“ALL A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH IN THE BEST WAYS POSSIBLE”: SWELL POP-UP PARTY

Swell and gay days continue in Asbury Park. May 2010, three local creative minds converged to bring the area’s GLBTI community a bar at the beach.  No dancing, just cheap friends and fun.  Errr… friends and cheap fun. The team decided on the name Swell and it became the new “Cheers”-like spot for locals and vacationers [...]

IS YOUR HOME “LOVE INSPIRING”?: A NATIONAL WEBSITE WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU!

Do you have or know of a romantic home?  (I am thinking Ocean Grove!)  The best real estate website around wants to hear from you ASAP!  Read more… The people at TopTenRealEstateDeals.com are looking for the ten most love-inspiring homes in the United States to use in their 2012 Valentines Day promotion “Top Ten Most Romantic [...]

“IT’S MORE THAN A COMPETITION, IT’S A COMBAT”: ‘DRAG RACE’ CONTESTANT JIGGLY CALIENTE

Jiggly Caliente, the self-professed “Asian plus-size Barbie” on cable’s best reality show, “Drag Race,” spoke with guest columnist Michael Cook.  She revealed what’s to come during Season 4… Michael:  Jiggly, how excited are you to be a part of this season’s “Drag Race”? Jiggly:  It’s amazing, and I’m so ready.  I can’t wait for everything to unfold and [...]

“I AM IN LOVE WITH ASBURY PARK AND THIS IS MY WAY OF TELLING THE WORLD”: PHOTOG MIKE BLACK

Area photographer Mike Black has been at most every event of note in our city for decades, capturing the moments with his camera.  His images of Bruce Springsteen on stage in town have been seen around the world. Recently, he released his first collection of stellar images in a 2012 calendar which benefits many great [...]

DR. TRAVIS STORK REVEALS THE “ULTIMATE HANGOVER BREAKFAST”: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hosts of the “The Doctors” – the Emmy winning daytime talk show - have the Ultimate Hangover Breakfast, including a smoothie and omelet, to kick-start your first day of 2012 and any other morning after a celebration. “Alcohol can dehydrate the body and cause a deficiency in important vitamins and nutrients, said Dr. Travis Stork, host.  ”This [...]

HURRICANE IRENE, ATP FESTIVAL, ZOMBIES & MORE MEMORIES FROM 2011

Locals share their favorite memories and moments of 2011, below.  And huge thanks to our city’s preeminent historian, Helen Chantal Pike, for taking the time to  also write about your memories in Pike on the Park, her smart, sassy and crazy interesting blog. “Waking up the Sunday morning of the Hurricane to ‘see what happened’ while I tried [...]