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There are some folk, who in more skeptical moments might just say “It’s just a garage in New Jersey!”, and when you get down to the facts of the matter, it’s true! (-or at least it was!)
It’s sad to say the Hospitality Room at the Ocean Holiday is no more!
Maybe there was more to it than just a place for the boss to park his Benz after the film-folk left Sunday afternoon. It was a blank slate, maybe even a blank screen, -and when we gathered Cinesea there we created something good on it.
We pretty thoroughly filled the place up. There were tables all over the place and at certain times cables and gaffers tape running all over the floor. A lot of fun was had there, and friendships were made, -memories too.
It was often cold and far from elegant, but we put on warm clothing and brought comfortable chairs, and enjoyed every minute!
According to this video, the Ocean Holiday is still there, or at least most of it. When they are done with it, it will be called “Mahalo”. In the meantime, everything below the second floor level has been gutted out. If you know where to look, "our place" is distinctly un-there!
I'm betting there are people we never meet who saw that video and are saying things like "Wow, that's where the best Canasta tournament in New Jersey was." and "That room will forever be called where the biggest quilting bee on the East Coast happened". -wellll, to folks 'round these-here parts, this will always be where CineSea grew up!
-so our old friend the Hospitality Room is gone. The new place is pretty plush by our standards, but I'll always have a warm spot (-and a warm sweatshirt) for the old one.
Here’s the way I like to remember it:
It’s sad to say the Hospitality Room at the Ocean Holiday is no more!
Maybe there was more to it than just a place for the boss to park his Benz after the film-folk left Sunday afternoon. It was a blank slate, maybe even a blank screen, -and when we gathered Cinesea there we created something good on it.
We pretty thoroughly filled the place up. There were tables all over the place and at certain times cables and gaffers tape running all over the floor. A lot of fun was had there, and friendships were made, -memories too.
It was often cold and far from elegant, but we put on warm clothing and brought comfortable chairs, and enjoyed every minute!
According to this video, the Ocean Holiday is still there, or at least most of it. When they are done with it, it will be called “Mahalo”. In the meantime, everything below the second floor level has been gutted out. If you know where to look, "our place" is distinctly un-there!
I'm betting there are people we never meet who saw that video and are saying things like "Wow, that's where the best Canasta tournament in New Jersey was." and "That room will forever be called where the biggest quilting bee on the East Coast happened". -wellll, to folks 'round these-here parts, this will always be where CineSea grew up!
-so our old friend the Hospitality Room is gone. The new place is pretty plush by our standards, but I'll always have a warm spot (-and a warm sweatshirt) for the old one.
Here’s the way I like to remember it:
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