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Avert your eyes True McIntyre!

Jacques, like other columnists, enjoys a degree of license.

What's really funny is that Jacque Kelly doesn't like seafood anyway.

I really enjoy Jacques Kelly's colmn. I guess that's because I was raised in Maryland and grew up during the 40s and 50s. I agree with his crab cake assessment. When I was younger we called them Eastern Shore crab cakes and they were spicy and made with "special" grade crab meat. They don't use that grade any more. I think when the crab craze hit other parts of the country, especially NYC, they made backfin lump gargantian crab cakes. To me they are not the same. At home, I make what I consider Eastern Shore crab cakes with what they now grade as "lump" crab meat as opposed to "jumbo lump". Sideline: note that when Eastern Shore is used it is capitalized while western shore is not.

Western shore isn't capitalized? Man, that explains my financial situation, I guess.

Western shore isn't capitalized?

Apparently it isn't a particular person, place or shore.

(Although I think a second opinion might be in order from the Professor.)

Bucky, nobody talks about the "Western shore," so it just isn't on the radar.

Oh, Lissa...I just got it. Geeze, I'm slow.

Dahlink...I'm geography challenged, I guess. I would think the Western Shore would in Maryland and the Eastern Shore would be in, like, Spain.

I also got confused last week about watching sunsets on the east coast.

Thanks for your kind comment, by the way. That was a fun thing for me to do on the fly.

Bucky, I don't get watching sunsets on the east coast, either. On the other hand the eastern shore is so flat that the highest point is a speed bump.

It's the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay, not the continent. The Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. Respect the Bay!

Justin, no disrespect intended. I'm still on Beach Week time, so I assumed y'all were talking about that shore.

I bet the Chesapeake Bay is one of the very best bays there is, estuarially speaking.

Justin, it is the eastern shore of the continent, too.

Or, did I miss that OC and Rehoboth were on the west shore of the eastern shore?

Eastern Shore of the Bay, eastern shore of the ocean. The Bay Bridge connects to the western shore of the Eatsern Shore. Now I have to meet someone in East Baltimore on the northwest corner of East & Eastern.

Is Broadway East of Eden?

Actually, both "Eastern Shore" and "Western Shore" are capitalized. Also, from 1694 until 1852, the Maryland provincial/state government had both a Treasurer of the Eastern Shore and a Treasurer of the Western Shore.

From what I understand, the closest place around here to get a west coast sunset is Erie, PA.

For those of you wondering about Bucky's comment above, check out Reality Check for some crackerjack entertainment reporting by our own Buckmeister.

I actually know where East and Eastern is.

I was shocked, and a bit thrilled, to find out that the Chesapeake Bay was created by a meteor. I mean, estuary from space, how cool is that?

A once very famous slogan most popular over there declared: "There is no life west of the Chesapeake Bay". This is the sentiment behind the (quite appropriate) admonition on capitalization. I suspect the Professor will concur.

I remember seeing this slogan on the stern of a very nice motor yacht in the harbor of Balboa Island California (1978?).

The same day I saw a "Honk if you love Willy Nelson bumper sticker".

It was a great day.

Lissa, if you don't already know about it, read about the great storm of the century that created the inlet in OC.
If you take a boat trip through the inlet, they will usually tell you about how there's an entire 2 streets and railroad track complete with cars undewater there.
Great Storm Story

RoCk - As much as it pains me to admit... Erie, PA is my original stomping ground. My advice on the matter: after you've seen the sunset, just leave. Don't bother on anything else. And certainly don't make a special trip just to see the sunset, you'll only leave disappointed.

There is a Cooper Tire shop on the main drag through Erie. When I was passing through there in 2004 I got one of the best alignment jobs ever.

So, there is at least one other reason to go to Erie.

NEPA, are you dismissing the history of the Flagship Niagara, the illumination of the lighthouses, the sand of Presque Isle and the action of the Seawolves AA baseball team?

Thanks, Joyce. I'll look in to that. I have great respect for weather, especially if I'm not in it.

Erie isn't that bad.

"Erie isn't that bad."

Reminds me of the time that the city of Camden, NJ put out a billboard that said: "Camden, not as bad as you think" or something to the effect.