Day Drinking on Delmarva

An upside of winter in a resort is that bartenders and chefs have time to invent new things and get competitive in the best way, Todd and Tony discuss some of the best competitions before a tipping controversy rears its ugly head.

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In this episode, Todd and Tony talk about how nostalgia ruins your experience and can suck the fun out of places you visit as part of a tradition. They so drinking an Old Overholt Manhattan which is a reminder all of its own that yesterday wasn't a great as you remember. 

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In this episode Todd (a Redskins fan) and Tony (a former Jets fan) talk about how much more fun Sunday is without an awful team to ruin it.

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Where you work always will have an effect on how you work, so living and working in a resort area, lowers the bar on accomplishment and raises it on how much fun you have doing your job.

 

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On this episode, Todd and Tony talk about how Delmarva rates as a jumping-off point for fall destination travel, and how festivals give Delmarva an opportunity to show off what it's like when it's not jam-packed.

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Todd and Tony discuss the proliferation of the "influencer" here at the beach and talk about how and why the term misfires locally.

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Todd gets a September sunburn at a near-empty water park as the shoulder season kicks off. Tony evokes a post-syphilitic Al Capone, smoking a cigar and driving his RC boat around a small pond. 

Sponsored* by Warlock Imperial Pumpkin Ale

*By "Sponsored" we just been that was what we were drinking, Southern Tier hasn't paid us. 

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In an accidental followup to Episode 4 "Don't Bother the Manager" Todd and Tony discuss why the price race to the bottom eventually will kill mid-tier restaurants. 

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Todd and Tony talk about who wears "hair hats," who writes the copy for the awfulest of the awful boardwalk tees and why. 

This show originally ran in September 2018 as "Life at the Beach."

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When it comes to dealing with mediocre or bad service, is it even worth commenting on? Todd and Tony navigate the intricacies of complaining about service in a service industry world. 

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Todd and Tony discuss how to fight off the pressure to have a spectacular vacation as the clock ticks away toward Labor Day. One of the things we see regularly is people ruining their fun by trying so hard to love it. 

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