beach weekend pics

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Ocean Grove



An octosquid-flapper-mermaid mural in one of the gutted buildings on the Asbury Park boardwalk.


The old carousel house in Asbury Park. Now home to The Full Monty and random gun shows.


bird!


wooden pylons I initially mistook for a graveyard.


Meant 'n' More! Seriously, how could I not photograph the Meat 'n' More?


Ocean Grove Fishing Club on the pier


Boat out at sea. Yay zoom lens.


Remnants from the Asbury Park attractions can now be found in this restaurant supply store. It's creepy.


Decrepit kids ride outside of restaurant supply store.


The mermen of tackiness! (I tried to shop for some of you all, but it was closed!)


More mermen of tackiness!


Flowers at a restaurant.


Flowers at a restaurant.

Comments

[sykii.livejournal.com]

I love the... flapper mermaid? flaptopus? in the second shot. Looks like a lovely weekend.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Is it horrible that my first thought was "Octapussy"?

Lovely photos. Those Butchy mermen are cute! 't would appear that fun was had and good memories were made.

[spiralflames.livejournal.com]

wonderful! i so need to go there...

[laughingacademy.livejournal.com]

Did they have the full Village People assortment of mermen? I see the cop and the Indian chief...

[kproche.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. bummer they were closed.
Wonder if they have an online presence...

invoking Google-fu...

Oh, dear lord, I found them:
http://www.diamondsofthesea.com/december-diamonds-merman-ornaments.aspx

oh, and there *is* a construction worker.

[jinian.livejournal.com]

Oh god, that apron! Over the mer-tail! I am humbled by the sheer unbridled absurdity. The flapper mermaid's wonderful, though.

(Can't resist footnoting: Bird is a crow, flowers are petunias.)

[weirdodragoncat.livejournal.com]

Heee! I love the tacky mermaids! Those are great!

[girlingoldboots.livejournal.com]

The Asbury ones are so sad. We spent every summer going to the carousel and the other rides and stuff. I grew up in Bradley Beach.

I've seen those tacky mermen before, I can't decide if they're awesome or hideous.

[theotoky.livejournal.com]

i love the mermaid tackiness! perfect.

[tod-hollykim.livejournal.com]

It's nice to see the old carousel house is still there, but sad that the carousel is not. It was a cool place when I was a kid. With some of the old style arcade machines.

[stiobhan.livejournal.com]

That's some wonderfully creepy shit.
The colors of the morning glories (?) are awesome.

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

Oh my gods, I totally want a tacky merman.

This is yet more proof I need to make a trip to the East coast sometime in the next twelve months.