We apologize forthe delayed blog. It was delayed due to a few technical difficulties and some fine beach weather!
A few weeks ago, we posted a poll asking the following questions:
1: What is your favorite boardwalk snack?
2: What are your favorite activities when you come to ....Ocean.. ..City....?
3: What are your favorite and most cherished ....Ocean.. ..City.... memories?
Thanks to all for the many fine responses. If you got your in late or want to add your responses now, you can do so by adding them in the comments below.
Ylee 49 ....Salisbury....
Favorite snack...Thrashers fries / Fishers popcorn activities... People watching/Marty’s Playland Memory.... Getting the bejesus scared out of me as a kid first time thru the haunted house / working for Trimpers for a few weeks
Mike 33 ....Baltimore....
Fav snack - tie: Thrashers fries & Julia's Canollis. Fav activities - one will be going on the Haunted House ride. Been doing in for 25+ years. Memories - being there around Labor Day, when the crowds die down. Always have more fun at that time, being able to enjoy OC more!
Lisa 43 MD
Fav. Boardwalk snack: Atlantic Stand, ice cream - Fav. Activities - OC Rocket, ....Jolly.. ..Rogers.. ..Splash.. ..Mountain.... and favorite, cherished memory - lying on the beach for 7 precious days with my girlfriends and our families, relaxing and enjoying life. It's the best time of year.
Michael 20 ..Parkville..
favorite snack spot is the wrapper shrimp and chicken wrap oh my god ahhhhhhhhh, favorite activities are fishing walking the boardwalk, chillin on the beach and being able to hear the sound of the water in the winter months as well as the sound of the light house during the winter months, the echo is actually very mood calming, me and my family down there and all of the smiles and laughter and great times I have spent with them. Thank you for posting this.. one love
Michelle 28 ....Atlanta.. ..Ga....
Favorite Boardwalk Snack: It's a tie between Fisher's Popcorn and the chocolate-covered Oreos at Jessica's Fudge House. Favorite Activities: Relaxing on the beach, people-watching on the Boardwalk, or just strolling around town taking in all the sights and smells. Favorite OC Memories: The annual trip I take every October around Columbus Day with my mom and my aunt - we remember past trips to OC with friends and family, eat seafood and drink booze until we burst, and try to generally stimulate the local economy. :o)
Aimee 28 ....Hanover.. ..PA....
My favorite boardwalk snack is Fisher's Popcorn, any Dumser's Dairyland ice cream, and Fudge! When we go to OC, we always hit every Old Pro Mini Golf course and walk the boardwalk. My favorite memory is when I was about 8 years old, my mom, sister, and I rode the Haunted House ride and it broke down while we were in the darkest part of the ride...my dad and brothers were also on the ride ahead of us and when the ride broke down, they were stuck at the upper part that goes outside...I'll never forget that...also, I remember the first time we took our son to OCMD, the excitement in his eyes was the best part.
Ken 28 ....Baltimore....
1: favorite boardwalk snack? Chicken and cheese wrapper from The Wrapper. 2: favorite activities? Miniature golf, going through Ripley's Believe it Or Not, and walking the Boardwalk. 3: favorite and most cherished ....Ocean.. ..City.... memories? Coming to ....Ocean.. ..City.... with my family just about every summer growing up. Riding Trimper's Rides.
Patty 58 Boiling Springs PA
Thrashers French Fries and Dumpsters Ice Cream. 2. Watching the Ocean and watching people on the boardwalk. Going to Sunsations for things to take back home to friends and family. 3. Going to ....Ocean.. ..City.... every summer with my family and the wonderful memories I have from it. My parents are gone now, but there are so many places in OC that brings back memories of them.
Tina 37 ....Augusta.... WV
1-Polish Ice 2-Chillin' on the beach or boardwalk 3-Hanging with family & friends
....Nancy.... 37 ....York.. ..PA....
Thrashers French Fries! The ONLY time I eat FF with no ketchup! 2. I enjoy doing just about anything as long as I am at ....Ocean.. ..City..... I enjoy going to Sportland with my kids and playing the Elvis game that pushes the quarters off the ledges. 3. I remember going every year growing up and I am lucky enough to still be able to go every year and provide my children with their own memories. I do miss Shantytown though!!
Trish 46 Middle River MD
My favorite ocean city boardwalk snack is Atlantic stand cheeseburgers. My favorite memories of ocean city are growing spending a lot time in the summer at the beach. My favorite activity is relaxing on the beach without any of the stress
Theresa 43 ....Shrewsbury.. ..PA....
Marble Slab creamery between 9-10th st on the boards 2) Beach, boardwalk & jolly rogers water park 3) Seeing my friends of 10 yrs that own the Beach Walk Hotel on 10th st...meeting new friends from far away & seeing them there every yr.
Jessica 24 ..Middle River..
1 - funnel cakes, fresh lemonade and thrashers fries! 2 - Gotta lay on the beach and chill, that's what I go there for. To relax. I wanna hit up Seacrets too since I've never been. Walking the boardwalk and people watching. 3 - Going to OC when we were kids. My aunt and uncle would take us every year and we would stay for like 2 weeks at a time. We were spoiled =)
Cathy 42 ....Salisbury.. ..MD....
thrashers fries of course is my fav snack 2- going to jolly rodgers 3- fav memories is when my grandmother took us kids there a lot during the summer to play games n swim.....love oc n still do
Tim 21 SAINT AUGUSTINE, ....Florida....
Thrashers Fries/Dumpsters milkshakes 2. Walking the boardwalk, Put-Put golf and Fun on the beach 3. Going every summer growing up as a kid
Terry 53 ....Dover....
1 It would have to be thrashers fries 2 Shopping 3 All the fun our family & kids had there as they grew up
Ryan 24 MD
((1)) Growing up in Ocean City until I was 21 I have to say that I discovered the best Ocean City snack just this past weekend while visiting. My favorite snack without a doubt would now have to be the deep fried Oreos. LOL. I also love Dumser's. ((2)) I used to ....LOVE.. ..Stinky.. ..Beach...., how many people remember that? LOL. I loved Shantytown. But now I just love looking the "scenery" on the boardwalk. ((3)) This is rated R but being completely honest I would have to say my most cherished moment in ....Ocean.. ..City.... took place on the Jolly Roger Pier a couple years ago. All other information is not on a need to know basis. LOL. Also I remember meeting a girl in ....Ocean.. ..City.... for the first time, we sat on the beach and just talked until the sun came up, it was amazing, we still talk almost everyday. The MSFA Fireman's Convention, all the moments that comes with it. When you lived in ....Ocean.. ..City.... for decades, it's so so so hard to list the best one.
Tamara 32 Beavertown PA
Caruso’s pizza, Sunfest, mini golf, just being at my favorite vacation spot. I've been there at sometime or another during every year since I was about 2 months old I am now 32 only missed going down 2 yrs. Saw Collin Raye at Sunfest 2002. and getting ready to go back in Sept again this year for Sunfest. Can’t wait. I'm ready now..
Mike 35 ....Las Vegas.. ..NV....
Thrashers fries with old bay! seacrets.....nuff said! getting engaged at seacrets in 2001!
Tammy 36 Mercersburg PA
FUNNEL CAKE
2)WALKING THE FAMOUS BOARDWALK
3)THE MAY CAR SHOW
Luray 50 Frederick MD
1. Funnel Cake
2. Lying on the beach
3. My daughter and her husband getting married on the beach on ..100th St... in June.
Samantha 20 MD
1: favorite boardwalk snack?
Thrasher French Fries and a Black Raspberry Shake from Dumser's
2: favorite activities?
Going to the Boardwalk.
3: favorite and most cherished ....Ocean.. ..City.... memories?
Visiting my beach house with my entire family. Sure it might have been crammed but we had a great time!
Steve Lebanon 39 PA
1: favorite boardwalk snack? Loves Lemonade
2: favorite activities? Walking the boardwalk
3: favorite and most cherished ....Ocean.. ..City.... memories? Going when I was a child, taking my Wife to the beach for the first time, taking my son for the first time
Gregory 42 PA/MD line
Dolly's Ice Cream.... Surfing, Boogie Boarding, Skim Boarding, Water skiing, all water sports used to live there..... This was a great time in my youth had the time of my life so many memories of my youth in ....Ocean.. ..City.......... Friends, Good Times..... Love O.C., MD and not embarrassed to admit O.C. impacted my youth which I still think about occasionally today.
Amy 37 ....Allentown.. ..PA....
Thrasher's French Fries! (2) Old Pro Golf; the boardwalk and the rides; just being on the beach! (3) Goin 'downy ocean' as a kid every summer with family; scope pictures; putt-putt; playing with glow sticks at night on the beach.
Sage 17 MD
Fries & Vinegar..Boogie Boarding, Tanning, Sandcastles, finding seashells.. and going there for the first time in 2001 with my family, :) Oh.....and going to the best restaurant there...THE BONFIRE! :)
Barb Harford Co MD
1: favorite boardwalk snack? Boardwalk Fries
2: favorite activities? I come up for Sunfest.
3: favorite and most cherished ....Ocean.. ..City.... memories? The year I seen my first concert at Sunfest, seeing the dolphins swim across the ocean as the sun was rising, and when I was 12 drifting down about 25 streets from the Majestic hotel on a blue, and yellow rented raft, and my parents frantically looking for me lol that still stands out in my mind 36 years later!!
Thanks for this it made me smile thinking about the memories
Dar 28 ....Hagerstown.. ..MD....
1: Italian Ice/ Thrashers Fries
2. THE ..ARCADES..!!!!!!! =D
3. Meeting my ex 11 years ago at the coffee shop below Phillips on ..13th street... :sigh:
Kim 29 ....Nanticoke.. ..PA....
1: favorite boardwalk snack? Thrashers French Fries
2: favorite activities? Soaking up the sun, then hitting up the OC nightlife at Seacrets, Shenanigans, ....Fagers.. ..Island...., etc.
3: favorite and most cherished ....Ocean.. ..City.... memories?
When we used to come down with 10 different families, and spend the week doing things together, any and all bus rides at ..2 am.., the time we went in the Haunted House on the boardwalk, and it broke down.