Asbury Park Zest The Rainbow Issue Summer 2015 | Page 50

G E NE & S COT T ' S ASB URY ASB URY

FABRICS • SHELTER HOME • DINING OUT • BEACH LOVERS • COMMUNITY

Gene Mignola and husband Scott Hamm made the leap from Manhattan to Asbury Park with
their two standard poodles, Lucia and Diego, 8 years ago. Their Cookman Ave building is perfect for Gene to print his fabrics, for Scott to have Shelter Home — a retail store centered on
modern design products (the boardwalk store is in Convention Hall), to live comfortably upstairs
on the second floor, and to be able to walk to the beach.
THE BEACH
Our sanctuary is definitely the beach, and is part of
the reason why we moved to Asbury Park. We make
a point of going to the beach at 8:30am, and after
we close the Cookman Ave store at 5pm. We love
the waves, sand, and sun, and the diversity on the
beaches here.
TAKA
We love Taka for dinner - or even lunch midweek. You
can either go with really great sushi or home-style
cooking like Japanese meatloaf or short ribs. Their new
location on Cookman Ave is beautiful, especially the
exterior facade brickwork. We're modernists after all.
SECOND LIFE BIKES
We love Kerri Martin, founder
and visionary at Second Life Bikes
(SLB) on Main St. SLB reaches the
youth of Asbury Park. Youth put in
15 hours of time learning practical
skills like bicycle repair, and are
also exposed to the value of committing their time to a community
organization. In return they receive
a bicycle of their own.
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THE CHAT AND NIBBLE
Our favorite under the
radar go-to Saturday
or Sunday morning
place to eat year
round. The Boulevard
Special is our favorite,
and we also love their
Huevos Rancheros, the
best around. Feels like
family, and there's a
garden out back.