Long days off spent on the beachBody surfing a clean waveGetting in a cool car when it’s hot outsideRare tunaThe show, “The White Queen”My kids with ice cream all over their facesA cool summer nightWalking through grass with no shoesHaving fresh flowers in the houseCutting up a seedless watermelonMaking tacos at home
Category: Beach Living
The Resorter … Revisited
Summer of 1977 Volume XXIII Edition 6Issue Highlights (BULLET)This week’s “Resorter Girl” was Baltimore resident Dottie Caldwell, who was 21 years old when pictured. (BULLET)Herb Reed of the Original Platters was stopping in Ocean City at the Hurricane for two shows over the weekend. (BULLET)All that was required for two-bedroom, two-bath condominiums at The Quay… Read more »
Things I Like
When my kids sleep past 7 a.m.Well-done scrappleWatching squirrels chase each otherThe Boardwalk in the early morningAn old bathing suit that still fitsCold fruit on the beachBig puffy clouds and a blue skyA breeze out of the east on a hot daySmell of a pencil after its sharpenedOld Bay on eggsPhotos of both my sons… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
There are some conversations that just deserve to be bottled and read years later as a reminder of a distant snapshot in time. Since I would worry about placing that bottle in a safe place somewhere and never finding it again, the next best thing is preserving it in this weekly rambling. While in the… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann
This aerial photo taken several days after the creation of the Inlet in August 1933 shows the separation between Ocean City and Assateague Island. Landmarks such as the State Roads Bridge and the partially destroyed railroad bridge to its immediate south can clearly be seen as well as the Fishing Pier jutting out into the… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann
Jack and Paul Townsend of Selbyville, Del. are given credit for bringing big game fishing to Ocean City. They had fished for marlin off the coast of Florida and speculated that the marlin would follow the warm waters of the gulf stream north to the Delmarva coastline. They took VIPs, such as Lou Gehrig of… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
What a difference a week makes. Two weeks ago, the ocean was perfect for little kids. The tide was low, leaving a large and shallow wading area, and the waves were small and weak but fun for our 5- and 3-year-old boys. Low-tide beach days are easy for parents, or at least for us, because… Read more »
The Resorter … Revisited
Summer of 1965 Volume XI Edition 2Issue Highlights Bobby Baker’s Carousel was called itself the “most luxurious year around resort motel on the coast.” (BULLET)Welsh Pharmacy on 28th Street was happy to announce it was now an “authorized Kodak dealer.” In his customary blunt ways, Editor Dick Lohmeyer’s After Dark began, “So summer has arrived. The… Read more »
Things I Like
Watching people do the hot sand danceChicken legs cooked on a grillShort cases while serving as a jurorCollecting sea glassClosure on a complicated situationWell-cooked pizzaA cocktail on a raft in a poolWhen elected official argue in publicA skilled captain adeptly docking a boatHearing men compare strategies about all-you-can-eat buffetsThe beach in the early evening hours
Adventures Of Fatherhood
A new bedtime record was set for Beckett and Carson last weekend. With friends visiting and lots of fun being had, we just let the kids stay up and play outside while the adults enjoyed a bonfire. The kids dug the bonfire, but once the Smores were consumed they were on to other things. Watching… Read more »