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[Innkeeper]

As you may surmise we had a mixed bag of weather down there. No problem. Rainy days are great for visiting wine stores. Unfortunately women like to go to outlet stores then. Did have a few wonderful beach days, and being located in the low rise area of North Ocean City, we had the beach pretty much to ourselves. Did have wonderful day trips to Cape May (by ferry), and to Assategue Island where we saw and photographed several "ponies." If our car goes on many more ferrys it's going to grow fins.

Some restaurants in the area of note are: The Lobster House, Fisherman's Warf, Cape May, NJ is just about as good as a seafood restaurant gets, with a fair wine list. The setting is spectacular. There is an adjacent fish market that will blow your socks off. Difebo's Restaurant, 789 Garfield Parkway, Bethany Beach, DE (tel: 382-539-4558) is an upscale Italian Restaurant. Maybe a little too up. However, the food, service, ambiance, and wine list are all top drawer. You just have to pay a lot for it. It is also well off the water. The Hobbit Restaurant, 181 81st Street, Ocean City, MD is a very nice eclectic place "on the bay" as most Ocean City restaurants tend to be, since most of the ocean is occupied by condos. They feed the ducks and geese in their area, so they are always there year around to entertain you. The food, service, and view are great. Wine list is decent. You can save a ton of money by going for their early bird special between 5:00 & 6:00 PM. We enjoyed both seafood and inland dishes there. Would definitely go back to all three places, saving Difebo's for a special occasion.