Ward Museum: making wood fly
Decoy carvers have an uncanny ability to make wood fly. They slice away bits until a duck or goose or egret emerges, spreads its wings and takes off. Don’t believe […]
Tag Archives: Ocean City
Postcard from Ocean City, Md.
As the nights grow longer, the darkness gives way to holiday lights. Before we ring in the new year, I’ll probably see a half dozen holiday displays. On Thanksgiving weekend […]
10,000 step tour: Ocean City Boardwalk
You got this, I thought. It’s flat, with no traffic (except the bikes, lots of bikes) and not one turn. It’s the Ocean City Boardwalk, 2 1/4 miles long with […]
Gone fishing
I wasn’t sure I wanted to catch anything but I knew I wanted to try my hand at fishing in the ocean. I wanted to get up early, head out […]
TIPSY TOURIST: Ocean City Brewing
Ambition, your name is Ocean City Brewing. This upstart of a brewery only opened in June, as in after Memorial Day. And they opened big — a bar/restaurant as big […]
Memories of A Lost Town
The furnace that gives this ghost town its name stands silently now, what’s left of it soaring above the grassy indentation that was once its millrace. Furnace Town, located near the […]
TIPSY TOURIST: BACKSHORE Brewing Co.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Since I wrote this Shorebilly has changed its name to Backshore Brewing. Same place, new name. They’re creative, these craft brewers. I don’t know which I liked […]
It’s still summer at the beach
Every time Labor Day comes around, I look up and think, What happened to summer? And then I remember it’s still summer at the beach. The ocean beaches of Maryland […]
TIPSY TOURIST: Abbey Burger Bistro, O.C.
An occasional series of bars, taverns, saloons, watering holes of note — not that we’re advocating tipsiness, of course. You had me at Burley Oak. Readers of this blog may […]
Endangered treasures
Maryland is home to some wonderful things — that just may be gone soon. We all know a story about the disappearance of a local treasure: libraries looted, shrines blown […]
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