[AsburyPark] Re: My Visit and Thank You!

2008-07-08 Thread lindagriggsartist
I was great to meet you too! I'm glad you got those shots of the Philly band in their glittering Chinese costumes. They were amazing. I'd love to see some pictures of the fireworks esp. if you have anything that looks sequential. Now that you've seen Allen's paintings you know why. You take

[AsburyPark] Re: Bicycles, Parking and Pavillions

2008-07-07 Thread lindagriggsartist
In Florida they have bike lanes on the boardwalk. I'd like to have a clearly marked bike and roller blade lane here. Bloomberg recently declared bike lanes "green lanes" or something like that. Anyway, he painted them green rather than just having them defined by white stripes and pictures of

[AsburyPark] town wide yard sale?

2008-07-02 Thread lindagriggsartist
My neighbors and I want to have a yard sale but I thought it might be nice to have a town wide yard sale. Ocean Grove has two a year and I really enjoy them. Tom Gilmour suggested that it be on a weekend when nothing else is happening. Does anyone have any suggestions about the best weekend/m

[AsburyPark] Any suggestions for action to save the Baronet?

2008-06-30 Thread lindagriggsartist
Is there absolutely nothing that we can do? Can we get a meeting with the owners? Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*>

[AsburyPark] Re: after the fact rant

2008-06-27 Thread lindagriggsartist
It is really weird. There was a kind of 'maintain radio silence' about it. But the event itself was wonderful and not hurt by it. The only loser was Asbury Park in that the town missed the chance to brag about it. It's like there's a disconnect between what's really great about the area and wh

[AsburyPark] Re: Fast Growing Empress Trees - cultivated are not invasivie

2008-02-18 Thread lindagriggsartist
The wild ones are invasive but the cultivated are sterile. I wonder how big the canopy gets in a contained landscaped as opposed to the 50'"spread in an open landscape." Even though it's ornamental in it's flowers and fragrance it seems like with that much canopy it would surely qualify for a

[AsburyPark] Fast Growing Empress Trees for Main St. beautification.

2008-02-16 Thread lindagriggsartist
I was looking at this site for myself http://www.fast-growing-trees.com/EmpressTree.htm and bought a tree that I'll receive in April so I can't vouch for it yet. I was thinking maybe this would be something good to beautify Main St. We can't look to the landlords to beautify or to new business

[AsburyPark] Re: First annual "carpet bagger"

2008-01-24 Thread lindagriggsartist
Holy crap! Was there a sale on that carpet? I've been trying to dig it out of my backyard for over a year now. It's intertwined with roots and it's miserable trying to cut it out. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "rook782" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good idea. Instead of a red carpet o

[AsburyPark] Romani (Gypsies) in Asbury Park. History and Musical contribution

2008-01-24 Thread lindagriggsartist
Hey all, Of my many fun projects, one is collecting information about the cultural contribution of the Romani people. I gather the information and donate it to the Romani Archives at UT Austin. My own focus is the American South but since I'm here now... If any of you have stories, photos or re

[AsburyPark] Re: House full of stolen bikes

2007-12-19 Thread lindagriggsartist
> > - Original Message > From: lindagriggsartist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 9:04:33 AM > Subject: [AsburyPark] House full of stolen bikes > > This past summer and friend and I went to Cookman for drinks. Were &

[AsburyPark] House full of stolen bikes

2007-12-19 Thread lindagriggsartist
This past summer and friend and I went to Cookman for drinks. Were biking home very late and about 3 sheets to the wind. We passed a house with a garage behind it. The garage door was open and on the lawn were about 20 or 30 bikes. A woman on the lawn was talking with a man in a white panel truc

[AsburyPark] Re: Purple Martins-bats? OMG, bats are looking a lot easier

2007-12-07 Thread lindagriggsartist
ote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "lindagriggsartist" wrote: > > > > I see Purple Martins are supposed to be in NJ. I've never seen a > > purple martin house in Asbury though. > > > > Has anyone been able to attract them? > > Fir

[AsburyPark] Purple Martins-bats? I'm planning now for next years mosquitos.

2007-12-07 Thread lindagriggsartist
I see Purple Martins are supposed to be in NJ. I've never seen a purple martin house in Asbury though. Has anyone been able to attract them? How about bat boxes? I've got to get the mosquito situation under control before the summer infestation begins. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit y

[AsburyPark] Euro keeps NYC real estate prices up - how do we get Euros in Asbury?

2007-12-03 Thread lindagriggsartist
Euro keeps NYC real estate prices up - how do we get Euros in Asbury? Someone told me that the US housing slump had no effect on NYC because the weak dollar means that NYC real estate is effectively on sale if you've got euros. So how do all these co-op converters and house flippers get the word

[AsburyPark] How great were the singers and the fireworks!

2007-12-03 Thread lindagriggsartist
It was such a wonderful night. I hope you all got to see it. And 1st Sat was esp. fun for us since we got to meet some neighbors AND we found out they were artists too. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your ema

[AsburyPark] Re: Fresh Direct - increase in property values.

2007-11-30 Thread lindagriggsartist
Last year a guy in the Lower East Side in NYC recently got Fresh Direct to service his street just by organizing the tenants and calling Fresh Direct. Again, I don't know if this is even something AP residents and week-enders need. Myself, I'm still working my way down the South American corn

[AsburyPark] Re: D&L BBQ broke into our yard - olive branch rejected

2007-11-29 Thread lindagriggsartist
You're right! I was trying to paint a picture but it was the wrong picture. The Italian detail was utterly superfluous. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "lindagriggsartist"

[AsburyPark] Re: D&L BBQ broke into our yard -draft, letter to Don Sammett

2007-11-29 Thread lindagriggsartist
Any comments, corrections, qualifications are greatly appreciated. Now, I'm going to go to work on approaching the owner. Don Sammett Director of Planning and Redevelopment Asbury Park City Hall Fax: 732 502-5738 Dear Don Sammett, We are writing regarding the vent for the meat smoker at D &

[AsburyPark] Re: D&L BBQ broke into our yard - olive branch rejected

2007-11-29 Thread lindagriggsartist
d to be made to understand > that they are part of a community and that it benefits them to be > friendly with their neighbors. Maybe you could extend them some kind > of olive branch in order to help them become more friendly. It doesn't > sound like they are going to make the first

[AsburyPark] Fresh Direct - increase in property values.

2007-11-29 Thread lindagriggsartist
I was thinking about Trader Joe's and Whole Foods and I remembered an article I read about NYC real estate in up and coming neighborhoods. It said that when prospective buyers balked at the lack of quality food markets the deal could still be sealed if Fresh Direct served the neighborhood. Do we

[AsburyPark] Re: Anybody check out the Xmas market in CH? Yes, beautiful!

2007-11-28 Thread lindagriggsartist
The tree is beautiful. It made me giddy. It was freezing in there though. I wish the bar had hot toddys or they had those big restaurant heaters. Still my husband and I had a few beers, chatted with some real nice folks and then chased each other on the board walk. Linda (and Allen) ---

[AsburyPark] D&L BBQ broke into our yard.

2007-11-27 Thread lindagriggsartist
Okay... So we arrive in Asbury on Friday afternoon and our gate was open and the bottom slats are broken off the brace. We go into the backyard and nothing is disturbed except the wall of D&L BBQ which now has a piece of cardboard and a scrap of plywood nailed over the window. They didn't even b

[AsburyPark] Russian Baths or something like at Condo Gyms?

2007-11-10 Thread lindagriggsartist
My husband and I were talking about the Russian Baths on 10th st in NYC and wondered if the gyms at the Esperanza or some other condo would have anything comparable. The Russian Baths have a dry sauna, wet sauna, cold pool, wet steam room (which sometimes uses eucalyptus and mint oils, sun deck,

[AsburyPark] Re: Buy the Coaster & read: "Main Street as...D&L BBQ

2007-11-09 Thread lindagriggsartist
I agree Main St. is ugly and it's way too ugly for a point of entry But I envy the people that will be near a market or dress shop. Fasano mentions D&L BBQ as a positive move. I wish I could see it that way. That BBQ place opened it's vent on the roof above my backyard. The noise of the ven

[AsburyPark] donating art to AP benefits

2007-11-07 Thread lindagriggsartist
I saw the notice for the Little League and, being an artist, I don't have any money to donate but I'm always happy to donate art for any AP benefits. So those of you who coordinate benefit auctions, raffles, etc. please keep my email address handy. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've done some nice black wal

[AsburyPark] Would web cams help?

2007-10-22 Thread lindagriggsartist
If we can't wait for the city to install cameras, would web cams help? Apart from the technical issues, there are the safety issues. If the footage is used in court, and there's a revolving door on prison, could the criminal figure out which house had the camera and come back for revenge? Stil

[AsburyPark] location for Fondue-l

2007-10-10 Thread lindagriggsartist
I hear it gets a little dull in Asbury in the winter. We should get all the serious eaters together for a fondue competition, a fonduel, if you will. We're should we have it? Given Asbury's history, someplace not too flammable. ; ) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web

[AsburyPark] Tapitia has a liquor liscence & the best waitress in Asbury Park

2007-10-09 Thread lindagriggsartist
I love Tapitia. It is my favorite inexpensive restaurant in Asbury Park. I love the oysters with ranchera sauce, the ceviche, the gorditas... The only thing I didn't like about Tapitia was the lack of Margarita. Oh sure, you could order a Squirt and add taquilla but I've never been overly fond of

[AsburyPark] Re: See You Sunday! - Enslaved Gypsies

2007-10-03 Thread lindagriggsartist
Don't forget to re-enact the Gypsies that were enslaved in the galley. They would have been the first in the New World - if they were let out. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We do a factual account - not fiction. > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogr

[AsburyPark] art supply store?

2007-07-09 Thread lindagriggsartist
Is there one in biking distance of Asbury Park? I hear artists are all around the place. Where do they buy brushes? Linda Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional

[AsburyPark] Litter problem easily solved - more public trash cans & empty existing ones

2007-04-24 Thread lindagriggsartist
I know people try to use the public trash cans because they are always full. The guys at the hardware store have to clean up the spill over all the time. I don't have a car so I walk Main st from house to train and I see every trash can is full and spilling over. Plus there aren't enough trash c

[AsburyPark] Last Summer for Coney Island

2007-04-13 Thread lindagriggsartist
My artist-activist friends told me that the final blow for Coney Island came in the form of zoning ordinance -- No seasonal business. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email |

[AsburyPark] I bought in Asbury because it's Bike Friendly

2007-02-21 Thread lindagriggsartist
I can't state this emphatically enough. My husband and I bought our house in Asbury Park because of the bike friendly attitude of NJT and Asbury Park. We considered buying upstate because that's where most artists are going but we would have had to "invest" in a car. The country upstate is be