Fish Rustlers???

Whoa pardner! I reckon we'd better try to head them off at the pass... er dock. Found this press item today. Seems some crooks are stealing little fishies from the bait shop. What a cowardly act!

Winter Rental

Our Sea Watch unit is now rented for the winter season. Some lucky people will get to live on the beach from 30 October to 30 April. I sure do envy them!!! We'll spend the next six months getting the Capri unit in shape so that it'll be all set for summer guests. With all the new construction in O.C., a condo needs to be in top shape to compete against all the other offerings.

Thanks for a Great Season!!!

In an earlier post, I mentioned that this season was off to a great start and advised everyone to book their vacations early. Well, apparently this was not a good season for most people. While my friends and I did very well with rentals, most condo owners had a very disappointing year according to the realtors. I can't really explain this, though it may have something to do with the quality of our units or maybe the number of repeat guests. Anyway, my thanks go out to the guests who made this a very successful year for us. Please come back!!!

If any other owners or guests would like to share ideas on how to make the condos better or how to make rentals more successful, I'd love to hear from you and will share any information I get. Thanks!

Want to Live at the Beach?

We have put both our oceanfront condos up for rent for the off season. The Capri-1611 3BR will cost $900 per month and the Sea Watch-111 2BR plus den will cost $800. The rental is for October through April. This includes the computer and high-speed internet. Please call Coldwell Banker at 1-800-633-1000 for more information.

A Nice Little Coffee Shop

There's a nice little coffee shop in the Gold Coast Mall, 114th Street, Coastal Hwy. It's called Caffe Cafe and they have outdoor seating where you can watch people coming into and out of the mall. Starbucks can be a little pretentious sometimes, but this place is no-nonsense. We stopped by about 8PM on Sunday and had our drinks served by a Nepalese and a Russian. Only the second Nepalese person I've ever met. Ocean City is becoming quite the melting pot. :-)

First Test of EZ-Pass

We will be heading down tomorrow afternoon at peak time, so this will be a good test of how the EZ-Pass works and whether or not it helps us get through the toll booth faster. I will post our experience.

Report on the New Sea Watch Unit

We decided to spend our week at the beach in our new Sea Watch unit. What a blast! Every morning we had coffee on the balcony which overlooks the pool. The balcony also affords a perfect view of the dune crossing that everyone on the south side of the building must use to access the beach, so as far as "people watching" goes, this place is PERFECT! In the late afternoon, after a fun day at the beach, we would have drinks on the balcony and watch everyone coming back from the beach. Pretty cool!

We're on the first floor, so we didn't have to wait in line for the elevator on check-in day or check-out day. When we were ready to go to the beach, we just walked down the stairs and out to the crossing.

The computer in the den with DSL was very handy. So far the feedback from our guests has been very positive.

Memorial Day

Well, the summer season is upon us. The media is warning that the bay bridge traffic will be horrendous Friday afternoon. The plan is to run one lane on the westbound span the other way and reserve it for people with speedpass. http://www.mdta.state.md.us/mdta/servlet/dispatchServlet?url=/EToll/ezpass.jsp
Here's the link that shows you how to obtain a speed pass transponder. I haven't gotten mine yet, but plan to soon.