...at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
"Steel Pier"
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Steel Pier. A 1,000 foot long amusement pier in Atlantic City. Opened in 1898 and once considered the "Showplace of the Nation"...or at least the East Coast...which to us East Coasters IS the nation. Originally debuting as a theatre, the Steel Pier expanded to include attractions and rides. Not to mention every great entertainer of the day including Frank Sinatra to Al Jolson to the Beatles...
(No...I did not take these photos)
...and its famous diving horses. Despite being all kinds of wrong...I gotta admit it's kinda mesmerizing in it's equine "Take the Nestea Plunge" bizarre-ness. And I can't forget those "American Bandstand" rip off shows of my youth, which were broadcast from the Steel Pier via UHF channels on the weekends. If that doesn't date me then the cans of Vidal Sassoon hairspray, curling irons, and bottles of "Sun In" natural hair lightener clogging my bathroom counter tops surely did.
"Welcome to the Steel Pier"
Atlantic City, New Jersey
"Wooter Ice"
Steel Pier
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Super Moon. A full moon that occurs when the moon is nearest the Earth during its elliptical orbit around our planet (see, I paid attention in science class...sometimes). The moon appears bigger, and brighter to the naked eye.
Steel Pier + Super Moon = I should probably buy a better camera lens for the NEXT astronomical phenomenon
Steel Pier
Atlantic City, New Jersey
It's too bad my camera doesn't produce "scratch and sniff" photographs. If it did, it would allow you to scratch and sniff the...
Salt Water + Popcorn + Wood + Fried dough + Suntan lotion + Spun Sugar
...all under a Super Moon at the Steel Pier.
P.S. Don't forget...SONG-OGRAPHY returns next Tuesday!!!! "Hot Fun in the Summertime" interpretations go live at mid-night!!!!
Here's where I "link up" today.
HEY! Look what's back on August 5th...Song-ography!!!
And we're moving to TUESDAYS!
Get ready to link up with "Hot Fun in the Summertime" by Sly and the Family Stone
Love these. Want to hear something insane? I have NEVER been on the pier!! We were an OC family for boardwalk fun! But, still, that pier is part of my childhood!!
ReplyDeleteTOTALLY GOBSMACKED!!!!!! Get thyself to the pier :) Altho...OC's is great!
DeleteI don't know if I've ever been out on the pier either. Love the moon shots!
ReplyDeleteFun fun FUN photos!!!!
ReplyDeletelove your shots, and good try on that moon. It is really hard to believe that those horses actually dived off of that platform... not to mention the person on the horse.
ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic! Your photos always make me feel like I'm right there in the midst of the action. Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteAwesome shots, Kathy. These are perfectly summer nostalgia to me. I've never been to a pier such as this, but looks like loads of fun.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's just the residual Disney crowd/food/smells/sounds rummaging in my head - but I totally sensed it in these pictures even without the scratch-&-sniff. Fun share.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos! (As usual)!
ReplyDeleteVidal Sassoon hairspray in that brown plastic pump bottle....and Sun In that made MY hair orange....not blond! (I didn't realize that you can't use that and go from brown to platinum blonde....like the bottle showed....that cute teenager with such white blond hair! Of course, my orange hair matched my orange QT tan! lol Boy, was I a looker!) I still have my curling iron....curls are BOUND to come back in style before I die and I'd hate to have to go spend another $7 on one! lol Thanks for that comment that made me realize how stupid I always looked in the summer! :)
ReplyDeleteQT...HOW did I forget THAT??!!???
DeleteThese may not be the moon photos you had hoped for, but I think they are great together with the whirling fun rides :) The end of September will be the first time I will make it down there, but not sure I will make it to Steel Pier, we'll see...
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures, I want to go to the funfair :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up to the #weekendbloghop off to follow you now :)
Fantastic photos! Really great capture of the pier, I could feel what it's like to be there.
ReplyDeleteGREAT shots!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I'm a North Carolina girl now (and have been for several decades), I was born and raised in the Philly area & have fond memories of Atlantic City. I doubt I'd recognize anything there now!
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You've got to stop this - with these brilliant photos!!! Kathy - I wish I could do what you do with your camera. I'm envying all of these shots. I'm sorry I've been absent of late. I really enjoyed looking at your daughter's wedding shots, it looked like such a lovely location and such lovely style added by you and your daughter in terms of planning. Renee
ReplyDeleteYum! I can imagine the smell. And LOL to wooter! Love that first picture. Did you camera do that or is it iPhone enhanced??
ReplyDeleteHey Kenya...that first shot was not done via iphone. It was accomplished thru editing and wanting to emphasize the neon lighting.
DeleteGreat images, love seeing the old in contrast to the new. Those horse dives looked damn scary. I remember sun-in . . . those were the days.
ReplyDeleteFabulous photos, my girlfriend! I love to be at amusement parks just for the thing you listed as to the smell; the atmosphere. Our states amusement park is about 5 minutes from our home and I haven't been this year so perhaps I can sneak in in September when my tummy and heart would be ready to "take it all in". Fun post!!!!
ReplyDeleteThese are fabulous photos! I think I could imagine the scratch and sniff. the neon made me feel as though I was right there and I loved the vintage ones as well! Thanks for sharing them with SYC.
ReplyDeletehugs,
Jann
Oh this brings back such good memories of the seaside and funfair. I love photographing piers! And the horses - so bizarre but also strangely fascinating to see!!
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