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Contents

August 2018

Glory Days

The annual Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's Guts & Glory 5k Run and Walk is August 19. Photo provided by the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation

Features 54 Book It!

Find the perfect summer read

56 Reelin' In Fishing in OC

58 Frankencycles

Tall bikes are taking over OC

62 Look & Sea

John B. takes us to the Milky Way

On the Cover Long, lazy days of summer in OC are captured in Sue Rau's colorful cover. See Sue's work at the Fine Arts League, 711 Asbury. 4 OCEAN CITY MAGAZINE AUGUST 2018

5 Letter from the Editor 52 Activity of the Month

Shore Eats 6 8 10 16 18

In the Kitchen Battle Donut Famished Foodie Sunday Girl Eats Dining Guide

Local Ocean 20 20 21 22 24 28 32 34

Adorable Creature Ocean City Workers Ocean City Girl The Interview Snapshots August Events It’s History Potter Linda Higbee

Shopping OC 36 38 44 46 48 50

The Look Must Haves Shop Guide Capt. Scrap's Attic 7th Street Surf Shop Ocean City Style

On The Beach 66 68 70 72 73

Beach Guide Book of the Month Ocean’s Eleven Quiz Word Search Activities Guide

Services 76 77 80 81

Pets for Adoption Services Guide Real Tour Last Shot

From the Editor

Time to hit pause My daughter just asked me if we could get a dog. We have a dog, I said. A puppy named Lemy, she said. As I waved my head from side to side (and chuckled in my head) I started to think that if I were to get another dog I'd name him or her August. Because August, though it Fred Miller and Stef Godfrey before may be the cruelest month, the Historical Museum lecture on the first 50 issues of OC mag. is when the needle scratches on summer. It's when we hit the pause button and collectively slow down time to the second, so there are more minutes to do the everything or the nothing. It's when I really start to appreciate the ease and beauty of life in the summertime. It's also when I try to figure out how I can fit all my OC must do's in... water park visits, ride nights, beach walks, boogie boarding, the new aqua park at Totally Tubular, and so much more. While I'm wishing I could stop time... the splendor of summer hits home. It's when I begin to notice that the trees are deep green, the ocean is as warm as a bath, and the sun is still up partying with us til curfew. This is the month to catch that fish (see how writer Nick Matousch fared in his story on page 56), to ride that bike til dusk (if you fancy a different experience, try a Frankencycle - thought up by a couple OC guys. See page 58), and to read that book. See Deborah Worchel's story on beach books and our staff picks on books we've read and books we're planning to read this month. August is here, it's real, and it's spectacular in the OC. See how many events you can attend by choosing them from our list on page 28. I'm looking forward to the Boardwalk Art Show, the 109th Annual Baby Parade, and the Art of Surfing among other great times waiting to be had. Inside these pages, you'll choose sides (or both!) in a donut battle, go antiquing at Capt. Scrap's, and take a surfing lesson at 7th Street Surf Shop. You'll go dining with us as we visit the brand new inside and out Chatterbox Restaurant and enjoy its upgrade about as thoroughly as possible. See what dishes we chose and which you might want to try the next time you're ready for a dinner out. Speaking of... Sam Florio hits up anther family owned eatery on the Boards and is pleasantly surprised with the awesomeness of the food... at Crunchik'n. This Korean fusion spot is run by father daughter team John and Jen Choi. Go say hi, and try something new. Tell 'em August sent ya. See you on the beach,

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In the Kitchen

Crunchik'n Stop and soak in the flavor at this Boardwalk eatery run by the Choi family By Sam Florio

"It's Korean food tied into American classics" - Jen Choi, owner

IME is FLYING. Even when trying to relax and enjoy vacation, we still feel busy: kid’s sports practices and camps, making dinner for the family, finding time to get all of our work done! Time can feel like it is slipping right from our grasp. I just want one minute to slow down, take life in, enjoy a meal. This is why you have to get to Crunchik’n at 1348 Boardwalk. Amidst the fast-paced Boardwalk, bikes and surreys whizzing by, and highpitched roller coaster screams, sits a small gem – Crunchik’n... The crispy fried chicken

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and Asian fusion of your dreams, and a new Korean family, the Choi’s, you never knew you needed. One year ago John and Jen Choi, a fatherdaughter duo, opened Crunchik’n. Their trajectory has not at all been ordinary. For years, John was a professor in Korea for half of the year and a family man and hard worker in America the other half. Jen graduated with a public health degree and was a public health researcher. But John loved to cook. “He was always cooking,” Jen explained as her mom, Kim, jumped in. “In Korea, he

cooked for everyone. They always said, ‘you have to open your own place!’” You see, at Crunchik’n, it’s a family affair like most Ocean City businesses. After the initial shock of John and his daughter Jen jumping ship to start a new career, Kim is all hands on deck in the kitchen. She even offers up her age-old kimchi recipe, a traditional Korean staple made of fermented vegetables like radish and cabbage. Kimchi is deeply personal and unique to each Korean family, so I did not get the insider-info. But I will tell you this, it takes 16 hours just to prep the vegetables for Kim’s kimchi. The Choi kimchi

secret is locked up and hidden, but go order their kimchi cheese fries, and you will at least get to taste it. The bulgogi cheesesteak caught my eye on the menu before I even arrived. Going into Crunchik’n, I had no idea what any Korean foods were: bulgogi, japchae, the nuance of Korean fried chicken. But Crunchik’n has explanations of each Korean term posted on their store front, so you feel comfortable ordering. “Korean food is not as widely known in the United States. We want our customers to really enjoy Korean cuisine. We want to expose more people to Korean food,” Jen said. “I'm KoreanAmerican. That’s what we make here. It’s Korean food, but tied into American classics.” This is exactly how I would describe a bulgogi cheesesteak: a base of classic American food, filled with the punch of Korean flavor. Pronounced exactly as spelled, bul-go-ghee is a Korean specialty. It's Korean barbecue. The meat is sliced very thin and marinated for 24 hours. As Jen gave me some background, John started cooking. One difference between the beloved Philly cheesesteak is that this bulgogi cheesesteak is packed with veggies. To start, John puts a heaping pile of shredded carrots and onion on the grill along with the bulgogi. “Actually, our sauce for the bulgogi takes six months to make. One of the important things about real Korean food is that it takes a long time to make because a lot of the sauces need to sit and marinate or ferment. Some of our soy sauces that are in the sauces sit for six months to a year,” Jen told me while watching her dad with a smile.

Their bulgogi marinade is made with soy, ginger, and lots of Korean seasonings and sauces created specifically by the Chois. To ensure flavor perfection, Jen and John go to Korea throughout the year to consult with their team about what tastes the absolute best. Next, John scooped out a classic Philly roll and layered one side with a regular, American cheese sauce. Next is a hefty portion of bulgogi and sauteed vegetables. Blanketing the bulgogi is a mixture of shredded provolone and mozzarella cheese. John tops all of this with a fresh, Korean salsa of chopped Korean radish, tomatoes and a hint of spice. A sprinkling of chopped cilantro finishes the cheesesteak dish. The roll is soft yet crispy on the outside. The provolone pulls out of the roll and stretches like taffy with each cheesy bite. I am blown away by the simple changes that turn the classic cheesesteak into Korean-American fusion. Now about the restaurant’s namesake: the chicken. The concept of fried chicken has swept the Korean nation. Jen and Kim set a plate for me to try, and assemble the show-stopper: the “Beach Pop.” The Beach Pop is your drink of choice with a bowl for a lid, filled with Crunchik’n’s best chicken and fries. It seems unbelievable, but it’s the perfect Boardwalk food – an entire meal in one cup. “Korean chicken is traditionally twice-fried. Before that, we cut all of the chicken ourselves because it is really important to us to have fresh chicken. The chicken marinades for 24 hours. It is barely covered in batter and fried twice,” Jen explained.

I am amazed at the meticulous planning for each step, but it is entirely worth it. Each bite is incredibly flavorful and addicting. I had a mouth full of the honey soy boneless chicken and with no desire to stop eating in sight, Jen continued. “Sometimes we are up late into the night cutting chicken for the next day. I start to think I hate chicken and never want to see it again. And then... I find myself still craving it!” The honey soy chicken (served bone-in or boneless) is so ridiculously flavorful, salty, sweet and crispy, I couldn’t stop eating as we talked. But I think that’s exactly what the Chois wanted. As Jen and my conversation continued, John created more and more items for me to try. These moments perfectly encapsulate the environment the Chois created in their kitchen and restaurant. They are excited to teach about Korean cuisine and even more excited to share it with their customers. Ordering at Crunchik’n starts to become a personal experience. Jen knows the names of all of her regulars, often asking how their vacation is going or sharing new specials with them while getting their food ready. You will begin to look forward to more than just the menu. Crunchik’n will be your moment to pause. Time is flying, and summer seems to be slipping through our fingers. But if you need just a moment, to stop and take in the sounds of Ocean City, to slow down for a second, go get some chicken from John and Jen Choi at Crunchik’n. Listen to the waves in the background, grab dinner for your family, eat some chicken. To quote Ferris Bueller, “Life moves pretty fast, if you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you might miss it” (and you might miss some pretty dang good chicken!)

Shore Eats

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I'm pretty sure Will Rodgers said he never met a donut he didn't like. Or something like that. Well call me Will because I feel the same way. The donut is one of those wonders of the dessert world... it's smallish, completely customizable, and boom, acceptable to eat for breakfast! It was a fine summer morning when my crew pulled up in front of Nauti Donuts for a taste of this new donuttery (is that a word?) that has the town buzzing. I jumped out – advantages of being the passenger – and walked through the doors and into xanadu, er, Nauti Donuts. The space is modern, clean and open. It smelled terrific, like comfort and yummy rolled together.

I could easily tear through a dozen Oves apple cider donuts. Easily. The donuts are awesome for sure and if you have a long bike ride home they’ll still be warm when you arrive. But for me it’s more than just a really good donut – it’s the entire ritual of the donut. The memorable experience that you get in summer. It’s the long-honored bike ride down the boards or across the picturesque streets of the north end to sit on a bench or the beach and scarf a variety box of Oves donuts. There are powdered, cinnamon, chocolate iced, vanilla iced and, of course, plain. Open that box of a dozen

She Said That morning, I decided to delve into a few options off the Nauti Dozen, a series of pre-planned donuts. The Mermaid's Delight - fruity pebbles, strawberry icing, and marshmallow drizzle; the Salty Dog - maple icing, pork roll, and salted caramel drizzle; and the Rogue Wave - vanilla icing and Oreo crumbles. Needless to say, I ran to the car, got a sleeping bag and pillow, set up in a corner and am still at Nauti, typing this right now while eating donuts and trying to blend in. Let people talk... the donuts, served warm, were an unstoppable force of sweet perfection and I shan't be denied. Winning!

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He Said and transport yourself to a time when you were 10, the living was easy, and summer meant spending time in the OC. That’s how good Oves donuts are – they can transport you through time! Dense but not chewy, sweet but not cavity-inducing, old-fashioned but able to stand up to the hustle bustle of modern life – these are quality donuts. And for me the magic is sitting and munching and watching the world go by. I just made my first trip to Oves with my daughter. It was quite the memory…

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THE CHATTERBOX

The Famished Foodie walks into an old classic, and sits down to a whole new experience

HE Chatterbox is new and it’s delicious. Well it’s not really new, it’s stood at the corner of 9th and Central since the days of the Lake brothers. But it’s got new owners, a new chef, a new vibe and some really yummy eats. The Chatterbox went up for sale last year and there was some hand-wringing that out-of-state investors would swoop in, tear it down and throw up condos. But new owners Jim and Regina Anthony and John Duva instead bought the place, renovated from top to bottom and brought in renowned chef RJ Cooper. So having heard the menu was tasty we assembled the entire crew and headed out. With me were Pepper Potts, my brilliant and trusted cohort, Bruce “the Hulk” Banner, Captain America Steve Rogers, Janet “the Wasp” Van Dyne and myself, Tony Stark, wealthy American business magnate and ingenious scientist by day and armor-wearing superhero by night. The fresh paint sparkled as we pulled up and the newly revealed mosaics that decorate the front

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shined with renewed life. We strolled into the completely new dining area and were promptly greeted with a smile. We smoothed into a big booth and settled in with menus in our hands. The menu remains classic American but this is no longer the burger and fries joint it once was. Oh yes, there are still burgers on the menu but they’ve been elevated. This is a menu from a welltraveled and thoughtful chef. We decided to start with two appetizers, the crostini and the crispy fried cauliflower. The crostini came with a honey, ricotta and basil spread that was a balm for my tired taste buds. It was bright and fresh with a light but deep flavor that really complimented the sturdy crostini bread. Savory with the ricotta but a bit sweet from the honey and all delicious. And if I’m not mistaken there was a bit of a spice on the finish. Pepper and I had a restrained, but obvious

competition for this dish with neither willing to give the other much leeway. But nobody lost any fingers so all good. The fried cauliflower came with a hot and sour sauce with a lime cream. This was scrumptious. The texture was spot on (I was afraid it might be too soft) and the mouthful of fresh cauliflower and the accompanying sauce had me floating on a gastronomic cloud. “The cauliflower is sweet and spicy and warm and toasty and crispy and really so good that I want to order another one right now. This is the bomb,” said Pepper. I couldn’t help but notice the notes on the menu disclosing the source of the ingredients. “We proudly serve sustainable and locally sourced products to decrease our footprint, protecting our environment and coastlines.” For me this is important. If you live or vacation in Ocean City you depend on clean water to either live here or enjoy your time here. I’m all about keeping my neighborhood clean and sustainable. And the service was just right; smiling and informative but not obtrusive. The new Chatterbox has taken it up a notch and I

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appreciate it. I enjoy food and I know food. I like to know where it came from and how it was handled before it got to my plate. The Chatterbox appreciates these details as well. Bravo to them. So if you’re wondering where the chatterbox is going, take note of the new chef; James Beard Award-winning chef RJ Cooper, a well regarded, accomplished and colorful chef known for his work in prestigious restaurants east of the Mississippi. I tried to corner the chef while we were eating but he politely begged off, explaining that they were still tending to the multitude of details that opening a new restaurant entails. I tried calling him later until I realized it was lunch time, So I quickly apologized and told him I’d call back later (never call a chef at lunch or dinner time!). So I never got to speak to him but his resume and the delicious meal we had says it all. Cooper was a fixture on the Washington, D.C. restaurant scene for much of his early career (it’s where he won his James Beard Award). He worked in Atlanta, Charlotte and landed in Nashville in late 2016 where he opened Henley, an upscale restaurant at the Kimpton Aertson Hotel. So yeah, this is a serious and accomplished chef. For our entrees I ordered the New England lobster roll with drawn butter and herbs on a potato roll. My options were truly dazzling including (among several

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awesome looking options) Cape May shrimp, pork cutlet, or an all-natural steak from New York meat producer Pat Lafrieda (Our server Sam told us he’s know across the East Coast for his high-quality meats). There’s also burgers on the menu. But I was feeling the lobster roll so I went with it. Mmm and it was delish, It was overflowing with fresh lobster, lightly seasoned (to let the lobster shine through) and served on a soft bun. Light but satisfying, I could have eaten another but then I would have been stuffed. There’s a really nice childrens menu too. The Wasp ordered the house-made organic pasta. Let that sink in for a minute… the childrens menu includes housemade organic items. Our server Sam (who was really nice and cute and polite and well-mannered) told us they make all the pasta in house. So as you can see this is a restaurant offering items you’d normally find in hotspots like D.C. or Philly. I think we should all embrace it. I certainly am. I like pizza and all, but I’m happy to see a Chef Cooper and his well-trained chef hands (and brain) in the OC. The Hulk ordered the chicken fingers which were as fresh and good as any fancier item on the menu; juicy and well-seasoned. He devoured it. Cap ordered meatballs and pasta and you could tell that the sauce was thoughtfully prepared and the meatballs were yummy. Plus the presentation was simple but elegant. Pepper ordered the Ricotta Ravioli with heirloom cherry tomatoes roasted garlic and basil. “I love this. I’m definitely coming back here. Sometimes when you think about going back to a restaurant you’re like “maybe.” But I’ll be back here in a heartbeat. You know, I’m always skeptical when a restaurant advertises that they make their own stuff - what does that actually mean? Because making their own doesn’t always mean good. But this is truly excellent. And I don’t say that too often,” said Pepper. Welcome Chef Cooper and thanks for a fabulous meal. We’ll be back shortly.

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Whipped Cream 1 cup heavy whipping cream 2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla Garnish Coarse sea salt, for garnish

Filling 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 4 egg yolks 1/2 cup lemon or lime juice or mix of the two (I used 2 lemons and 1 lime) Preheat oven to 350Â° F. Crush the crackers finely by hand or with a food processor. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t over crush. Add the sugar and coconut. Knead in the coconut oil until the crumbs hold together. Press into an 8-inch to 9 1/2 inch pie pan. Chill for 15 minutes. Bake for 18 minutes or until the crust is golden brown. While the crust is cooling, beat the egg yolks into the condensed milk. Then beat in the citrus juice till completely combined. Pour into the prepared shell and bake for 16 minutes until the filling has set. While the pie is baking, prepare the whipped cream. Whisk together the heavy cream, vanilla and 2 tablespoons of sugar on high speed for about 3 minutes or until soft peaks form. Once the pie has cooled completely, chill until cold. Top with the fresh whipped cream and garnish with coarse sea salt before serving.

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Positively Fourth Street Breakfast and lunch. Dinner in season. Innovative dishes. 400 Atlantic, 814-1886.

Emily’s Ocean Room Cafe High tea all summer, breakfast and lunch year round. 11th & Boardwalk, 398-5700. Open year round.

Wards Pastry Butter cookies, sticky buns, scrapple pie. 730 Asbury, 399-1260. Open year round.

Hula Restaurant and Sauce Company Tasty Hawaiian cuisine. We love the Firecracker Shrimp. 940 Boardwalk, 399-2400.

Yoasis Try the Cookie Monster. 838 Asbury, 525-2100.

Ivy Pho Vietnamese cuisine by Chef Bryan. 403 E. 14th Street, 609-938-4292.

Yoasis Beach Bowls Fro yo, acai bowls, pitaya bowls, smoothies. 1242 Boardwalk, 938-0898.

Jay’s Crabshack 737 Asbury, 399-4022. Open year round.

Starbucks 1061 Asbury, 938-6905.

Jon & Patty’s Healthy, creative bistro fare. New second floor seating. 637 Asbury Avenue, 399-3377. Open year round.

Starfish Cafe Unprocessed, organic ingredients locally sourced when possible. 822 E. 9th Street, 609-432-2686. Uncle Bill’s Pancake House Legendary breakfasts, lunches. 2112 Asbury, 40th & West, 398-7393. Open year round. PIZZA l BREAD l ROLLS

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6th Street Pizza Salads, apps, pizza, sandwiches. Credit cards accepted. 600 Boardwalk, next to Gillian's, 609-525-0022.

Oves Restaurant Fresh seafood dinners, homemade apple cider donuts. 4th & Boardwalk, 398-3172.

Bennie’s Bread and Italian Market Fresh bread, pastries, brick oven pizzas, sandwiches, and tomato pie. 1159 Asbury, 398-9450. New location at 4th & Ocean.

Red’s Jersey-Mex Superior Mexi/Southwest food. Gluten-free menu. 11th & Haven, 399-2272.

Kirk’s Pizza Amazing steak sandwiches. 44 Route 9, Marmora. 390-1845.

Spadafora's Restaurant & Clam Bar Famous dockside fresh local flavor. 843 Atlantic, 398-6154.

Manco & Manco Pizza Three locations on the Boards. 7th, 9th, and 12th Streets. 3992548.

Spadafora's Seafood Market Large, fresh selection of takeout fish and shellfish. 932 Haven, 398-6703.

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16th Street Seafood Take out platters, fresh seafood market. 1555 Haven, 399-0016.

Adelene Serving breakfast and lunch daily. Gorgeous beachfront space. 1510 Boardwalk, 800-334-4546. Cousin’s Varied and sophisticated menu. Outside dining, catering too. 104 Asbury, 399-9462. Crab Trap Seafood, prime rib, steak and pasta dishes. 2 Broadway, Somers Point, 927-7377.

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Tuckahoe Inn Back Bay Cafe with live music, Boat Bar. 1 Harbor Road & Route 9, Beesley’s Point, 390-3322. Open year round. Voltaco’s Everything Italian. Sandwiches, dinners, sauces. 957 West, 399-0753. Yianni's Cafe Hot Bagels and More Greekinspired dishes. Two locations. 841 Asbury & 1735 Simpson, 391-1113.

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>>>>•<<<< OCEAN CITY EMPLOYEES Sam Florio interviews a few hard workers around town Grace Mozitis,

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Favorite thing to do on a rainy day? Take pictures. I love to take pictures on Asbury. When did you start? A few years ago. I use my pictures to raise money for the Shanti Bhavan project. I don’t take any money for the portraits. I send all of the money there. Wow. How were you introduced to that? I sing for Broadway Babies and they worked with the Shanti Bhavan charity to bring kids here from India to teach them music! I love it. How old are you? 16. I go to Mainland Regional High School. I go back and forth performing off Broadway in NYC. What is your favorite thing to eat Downtown? Drip n’ Scoop! 20 OCEAN CITY MAGAZINE AUGUST 2018

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Favorite thing to do in Ocean City on a rainy day? Get a coffee at Ocean City Coffee Co. and go to Ta Dah! Favorite thing on the menu? The Heart Beet Burger. It’s so tasty. It’s hearty enough for people who aren’t used to being vegan. And the coconut bacon is addicting. Do you eat vegan? Yes, I have been eating vegan for one and a half years. I do it for animal rights, sustainable farming, and health purposes. Where else would you tell someone to try in OC who is attempting vegan eats? Mario’s has vegan pizza and awesome pasta. Bashful banana for their whips. And I just tried the Soma collared wrap, and I was really pleased!

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Cats or dogs? Dogs. A good dog is a man’s best friend. My dog’s name is Scout and she plays dead when you pretend to shoot her - she is the best. Favorite thing to do on a rainy day in Ocean City? Definitely stay in, get my feels with a solid Harry Potter movie marathon on TV. Are you in school? Yes I am. I am a rising junior at the University of Alabama. I’m studying finance and minoring in criminal justice. I’m currently in the OCS program for the USMC, to become an officer. Have you always wanted to be a Marine? I've always wanted to go into the military, and I want to lead future Marines. I will be the first Rosica in the US Military. What is your favorite thing to eat from Boyar’s? Anything with our homemade buffalo sauce on it.

In the Know with Ocean City Girl Welcome back beach buddies! Our summer is in full effect and our city is bustling with the thrills of it all. When you walk through town you can feel the heat, not just from the sunshine, but from the friendly warmth of everyone’s excitement and happiness. There are so many things to make you smile that it’s no wonder Ocean City was voted America’s Happiest Seaside Town by Coastal Living Magazine. This month you can attend the Annual Art Show, the 109th Annual Baby Parade which is the oldest in the country or even the Miss Ocean City pageant. Until then, get your coffee and pull up a chair while we see what readers are asking this month. Do you have something you want to know about this phenomenal place? Well wonder no more, email your questions to editor@ ocnjmagazine.com and you could have your answer in next month’s issue. – Jenn Wean Dear Ocean City Girl, My family loves getting Boardwalk ice cream on vacation. Are there any ice cream shops where we can go inside to sit down, order and enjoy our cold treat? Sincerely, We All Scream for Ice Cream Dear Ice Cream, There are several places that you can go sit down and enjoy a scoop or two all around the island so I will start at the south end. 55th & West has A La Mode Ice Cream Parlor. It is a quaint little shop that offers homemade ice cream flavors. Check them out on a rainy day and get a discount on your ice cream! Next we have Aunt Betty’s Ice Cream Shack at 40th and West and 21st and Asbury. These two shops offer sundaes, smoothies, splits, cones, milkshakes as well as a special treat for those stopping by with a fur baby or two. As we get closer in town there is Johnny B Goode Ice Cream Parlor at 34th & West and 14th & Asbury. Here you can not only get sundaes, shakes, smoothies, floats, made-toorder waffles and ice cream and specialty coffee, but they have entertainment during the week in season. Depending on which night you go there is karaoke night and sock hop night both offered twice a week at both locations or a magician and balloon art at the 14th Street location only. Finally, there is Chill. This is a new store offering the latest craze in hand rolled ice cream. Here you pick a flavor base, add your mix-ins, toppings and then finish it with drizzle on the top. You complete your ensemble with their homemade Chill Whip which is freshly made whipped cream that’s blue. Absolutely a place your family will love to come and chill out!

Dear Ocean City Girl, I am wondering if there is any place where my family and I can stay active with our sports? Our teenagers are really into basketball, my wife and I are tennis players and our younger kids love playgrounds to climb in. Thank you, Summer Sports Supporter Dear Summer Sports, I can recommend a few that offer one or two of your needs and then one that offers all three, how great is that? These locations are at 6th Street, 8th Street, 34th and 52nd. At 6th Street there are basketball courts and tennis courts, but no playground. There are a few grassy areas about that your younger kids could run or play frisbee if so inclined. At 8th Street you have the playground and basketball court, but no tennis. Our south end has the 52nd Street playground where your younger ones can play for hours as well as a basketball court for your teens. While there are no tennis courts they do have an enclosed area for hockey if that is an option. Finally, Sandcastle Park located at 34th Street is the creme de la creme – it has all three of your sports needs! It has a playground, a basketball area which is enclosed but open fencing so you are within eye shot. Then beyond the basketball is our tennis courts. There are multiple courts to use and your children will all be close by while you and your wife enjoy a game or two. I hope you have a fabulous time visiting us and return back soon.

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The Interview Beauty and the Beast director Dan Dunn on stage life productions are put on so fast, there is no time for negativity and second guessing. I also like to approach things from a movement based perspective – so when I am coordinating everything, I use a very physical vocabulary, with a lot of movement-based words. What are defining characteristics of a director? First and foremost, a leader with a vision that people can trust. It’s not a dictatorship by any means – I will look for everyone to bring something to the table as we work through the production. What motivates you? I always try to make sure I’m directing something that brings me joy. I want to entertain families with only something I consider top notch. I do not want to direct something that I don’t deem worthy of people paying to see.

HEN you see Beauty and the Beast this month (August 7-10), you will be seeing many beloved characters up on the stage, but the one person you won't see is director Dan Dunn, as he watches his production unfold from the audience. An optimistic visionary, Dan watches from the rear of the theatre to see the play and watch how the audience enjoys the performance. He uses his experiences of choreography and directing to instill the magic of theatre that was originally bestowed onto him. What is your background as a director? I’m a Philadelphia-based director from Cinnaminson. I grew up taking choreography classes, and was a dance captain in high school. Directing came out of the choreography background. I was going to go to college for it, but landed a job directing with a tour of Cats with Andrew Loyd Webber, and have been directing ever since. This is my fourth season with Ocean City Theatre Company, and third production of Beauty and the Beast this year. What initially drew you to musicals and theatre? My grandmother, who was very special to me, brought me to Beauty and the Beast when I was a kid. It was the first show I ever saw, and it was with her. She brought me to more shows after that, and I grew more interested. We especially loved watching movie musicals together. I credit my work ethic and drive to her. Have you worked in any other genres besides musical theatre? I’ve done television and commercials, and then I’ve also choreographed a lot of live performances. I’ve done the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the X-Games, and even Norwegian Cruise Lines. What is your directorial style? I like to have a positive and encouraging environment. As these 22 OCEAN CITY MAGAZINE AUGUST 2018

Why did you want to bring Beauty and the Beast to Ocean City? The theatre company chose the show, but I think Ocean City is the perfect place for a Disney show, since it is regarded as such a family resort. Plus Beauty has an incredible message – Belle is a smart woman looking for more, not a damsel in distress. How do you pick your cast members? Ocean City Theatre Company and our casting crew in New York have simultaneous auditions, where they sing a song from the musical. If we like who we see, and they are thorough enough about being in character, they get a dance combination and more material for another audition. We then make the selection from there. What do you do when you’re not directing? I’m on faculty at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. I also run a musical theatre training facility in the city, where I train people in singing and dancing from age two to adults. What are the challenges and rewards of being a director? I always feel like I could have more time to perfect everything. I always want to improve what I’ve been working on tirelessly. But on the other hand, it is great to sit back and watch families enjoy these shows, as it is some people’s first theatre experience. Are there any lesser known responsibilities of a director? It’s not just directing the play – it is the meetings with all of the departments months before rehearsals even begin. It takes a village to put these productions on, so I have to meet with all of the scenic designers and costume designers to discuss every detail. Name your best characteristic. I see myself as very loyal. I really do depend strongly on family and friends, so I want to be the person they can depend on as well. How would your best friend describe you? A little crazy, a little funny, and in some cases reserved. A rule follower for sure! - Nick Matousch. Photo provided by Dan Dunn.

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Clockwise from top: Brittney Biederman, John Biederman, Jenna Hodge, John Biederman, Donna Biederman, Hudson Biederman, Ryan Hodge Jr., Kayla Hodge; Ron Near, Colleen Near, Makenna Near, Kyla Near; Madison Short, Candace Short, Sandra Phy, Kenneth Phy; Noah Eisenhandler, Elle McGinley, Rebecca Eisenhandler, Finn McGinley, Claire McGinley, Michael McGinley; Ryan Druker, Shawn Szalabofka, Lilliana Druker, Ava Szalabofka; Kennedy Martin, Hannah Martin, Julia Tarewicz, Jack Tarewicz, Claire Delewski, Chase Delewski. Photos by Terry Carrelli. 24 OCEAN CITY MAGAZINE AUGUST 2018

4th of July Parade - Gardens

Clockwise from top: Paul, Jasmine & Isla Goldstein; TJ Duke; Lily Hall, Travis Hall, Bobby Delbescovo, Anna Delbescovo & Isabella Lynch; Danny Sheets, Luke Sheets, Skylar Cohen & Wyatt Sheets; Yvonne Weaver, Gibson Weaver, Annette Updyke & Caden Weaver; Olivia, Megan, Mike, Ella & Celia Cellini. Photos by Kerri Janto. 25

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Clockwise from top: Brady, Ellie & Will Scibona; Charley, Reid & Addison Stoczko; Gabriella Ramirez & Alex Charlton; Rachel & Matt Rohrbach; Grace Murray, Emma Shiley, Aleesha Murray, Luke Murray & Ben Shiley; Jude, Tommy, Jack Walsh, Arden Walsh & Gwen Dalton. Photos by Kerri Janto.

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On the Beaches

Clockwise from top: Brian, Betsy, Bruce & Brad Fadem; Nick, Braden, Brooke and Erin Cangelosi; Meredith LaPan, Maggie Rust & Erin Rust; Judi, Paige, Brad, Tyler & Amy Welch; Kacie & John McAlarnen; Gabbi Koury, Colby Wasson, Avery Wentzel & Maddi Koury. Photos by Kerri Janto.

Local Ocean August Events HISTORIC TOURS Thursdays from 2-4pm, pick-up at 7th & Central Avenue.

1 WACKY WEDNESDAY

Boardwalk Art Show

THROUGHOUT AUGUST

OCEAN CITY POPS ORCHESTRA Performances at the Music Pier.

EVERY TUESDAY

FUNTASTIC TUESDAYS 10am-1pm on Asbury Avenue. Entertainment, face painters, balloon sculptors. MUMMERS NIGHT Strutting 7-9pm on the Boardwalk, 6th-14th streets. Sponsored by Shirt Shack, Preps, Ocean Treasures, Henry’s Fine Jewelry. BEACH WALKS South End location: 59th Street & Central Avenue (Entrance to Corson’s Park) - Tuesdays 9am, Wednesdays 6:30pm. North End Location: OC/ Longport Bridge Parking Lot (Gardens Parkway) - Tuesdays 6:30pm, Wednesdays 9am. Tickets may be purchased on-site. Adults $1, children $.50.

EVERY WEDNESDAY

BEACH WALKS South End Location: 59th Street & Central Avenue (Entrance to Corson’s Park) - Tuesdays at 9am, Wednesdays at 6:30pm. North End Location: OC/Longport Bridge Parking Lot (Gardens Parkway), Tuesdays at 6:30pm, Wednesdays at 9am. Tickets may be purchased on-site. Adults $1. Children $.50. FARMER’S MARKET At the Tabernacle Grounds every Wednesday 8am-1pm. Crafters in the street at 6th and Asbury Avenue. Ends September 5. WACKY WEDNESDAY Wacky But Not Tacky events and contests that are fun for the entire family. 10:30am every Wednesday through August 29 at the Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk.

MYSTERY BAG Participants will receive a brown paper bag filled with random supplies. Your mission, create an object, sculpture or unique work of art using everything in the bag. Contest is free. Limited to 150 participants. Open to all ages. Start time: 10:30am at the Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk.

SHOW Leading artists from the East Coast exhibit and sell their work. Traditionally an ideal place to buy fine artwork at reasonable prices. Hours: Friday and Saturday 10am-6pm, Sunday 10am-4pm.

1 TWINS CONTEST

Prizes for those who look the most and least alike. Registration is free and begins at 5:30pm. Contest begins at 6pm in front of the Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk.

BERNSTEIN/ROBBINS: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Composer Leonard Bernstein and director/ choreographer Jerome Robbins are two of Broadways most legendary figures. Together and separately they helped bring the world, "West Side Story,""On the Town,""The King and I,""Peter Pan,""Fiddler on the Roof,""Gypsy!" and more. Not only were they trailblazers they were also great friends – both born 100 years ago. We are proud to celebrate both their centennial and their remarkable friendship with a concert event guaranteed to leave you dancing on air. The show features a star-studded Broadway cast presented SpotOn Entertainment. 7:30pm at the Ocean City Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk. Tickets: $25/$20. Call 609-399-6111 or visit oceancityvacation.com/boxoffice.

2 OCEAN CITY FISHING PIER OPEN

HOUSE 6-8pm. The Ocean City Fishing Club is inviting shutterbugs and other visitors to tour its pier and clubhouse at 14th Street & Boardwalk. Visitors will also be able to make an optional donation of canned goods to support the Ocean City Food Cupboard.

2 SAND SCULPTING CONTEST

Registration is free and begins at 9am at the 6th Street Beach. The second one of the season. Judging takes place by 11am.

2–4 THE 18TH ANNUAL ART OF SURFING

At the Ocean City Music Pier. It is a free family event featuring original art from surfing’s biggest names, live music, and a chance to meet artists from across the country.

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5 TONY DESARE: FLY ME TO THE MOON

WITH THE OC POPS BIG BAND Fly away to the moon and back with crooner and pianist extraordinaire, Tony DeSare, in a unique celebration of pop songs by Billy Joel, Elton John, The Bee Gees, Bruce Springsteen, and few select originals, plus the timeless songs of Frank Sinatra. Named a Rising Star Male Vocalist in Downbeat magazine, DeSare has lived up to this distinction by winning critical and popular acclaim for his concert performances throughout North America and abroad. From jazz clubs to Carnegie Hall to Las Vegas headlining with Don Rickles and major symphony orchestras, DeSare has brought his fresh take on old school class around the globe. Follow Tony on Facebook, Twitter and subscribe on YouTube to stay connected. 7:30pm at the Ocean City Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk. Tickets: $25/$20. Call 609-399-6111 or visit oceancityvacation.com/ boxoffice.

6 THE BACON BROTHERS

EVERY THURSDAY

MARKET DAYS 10am-1pm on Asbury Avenue. Entertainment, face painters, balloon sculptors. FAMILY NIGHTS Entertainment on the Boardwalk 7:30-9:30pm between 6th-14th streets. Sponsored by Shriver’s, Playland Castaway Cove, and Johnson’s Popcorn.

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3–5 56TH ANNUAL BOARDWALK ART

After delighting a sold out audience at the Music Pier in 2016, The Bacon Brothers – Michael and Kevin Bacon – make their triumphant return to the South Jersey shore. The Philadelphia natives’ brand of bluesy rock and roll is the perfect soundtrack for a summer night. The concert begins at 7pm at the Ocean City Music Pier, Boardwalk & Moorlyn Terrace. Tickets start at $39. For tickets, please visit Ticketmaster or call 1-800-745-3000. Produced by BRE Presents & Bob Rose.

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September 7-8 Street Rod Weekend September 15 Airport Festival September 16 Boardwalk Aerobatic Airshow September 23 Corvette Show September 29 MS City to Shore Ride October 6 Fall Block Party October 14 Chili Chowder Fest October 25 Halloween Parade

WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER Ocean City Free Public Library August 1 Reptile Show For kids grades 4-8. 10am in Room 110. August 1 Summer Movie Wednesdays Les Miserables Inspector Javert pursues escaped convict Jean Valjean in the years following the French Revolution in this big-screen adaptation of the musical based on the classic novel. 2012. August 8 Movie Night Wonder 2017 - A 10 year old boy with a facial deformity attends school for the first time. With the help of his parents, he learns how to make friends and adjust to his new environment. (113 minutes) Journey to Hogwarts - Summer Reading Book Club August 7- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix August 14 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince August 21 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows The Library is reading the Harry Potter series for

its Summer Book Club. Every Tuesday at 6pm in room N116. Beach Book Bash August 13 & 27 10am-2pm on the 14th Street Beach. Beach Tags Required. Celebrate Summer Beach Reading! Bring a book, pack a lunch, spend the day!

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Monthly Exhibitions “Painted Alley” by Anthony Allman August 1 - 31. Allman has painted the beautiful homes and other buildings surrounding the alleys of Ocean City. Inspired by his home in Florida, his work is bright and colorful. There will be a “Meet the Artist” reception, free and open to the public on Friday, August 10 at 7pm.

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7 PAMPER SCAMPER

Annual baby crawling race. Registration is free and begins at 8:30am. Contest begins at 9am at the 6th Street beach. For babies up to 15 months.

8 WACKY WEDNESDAY

THAT’S HOW THE COOKIE CRUMBLES Use your creativity to shape and sculpt a cookie into your very own unique masterpiece. Contest is free. Limited to 150 participants. Open to all ages. Start time: 10:30am at the Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk.

7-10 BROADWAY MUSICAL: DISNEY’S

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Presented by the Ocean City POPS and Ocean City Theatre Company. Step into the enchanted world of Broadway’s modern classic, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature. August 7, 8 and 10 at 7:30pm, August 9 at 2pm. Hughes Performing Arts Center. Visit oceancityvacation.com/boxoffice.

9 109TH ANNUAL BABY PARADE

One of the oldest baby parades in the country. On the Boardwalk, 6th-12th streets at 10:30am.

11 MISS OCEAN CITY PAGEANT

7pm at the Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk. Miss Ocean City 2018 Madison Kennelly will be on hand as contestants compete in interview, talent, swimsuit, evening gown and onstage question. Contestants must be between the ages of 16 and 22. Tickets available at oceancityvacation.com/boxoffice.

12 THE WONDERFUL MUSIC OF OZ

L. Frank Baum's classic novel, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," took the world by storm upon its publication on May 17, 1900. That beloved classic is still enchanting readers and music lovers today – over a hundred years later. Now, for the first time, celebrate all of the music based on the original tale in one magical concert event. "The Wonderful Music of Oz" pays tribute to the story as told on Broadway ("Wicked," "The Wiz,") in Hollywood ("The Wizard of Oz," "Return to Oz") and on the radio ("Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Tin Man") Defy gravity and travel over the rainbow as we take a musical journey down the yellow brick road with a cast of New York's top vocalists. There's no place like home and there's no show like "The Wonderful Music of Oz." 7:30pm at the Ocean City Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace and boardwalk. Tickets: $25/$20. Call 609399-6111 or visit oceancityvacation.com/boxoffice.

13 GORDON LIGHTFOOT

Songwriting Hall of Famer Gordon Lightfoot has delighted audiences across the globe for the better part of a century with his undeniable knack for crafting songs that tell stories. The legend lives on with an evening of music celebrating the vast and successful catalog of this generational talent. The concert begins at 7:30pm at the Ocean City Music Pier, 825 Boardwalk & Moorlyn Terrace. Tickets start at $39. For tickets, please visit Ticketmaster or call 1-800-745-3000. Produced by BRE Presents & Bob Rose.

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PAPER CLIP SCULPTING & LITTLE MISS/MISTER CHAOS AND MISS/ MISTER MISCELLANEOUS Use your creativity to shape and sculpt paper clips into your very own unique masterpiece. Contest is free. 30 OCEAN CITY MAGAZINE AUGUST 2018

Open to all ages. As the sculptors work, who will win the titles of Miss & Mister Miscellaneous? This hidden and unique talent competition is for anyone over the age of six. Judges are looking for unusual and unique talents! Plus, Little Miss and Little Mister Chaos, which requires boys and girls from three to five years of age to make as much noise as possible by banging on supplied pots and pans. Contest is free. Open to all ages. Start time: 10:30am at the Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk.

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BEAUTY PAGEANT The original beauty contest for crustaceans. Families, kids, businesses and organizations are invited to enter their crustacean in this annual contest. Winner receives the coveted Cucumber Rind Cup and walks down a flowery runway. Free registration. Starts 5:30pm at 6th Street beach. Contest begins 6pm. Open to all ages.

20-21 THE BEACH BOYS

Perennial sell-outs, the legendary Beach Boys, return to the Boardwalk to bring their feel-good summertime pop classics to Ocean City for four great shows in two nights. There’s no better setting than the beach to catch this show, full of the band’s countless hits and fun singalongs for the whole family! The concerts begin at 6pm and 8:30pm at the Ocean City Music Pier, 825 Boardwalk & Moorlyn Terrace. Tickets start at $59.50. For tickets, please visit Ticketmaster or call 1-800-7453000. Produced by BRE Presents & Bob Rose.

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Watch as some of the fastest crabs in the universe compete for the King of Klutz plaque immediately following Miss Crustacean at 6th Street beach.

Celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the incredible Ocean City POPS Orchestra as they put the spotlight on their future! Music will feature selections that highlight the iconic sounds of the POPS while featuring one of the candidates being considered for the Artistic Director position. Audiences will be treated to word class conductors with impressive and diverse musical backgrounds. 7:30pm at the Ocean City Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk. Tickets: $20/$18. Call 609-399-6111 or visit oceancityvacation.com/ boxoffice.

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15 HERMIT CRAB RACES

LEGACY CONCERT Jerry Herman is a legendary songsmith and a master of the show tune. From "Hello, Dolly" and "Mame" to "Mack and Mabel" and "La Cage aux Folles," Jerry Herman has lit up Broadway for decades with toetapping, soul-stirring musical moments. Now, he's sharing his legacy with a new generation. ASCAP and Spot-On Entertainment proudly present Jerry Herman The Broadway Legacy Concert starring a cast of New York's top Broadway and concert vocalists celebrating the songs and the stories of one of the giants of musical theater. Hello, Jerry! Well, hello, Jerry! It's so nice to have you back where you belong. Starring Tony Award-winners and Tony Award nominees! 7:30pm at the Ocean City Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace and Boardwalk Tickets: $25/$20. Call 609-399-6111 or visit oceancityvacation.com/boxoffice.

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7pm at the Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk. Scholarship pageant for girls ages 8-11. Must live, attend Ocean City schools or be a property owner in Ocean City (parent). Little Miss Ocean City 2018 Ginger Mumman will be on hand to crown her successor. For registration information, call 609-525-9304.

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7pm at the Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk. Scholarship pageant for girls ages 12-16. Must live, attend Ocean City schools or be a property owner in Ocean City (parent). Junior Miss Ocean City 2018 Hope Aita will be on hand to crown her successor. Tickets available at oceancityvacation.com/boxoffice.

19 GUTS & GLORY 5K RUN/WALK 5k Run/

Walk to benefit the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. Early registration $25 includes a t-shirt. Day of event $30. Register a team or as an individual at http:// onlineccfa.org/gutsandglory. Chronotrack bib timing – certified course. Gather your family and friends for an event you don’t want to miss. For more information, email jmacaluso@crohnscolitisfoundation.org or call 215-396-9100.

TAFFY SCULPTING Use your creativity to shape and sculpt Shriver’s salt water taffy into your very own unique masterpiece. Contest is free. Open to all ages. Start time: 10:30am at the Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk.

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THE OCEAN CITY THEATRE COMPANY The "Greatest Movie Musical of All Time" is faithfully and lovingly adapted by Broadway legends Betty Comden and Adolph Green, from their original awardwinning screenplay in Singin' in the Rain JR. Hilarious situations, snappy dialogue and a hit-parade score of Hollywood standards make Singin' in the Rain Jr. a guaranteed good time for all. This show features a cast of Middle School performers. Showtime 7:30pm at the Ocean City Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace and the Boardwalk. Tickets are $12-$15. Call 609-399-6111 or visit oceancityvacation.com/boxoffice.

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America’s top Pink Floyd show – and fan-favorite at the Music Pier – returns for a very special 30th Anniversary performance. The New York-based band focuses on making every show an authentic Floydian experience for the crowd, with a diverse mix of Pink Floyd’s hits and catalog, stellar musicianship, and a dramatic lighting and video show. The concert begins at 7pm at the Ocean City Music Pier, 825 Boardwalk & Moorlyn Terrace. Tickets start at $25. For tickets, please visit Ticketmaster or call 1-800-745-3000. Produced by BRE Presents & Bob Rose.

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FRENCH FRY SCULPTING Use your creativity to shape and sculpt french fries into your very own unique masterpiece. Free. Open to all ages. Start time: 10:30am at the Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace & Boardwalk.

Stop by our Pet of the Year display in front of the Music Pier until September 9

Drop a few “bones” in the bucket of your favorite contestant. All proceeds benefit and help care for our special needs animals and more... help us raise a little “scratch” for your furry friends at the Humane Society of Ocean City.

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UPCOMING

events September 6 HSOC ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT at Greate Bay Golf Course Somers Point

September 8 HSOC FUNDAY PLAYLAND at Playland’s Castaway Cove. $15 wristbands 1-4pm September 23 STEVE & COOKIE’S DOG SHOW calling all party animals... this year is going to be a doozy November 22 11TH ANNUAL TURKEY TROT 5K Thanksgiving morning... trot down the OC Boardwalk December 1 HSOC SILVER PAWS HOLIDAY FUR BALL at Flanders Hotel, OC with live music by Animal House

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2018 OCBP Reunion By Fred Miller

HE OCEAN CITY BEACH PATROL will be celebrating their 120th year as a city-paid squad at the 80th annual Reunion/Hall of Fame Dinner Saturday evening, August 11 at Harbor Pines Golf Club, 500 St. Andrews Drive, Egg Harbor Township. The reunion is always held the day after the South Jersey Lifeguard Championships. For more reunion information go to the Ocean City Rowing and Athletic website OCRAA.com and click on EVENTS. This summer the 79th annual rowing and swimming South Jersey tournament will be held on Friday, August 10 at 6:30pm on the 33rd Street beach in Longport. The first South Jersey championship was held in 1924. The OCBP has dominated the tournament winning 34 times. The Ventnor City Beach Patrol is a distant second with 16 wins. Ocean City rowers and swimmers have won the most individual titles. This year Ed Field (rookie 1959), John Loeper, Sara Griffith (rookie 1994), and Jenna Townsend (rookie 2002) will be inducted into the OCBP Hall of Fame. Townsend 32 OCEAN CITY MAGAZINE AUGUST 2018

will be the 100th lifeguard to enter the Hall of Fame since 1975. The OCBP legends are honored in the Ocean City Lifeguard Museum at the Hall of Fame/Reunion emblem Bayside Center, 520 Bay Avenue, on the Hall of Fame plaque at Bob’s Grill at 14th Street and the Boardwalk, and on the Ocean City Rowing & Athletic Association website. The 22nd annual Robert Stowe Jr. Award will be presented to John Loeper for his outstanding service and contributions to the profession of ocean lifesaving in Ocean City. The following have been awarded the Stowe Award: Fred Miller, George T. Lafferty, Chet Derr Jr., Thomas H. Heist III, Alfred “Bud” McKinley, Vince Hink, Bill Dorney, Joe Grimes, Angelo Psaltis, Joe Schmitt, Anne Copeland Merrill, John McShane, Sam McDowell, Bob French, Jack Brooks, Bill Pugh, Russ Leary, Bob Speca, Jim Sullivan, Chuck Betson and Tom Mullineaux. Ed Field was an award-winning rower in the early 1960s. The highlight of his career was the 1962 South Jersey Championship. Thanks to doubles crew of Field and Tom Oves, and the swimmer Dick Thieler the OCBP won their second straight South Jersey title. Sara Griffith won the OCBP doubles rowing title five straight times from 1995 to 1999. Her partners were Michelle Petock, Stephanie Wilson, Carolyn Stephanik and Kristie Brown. Griffith also won the singles rowing race in 2000. Griffith won many awards competing in inter-city lifeguard tournaments. Jenna Townsend won the OCBP singles rowing race four straight times from 2005 to 2008.

Left: Jenna Townsend won the singles rowing race at the 2008 Longport Women’s Lifeguard Invitational. This picture, taken by David Nahan, was on the top of the July 17, 2008 sports section of the Ocean City Sentinel. Right: Ocean City Beach Patrol Captain George T. Lafferty presents the 1962 OCBP doubles rowing championship trophies to Ed Field (left) and Tom Oves at the Lifeguards’ Ball.

Left: Twenty-two years ago, lifeguards were busy decorating the newly opened Ocean City Lifeguard Museum at 520 Bay Avenue. They stopped for this picture taken by Fred Miller: Vince Hink, Angelo Psaltis, S. John Loeper, Chet Derr, Bud McKinley, Ann Copeland Merrell, Curt Sulzer and Ron Marks

She also won the OCBP doubles rowing race in 2006 and 2007 rowing with Joanna Weber. Townsend also won many awards competing in inter-city competitions. Recent Hall of Fame inductees: 2017—Tom Mullineaux, Jack Burnett; 2016—Chuck Betson, Elise Thieler, Wendy Wallace Cerullo; 2015—Bill Dorney, Karsten Giesecke, Paul Mangen, Jim Sullivan; 2014—Kristie Brown Chisholm, Melissa Koch Jeck, William Morrow, Bob Speca; 2013—Russ Leary, Bryan Rahter; 2012—Dan Garbutt, William H. Pugh IV; 2011—Jack Brooks, David Kelley; 2010—Bob French, Carolyn Stephanik Hiener, Oliver Muzslay, Paul “Rocky” Weber; 2009—E. Charles Dunn, Sam McDowell; 2008—Charles Bowman, Kim McKay, John McShane; 2007—Mark Baum, Anne Copeland Merrill, Paul Sweeney; 2006—Bill D’Arcy, Bob Garbutt, Joe Schmitt; 2005— Dave Gleason, Chris Oves, Angelo Psaltis, Joe Sheffer; 2004—Mike Bradley, Joe Grimes, Mark Nichols, Dave Smith; 2003—Paul Geithner, Curt Sulzer; 2002— Vince Hink, Ron Kirk; 2001—George Haggerty, John Herron, Marty Jackson, Tom Jackson, Alfred “Bud” McKinley; 2000—Tom Heist III, Charles Wigo. A list of all those in the OCBP Hall of Fame is on the Ocean City Rowing & Athletic Association website OCRAA.com. The members of the Ocean City Beach Patrol are proud of their history and record of accomplishments, and the annual reunion gives everyone an opportunity to celebrate the 120-year-old tradition of excellence in the lifesaving profession.

The OCBP won the 1995 Cape May County Women’s Lifeguard Tournament. Stephanie Wilson (left), Sara Griffith (top center), Kristie Brown (right) and Melissa Koch (lower center)

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POTTER LINDA HIGBEE By Lauren Avellino Turton. Photos by Stef Godfrey.

Linda Higbee has called Ocean City home her entire life, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. “I have deep roots here and I just love Ocean City,” she said. “My parents, the late Charles and Emily Ash, also lifelong residents, had part-ownership of the iconic Chatterbox Restaurant. We lived over top of it.”

The 1965 Ocean City High School grad says she fondly remembers the “heyday” of the island town. “It was a very different time then. College kids would pack 9th Street for beach blanket bingo, and it was so crowded we’d jump over the blankets. I went every single day. In fact, as a so-called ‘mascot’ for the Ocean City Beach Patrol, I was the lifeguard’s assistant, and got to sit next to their stand,” she recalled. “They’d take me out on the boat after hours and it was a real thrill.” After graduating OCHS, Linda spent 35 years working for the United States Postal Service. Once she retired, Linda’s next chapter began. “It’s a funny story. I decided to take a safe driving class through AARP at the Community Center. I wanted the discount off insurance,” she laughed. “While I was there, I walked up to the gallery at Ocean City Arts Center which I had never seen. I peeked in the door and saw someone on the pottery wheel. Immediately, I walked up to the front desk and signed up.” And so began the then-budding artist’s passion for pottery. “I was always interested in pottery, but wasn’t sure where to take classes,” she said. “Once I enrolled, I found it so exciting. Every day I learned something new. I started watching a lot of YouTube videos, and found the only way to learn was to make a piece over and over. I’d make a

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bowl, it wouldn’t turn out the way I wanted, so I’d recycle the clay, and make it again. I got fairly good at it, and now I absolutely love it.” Linda said she appreciates the creativity involved in crafting a piece of pottery. “You sit down with a ball of clay, and finish with something beautiful that you love,” she said. “When I’m at the wheel, I start out with an idea in mind, but a piece can turn out completely different. I make tweaks along the way, hand building a bowl, a vase, a plate, changing the shape, adding carvings and cutouts. It’s endless what you can do.” Once satisfied with the shape, it’s time to fire it up. The first round in the kiln burns 2,000 degrees. Then, comes the glaze. “I enjoy hand-painting each piece with different glaze,” she said. “I can use so many vibrant colors and designs.” The painted artwork is then placed back into the kiln, this time at more than 3,000 degrees. “It’s dangerous work. Looking at glowing red embers is a bit scary,” she laughed. Linda explained that the appearance of the glaze before the firing process is much different than the final product, as the extreme heat completely changes the look. “I get so excited. Every time I open that kiln, it’s like Christmas!” Linda’s said she’s fortunate to not only spend nearly every day crafting her own art there, but being able to teach pottery at the Arts Center to students of all ages and levels. “It feels like home,” she said. “The kids are so great. These emerging artists are a lot of fun. ‘Miss Linda, look at this,’ they exclaim when the final pieces come out of the kiln. I enjoy the looks of amazement on their faces.”

The adults appreciate Linda’s guidance too. Judith Lokich travels from Atlantic City three times a week to the Arts Center specifically to learn from Linda. “Any way she can help, she does,” said Judith. “Linda suggests I try different tools, or blend glazes together. There is a joy about Linda, and she sets the tone there. I enjoy being around her positive energy. The radio is always on when she’s there, and when a song she likes comes on, she starts dancing, and that puts a smile on my face!” Linda’s dedication doesn’t go unnoticed by Roz Lifshin, executive director of the Arts Center. “Linda Higbee is the glue that holds our robust pottery curriculum together. She makes sure the work is processed in the kiln in a timely, efficient, and professional manner. Without our Linda, our many pottery students would be waiting for weeks for their work to be baked. She also helps in organizing the pottery studio,” said Roz. “On a personal note, Linda always wears a smile, and is an absolute delight to work with. She is also an excellent potter.” Linda’s artwork is on display, and available for purchase, at the Arts Center, as well as the Ocean City Fine Arts League, located at 711 Asbury Avenue (formerly at 608 Asbury). The League is a co-op of artists and volunteers who maintain the “Art on Asbury” gallery. It features a diverse collection of pottery, watercolor, oil, mixed media, photography, and many others. All the works are for sale, and according to the League’s president, Rae Jaffe, Linda’s pieces are quite popular. “Linda’s work is a huge seller,” said Rae. “Her pieces are lovely, but not only that, she’s such a nice person.” You’ll also find Linda’s pottery during Ocean City’s many block parties along Asbury Avenue. You may find her tapping her toes there too. “At the last block party, there was a musician across the street from Art on Asbury,” recalled Judith. “Linda was out there dancing, singing, and loving life. She was drawing the crowd over to check out her pottery and the other artwork. She’s great!” Linda Higbee is without a doubt making waves in this Jersey Shore town. “Pottery has made my life so fulfilled. I always think about what I’ll make the next day. Sometimes, I even have dreams and have to sketch it out late at night. I just love it,” she said. “I wish everyone can find a passion like mine. I recommend it for everyone. Anyone can learn it if you put your mind to it, and it’s incredibly rewarding.”

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2018 SEASON

Concerts

AUGUST 1 • 7:30PM • BERNSTEIN/ ROBBINS: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Composer Leonard Bernstein and director/choreographer Jerome Robbins are two of Broadway’s most legendary figures. Together-and separatelythey helped bring the world West Side Story, On the Town, The King and I, Peter Pan, Fiddler on the Roof, Gyspy! and more. The show features a starstudded Broadway cast presented by Spot-On Entertainment. Tickets $25/20

7:30pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday; 2pm Thursday. Tickets $30/25 AUGUST 12 • 7:30PM • THE WONDERFUL MUSIC OF OZ L. Frank Baum’s classic novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, took the world by storm upon its publication on May 17, 1900. Defy gravity and travel over the rainbow as we take a musical journey down the yellow brick road with a cast of New York’s top vocalists. Tickets $25/20

AUGUST 5 • 7:30PM • TONY DESARE: FLY ME TO THE MOON WITH THE OCEAN CITY POPS BIG BAND Fly away to the moon and back with crooner andpianistextraordinaire,TonyDeSare,ina uniquecelebrationofpopsongsbyBillyJoel, Elton John, The Bee Gees, Bruce Springsteen and a few select originals, plus the timeless songs of Frank Sinatra. Tickets $25/20

AUGUST 15 • 7:30PM • JERRY HERMAN BROADWAY LEGACY CONCERT Jerry Herman is a legendary songsmith and a master of the show tune. From Hello Dolly and Mame to Mack and Mabel and La Cage aux Folles, Jerry Herman has lit up Broadway for decades with toe-tapping, soul-stirring musical moments. A cast of New York’s top Broadway and concert vocalists-Tony Award winners and nominees-celebrate the songs and the stories of one of the giants of musical theater. Tickets $25/20

AUGUST 7-10 • BROADWAY MUSICAL DISNEY’S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Broadway comes to the beach with this collaboration between the Ocean City POPS and the Ocean City Theatre Company. Step into the enchanted world of Broadway’s modern classic-an international sensation that has played to over 35 million people worldwide in 13 countries. Hughes Performing Arts Center, 6th Street and Atlantic Avenue.

AUGUST 19 & 22 & 29 • 7:30PM • CONDUCTOR SPOTLIGHT CONCERT Celebrate the 90th Season of our incredible Ocean City POPS Orchestra as we put the spotlight on our future! Music will feature selections that highlight the iconic sounds of the POPS while featuring one of the candidates being considered for our Artistic Director. Concert details will be available on our website. Tickets $20/$18

AUGUST 26 • 7:30PM • AN EVENING OF SONG AND DANCE A Collaboration with the Atlantic City Ballet Founded in 1982 by International Ballerina Phyllis Papa. The Ocean City POPS and the Atlantic City Ballet will combine forces to celebrate music and dance with a focus on Swan Lake! Tickets $22/18 SEPTEMBER 2 • 7:30PM • CLINT HOLMES - LEGENDARY LAS VEGAS HEADLINER Every performance is an unforgettable experience as he performs selections from the Great American songbook, standards from Sinatra’s legendary repertoire, contemporary classics and stirring original music. Tickets $30/25 SEPTEMBER 5 • 7:30PM • CONDUCTOR SPOTLIGHT CONCERT Celebrate the 90th Season of our incredible Ocean City POPS Orchestra as we put the spotlight on our future! Music will feature selections that highlight the iconic sounds of the POPS while featuring one of the candidates being considered for our Artistic Director. Concert details will be available on our website. Tickets $20/$18

SEPTEMBER 8 & 9 • 7:30PM • UNDER THE STREET LAMP Under the Street Lamp erforms an electrifying evening of classic hits from the American radio songbook. You’ll hear Doo-Wop, Motown, old time Rock ‘n’ Roll and all of your favorite songs from The Drifters, The Beach Boys, The Beatles and a “show-stopping” salute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons! Tickets $45/39/30 SEPTEMBER 12 • 7:30PM • LET’S MISBEHAVE A COLE PORTER REVUE CONDUCTED BY MAESTRO KEITH HODGSON The concert will take us to Paris in the 20s (Let’s Misbehave, Let’s Do It, What is This Thing Called Love?), celebrate the flair of the 30s (Anything Goes Medley, Born to Dance and Rosalie film music), the 40s (Kiss Me Kate Medley, Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye) and the film music of the 50s. Tickets $20/18 SEPTEMBER 16 • 7:30PM • OCEAN CITY WITH THE POPS Enjoy local talent from Ocean City performing with the POPS. This performance will feature local musicians and singers including students from the High School and Intermediate School. Tickets $20/18

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Shop Ocean City! OC’s Downtown is ready for you! Shop. Dine. Relax. 6th-14th streets on Asbury Avenue. APPAREL l SHOES Alyse’s Shoes 951 Asbury, 391-8859.

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N HER office in the back room of Capt. Scrap’s Attic at 3071 Route 9 in Ocean View, Nancy Batura has the 20th century arrayed across her desk and spread across the floor. Her desk has never been clear, she assures me, in contrast to her business partner Kathleen O’Neill, whose spotless desk stands in the far corner of the crowded room. At a glance, the bright pink plastic of a Barbie box stands out amid the brass, porcelain and wood surrounding Nancy’s chair. There are toy trains and antique implements, and a teddy bear that looks attentive at the top of a nearby pile. At her feet stands a brown cardboard box full of knives and bayonets, while on the shelf below a marker for a crab trap is a replica of a .38 revolver, exact but for the bit of bright orange showing the blocked barrel. It weighs a lot, more than you might expect for its size. Nancy says it is exactly like the one she carried when she worked for the Sheriff’s Department. Like the surroundings, the conversation seems ranging, but singular and fascinating, and idiosyncratic in the way most things used to be, when more of our stuff was hand made. The rest of the shop is just as overwhelming, with so many fascinating details it’s tough to take in the whole picture. But here, everything seems much more carefully arranged, reflecting the influence of both partners. “Kathleen is wonderfully talented,” Nancy said. “She does all the displays and she does all the books. I have not balanced a checkbook in my life and I have no interest in starting now.” The shop, in a single-story building

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TRENDS CAPT. SCRAP'S ATTIC Nancy Batura

at the front of Curtis Corson’s farmland on Route 9, began as Grandma’s Attic before becoming Keel Row. Kathleen’s father, Dan O’Neill, had opened the original Capt. Scrap's in Woodbine. Kathleen said her father started it as a hardware business, but as the market changed so did the shop, in part from her influence. The name did not come from scrap metal, as many expect, but from a nickname her dad picked up when he would collect scraps of wood from building sites as material to build his own creations. Nancy started working at the Woodbine location, and Kathleen said they got on well. Later, Nancy moved to the Route 9 shop, and when the former owners were ready to sell, they decided to go into business together.

“I always liked the name “attic,” Nancy said. “I told Kathleen, ‘we must pay homage to your father.’” The Woodbine location remains at 602 Washington Avenue. Nancy also has a family connection to antiques and collectables. “Years and years ago, when I was a child in England, my great-grandfather liked to root through stuff,” she said. “I loved it. I think it becomes part of you, doesn’t it? The things you do as a child.” She came to America with her new husband in 1964 at the age of 20, settling in Philadelphia. Over the years, she’s lived in Delaware County and now at the Jersey shore. Her London accent remains, although she says when she goes home, people think she now has an American accent. It seems hard to believe, listening to her. Dealing in antiques and collectables for what she describes as “a donkey’s years,” she says it is the original form of recycling. Some bring in boxes and bags of items

You never know what you'll find at Capt. Scrap's Attic on Route 9.

they no longer need but believe someone will find a use for. They’d rather get a little something for it and have it go on to the next person than see it end up in a landfill. After hit television shows like Antique Roadshow, American Pickers and Pawn Stars, does everyone now believe their storage areas are loaded with untold treasures? It really hasn’t changed much, Nancy said. “You know, everything goes day to day. Somebody comes in and they think that they have the most valuable thing in the world. Someone else comes in and they’re so realistic.” But some things do change. “I call it a paper plate world, because the young are not really collectors. So you have to focus on them, on what they would like. Being a garboloigist, one always has that eye,” Nancy said. Some items that were once immensely popular are now essentially valueless. At the moment, old toy trains are among those, as are antique fine china. “I shouldn’t say elderly people, because I’m 74 myself. They come in and they’ve got their grandmother’s dishes. I have to tell them they don’t sell. I tell them, wrap it up, give it to the kids for Christmas whether they want it or not.” Milk glass, an opaque white glass once used for dinnerware, lamps, vases and more, manufactured by the Fenton Glass Company and others, used to be worth a fortune, Nancy said. Now you can’t give it away. The term was entirely new to me. Nancy calls out to Dave McMahon, who’s out at the counter, “Do we have a piece of milk

glass around?” “God, I hope not,” comes the reply. When someone’s holding a beloved family heirloom, it can be tough. “And you don’t want to be rude and say, you know, it’s really rubbish. So you just say it as kind as you can; ‘you’re better off holding on to it,’” Nancy said. Besides, as she mentioned, things change. Those now unwanted toy trains have come and gone and come back again and again over the decades. “You don’t know what will happen 10 years from now, five years from now, because everything goes in cycles.” Other vendors rent space in the expansive store, each specializing in different areas. Dave handles records. “Who’d of thought that they would have started to come back so quickly? Because it really wasn’t that long ago, was it? That vinyl records were in, and they were taken over by the disc things.” Other analog holdovers are also popular, like film camera bodies and lenses. Seashore-themed pieces don’t sell that well, Nancy said, but old farm pieces do. There’s a cabinet full of brightly colored Pez dispensers. Two women have vintage clothing and hats, which Nancy says sell very well. “Dave calls them the mannequin ladies. The young people love those,” she said. Nancy and Kathleen travel to estate sales, tag sales and find items other ways. Sometimes extraordinary pieces of history pass through their hands. Nancy shows off a box from a local family, which includes paperwork from slave ownership and items dating from the Civil War, including a letter from the mayor of Philadelphia to Abraham Lincoln recommending a doctor for a federal position. She shows me a certificate from the local grange, an association of local farmers from the late 19th century. Another box is filled with letters and photos from the two World Wars, one image showing American sailors gathered on the deck of a destroyer. Not everything in the shop is old. They sell signs from local artisans, new pieces on old wood that Nancy says are very popular. One says “Heroes don’t wear capes, they wear dog tags.” “Some things are new, but they’re made in the United States. You have to look at things differently than you did years ago, when it was strictly antiques and collectables,” Nancy said. “Everybody brings their own bit of charm. One thing they’re not allowed to do is bring in rubbish from China. Kathleen and I frown on that.” Nancy smiles at a suggestion that second-hand stores are the original form of recycling. “My brother was a priest in England, and I broke something that belonged to my mother. He said to me, ‘you’ve got to realize, we’re just caretakers of things in this world. So it really doesn’t belong to us, and so it didn’t belong to her, so don’t worry about it.’ It made me think of things realistically.”

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N A summer late morning, standing in his 7th Street Surf Shop on the Ocean City Boardwalk, Larry Friedel’s attention keeps drifting out past the ’walk, out past the beach, out to the waves breaking offshore and the young surfers riding

them. It’s not an exceptionally good day for waves, but some swell rolls in with enough oomph for the surfer to drop in and ride the curl parallel to the shore. Most of the time, Larry’s eyes track the ride, a vicarious moment of speed and fun picking up a day of retail and interviews. You’d think Larry would have had enough of it all by now. He started surfing that break in the early 1960s, and he kept surfing there while working in his dad’s Boardwalk arcade. He started his first Boardwalk business – an arcade of his own – overlooking those waves and he launched a surf shop in the same block decades ago. “I’ve surfed here all my life,” he said. Back in 1970, the city named 7th Street the official surfing beach for Ocean City. “Prior to that, you could surf before the guards or after the guards, but nowhere in Ocean City was it legal to surf after the guards came on. Even on unguarded beaches you weren’t allowed to surf,” Larry said. To surf in the middle of the day, he and his friends would have to head to Longport or Strathmere, or at least the south side of the fishing pier that once stood at 59th Street, near

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the border with Corson’s Inlet State Park. It wasn’t that much of a sacrifice to name a surf beach. This was decades before the first beach replenishment project. “At high tide, the waves broke and literally ran all the way underneath the Boardwalk. It was dangerous, so it wasn’t a swimming beach.” Besides, there was nowhere to put a lifeguard stand, much less a beach blanket. Visitors would watch the surfers riding waves right up to the Boardwalk. “I always thought to myself back in the ‘70s, what if someone put a surf shop at 7th Street, right at the surfing beach? Show the public why we love the sport. I bet you could make a living doing that,” Larry said. The interview by now has meandered out to the Boardwalk, giving a better view of today’s surfers. These days, they are under the watchful eye of lifeguards, but 7th Street remains a dedicated surfing beach. Larry keeps getting sidetracked by surfers and old friends who want to talk waves and more, about mutual friends, family and everything else. Most just want to say hi, reconnect with a summer memory. Larry offers some memories of his own, talking about the long history of surfing in Ocean City, mentioning the names of the guys that were already surfing when he was a kid, like George Gerlach, the founder of Ocean City’s first surf shop, and John Carey, who was surfing Ocean City waves back in the 1950s or earlier. He brings up Bob Harbaugh, who started Bob’s Restaurant on the Boardwalk and was a lifeguard in the 1940s, and fellow surfer Art Ford, a well known local attorney who surfed with Larry back in the 1960s. Larry opened his arcade in 1976 in a brand-new

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building, one still labeled the Bicentennial Building on the front. His friend Leo Yeager had a peanut shop on the other side, with a Kohr Bros frozen yogurt stand between them. Larry said he wanted to open a surf shop in 1980, but his friend signed another lease. He already had the name in mind – 7th Street Surf Shop. “I waited five more years,” he said. There were already two Ocean City surf shops. “To show you the depth of the surfing in this community, I’ve been here 32 years, and I’m still the new shop in town,” he said. In the summer of 1986, he opened the doors, in sight of the Ocean City surfing beach. He was going to break down the line between surfers and civilians, by teaching everybody how to surf. “This was the original idea,” he said. Now, surfing lessons are offered up and down the coast, but once, young surfers had to pick up what they could from surf magazines, watching other surfers or maybe a couple of helpful pointers from an older surfer in the lineup or a sibling. In the days before leashes attached your board to your ankle, that could make for a tough learning curve, with lots of swims back to shore to collect your board. “We took the mystery out of it,” he said. That includes how to stand on the board, how to place your feet. “Anybody can learn. What took us years to learn, we’re going to show you in an hour.” These days, lessons are on big, soft boards. “We were year-round on the Boardwalk for the first few years. But trying to bring people up to a non-insulated store on the Boardwalk in the dead of winter doesn’t work. So we rented a store, and tried Asbury.” They liked the location, but didn’t own the building. In 1994, 7th Street Surf Shop bought a historic cedar-front building between 6th and 7th on Asbury. Then in 2008, Kabats Men’s Shop closed. The store moved into a 6,000-square-foot location. “We needed the room,” Larry said. Over time, surf shops started to sell more clothing than surf boards. “It’s a lifestyle sport,” he said. At one time, surfers used regular bathing suits, but would quickly wear them out. They started making shorts out of tough, durable sail cloth. These days, they’re called board shorts. The Beach Boys sound, the image of days at the beach and nights with friends proved irresistible. “It’s a healthy lifestyle,” Larry said. You want to talk about staying in shape, I mean it uses everything you have to be able to paddle out on a head high day, be able to duck dive waves, scratch your way into position, catch the wave, dance the board up and down without getting crushed.” Surf companies started producing tough, durable clothes. At first, everything was unisex, but eventually women wanted their own look, with different colors and a look of their own. “That grew into what you see today, which is a lifestyle/fashion industry wrapped around the board sports,” Larry said. “We’ve followed it. It makes sense to us.” Surf clothing brands are now a multibillion-dollar industry

worldwide. Larry operates the business with his ex-wife, Becky. They are divorced, but remain business partners. He said she does the buying for their women’s clothing, along with Jaime Keenan, who’s been with the shop since she was a kid. Larry described her brother, Matt Keenan, as one of the consummate east coast surfers. With three locations, 7th Street Surf Shop has begun to specialize, with sales of long and short boards and wetsuits in addition to the extensive collection of surf and skate wear at the location at 720 Asbury and an outlet store at the smaller location in the historic building at 654 Asbury. “This is what we call our gateway store,” he said of the location at 654 Boardwalk. “This is where we introduce people, with the lessons, the camps. We do the rentals with the soft boards.” That store was hit by a devastating fire at the very start of the summer of 2015, started when a computer in the back room overheated. They did not rebuild until after the season. “It was horrible,” he said. “Yeah, it was a rough summer. But we did one thing. I own the arcade. We moved our lessons and rentals into the coffee spot in the arcade.” That kept the name in front of the beach crowds and kept the lessons going through that summer. There’s also a location at 1118 Boardwalk. Larry plans to get back in the water this summer and surf a lot more than he has the past couple of years. In 2017, he was included in New Jersey’s Surfing Hall of Fame.

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KNOW that flying in the sky while hanging from a massive, checkered parachute while being pulled off the back of a boat sounds intimidating. Parasailing seems like it defies all logic; like it may be difficult to convince your family and friends to try. But Parasailing at FLY OCNJ on 3rd & Bay will eliminate all of your nerves, answer all of your questions, give you a chance to fly by Ocean City and provide you with the experience of a lifetime. Parasailing at FLY OCNJ reminded me of the phrase describing the infamous mullet haircut: business in the front, party in the back. For FLY, it's party on the boat, business in the sky. Let me explain. I walked onto the parasailing boat at FLY OCNJ, camera bag in hand, on my own feeling a little nervous about the possibility of getting motion sick. The smiling faces of Captain Cole and his assistant Bass Omar are immediately comforting. It turns out I actually wasn’t going to be all by my lonesome. I ended up getting on the boat with a family who was finishing 52 OCEAN CITY MAGAZINE AUGUST 2018

out their vacation with Ocean City activities. Sixteen of their family members were riding waverunners next door, and I had the pleasure of hanging out with the four who were parasailing: Cathy, Dane, Jacob and Sharon. Cathy and Sharon are two moms who just hung out for the ride, telling me about their vacation and asking questions the way moms do. “How high does the parasail get,” they asked. Captain Cole explained that there isn’t a specific answer due to changing winds, “But, the [Wonderland] Ferris wheel is 168 feet. They are going to get at least twice as high,” he shouted as he steered us from the bay into the choppy ocean water. Dane and Jacob are two teenage boys who were definitely ready for some adventure. This is the reason I say parasailing is “party on the boat.” The environment Cole Brennan, aka Captain Cole, creates is just like a party. Music played, everyone on the boat talked to each other and held tight to the rails. The sounds of the boat banging against the waves, and the excitement of what was to come, filled the air with noise. Cole grew up working in Ocean City. His first job was a mascot on the

Boardwalk and now he owns Fly OCNJ. Cole spends his winters parasailing in south Florida and comes back to Ocean City each June to create parasailing memories here. The parachute he has chosen is an homage to Ocean City. “I chose this parachute because to me it’s the colors of Ocean City. It looks like Wonderland Pier. The red, white, yellow and blue checkered, is what we use for all of our parasailing so you know it's Fly OCNJ when you see it,” Cole said. As Bass hooked me into the swing seat, they explained away any lingering nerves. “There is no need to be nervous. You have a parachute and a life jacket which means you don’t need to know how to fly, and you don’t need to know how to swim!” The boat pulled forward, and I drifted

up into the air away from the little party. Sharon, Cathy and the boys waved to me. We often walk through the streets, ride the Ferris wheel, pass Wonderland and Playland on the Boardwalk and watch the ocean as the tide rises, but we don’t often get to see Ocean City from the view of the ocean. Suddenly our city seems smaller, more compact, like the perfect little present wrapped up in the Atlantic Ocean. Here is

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NCE THE CALENDAR TURNS TO AUGUST, the end of summer is in sight. August, therefore, is the month to squeeze in all the fun things we planned to do this summer but still haven’t gotten around to. For those of us who are big readers, (or for those who may not be, but have assigned summer reading to tackle or children to nag about tackling summer reading), August is a perfect time to dig our feet into the sand and our noses into a book. If you aren’t sure what to read, have no fear! I took a walk around town and picked up some great suggestions from the knowledgeable staff at Sun Rose Words and Music as well as the Ocean City Free Public Library.

As you step into Sun Rose Words and Music, look to your left and you will find a table piled high with books. These include staff recommendations, books popular with the readers here in Ocean City, and additional suggestions culled from the “Indie NEXT List,” which contains a variety of recommendations from independent booksellers across the country. One book screams “beach read,” largely because the cover is a beach view. The Forever Summer, by Jamie Brenner, is store owner Nancy’s suggested read and it came out in paperback in April. Set in Cape Cod, the novel follows Marin Bishop, whose seemingly perfect life falls apart in a single day and who agrees to take a road trip to a beachside B&B owned by a relative she never knew she had. Sun Rose employee George tells me this book is an in store top seller and predicts that Brenner’s newest novel, The Husband Hour, also set in a beach town, will be popular this summer as well. George gave me two other titles that are such locally-hot sellers, the space they would occupy on the shelf was empty during my visit, but he promised more copies were on the way and they would stock them all summer. The first, The Sindia Promise, by Jonathon King, was featured in the June 2017 issue of Ocean City magazine and is a mystery set in Ocean City at the turn of the century. It combines accurate local history with purely fictional characters and events to create a page-turning read. The other is Kristin Hannah’s, The Great Alone, which sold out just a few minutes before I walked in. Well known for her popular book, The Nightingale, Hannah centers her new novel around a family who moves to Alaska in 1974 to live “off the grid” after the husband/ father returns home from being a POW in Vietnam. Another big

seller at Sun Rose is Hillbilly Elegy, by J.D. Vance, which has received a great deal of attention in the media during the past year and debuted in paperback in May. It also happens to be required summer reading for some Ocean City High School students, so if you want to read it, don’t delay in picking up your copy as there will likely be a mid-August rush for this book! The mystery/thriller genre is loved by many Sun Rose customers and George suggested The Woman in the Window, by AJ Finn, because it is unpredictable. In fact, he said, “It is like a Hitchcock mystery, but this is a dark psychological thriller with a true surprise ending. People don’t see it coming.” For those who like the espionage/spy thriller genre, George’s personal recommendation is the Red Sparrow trilogy by Jason Matthews. And yes, it was recently made into a movie, but there is still no true substitute for the book itself! Finally, if you enjoy thrillers and mysteries even more when they are factual accounts of real life events, you need to read The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir, by Alexandria MarzanoLesnevich. It is another staff pick from Sun Rose owner Nancy and has glowing reviews across the board. I just added it to my own “to read” shelf on Goodreads. Perhaps I will get to it before the month is out. As my “to read” list already contains a dauntingly high number of books, I was reluctant to visit yet another vast source of tempting titles. I did, however, have an assignment to carry out, so I headed over to another favorite place of mine, The Ocean City Free Public Library. As I approached the entrance, it dawned on me that I might need to find some books to occupy my children if I were to have any hope of getting through my summer reading list. I made a beeline for the children’s section. As luck would have it, I arrived just at the librarian shift change, so I got to speak to both Taimi and Maureen, who had 56 OCEAN CITY MAGAZINE AUGUST 2018

several great ideas. “I find a lot of kids like to read about the beach while they are at the beach,” said Maureen. She suggested the board book, Beach Baby, by Elly Mackay for the youngest of readers, and the book Chu’s Day at the Beach, by Neil Gaiman and Adam Rox, for young children. For a book that will both keep children busy and teach them a new skill, Taimi suggested a new release called, How to Code a Sandcastle, by Josh Funk. For the eight to 12 crowd, Taimi recommends a trilogy called The Silver Sisters, all of which are set at the beach and follow the adventures of three sisters from California who spend their summers in Cape Cod. Taimi said “anyone who read and loved The Penderwicks will love these books too!” I headed upstairs to speak to the teen librarian, Sara, who said “Realistic Fiction is popular with teens in the summer time. It is easy to read and they don’t have to concentrate too hard, which is a great mental break if they have required summer reading that they actually do have to think about.” She suggested anything by John Green, including his most recent book which George at Sun Rose has also suggested: Turtles All the Way Down. “Some teens though,” Sara continued, “read to escape. They don’t want to read anything realistic and so they tend to like fantasy and science fiction.” For those readers, she recommends The Hazel Wood, by Melissa Albert or the Carve the Mark duology by Veronica Roth, author of the popular Divergent series. Sara also recommends graphic novels and prides herself on having a vast array of choices, both fiction and non-fiction, including one on Alexander Hamilton that she reports has been quite popular with students. I made one more stop upstairs at the reference desk, where Reference Librarian Leticia confirmed what George had said at Sun Rose. Many summer readers in Ocean City like to read novels set at the beach, like those of Elin Hilderbrand and Jamie Brenner. Mysteries and thrillers remain popular, and she laughed and said, “Many of our patrons know what books are coming before we do and we learn about them when they call to put them on reserve!” Leticia’s suggested read is the book she was reading the day I visited, The Lady and Her Monsters, by Roseanne Montillo, which is about author Mary Shelley and the creation of her novel, Frankenstein. I headed back downstairs and sauntered by the area where I always get into trouble and where, if none of the titles listed thus far have peaked your interest, you are sure to find something that will! Right across from the circulation desk two tables display new books with the covers facing out to grab your attention. Behind those are shelves full of new fiction and non-fiction titles. Your biggest problem will most likely be narrowing down the stack that you take home to read. Speaking of reading, hopefully as you are reading these words, I am on the beach somewhere with a book in my hand and my toes in the sand! If you see me, feel free to stop by and tell me what you’re reading because even with a list I may never get through, I am always on the lookout for my next great read!

Books we recommend: Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover Calypso by David Sedaris Infomocracy by Malka Ann Older Open by Andre Agassi A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness The Address by Fiona Davis Wonder by R. J. Palacio A Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand

Books we want to read: Trajectory: Stories by Richard Russo You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty Dollbaby: A Novel by Laura Lane McNeal

Reeling in, With Some Tips Text by Nick Matousch. Photos by John "Spanky" Concannon.

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OPULAR FISHING SPOTS on the island are not hard to come by — you have all of the beachfront, where you will probably see a fisherman every few blocks come the evening tides. But it’s not only the place that factors into a successful day (and a full cooler). Prep work, when you go, bait… and where you throw your line in all factor in to how many fish you catch. Of course, you could simply get lucky, too. Or not. As a wise person once said… it’s called fishing, not catching for a reason. Still, on a brilliant blue sky day, with deep blue seas stretching to the horizon, fishing is one of the best ways to spend the day with your dad, aunt, or best friend.

WHERE TO GO In the Ocean City there are many places to drop your reel. From the back bays (you can take a boat out to where the currents are flowing around the channel markers) to the pier under the 9th Street bridge leading out to Somers Point to the Longport Pier on the other side of the Longport bridge, at the northern end of the island. On the other tip of the island, the Corson’s Inlet’s beaches are just as good as anywhere at high tide.

BEFORE YOU CAST OFF The preparation to go fishing is about the only work you really can do for your prize (or lack thereof). Grabbing a good pole and making sure the pound line is not tangled and still strong are essential. “You can easily rent a beginner or mid-level rod from shops,” said Mike Morrison of Fish N Stuff OCNJ. “But buying a rod is usually the better deal. We sell rentals for anywhere from $12 to $25. Our biggest brand is the Sea Strikers. The cost of the rod is just a little more than a rental. You can go for a more expensive rod, but that is largely an ego appeal for the more serious fisherman. A Volkswagen and a Mercedes both get you to the same place, one is just a little more of a flashy way of getting there.” Once you have your fishing rod in hand, you need something to put on it to lure in the fish – bait. Making sure you have enough for your entire trip is important. Also, you need to know when is good - if you’re trying to go on the wrong tide, that will kill your day. If the fish are not biting, that is one thing. But if you go on a low tide when high tide will serve you better, you are simply fighting a losing battle. When I went fishing earlier this summer, I was compelled to cast my line into the waves. If you are on the beach all day - and are watching the seagulls for some other reason than to guard your lunch from them— you’ll see them swoop down into the ocean and come back up with a nice fish for themselves. It’s best to pay attention to what other life besides our own on this island is doing. If you can follow one wildlife migration pattern, you can find more animals following. So I followed the seagulls along the beach, dropped my line and hoped to join them in their hunt.

CASTING OFF Casting my rod next to the jetty by Surf Road, I knew the most I can do is troll my line and wait for a bite. It's a hard game, waiting, but it is no use trying to force fishing. The most you can do is just wait, keep an eye on it, and hope for the best. “There is no rhyme or reason for what the fish are biting at - it can change in a minute, so it is best to have something different all the time,” said Mike. “If you ask 55 fishermen what bait is best to have, you’ll get 55 different answers. Clam, minnows, spearing and cut squid are some of the main, basic baits that usually work though.” Unfortunately, I did not have a variety of baits, so I stuck to using pieces of clam. I’ve always thought that you should change your bait every so often just to keep stuff fresh. Even though the fish were not really biting, I felt better about having a more plump piece of bait rather than something that looked as though it were beat up by the waves. You would not accept being served stale food at a restaurant around here. So why would a fish accept something that does not taste as fresh and live as though it were the actual thing? I like to jiggle my line a little - simulate some movement to trick the fish out there that something is moving. The water and current will affect your bait’s movement, but you must make it seem somewhat alive. Whatever you have on the line should not just seem like a suspicious piece of food. If you ever get grossed out by changing baits, hating the stench and the stickiness, bring an extra water bottle, and some hand wipes. They don’t solve the problem completely, but they do get a lot of the stickiness off your hands. And if you are ocean fishing, just wash your hands in the water.

CATCH OF THE DAY What is in season changes all the time, so it’s best to be on top of what you can catch. Shops all around the island carry charts of what is in season, how big it has to be, and all other regulations on fishing. “Dogfish, sharks, bluefish and wheatfish all come into the run in August,” said Mike. “Don’t forget the bass and stripers! They’ll hopefully be in season through the fall.” I didn’t catch anything in the hour and a half spent on Surf Road, and I didn’t see the fishermen a few blocks down pull anything either. It’s going to happen more often than not as I said, the sport is called fishing and not catching. But it is a great way to go out and relax and learn the lesson of patience. “If you do go fishing, expect to not catch anything sometimes,” Mike said. “If you take your kids fishing, take them on guaranteed fishing trips before you do little solo trips. Deep sea charters and boats will promise customers at least one catch per outing. What that does is get the kids hooked - they learn to love fishing because their dad took them on a trip like this, and they want to continue to get a catch.”

The Low Riders Ride a Little Higher with...

Frankencycles Text by Nick Matousch. Photos by Shannon Oteri.

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O MATTER THE CONDITIONS, you will always find a number of surfers at 5th Street on the boardwalk. Hitting the breaks on their bikes, they’ll throw down their kickstands and hop on the railing to see how good the surf is. If it’s decent, they’ll lock up their cruisers and head down to the beach with their boards, if only for a set or two. If not, then they’ll hop back on and pedal elsewhere for waves. This year some surfers may not need to get off their bikes, if they’re riding high enough. If they’re riding Frankencycle bikes— those absurdly tall bikes that have been appearing around the city— they will be already at a vantage point to see the waves without needing to hop on the rail. Frankencycles are the project of Korey Greene, a recent graduate of Ocean City High School. A creative mind who wanted to learn how to weld, Korey found two bikes and decided to patch them together in a Frankenstein-like manner. The result was a novelty bike that towered over everyone else’s, standing nearly six feet tall. “I wanted to learn welding the summer before my senior year, and I saw people just throwing bikes away,” said Korey. “That is basically free metal! I found two of them and made my blue bike from them.” The unique bicycle quickly attracted the attention of people as soon as he started riding it, particularly Nick Oteri, a friend and teammate of Korey’s on the track team at Ocean City. “Korey taught me how to ride his one day, and built me one,” said Nick. Pulling together the parts for another Frankencycle, Korey made his friend one. They began riding them everywhere around the city. After they were constantly stopped by passerby inquiring where they got the bikes, the two decided to start a business out of Korey's home workshop. “I didn’t invent the tall bike or anything— they have been around for a while,” said Korey. “But the people who ride them are usually the ones that made them. You can’t really buy them anywhere. The feel you get from riding it is different from riding a normal bike. Way more fun. I want people to be able to experience that.” Throwing bikes together may seem like a simple task— attaching some bolts here and latching on a chain, but Frankencycles can take a whole day to make, even with Korey and Nick working together. They start off matching two bike frames, which Oteri will disassemble and strip down to the bare metal. Korey will then use his welding machines to fuse the frames together, in classic Frankenstein fashion. The whole process takes hours in itself, and then a few more are needed for a thorough paint job to be done. “We work on bikes every day between jobs,” Nick said. The two use every spare moment they possibly can to work on getting

Frankencycles produced, as the demand for them keeps growing. “Usually it takes eight hours or so to make a bike.” said Korey. “The paint takes a few more hours, but I think we can get that time down. We are trying to make a system to making bikes faster— making bikes while we were in school and running track was hard, and we are figuring out how to set up the workshop better.” Riding a Frankencycle is certainly an eye opener, for anyone who has seen them and wondered what it is like. The key to getting started on them initially seems to be athleticism— track stars for Ocean City and athletic people in general, Korey and Nick can get on effortlessly. But honestly, all it takes is relaxing and not being afraid of the bike. You can get a running start and swing your leg over, or you can hop on from an elevated surface. Getting on such a high seat, and giving up any stable platform on the ground seems intimidating, but all it takes is trusting the bike. “Riding these bikes is kind of like getting on a horse,” said Nick, who was a pole vaulter for the track team. The idea of jumping up onto the seat for him was almost a subconscious action. “The trick to getting up is getting more reps in. You just swing your leg over the back. Korey started by getting up on it from his steps.” “From a physics standpoint these are easier to ride than regular bikes,” Korey explained. “Because your center of mass is higher, you have more time to compensate for any jerking movements— as compared to a BMX bike, where a rider is constantly shifting from side to side. After you get past the learning curve, riding a Frankencycle seems like the right height.” Both men do still have regular bikes, but they have not ridden them since they mastered riding Frankencycles. “It just seems like the right height now,” says Greene. The two young entrepreneurs are both heading to college this fall, Korey to Rowan and Nick to University of Delaware. But they have goals for Frankencycles before they head out, mainly in terms of promoting their brand. They are active on social media. Korey also operates his own printing press and can make shirts to advertise the bikes. But nothing grabs someone's attention better than gliding over the sea of heads on the Boardwalk. Unlike the stream of social media they may get lost in, they actually stand out when they’re a few feet above the heads of the visitors to the Boardwalk amusements. “We have business cards, but we want to make a banner for us to tow while we are riding on the boards,” says Greene. “Tuckahoe Bike Shop usually calls us when they have old bike frames, and I want to start some sort of partnership with them, so people can rent these. I also want to start doing different designs—tricycles, tandems, even taller ones too, but for now the two bikes stacked on top of each other is the standard.” If the mission to get the word out does work, just like the old WAR song, the low riders may be riding a little higher.

“After you get past the learning curve, riding a Frankencycle seems like the right height.”

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