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This time of year carries many monikers – depending upon how empty or full the glass is for the person you’re speaking to. I’ve heard it called the second season, the shoulder season, the quality not quantity season, the quiet … Continue reading →

Have you ever had a meal that was so incredibly delicious, so memorably epic, or so repugnantly disgusting that you have to tell people about it? Not only did that just happen to me, but it just happened to me … Continue reading →

Well another season slowly comes to a close in typical psychotic fashion. It’s that bitter sweet time of year. In my world, it actually becomes more complicated because at work, I’m still completely in summer mode which means I don’t … Continue reading →

Labor Day weekend traditionally marks the end to the summer season. So as another beach year nears its close, I find myself doing a mental review of what I’ve already described as the summer that wasn’t. Fortunately, what this season … Continue reading →

I hope you all enjoyed last week’s Pony Tale. That story was just too much fun, and too weird not to share with you. I took a brief break from my role as the ranting, struggling bartender to tell you … Continue reading →

I’m going to take a break from my weekly tutorial intended to educate people on the “do’s and don’ts” when going to a bar. I’ve found myself once again unwittingly playing the starring role in a goofy story that I … Continue reading →

Throughout my writing of this column over the past nearly two years, I’ve used many recurring themes and worn many different hats. Some examples are: adoring father, perpetual adolescent, and recovering jackass. It seems that the most popular amongst them … Continue reading →

So far, the summer of 2013 has not been the most memorable of my 25 or so spent in Ocean City. By that, I mean it hasn’t been one of my more lucrative summers due to multiple forces beyond my … Continue reading →

Some years, just being a bartender in Ocean City, MD is more than enough to fill a column like this on a weekly basis. But unfortunately, the summer of 2013 so far has been at best, less than memorable. But … Continue reading →

Let’s go ahead and try to wrap up this bee sting story this week so we can get back on track with tales about the loathing of some, not all, tourists. I think three weeks of having a mental visual … Continue reading →

Let me start by saying happy Fourth of July. I hope all of you had a safe, enjoyable, healthy, and wonderful holiday. Last year about this time, I hit you with my lengthy patriotic rant mixed in with a smattering … Continue reading →

I know I’ve said it many times before, but often times this piece just writes itself. I’ll have something in mind to write about, and then an unexpected event pops up, and I subsequently become nothing more than a vessel … Continue reading →