Tag: Local Business

Episode 86: The Coaster’s Editor Ellen Carroll

February 6, 2023 asbury-pod Notable Locals 0 Comments
Recording at the historic Stephen Crane House here in Asbury Park, this week Amy & Joe return to the local news scene and talk to Ellen Carroll, editor of The Coaster, one of the last remaining family-owned, hyper-local newspapers on the Jersey shore–which is also celebrating its 40 anniversary this year.

Episode 86: The Coaster’s Editor Ellen Carroll

Episode 82: TAPInto Asbury Park’s Matt Doherty & Alissa Deleo

November 28, 2022 asbury-pod Notable Locals 1 Comment
This week Amy & Joe recorded in the comfort of Asbury Park Roastery‘s Second Ave shop thanks to an assist from the extremely community-minded Alli Kennedy. We welcomed the team behind Asbury Park’s newest media outlet, TAPInto Asbury Park—owner and former mayor of Belmar Matt Doherty and reporter Alissa Deleo. We talked to Matt and Alissa about the state of local journalism and news reporting. and what they hope TapInto Asbury can bring to the table.

Episode 82: TAPInto Asbury Park’s Matt Doherty & Alissa Deleo

Episode 60: Amy Russo from Toast

Episode 54: Dani Boglivi-Fiori of Sweet Dani B’s

May 6, 2021 asbury-pod Notable Locals 0 Comments
This week Amy and Joe welcome Dani Boglivi-Fiori while social distancing from their respective homes with the help of Ming Chen from A Shared Universe PodcaStudio. Ms. Boglivi-Fiori, known best as Sweet Dani B, owner of Sweet Dani B’s Cookie Kitchen and Café on Bangs Avenue here in Asbury Park—home of the life changing chocolate chip cookies (no lies detected) and some of the prettiest designs you’ll see on a cookie. We talk to Dani about her previous lives working for Ralph Lauren and Martha Stewart, where she keeps her Emmy (seriously, she has a real Emmy), how she found herself opening a cookie shop here in Asbury Park, and what to do When Martha Stewart blows up your cellphone by giving your business a shout out on national television.

Episode 54: Dani Boglivi-Fiori of Sweet Dani B’s

Episode 53: Tara from Hot Mess

April 18, 2021 asbury-pod Notable Locals 0 Comments

This week Amy and Joe welcome Tara Pimco of Asbury Park’s Hot Mess Studio while social distancing from their respective homes with the help of Ming Chen from A Shared Universe PodcaStudio. Tara talks about how a small storefront salon became the premier “destination boutique” anchoring Press Plaza on Cookman Avenue and how some quick thinking not only kept the lights on during the early days of pandemic but allowed the business to hit the ground running when things began to reopen.

Episode 53: Tara from Hot Mess

Episode 51: Dr. Tom from City By The Sea Veterinary

March 29, 2021 asbury-pod Notable Locals 0 Comments
This week Amy and Joe welcome Dr. Tom Caltabilota of City by the Sea Veterinary. while social distancing from their respective homes with the help of Ming Chen from A Shared Universe PodcaStudio. You may recall hearing Dr. Tom’s name during our recent conversation with DJ and Jamie from Catsbury Park—so we reached out to the man himself to find out how he became a vet and how he ended up in Asbury Park. Spoiler alert: there’s a long road trip from Rutgers university through Louisiana to Alabama and back to New Jersey—but what we really want to know is, what is it like to be Asbury Park’s favorite veterinarian?