Subscribe to this tagThe Palms of Pier Village
As seasonal as the weekenders who bask beneath them, palm trees on the Jersey Shore have to be replanted each summer, just ahead of the snowbirds who follow them north.
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moreSay "Cheese Sandwich!"
My stroll up the Long Branch boardwalk next brought me to a bench where a young woman in a funny hat was taking pictures of her husband and twin boys as they munched on floppy white bread sandwiches. Clouds had covered the sun, but their radiance was undimmed.
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moreTwo Thumbs Up
As I passed the refreshment stand (see yesterday's Plain Sight) and continued my stroll up the Long Branch boardwalk, a boy ran after me, waving a white piece of paper...
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morePretzel Logic
Justine Pecora, a sophomore at Caldwell College, has spent the summer selling soft pretzels and ice cream and drinks and candy to people on the Long Branch boardwalk. It's a hard job, but there are compensations...
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moreBench Warmed
Sleep on a park bench, even at high noon, and a cop is likely to tap you on the shoulder and tell you to move on.
Do the same thing on the boardwalk and you are left to your sweet dreams...
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moreKeeper of the Kiosk
You feel you will mess with the dude's vibe if you ask him to okay your beach badge.
Skateboarders get in free if they can grind the handrail alongside the stairs to the beach.
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moreBrooding on the Boardwalk
While this fellow took the measure of the waves, two young women stood on the boardwalk, lost in thought.
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moreJump For Joy!
Sunday on the boardwalk at Pier Village in Long Branch...
moreArt on the Boardwalk
Asbury Park was in full summer mode last weekend.
moreWhere Cooler Heads Prevail
Three days of temperatures in and above the 90's--with one more to go, today.
Brutal.
Where to escape the down-pounding heat?
Down the Shore.
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