Here’s a fun post for our New Jersey readers. Over at New Jersey 101.5, Bill Spadea moves beyond the “North Jersey” vs. “South Jersey” divide by suggesting that there are actually 4 New Jersey regions: North Jersey, Central Jersey, the...
When I was younger I spent some time in Ocean City, New Jersey. Ocean City is located on a barrier island off the Jersey shore. It is also a dry town. In other words, alcohol is not sold within the...
Last Sunday Joy and I took a day trip to Island Beach State Park, a state beach located on the southern tip of Jersey Shore’s Barnegat Peninsula. We decided to take the scenic route to our destination, driving down Route...
I am from New Jersey. New Jersey is ranked 48th in this poll. At least we beat out Mississippi, Alabama, and the District of Columbia! Obviously these people have never experienced a sunset at the Jersey shore, wandered along the...
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“One Win Choice” Seaside Heights, New Jersey, 1978 Source: Library of Congress...
1978, Seaside Heights Source: Library of Congress...
Here are the top ten, according to NewJersey.com: Cape May Harvey Cedars Manasquan Beach Haven Ocean City Bradley Beach Cape May Point Surf City Ship Bottom Island Beach State Park Here is my ranking (I’ve been to just about every...
I am reading Mark Lender’s and Garry Stone’s outstanding book Fatal Sunday: George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle (University of Oklahoma Press, 2016). In 2017, the book was a finalist for the George Washington Book Prize. In the...
Background [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPMEJwFvZUY&w=560&h=315] Also, why is Bruce wearing an Eagles hat?...
This guy does. (I am a Kohr’s purist. I would never dip an orange cream cone in chocolate). Here he is hanging out at one of my old stomping grounds: Seaside Heights, New Jersey. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LI9ELKyvVU&w=560&h=315] It is also good...
Reporter Emily Wax-Thibodeaux took her five-year-olds to Springsteen’s old haunt on the Jersey story. She tells about the visit in a piece at the Washington Post. Here is a taste: The Convention Hall’s Grand Arcade, which is listed on the...
I am always a sucker for a good story from New Jersey shore history. Over at Atlas Obscura, Eveline Chao tells the story of how Chinese immigrants living in New York formed a neighborhood at Bradley Beach. This one hit home...
Chris Christie is being considered as a replacement for Mike Francesa on WFAN, the original (and best) sports talk radio show in the country. (Francesa is leaving the show soon. Let’s home he reconnects with his old partner Chris “Mad...
Warning: This is a total Jersey boy post. Bruce Springsteen was just hanging out and walking the boardwalk in Wildwood this weekend. This is from the Ocean City Patch: The “Boss” is back. Well, actually, he never left. Bruce Springsteen, who...
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTxc03FSxto&w=560&h=315] If you like this video I also recommend Bryant Simon’s Boardwalk of Dreams: Atlantic City and the Fate of Urban America. And then there is this: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2TmSB8ccLY&w=560&h=315]...
I have always been fascinated by the images from the Morro Castle disaster. It happened off the coast of Asbury Park, NJ on September 8, 1934. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Aq-Xz1WeEM&w=560&h=315]...
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Goodnight, Wildwood, NJ HT: Wildwood 365...
From the Asbury Park twitter feed:
