Asbury Park
Tonight Rich and I decided to take a little break and head over to Asbury Park for a couple hours. It’s not a long drive from here, and it’s a wonder we don’t get over more. I suspect it’s because we went there so much years ago. Oh the stories I have!
The Stone Pony which was made famous by Bruce, among others. More stories.
It’s after 10 p.m., but there are still many people on the boardwalk.
The famed Madam Marie. The original has since retired. My Madam Marie story: in short, when I was a teenager I went to get a reading. She puzzled over what my occupation would be and then said she didn’t believe it was invented yet. What? I told her I was going to be a photographer. She said, you like it, but no. No? She pronounced it wasn’t yet invented. That was her story and she was sticking to it. Every time we went down the shore, I remembered and it bugged me. What the heck could she be talking about. But, funny enough, many years I did get involved with the Web and that certainly wasn’t around when I was a teenager. Spooky.
The Convention Center and some serious moonlight. I’ve seen concerts here when pieces of the roof started falling into the audience. Now it’s all renovated.
Archways … must photograph archways.
Another angle of … archways.
I was so taken by this man sitting in solitude looking off into the horizon. The photo doesn’t begin to capture how peaceful it was . It was a good couple hours.