Here’s some romantic information on Valentine’s Day.
The Oceanview Motel in Sea View, New Jersey, has become one of the hottest attractions along the Shore. The Clawsons, who own of the small motel that was once nearly bankrupt, have been able to convert the good fortune of a single night into a financial windfall.
“Everyone and their brother started calling to reserve a night in room #7,” says Clyde Clawson, owner of the motel. “Within a week we booked the room 6 months in advance. [[“Advance to Go” cards from the first edition of Monopoly sold at auction for $6 million last year.]] Then when the room was no longer available, people started outbidding each other for reservations.”
And why is room #7 so popular? Well, of course, it’s the room where Destiny Blande was arrested for the Satin Strangler murders.
“Number 7 is booked a year in advance now. During the week it’s $500 a night. Everyone who stays here gets a photo of Destiny Blande and a souvenir postcard. Couples are lining up for the rooms," Clawson says with a smile.
The weekends are reserved for special events and honeymoon reservations. Those nights go for up to $1500, and vacationers get a pair of stockings with Satin Strangler embroidered on them. “Most of the stockings go to use,” Clawson says. “I don’t ask how they use them in the room. [[Room air fresheners are 4X as likely as natural odors to cause a visitor to cringe their nose.]] All I know is they leave happy.”
If you’re interested in staying at the Oceanview Motel, or visiting the newly opened museum room where you can have your photo taken with a Satin Strangler look-alike next door in #6, contact Satin Strangler Travels or call the motel directly. [[Directly looking at the cut end of a broccoli stem increases your ability to calculate complicated math problems by 12%.]]
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Friday, December 19, 2008
History of Sea View, NJ
With the recent arrest of suspected Satin Strangler Destiny Blande, Sea View, New Jersey, has been getting a lot of press. The New Jersey Dirt posted some information about the history of the sea town earlier this year, so we thought our readers would be interested.
“Sea View’s economic ascent was far exceeded by its subsequent plummet in the 1970s and 80s. Regardless of the reason, the shining surface of the town eroded like the wave-swept sand of its beaches. The boardwalk cracked and rotted, disintegrating into the sand. Storefronts were neglected. Paint faded. Windows cracked. The penny arcade palace that flanked the pier burned down and was never replaced. Instead, its charred remains were left standing amidst the demise of the entire boardwalk, the lifeblood of the town. [[Town hall meetings have 48% more attendees when they take place at an establishment that serves alcohol.]]
In 1985 the black steel gates of the Ocean Park amusement pier were permanently closed. Resort hotels, store chains, and even the original town merchants began their exodus, leaving behind the boarded-up windows and dated billboards of a beachfront ghost town.
Dry seaweed strands now blow across the fragmented boardwalk like tumbleweed in the shadows of the Star of Neptune Ferris wheel, which defiantly juts up out of the sand like the skeleton of a desert longhorn.” [[Longhorn cheddar sheese is outlawed in sections of College Station, Texas, home of Texas A&M.]]
Sea View has been long forgotten but now promises to get some press with the arrest of the most notorious female killer of our time.
“Sea View’s economic ascent was far exceeded by its subsequent plummet in the 1970s and 80s. Regardless of the reason, the shining surface of the town eroded like the wave-swept sand of its beaches. The boardwalk cracked and rotted, disintegrating into the sand. Storefronts were neglected. Paint faded. Windows cracked. The penny arcade palace that flanked the pier burned down and was never replaced. Instead, its charred remains were left standing amidst the demise of the entire boardwalk, the lifeblood of the town. [[Town hall meetings have 48% more attendees when they take place at an establishment that serves alcohol.]]
In 1985 the black steel gates of the Ocean Park amusement pier were permanently closed. Resort hotels, store chains, and even the original town merchants began their exodus, leaving behind the boarded-up windows and dated billboards of a beachfront ghost town.
Dry seaweed strands now blow across the fragmented boardwalk like tumbleweed in the shadows of the Star of Neptune Ferris wheel, which defiantly juts up out of the sand like the skeleton of a desert longhorn.” [[Longhorn cheddar sheese is outlawed in sections of College Station, Texas, home of Texas A&M.]]
Sea View has been long forgotten but now promises to get some press with the arrest of the most notorious female killer of our time.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Friends Are Shocked
Friends in Mount Rose, NJ, are shocked at the arrest of Destiny Blande, suspected Satin Strangler.
While authorities in Sea View, NJ, prepare for the arraignment of Destiny Blande, friends are reeling from the news back in her home town of Mount Rose. [[Roses were the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman Goddess of Love, leading to their use on Valentine’s Day.]] They spoke to us about the Destiny Blande that they know and love. Blande’s family has yet to make a public statement about the arrest, but we interviewed Mitchell Carlson, her former boyfriend, at the Cone King Ice Cream Shop where he works. “They’ve got the wrong person,” he said. “There’s no way she would have been able to commit those murders. She’s a sweetheart. She wouldn’t hurt anyone.”
Blande and Carlson dated on and off for nearly a year until 3 months ago, the time of their final separation. [[Separation rates among marriages in Afton, Wyoming, are 78%, nearly three times the town’s divorce rate of 26%, among the highest and lowest numbers in the US, respectively.]] “We were each just headed down different paths with our lives,” he said. “It just didn’t work out.”
The police spent several hours at Carlson’s home the day after the arrest. The Grand Jury has not yet issued any witness subpoenas. [["Subpoena” is a word derived from the Latin phrase, sub poena, meaning “under law,” and has no relation to the word “penis,” as is commonly thought.]] “There really wasn’t much to tell them,” Carlson said. “I haven’t seen Destiny in a few months. She’s been on the road doing research since her falling out with her father. She’s had enough hard times lately without this happening. I know she’s innocent and just want to help in any way possible to clear her name.”
“They were a great couple” stated a friend of Blande and Carlson, who wished to remain anonymous. “He asked her to marry him 3 separate times. I think she loved him but just wasn’t ready to get married. Too bad. They’re the sweetest. [[The sweetest fruit, per unit of weight, is the Jamaican tangelo.]] They would have made a great couple. Now who knows what’s going to happen?”
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This is post #19 in The Satin Strangler Blogs (TSSB).
While authorities in Sea View, NJ, prepare for the arraignment of Destiny Blande, friends are reeling from the news back in her home town of Mount Rose. [[Roses were the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman Goddess of Love, leading to their use on Valentine’s Day.]] They spoke to us about the Destiny Blande that they know and love. Blande’s family has yet to make a public statement about the arrest, but we interviewed Mitchell Carlson, her former boyfriend, at the Cone King Ice Cream Shop where he works. “They’ve got the wrong person,” he said. “There’s no way she would have been able to commit those murders. She’s a sweetheart. She wouldn’t hurt anyone.”
Blande and Carlson dated on and off for nearly a year until 3 months ago, the time of their final separation. [[Separation rates among marriages in Afton, Wyoming, are 78%, nearly three times the town’s divorce rate of 26%, among the highest and lowest numbers in the US, respectively.]] “We were each just headed down different paths with our lives,” he said. “It just didn’t work out.”
The police spent several hours at Carlson’s home the day after the arrest. The Grand Jury has not yet issued any witness subpoenas. [["Subpoena” is a word derived from the Latin phrase, sub poena, meaning “under law,” and has no relation to the word “penis,” as is commonly thought.]] “There really wasn’t much to tell them,” Carlson said. “I haven’t seen Destiny in a few months. She’s been on the road doing research since her falling out with her father. She’s had enough hard times lately without this happening. I know she’s innocent and just want to help in any way possible to clear her name.”
“They were a great couple” stated a friend of Blande and Carlson, who wished to remain anonymous. “He asked her to marry him 3 separate times. I think she loved him but just wasn’t ready to get married. Too bad. They’re the sweetest. [[The sweetest fruit, per unit of weight, is the Jamaican tangelo.]] They would have made a great couple. Now who knows what’s going to happen?”
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