Monthly Archives: July 2013

Everyone needs a place they can go where a sense of calm descends as soon as you enter.  It might be figurative, but in this instance I mean it literally.  It’s a sensual experience, part smell part visual, and it’s … Continue reading →

  I tend to shy away from racial issues on this forum, and the only other time I can recall commenting was in the context of Jackie Robinson and racial tensions that linger in Philadelphia to this day.  I side … Continue reading →

Welcome to our soon-to-be Shore neighbors, the Freemans! …. and back down Ocean Avenue from Belmar to to PPB to feed Jack and Jill, Jack querying “Yo, Where’s Oma?”.       And toward day’s end, some beautiful rays over … Continue reading →

Big Joe Henry broadcast the show today from Monmouth Park Race Track, where they had a Classic Auto Show.  The Goldstein Girls grabbed a classic moment with Big Joe. Speaking of cars, a beautiful Sunday on the boardwalk with St. … Continue reading →

One of my most prized possessions is the collector’s edition of Pirkei Avot, annotated and illuminated by Rabbi Yonah Weinrib.  Yonah and I were classmates in the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia, graduating class of 1969.  I recall Yonah as a … Continue reading →

First trip down the steps to the back yard with bread since the revision.  Oma feeds Jack & Jill, while Jack snaps at any goose who gets too close to Jill.  We feed the geese sparingly, as we don’t need … Continue reading →

July 4 is a holiday at the very heart of this country, celebrating the document that preceded action.  Many deliberations and deliberate actions have been required for Pt. Pleasant Beach to be what it is today, greatly restored since Sandy … Continue reading →