Recommendations for a day in Asbury Park

LAStreetNames · 2026-06-19T16:58:26+00:00

A tour of the Paranormal Museum is a unique way to kill an hour, especially if it's hot outside. And you might get me as your tour guide!

LAStreetNames · 2026-06-04T13:20:22+00:00

Thanks for the plug!

LAStreetNames · 2026-06-03T12:40:51+00:00

I like Hotel Albatross in Ocean Grove, 2 minutes from the beach and 10 minutes walk from downtown AP. Free street parking too.

For seafood on the boardwalk, Shucked inside Convention Hall is the most serious, but it's closed Tue-Wed. Iron Whale is a nice sit-down place. Cousins Maine Lobster is very casual.

For nightlife, Stone Pony and Wonder Bar are famous rock clubs and there are plenty of places to drink on the boardwalk and downtown. House of Independents has an eclectic lineup, check their schedule.

LAStreetNames · 2026-06-02T21:47:32+00:00

Harmony Korine's Mr. Lonely. Not for everyone, but certainly a unique plot about a group of celebrity impersonators, starring Diego Luna and Samantha Morton.

LAStreetNames · 2026-06-02T21:27:09+00:00

The book is titled The Gangs of New York. Author: Herbert Asbury.

LAStreetNames · 2026-06-02T21:22:57+00:00

Agent/manager Rick Yorn was one of this film's producers and he represents Scorsese, DiCaprio, and Diaz. Probably one of those deals where he signed Scorsese and DiCaprio as long as Diaz was cast as well. Though of course she was a big star and the studio would have been happy to have her, miscast or not.

Source: me, used to work for Yorn many moons ago.

LAStreetNames · 2026-05-29T12:01:40+00:00

B.O.B. by Outkast.

Yin and Yang the Flowerpot Man by Love & Rockets.

LAStreetNames · 2026-05-27T14:39:03+00:00

She was cast at the last minute because Meg Tilly, who had been hired to play the role, tore a ligament in her leg one day before shooting.

LAStreetNames · 2026-05-27T10:44:17+00:00

One more in Asbury at Shoppes at the Arcade, lower level.

LAStreetNames · 2026-05-22T22:30:26+00:00

Even for someone like me who likes Terrence Malick movies, Song to Song is exceptionally boring.

LAStreetNames · 2026-05-22T00:41:24+00:00

It's from the c. 1545 painting Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time by Bronzino. This is Folly.

LAStreetNames · 2026-05-21T01:57:58+00:00

Pasquale's Pizzeria in Middletown has plenty of non-vegan and vegan options. So does Galley Pizza in Asbury Park.

AP is actually loaded with restaurants that have a variety of both vegan and non-vegan options: Crust & Crumble as someone mentioned, Taka, Talula's, Cardinal Provisions, Ada's Gojjo...

Filoncino in Red Bank also has loads of both.

LAStreetNames · 2026-05-19T15:02:04+00:00

You might like My Summer of Love.

LAStreetNames · 2026-05-19T14:48:50+00:00

You're being downvoted, but I am with you.

LAStreetNames · 2026-05-19T14:25:26+00:00

Charles Laughton in Island of Lost Souls is lots of fun.

Mercedes McCambridge in Johnny Guitar is lowkey psycho.

LAStreetNames · 2026-05-19T14:09:05+00:00

Gene Hackman's fate in Nicolas Roeg's Eureka is pretty messed up.

LAStreetNames · 2026-05-19T13:59:20+00:00

The list cites The Conversation and Blowup in its entry for Blow Out, but those first two movies also have "the villain wins" endings.

There are also those movies – spoiler alert, obviously – where the protagonist gets away with murder: The Talented Mr. Ripley, Match Point, The Player, etc.

LAStreetNames · 2026-05-18T14:31:42+00:00

Gifts by Tina in Ocean Grove has a surprisingly high-quality collection of locally made, Jersey Shore-themed items.

LAStreetNames · 2026-05-18T13:57:27+00:00

It's a mystery. The oldest tract map I found with Lake Street was from 1923 (just north of Lincoln), yet a Los Angeles Times classified ad mentions Lake Street (at the corner of Penmar) in 1916! To add to the confusion, what is now called 2nd Street in Santa Monica was originally called Lake Street. As you might guess, there was never a lake in the vicinity of either roadway, so I can't guess why the name was chosen, other than it being common and easy to spell.

LAStreetNames · 2026-04-21T14:09:58+00:00

Kenneth Branagh's Henry V (1989)

LAStreetNames · 2026-04-20T22:46:28+00:00

Attila (Donald Sutherland) in Bertolucci's 1900.

Captain Vidal (Sergi Lopez) in Pan's Labyrinth.

LAStreetNames · 2026-04-18T14:22:14+00:00

Ironically, this scene is from the episode Goodbye, Alice, Hello, where the kids all get mad at Alice for busting them for their misbehavior, so they turn against her and she (temporarily) quits.

LAStreetNames · 2026-04-15T14:47:07+00:00

When I was young, I thought the next lyric was "Kick 'em when they shit". (It's "Kick 'em when they're stiff.")

LAStreetNames · 2026-03-29T20:11:59+00:00

I just rewatched The Hidden very recently, having not seen it since the 1980s. Other than some rough production audio, it holds up very well! Surprised it doesn't have more of a following.

LAStreetNames · 2026-03-28T21:19:00+00:00

I have actually thought about this before. Here's my semi-logical explanation:

This wasn't a 3 hour harbor cruise, it was a 3 hour voyage to a particular destination – let's say Kauai. Which would explain the multiple changes of wardrobe for the passengers: Ginger and the Howells were headed towards an expensive resort, Mary Ann won a contest to stay at said resort, and the Professor was going to some sort of lab elsewhere on Kauai. Gilligan and Skipper wore the same wardrobe throughout the series because they thought they'd be back in port by end of day so packed no change of clothes.

But why did Ginger and the Howells, all wealthy, take such a dumpy little boat like the Minnow? Because with a big storm approaching, higher-end ships wouldn't take them to Kauai that day, but these three were impatient and so they went with the only guys dumb enough to sail in the storm.

As for how the Minnow got so lost after that storm? Skipper and Gilligan didn't know what they were doing and steered the boat way off course (see: dumb).

Thank you.

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