By BRIAN DONOHUE
Welcome to another edition of What’s that Smell? Or perhaps we should rename this “The Great Smells of Red Bank.”
Earlier this year on a whim, I decided to use my formidable schnoz to guide me to stories in our town. I started by following the happy, hoppy odors of a brewmasters sorcery to Five Dimes Brewery for this video.
The latest video explores perhaps my favorite Red Bank smell: the briny, earthy, sometimes funky tones of the mud of the Navesink River.
As a kid who grew up in north Jersey with only occasional visits to the shore, the smell of the first salt marsh as the family car hit the Cheesequake marshes along the Garden State Parkway was a source of almost unspeakable excitement and joy. To have it regularly wafting down my street at low tide these days is a constant source of gratitude for the fact that I live in a place of brackish wonder and abundant clams.
With two separate dredging operations taking place along the Navesink River of late, it was a rare opportunity to soak it in and, perhaps, explore the profit potential of its source.
We hope you enjoy the video and look forward to seeing folks with the stuff smeared on their faces as my brilliant idea inevitably catches on.
Do you have a favorite (or despised) Red Bank smell you think we should get the story behind? Email me at the address below and maybe I’ll get the lowdown.
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