie and well I did hope that this one would be somewhat good. NOT!
It was too long, it dragged in places, the clothes that Carrie wore throughout the first part of the movie were ugly, Mario Cantone was totally wasted in the movie – I don’t mean he was wasted, I mean his talent was wasted. He had the most inane lines, what a disappointment! The wedding scene was so over the top gay that it was a cartoon.
When the show was on, the characters almost seemed believable; maybe because at that time, I had my daughter Chiara living with me and she and her entourage looked the part, dressed the part and partied the part! BUT in the movie tonight I felt like I was watching a cast of reality show contestants; there was Carrie and Mr. Big as the hip New York childless couple, Miranda as the smart control freak, more lawyer than lover and mother, Charlotte the obessive by the rules girl, feeling guilty because she thinks she’s supposed to feel guilty and of course Samantha the over-sexed going over the hill 4th. Samantha was probably the most caricatured character of them all. The woman who loved to love men on the show was now portrayed as an aging, hormone junkie who sits at her desk with her panties around her ankles, rubbing cream into her V Jay Jay! There is nothing attractive about a crude mouthed menopausal nymphomaniac (nymphomania is a mental illness).
Now if the movie was supposed to be a spoof, a comical satirical view of not so young single women who mostly were not single anymore, then you could overlook the over the top portrayals – but it wasn’t that kind of movie. It took itself much more seriously than that. Carrie and Mr. Big reveled in their special two-ness, their just me and you-ness.
As far as a fashion statement, I thought the clothes worn by the girls when they were in Abu Dhabi were wild and interesting and for the most part flattering. AND I guess we can expect to see that four leaf clover necklace on every pre-teenage girl in the coming months.
Carrie's Four Leaf Clover necklace
My advice – wait till it comes out on DVD and rent it. It’s not worth the price of a ticket (at least not here in New York City).
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