Santa Don't Play Like That

With all the nonsense about a 'war on Christmas' and how poor hardworking people in stores shouldn't say 'Happy Holidays' and on and on and yada yada yada ...

This is the kind of thing I find offensive.

Santa wants me to get a refi? 
Really?
I could have sworn he wanted me to get a pony and a Suzy Pee Pee in the Potty doll.

Just sayin'

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Yo!, Joe

the Jersey Joe's shop seemed to be in a converted garage on the other side of the house. I could picture Mrs. Joe stirring the Sunday Sauce.

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Where Meds Never Expire

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Magical Max

The only thing I know for sure about Max is that everyone loves him. There are many stories, bordering on folklore really, about Max. I'm assuming that the folks at Max's Bait and Tackle are Max's foster parents; the sign sits outside their shop and well, there's the name.

Some say he was injured near the launch ramp and nursed back to health by local fishermen. Some say he just appeared one day and captured everyone's heart. One older local smiles and tells me Max is magical; I fall in love with his craggy smile and twinkling eyes.

Max resides in a part of the marina that I don't visit. You need to walk down a steep hill and navigate some rocks to find this little spot of calm. 

I hope to meet him one day. 

Mid Week Blues

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Bring a Designated Driver

This is a Do-It-Yourself project that I can handle.

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Pottery with Character

Available at garden center for a fraction of the original price

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Lobsters Objectified

Seen on a truck

Ruby Tuesday 2

Mid Week Blues

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On a Dreary Day ...

brightens the way

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Drink Up

This sign sits in the corner of the parking lot where I go to buy my "elite liberal" red wine.

As a former marketing professional I know that associating alcohol with a charity can be dicey but I suppose a lot of folks feel that beer goes with summer, especially July 4th celebrations. It bothers me a bit since NJ has a high incidence of drunk driving. Don't get me started on drunken illegal fireworks.

Budweiser is donating over two million dollars to Folds of Honor. The amount is tied into sales in some way.

I checked out the Folds of Honor site and George W. Bush popped up in the scroll and I immediately got the tension headache he has always given me. I had to laugh at that though since the soldier on the sign looks a lot like President Obama to me. Maybe I'm too political?

Bottom line - if anything gets done for military families then good.

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Where Are The Dogs?

I have passed this place a bazillion times and always thought it was called Seven Dogs
I have even mentioned to friends and neighbors how I wanted to check it out - let's go get a drink, watch a game, hang out
We would always end up somewhere else but no one ever questioned that there was indeed Seven Dogs

So when I finally stopped to take a shot of the sign I was flabbergasted to discover there are not Seven Dogs, there isn't even One Dog

Plus the place appears to have gone out of business

or gone to the Dogs

My mind is a terrible thing and it must be stopped in my lifetime**

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** hats off to a comedian whose name I have forgotten

Bicycle

I ran into both these photo ops in the same afternoon

Bicycle bicycle bicycle

I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle

I want to ride my bicycle

I want to ride my bike

I want to ride my bicycle

I want to ride my -

Bicycle races are coming your way

So forget all your duties oh yeah

Fat bottomed girls

They'll be riding today

So look out for those beauties oh yeah

On your marks, get set, go!

Bicycle race bicycle race bicycle race

Bicycle bicycle bicycle

I want to ride my bicycle

Bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle

I want a bicycle race

thank you Queen

 

Ruby Tuesday 2

 

Mid Week Blues

 

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Clever Gardener

I saw this sign ...

and was immediately reminded of these ...

Remember when they were pedal pushers rather than capri pants

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Blues Around Town

These shots were taken in Keyport and Red Bank, NJ on two early spring days

the marina gazebo is a wonderful place to sit

the azure letter? one B word immediately comes to mind

how wonderful that we have our own building

mosaic trash cans, very classy

this shop has bits of everything

some of the bits

the blue sky is reflected off the window of the wee balcony

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Our World Tuesday

An Anniversary

Outside the headquarters of the Central Jersey Visiting Nurses Association ...

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When It's Time To Shop

A children's clothing store ...

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Sexy Accountant?

Tax time rapidly approaches. This sign popped up at a local shopping center.

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Everything A Porch Could Want or Need

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PacMan Only Parking?

This sign is on 2 spots in a Staples parking lot. The other spots are marked with the standard symbol for handicapped parking.

For those of you who didn't play drunk PacMan in your ill spent youth this is the icon for the arcade game

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Paws and Projects

A neighborhood shop offering products and services for the paws set

Even with the pretty blue in this poster I got a wee bit of the blues when I realized I had missed the event, I was positive it was supposed to take place on the 29th, not the 19th.
Guess I had leap year fever.
It was a fund raiser for a project to create giant glass butterfly sculptures to decorate local gardens and the waterfront walk.

Ruby Tuesday 2

MID WEEK BLUES

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Defend the Shore

I was finally able to get a shot of one of these --- what do you call them? Decals? Car art?

I believe it has something to do with the MTV show 'Jersey Shore' since brass knuckles are a central part of Snooki's jewelry line. Yes, she has a jewelry line.

Exit 117 is my exit off 'dah pawkway' and let me tell ya, we are not the shore. If you have to drive to get to something that vaguely resembles a body of water then you are not the shore.

I also don't know who they're defending the shore from. Sober people? People who can read?

oh, the shot of Snooki is not mine, it's from the MTV site.
I've never been that close to a Snooki.

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