A gifted lyrical poet once said, "you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." In Ocean City, the wind is a constant. It's the almighty decider of many things from good surf to a good beach day, bad rip current to a perfect boat day. Winds from the west? Pack your bug spray just in case. Breeze off ocean? Bring a sweater for twilight. It can blow in gusty gales, like it did in early May (!), or tickle our skin with its gentle breeze, keeping us comfortable on a sweltering day. Catch the right breeze tinged with the scent of salt air, and it's an instant reminder of how lucky we are to live, work, stay, and play on an island as cool as Ocean City, NJ. Read this month's issue for so many fun things to do, people to see, stories to hear, games to play, and history to learn. Go back in time to World War II at the Ocean City Historical Museum's summer exhibit of its shipwrecks. Take a pizza tour of the island, and go in the kitchen at the Deauville Inn, plus so much more to explore.