Joe Ciurca, Senior Surfer
Memorial Day was early this year. Windy and cold, the holiday came and went almost a week before the month of May had passed. But early or late – ready or not, rain or shine – the long weekend that honors America’s war dead launches the annual vacation season of cookouts and swimming.
The orange and yellow and key-lime hot rods that burned up Coastal Highway during Cruisin’ Week have peeled out for fresh asphalt. Alice Cooper – who turned a hard 65 this year – has croaked “School’s Out!” once again.
It’s here.
The Summer of 2013 in Ocean City, Maryland.
Speaking for kids and kids at heart everywhere, Baltimore author Jen Michalski shouted it from the Crabtown sidewalks: “I CAN’T WAIT!”
At Billy’s Pizza & Subs they’ll be doing what they’ve done best since 1959 – serving up the cheesesteaks with hots and the pies with extra pepperoni. Anglers will study the tides and the phases of the moon. Tune in to 1590 on the AM dial to hear WIJK broadcast every Baltimore Orioles game to accompany the sea breeze on the front porch.
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