When the sun comes out on the beach after a stormSmall concert venuesA weather forecast that’s rightTidal pools in the ocean close to shoreBack-to-school senior picturesMy sons giggling with each other in the back seatTeammates working together on the fieldThe smell and look of freshly cut grassAll the volunteers who work Surfers Healing day in… Read more »
Category: Beach Living
The Resorter … Revisited – August 17, 2018
Season of 1977Volume XXIIIEdition 5Issue HighlightsThis week’s “Resorter Girl” was Kim Seibert, 21, of Devon, Pa., who was spending her summer working at the Sheraton in Ocean City.Two hours of free parking was being offered at the Paul Revere Smorgasbord to customers. At this time, the price was $4.95 for all-you-can-eat.Chubby Checker was playing two… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood – August 17, 2018
(Editor’s Note: The following is a reprint from December of 2009. The writer is on assignment in Ocean City having a “staycation.”)Nineteen months ago, life, as I knew it, changed forever when my son Beckett was born, and it gives me great pleasure to report the birth of our second son last month.Of course, it… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – August 17, 2018
The original “Boardwalk Train” was five cars long plus an engine that actually looked like a train. Each car carried a maximum of six people and had just two wheels with the axle in the middle. It cost 25 cents for a one-way trip down the Boardwalk and it was a bumpy ride.On June 23,… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – August 10, 2018
With the White Marlin Open being held this week, it’s important to recall two organizations that have had a positive impact on sport fishing in this area — the Ocean City Marlin Club and the Ocean City Light Tackle Club, pictured above at the Dorchester Street dock circa 1955.In 1938, there had been 781 white… Read more »
The Resorter … Revisited – August 10, 2018
Season of 1977Volume XXIIIEdition 6Issue HighlightsThis week’s “Resorter Girl” was Balti-more resident Dottie Caldwell, who was 21 years old when pictured.Herb Reed of the Original Platters was stopping in Ocean City at the Hurricane for two shows over the weekend.All that was required for two-bedroom, two-bath condominiums at The Quay was 5% down for the… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood – August 10, 2018
I think two records were set this week at the White Marlin Open.Officially, the tournament eclipsed its previous high in prize money with more than $5.4 million up for grabs for fishermen. Unofficially, I think Beckett set a new record for most questions asked at the weigh scale on Tuesday. Since I’m certain there’s no… Read more »
Things I Like – August 10, 2018
Funny conversations overheard on a beach dayEarly morning peace in my houseTubing the bay on a calm dayAnnual friend visits during the summerThe Berlin Peach FestivalLow tide beach daysA new pair of sunglassesFried chicken and watermelon for lunch on the beachWeekends with no plansBooks with short chaptersLearning from mistakes
The Resorter … Revisited – August 3, 2018
Summer of 1961Volume VIIEdition 7Issue HighlightsThe Diplomat Motor Hotel on the Boardwalk at 26th Street was calling itself “Ocean City’s Smartest Holiday Address.”An editorial, headlined “A Glass of Beer and Sin,” included the following. “As sure as the tide will rise, Ocean City will one day have Sunday beer. Whether that day be near or far… Read more »
Things I Like – August 3, 2018
A kid reading on the beachHow fast this paper gets picked up by readers on FridaysLifeguards who try to educateWatching the boats go through the Inlet at Harrison’s Harbor WatchSenior citizens who volunteerJim Kelly’s ESPY speechA phone with a long-lasting batterySplitting a dozen jumbo crabs with my wifeLong beach daysWatching the moon rise over the… Read more »
