Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Complaints? Negativity?

2008-08-25 Thread MarioAPNJ
In this resurrection list of long-gone AP music venues, shouldn't The Pillow Talk have some mention. It was on Cookman Ave, within a block of the Lyric theater. From _http://tinyurl.com/56ao9o_ (http://tinyurl.com/56ao9o) , which is worth a click if only for the pictures of the teen scene

[AsburyPark] Water Park

2008-08-25 Thread arcman210
The fixtrues were up this weekend. Big watering can, hose nosel, and faucet. Colorful, larger than life things. I think they will be a hit with kids. Looks to be almost done, but they obviously missed out on this summer... maybe they can get a weekend or two of use in September though.

[AsburyPark] Water Park

2008-08-25 Thread arcman210
Not sure why my first post wound up in a different category for some odd reason... but here it is again. The fixtrues were up this weekend. Big watering can, hose nosel, and faucet. Colorful, larger than life things. I think they will be a hit with kids. Looks to be almost done, but they

[AsburyPark] Re: Just visited AP for the first time

2008-08-25 Thread Jack Pitzer
Thanks so much for your post and blog link. It's great to hear an outside view of our city. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Tracy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I'm new to the list. My family just visited Asbury Park for the first time last weekend, and we liked it. I thought I would

[AsburyPark] Attainable Goal

2008-08-25 Thread asburycouple
I'm a big believer in setting a small number of simple to measure and clearly defined goals that when added up will deliver on a vision. This is as applicable for a city as it is for a business. And few places is it more needed than Asbury Park. So here's one that I believe would be to

[AsburyPark] water park

2008-08-25 Thread arcman210
Two times my post wound up in a completely unrelated category, I dont know why this is happening... The fixtrues were up this weekend. Big watering can, hose nosel, and faucet. Colorful, larger than life things. I think they will be a hit with kids. Looks to be almost done, but they obviously

[AsburyPark] Re: water park

2008-08-25 Thread arcman210
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, arcman210 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Two times my post wound up in a completely unrelated category, I dont know why this is happening... The fixtrues were up this weekend. Big watering can, hose nosel, and faucet. Colorful, larger than life things. I

[AsburyPark] Re: Attainable Goal

2008-08-25 Thread arcman210
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, asburycouple [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a big believer in setting a small number of simple to measure and clearly defined goals that when added up will deliver on a vision. This is as applicable for a city as it is for a business. And few places is

[AsburyPark] Re:Just visited AP for the first time

2008-08-25 Thread Traderdube
in her blog Tracy aptly summed up Asbury Park in one well crafted sentence. It was symbolic of our stay - the dissonance of dysfunction visible beneath a veneer of newness. You go girl! Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to:

[AsburyPark] Re: Just visited AP for the first time

2008-08-25 Thread jandlinap
I am glad you enjoyed your visit to AP and saw some of what we think is great about this city. I do think you missed the most important part of the redevelopement of AP...and that is the downtown. We have a vibrant downtown...great shops...great restaurant...and a warm and friendly

[AsburyPark] Re: Complaints? Negativity?

2008-08-25 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In this resurrection list of long-gone AP music venues, shouldn't The Pillow Talk have some mention. It was on Cookman Ave, within a block of the Lyric theater. Pillow Talk? I never heard of that one. You are one old-school

[AsburyPark] For Mario (or any else interested)

2008-08-25 Thread justifiedright
Mario, Having a discussion with some follow Republicans (in my view, not actual conservatives) that I thought would interest you. http://www.gopusanj.com/wordpress/?p=2285 Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to:

[AsburyPark] Re: Attainable Goal

2008-08-25 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, asburycouple [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any thoughts??? My wife and I wound up at The Beach Bar last around 10pm - it was such a nice night the best $19 ($21) with tip - cosmo and beer and view. As you know by now -getting her to come to AP used to be

[AsburyPark] Re: Attainable Goal

2008-08-25 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Asbury - leave your inhibitions behind Now that's just going to lead to trouble. Asbury - be who you want to be Too hippie. Asbury - forget the rest of world - come as you are... Please don't tempt anyone.

[AsburyPark] Re: Attainable Goal

2008-08-25 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please don't tempt anyone. probably could of done better, but since no one was buying the drinks... Great when you can walk out on the deck of the beach bar and see four young ladies laying on a big sofa

[AsburyPark] Re: Attainable Goal

2008-08-25 Thread sandpiper15
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the best $19 ($21) with tip - cosmo and beer and view. Good god!!! How much are cosmos going for these days? Asbury - leave your inhibitions behind Too Vegasy Asbury - be who you want to be What if you want to be a

[AsburyPark] Re: Attainable Goal

2008-08-25 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. Close Cookman Ave from Grand to Main. Think of closing it for certain (most) hours to convert it to pedestrian mall. Repave street with paving stones or belgian blocks. Run a fake trolley up and down the street. Not Town

[AsburyPark] Re: Attainable Goal

2008-08-25 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: probably could of done better, but since no one was buying the drinks... Great when you can walk out on the deck of the beach bar and see four young ladies laying on a big sofa bed - makes you want to just dive right in.

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Attainable Goal

2008-08-25 Thread nnjallans1
Works in Cape May, NJ. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:51:00 To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: Attainable Goal --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[AsburyPark] Re: Attainable Goal

2008-08-25 Thread justifiedright
I have a tee shirt that says: Asbury Park - We killed Tillie. You're next. That'll do. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dfsavgny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf oakdorf@ wrote: probably could of done better, but since no one was buying the

[AsburyPark] What about WIFI on our boardwalk and beach?

2008-08-25 Thread Jack Pitzer
I just got a new iPhone 3G through work. It's absolutely amazing, but 3G doesn't always work well in AP yet. It made me think that it would be cool if our boardwalk and beach had one big, free WIFI hotspot. I think people would use it and probably rave about it.

[AsburyPark] Re: Just visited AP for the first time

2008-08-25 Thread Tracy
I do think you missed the most important part of the redevelopment of AP...and that is the downtown. We have a vibrant downtown...great shops...great restaurant...and a warm and friendly atmosphere. So please come back again and see downtown which will be the real reason AP gets back on the

[AsburyPark] Re: Attainable Goal

2008-08-25 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Works in Cape May, NJ. That was what I was thinking of. I now see people riding the 2-4 person bikes all over AP like they do in CM as well. I told my wife last night that if they tweaked the plan and put some affordable

[AsburyPark] Curious newbie questions

2008-08-25 Thread Tracy
When we stayed in the Berkeley, the windows faced west - - all the hotel rooms are on the 4th-8th floors and that whole side of the building looks down on Kingsley, a pretty boring view. On Kingsley in the middle of the block between Sunset and 6th, there is a little bar or restaurant - it

[AsburyPark] Re: Attainable Goal

2008-08-25 Thread nobepeymay
Asbury Parkunplug and recharge at the same time. I think this is the one that Knockout came up with? --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a tee shirt that says: Asbury Park - We killed Tillie. You're next. That'll do. --- In

[AsburyPark] Re: Just visited AP for the first time

2008-08-25 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Tracy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But here is where the parking problem smacks you in the face. Once we got one of the free hotel parking spaces, we didn't want to leave it. We didn't want to get stuck in a metered space and be ticketed, or have to feed

[AsburyPark] Re: Attainable Goal

2008-08-25 Thread justifiedright
Asbury Park is Urban Sand - Where the City meets the Sea. got nuthin else --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, nobepeymay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Asbury Parkunplug and recharge at the same time. I think this is the one that Knockout came up with? --- In

[AsburyPark] Re: Curious newbie questions

2008-08-25 Thread arcman210
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Tracy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When we stayed in the Berkeley, the windows faced west - - all the hotel rooms are on the 4th-8th floors and that whole side of the building looks down on Kingsley, a pretty boring view. On Kingsley in the middle of the

[AsburyPark] Re: Just visited AP for the first time

2008-08-25 Thread nobepeymay
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Tracy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see your point about wanting a farmer's market closer to the rest of the folk that *live* in AP - those are the people that will sustain a market year-round. Hi

[AsburyPark] Re: Just visited AP for the first time

2008-08-25 Thread nobepeymay
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Tracy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see your point about wanting a farmer's market closer to the rest of the folk that *live* in AP - those are the people that will sustain a market year-round. Hi

[AsburyPark] Re: Just visited AP for the first time

2008-08-25 Thread oakdorf
..the boardwalk once had those little trams that run up and down the BW. Pick up at both borders and make a loop through town. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ * Your email

[AsburyPark] Re: Just visited AP for the first time

2008-08-25 Thread arcman210
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ..the boardwalk once had those little trams that run up and down the BW. Pick up at both borders and make a loop through town. Wildwood still has them... They say, Watch the tram car, please! Always fun to hear and watch.

Re: [AsburyPark] Water Park

2008-08-25 Thread charlie
    It looks good in my opinion.  Havn't seen it in a few days though, but things were being installed the last time I checked it out. I think it will give the element of fun that the boardwalk is lacking so far.  It will be bring new memories and maybe at the same time help spark old

[AsburyPark] Re: Curious newbie questions

2008-08-25 Thread fancypaaantz
I have eaten there many times, The Adriadic, very good comfort food, reasonable prices. I do not think they do breakfast. I like Sunset Landing for breakfast (On Sunset, on your way out of town). Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go

[AsburyPark] Re: Complaints? Negativity?

2008-08-25 Thread Heshy
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was talking to some people the other day about the old bar scene days. I was rock n roll through and through, played in bands and made fun of disco. Then one day a Syrian kid from Deal said to me, You like

[AsburyPark] disco tommy

2008-08-25 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright justifiedright@ wrote: I was talking to some people the other day about the old bar scene days. I was rock n roll through and through, played in bands and made fun of disco. and at Xanadu's = great dance floor, raised area on one

[AsburyPark] Re: Just visited AP for the first time

2008-08-25 Thread jandlinap
IF the city wants to bring it back... we need signage at the beach directing people to the downtown and signage on main street... downtown is an easy walk down kingsly to cookman... where you can get to mattison..and bangs..cookman and lake... --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Tracy

[AsburyPark] Re: disco tommy

2008-08-25 Thread Jack Pitzer
The singer from The Nines. What a hottie! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, justifiedright justifiedright@ wrote: I was talking to some people the other day about the old bar scene days. I was rock n roll

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: disco tommy

2008-08-25 Thread StDel384
Her name was Brett can't remember her last name Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Jack Pitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:50:42 To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: disco tommy The singer from The Nines. What a

[AsburyPark] Re: Attainable Goal

2008-08-25 Thread Tracy
if they tweaked the plan and put some affordable hotels/motels on the beachfront, this would be a family vacation place in part. You can see that happening already. Not to emulate PP or SH. Mini golf and a little water park and the greatest draw of all - a clean, safe and affordable beach.

[AsburyPark] Re: Just visited AP for the first time

2008-08-25 Thread Tracy
Aha! That BW bike shop also rents? I must have asked the wrong person - I was told they *sold* bikes. Makes more sense. Added that to my notes for next time. I should have asked that nice man that checks beach tags. We didn't know the parking meters were only for a block - we could see them

[AsburyPark] FW: Thursday: Yes We Can party in Asbury Park

2008-08-25 Thread Michael W. Brim
From: Mari B., MoveOn Member [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 8:10 PM To: Michael W Brim Subject: Thursday: Yes We Can party in Asbury Park Yes We Can Party Watch Obama's speech with us on Thursday! http://pol.moveon.org/obama/yeswecanparty/cupcake2.jpg

[AsburyPark] Re: disco tommy

2008-08-25 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Back over to Xandau - the guy who ran it drove around in an old pink caddy... His name was Page (Paige?). If you are a wrestling fan, he went on to become Diamond Dallas Page. Yahoo!

[AsburyPark] Re: disco tommy

2008-08-25 Thread justifiedright
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jack Pitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The singer from The Nines. What a hottie! YES! My first year at college was at Kean up in Union. The Nines played Xanadu every wednesday, and I made the trip down every wendesday just to stare at her like a stalker.

[AsburyPark] Re: disco tommy

2008-08-25 Thread arhythmick
Britt Savage I believe... --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Her name was Brett can't remember her last name Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Jack Pitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:50:42 To:

[AsburyPark] Re: What about WIFI on our boardwalk and beach?

2008-08-25 Thread Jack Pitzer
I'm really surprised that nobody commented on this. We could really benefit by being tech friendly. Having wifi at the beach for free could really help us, because it could be advertised as a benefit to our parking and beach fees. No other nj town or city that I know of is offering such a