Ocean City

It is a great holiday to be Irish! However, it can be great fun even if you are not Irish. Everyone can still take advantage of all the many hotel, motel, restaurant and bar specials in Ocean City, Maryland for St. Patrick’s weekend. We have all been bombarded with snow and it will just be good to get out of the house and have a change of pace and scenery. St. Patrick’s weekend is the PERFECT time to beat cabin fever! Bring the kids or come for a romantic weekend. Do everything or do very little and just relax!

Yesterday, I drove through the Ocean City Inlet as is my habit when I have meetings on the island.  Thanks to the off season, the Town of Ocean City does not charge parking fees at the inlet.  You can zip in, take a look at the waves crashing on Assateague Island, check out the birds and be gone in a matter of minutes.  I'm not the only one who has this habit.  I saw the head of Ocean City Lifeguards stop by to walk his dog and gaze at the ocean.  Many others do the same, including large numbers of birders with spotting scopes.  Yesterday, however,  I was

Ocean City has a wonderful and storied past. An Englishman named Thomas Fenwick,the namesake of the Delaware resort that borders Ocean City to the north, once owned the land that our Ocean City of today rests upon. All who are involved in the city’s tourism today can look to Isaac Coffin as grandfather of that industry.

 I've dug the snow out of the driveway, walked and fed the pets, filled the bird feeders, so now it's time to think about myself and Marcie, my wife. Today I am going to walk (carefully) the Ocean City Boardwalk and hopefully capture some awesome Snow shots. Then we will find an Ocean City Restaurant for a sip 'n' bite. The snow has been fun but now more than ever before I want SUMMER to arrive. Although we live a short distance from Ocean City, Maryland at least once a year we stay in an Oceanfront Hotel just to get away from the every day routine.

 Now listen. I know it is nearly a month away before the 1st weekend of the St. Patricks Tournament. Every year this tournament gets bigger. The 1st year it fit into 1 weekend. It has grown into such a big event Ocean City Recreation and Parks had to stretch it out over 4 weekends.

There is nothing like a couple feet of snow to make me long for my summer vacation!  Just think, only a few more months and summer will be here.  Have you made your summer vacation plans yet?  If not, there is no time like the present. 

 I just finished a snowman and an igloo (at least it's supposed to be an igloo, for a munchkin) with my grandchildren. I can't wait until summer when Sand Castles rise up along the shoreline once again. Let's face it, there's something to be said for warm temps as opposed to frostbite! Eventually the sea will reclaim all your work but the sand remains and you can start again as opposed to melting snow. Summer is approaching and it's time to think about vacation rentals.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and OceanCity.com has great specials to help you save money when you come to celebrate this romantic weekend in Ocean City.  Whether you want a romantic getaway for two at one of the many great hotels in town or you prefer giving Mom a break and plan to take the family to the beach and out for dinner, you can't beat the money saving options in Ocean City.

Yes, we did indeed get almost a foot of snow.  I don't know the actual amount, but I know that I have at least 12 inches of snow behind my car and it's a LONG way to the street.  So, I don't care if it blew there or fell there, I'm calling this the snow storm of my 6 years on the Shore!!!