{"id":435,"date":"2009-07-31T02:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=435"},"modified":"2014-10-01T03:11:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T03:11:10","slug":"boardwalk-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=435","title":{"rendered":"Boardwalk reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Some scenes from an early evening walk along the boardwalk at Asbury Park today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_YcXlERVmPdE\/SnJNxF3kHAI\/AAAAAAAADtk\/gZoNC1-pwZc\/s800-h\/bodegareflection.jpg\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364435611935841282\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/bodegareflection-200x300.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">My favorite shop for reflection pics is the Bodega Shoppe at the southernmost end of the boardwalk. There&#8217;s always something interesting on display in the window there&#8230; lately there&#8217;s this crazy looking bust with a curly wig that ends in a sailboat&#8230; fun! Reflected in the window are the happy people dining at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stellamarinarestaurant.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Stella Marina<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"> (which has really nice homemade pasta, btw.)<\/p>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_YcXlERVmPdE\/SnJNhRoESBI\/AAAAAAAADtU\/Gtf_Nip2MUI\/s800-h\/conventionhallnorthside.jpg\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364435340214159378\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/conventionhallnorthside-300x200.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">The sky reflected in the windows of the north side of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Asbury_Park_Convention_Hall\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Convention Hall<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">&#8230; the south side of the building&#8217;s been restored, but this side is still crumbling into the Atlantic bit by bit.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_YcXlERVmPdE\/SnJNrrmeexI\/AAAAAAAADtc\/I6Xo5JgcHas\/s800-h\/waterpark.jpg\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364435518985501458\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/waterpark-200x300.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">A new children\u2019s water park\u2014a water-filled playground where kids wade through shallow pools and run under a giant squirting watering can\u2014sits just off the boardwalk, in view of the ocean. I need to find a stray kid so I can go&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_YcXlERVmPdE\/SnJNa2-G2gI\/AAAAAAAADtM\/jxh9bNtjrKU\/s800-h\/jazzband.jpg\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364435229979630082\" style=\"DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/jazzband-300x200.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">I stumbled upon a jazz band playing a free concert in Convention Hall&#8230; Asbury, you just never know.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude09 <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some scenes from an early evening walk along the boardwalk at Asbury Park today&#8230; My favorite shop for reflection pics is the Bodega Shoppe at the southernmost end of the boardwalk. 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