Senator Ben Cardin tells Nestor he will be sprinting to the finish line in Washington
Senator Ben Cardin tells Nestor he will be sprinting to the finish line in Washington
Ocean City
Mayor Scott discusses guns, schools and pools from The Beach
Our civic dialogue with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott continues as he convenes with Nestor once again in Ocean City at the Maryland Counties Conference to discuss Baltimore’s triumphs and challenges.
The green grass and free money for Orioles ownership
After some time in Ocean City – and we all have plenty of memories there – we catch up with our money man Leonard Raskin to discuss the ideology of $600 million of free money not being enough to get the Angelos family to sign a lease to keep the Orioles at Camden Yards.
Cornbread and crab cakes with Delegate Anderton in Ocean City
Our returning Republican champion from the Eastern Shore, Delegate Carl Anderton welcomes Nestor back to Ocean City at MACO with a chat about the value of the Ravens and Orioles to folks all over Maryland. And some local perspective on bridges, broadband, education and growth on the lower peninsula.
Adding up the numbers of the Maryland Lottery
As the Maryland Crab Cake Tour rolled east to Ocean City for MACO chats with state leaders, John Martin and Seth Elkin of the Maryland Lottery join Nestor to discuss the big picture of revenue and the future of mobile wagering in our state.
Sprinting to the finish line in Washington
First elected to the House of Delegates in 1966, the local statesman Ben Cardin will complete his public service to our citizenry 16 years after heading to D.C. as a Maryland Senator. Joining Nestor at MACO in Ocean City, the Baltimore champion says he’s got plenty left to do before he departs The Capitol in January 2025.
Tommy Conwell rumbles back to Nestor to talk Young Rumblers history and young life at the beach
Tommy Conwell rumbles back to Nestor to talk Young Rumblers history and young life at the beach
Rumbling back to the beach and Dewey after all these years
The ’80s are coming back! Philadelphia rock legend Tommy Conwell only puts the Young Rumblers back on the road for special occasions. On Sunday, July 23rd, the original members will all reunite for a special show at the Bottle & Cork in Dewey Beach. For the love of DJ Batman, Ocean City and all of those Hammerjacks memories, we still believe in Conwell.
Maryland Crab Cake (and Brewery) Tour Day 19: Longboard Cafe and Sinepuxent in Ocean City on MaCO guest day at beach
Day 19 of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour sent us back to the beach and a day of MaCO Conference and chats with politicians and leaders in Ocean City. Our crab cake at Longboard Cafe honored our pal Batman and we got wet with a local at Sinepuxent just over the Assawoman Bridge.
Maryland Crab Cake (and Brewery) Tour Day 17: Reaching Berlin before the beach and Crabs-To-Go and Burley Oak
The seventeenth day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour presented by The Maryland Lottery, Goodwill, Window Nation and the Restaurant Association of Maryland featured a day at the beach and stop at Crabs-To-Go in Berlin and some local attention on the farm at Burley Oak Brewing.
Playing big at the beach
Al “Hondo” Handy tells his incredible story from the playgrounds of the Eastern Shore to his four decades of involvement with Recreation and Parks and kids in Ocean City.
Al “Hondo” Handy joins Nestor from Ocean City to discuss his new book on defying expectations and playing tall
Al “Hondo” Handy joins Nestor from Ocean City to discuss his new book on defying expectations and playing tall
Ascension St. Agnes leader Ed Lovern tells Nestor about the power of a true community hospital
Ascension St. Agnes leader Ed Lovern tells Nestor about the power of a true community hospital
Senator Ben Cardin tells Nestor how Inflation Reduction Act will move America forward and help folks
Senator Ben Cardin tells Nestor how Inflation Reduction Act will move America forward and help folks
Leading Ascension St. Agnes Hospital with the heart of the community
Ascension St. Agnes leader Ed Lovern tells Nestor about the power of a true community hospital
Mayor Rick Meehan and Tom Perlozzo join Nestor to discuss Boardwalk, beach & Batman legend in O.C.
Mayor Rick Meehan and Tom Perlozzo join Nestor to discuss Boardwalk, beach & Batman legend in O.C.
Adding up the numbers of the Maryland Lottery with Director John Martin
John Martin of Maryland Lottery joins Nestor at MACo to discuss a record year with sports wagering
Senator Cardin explains the many ways the Inflation Reduction Act will help Maryland citizens
Senator Ben Cardin tells Nestor how Inflation Reduction Act will move America forward and help folks
Ocean City mayor Meehan tells backstory of how Dave and Alanis will reach beach at September Oceans Calling Festival
Mayor Rick Meehan and Tom Perlozzo join Nestor to discuss Boardwalk, beach & Batman legend in O.C.
1st Maryland Crab Cake Tour: Day 22 Sailing to Smith Island to make chocolate layer cake with a legend and a peppery Tylerton crab cake
It was a double cake day on the Eastern Shore as Nestor and family head to Smith Island to make a legend chocolate cake and drop by The Narrows on the way home for a crab cake and Kent Island hospitality.
1st Maryland Crab Cake Tour: Day 21 Date night at Hobbit in Ocean City for a legendary ‘cake and Bayside sunset view
1st Maryland Crab Cake Tour: Day 21 Date night at Hobbit in Ocean City for a legendary ‘cake and Bayside sunset view. Sharing a family beach story and the most dramatic dining room scenery in the state.
1st Maryland Crab Cake Tour: Day 20 Making MACo and talking H2B Visas and how our Chesapeake Bay crabs are harvested with Senator Cardin
On the 20th day of the Maryland Crab Cake Tour, Nestor got his first chance to experience the MACo conference of all of the state’s stakeholders at the beach and chat with a wide group of folks trying to make The Free State better.
1st Maryland Crab Cake Tour: Day 4 Stopping off in Salisbury to discuss kindness and crab cakes with former Fratelli’s bus boy Mayor Day
On Day 4 of the 1st Maryland Crab Cake Tour in August 2021, Nestor awakened in Ocean City and moved west to Salisbury for an afternoon of civic discussion about the town everyone passes on the way to the beach. Mayor Jake Day and a whole contingent at Fratelli’s were very kind to us. So kind that the Secretary of Kindness came by for a chat, too.
1st Maryland Crab Cake Tour: Day 3 A Jolly tour on the O.C. boards with The Lord of The Fries at Thrashers and a BLU cake
1st Maryland Crab Cake Tour: Day 3 A Jolly tour on the O.C. boards with The Lord of The Fries at Thrashers and a BLU cake and discussing the future of Ocean City with leaders.
Enjoying Date Night and The Hobbit crab cake in Ocean City
Enjoying date night and The Hobbit crab cake in Ocean City
The romantic Date Night, sunset Ocean City crab cake at The Hobbit
The Maryland Crab Cake Tour had many views and styles and substance but nothing beat the view of the heron and egrets and the tasty cake on 81st Street Bayside at the beach on a Saturday night.
Former Ocean City Mayor Jim Mathias discusses past, present and future of our favorite beach town
Former Ocean City Mayor Jim Mathias discusses past, present and future of our favorite beach town
Ocean City: Past, present and future with Mayor Mathias
Former Ocean City Mayor Jim Mathias discusses past, present and future of our favorite beach town and his Baltimore roots.
Cardin discusses jobs, immigration and legit Maryland crab cakes from Ocean City
The three-term U.S. Senator joined Nestor on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour to discuss how business works at the beach and across our state.
Ben Cardin talks crab cakes and how Maryland makes them with Nestor
Ben Cardin talks crab cakes and how Maryland makes them with Nestor in Ocean City at MaCo
Chasing down The Hobbit crab cake in Ocean City with Jenn and Garvey Heiderman
Chasing down The Hobbit crab cake in Ocean City with Jenn and Garvey Heiderman
The delicate touch of a crab cake with a view at The Hobbit in Ocean City
If it’s date night at the beach, Garvey Heiderman and his family have spent a few decades showing folks the best Bayside hospitality and a legendary take on the cake.
What brings the people of Maryland together?
Former Delegate and current Essex attorney Todd Schuler joins Nestor to catch up on all things summer, crab cakes and what really brings Marylanders together this time of year.
Todd Schuler and Nestor catch up on crab cakes and what brings Maryland together
Todd Schuler and Nestor catch up on crab cakes and what brings Maryland together
A Maryland Crab Cake Tour and trying to avoid crowds without masks
As the tour unfolds, Don Mohler wants to know what’s going on with masks and mandates and public obedience of laws and orders and common sense in The Free State. This week’s version of The Recon is a lot of crab cake and some real tales of wi-fi from the road.
Party at the top, business at the bottom of the BLU crab cake in Ocean City
Is it broiled? Is it fried? Or is it a combination in some delicious way? Nestor continues to investigate the Coastal Highway on Day 4 at the beach on the Maryland Crab Cake Tour.
Waxing nostalgic for the venerable brands of Ocean City and The Embers story becoming BLU Bayside crab house
It didn’t take Nestor long to find out the story of Ocean City is the story of Baltimore people going east to the Atlantic Ocean. Meet Cole Taustin and hear his Pimlico tale of an Eastern Shore crab cake and family story of building a business on the Coastal Highway.
The East Baltimore lineage of the Fratelli’s crab cake in Salisbury
Of course the Fratelli’s crab cake is delicious: the recipe came from Greektown and East Baltimore. Nestor’s #CrabCakeTour of the Shore takes him with the Mayor of Salisbury to the restaurant where he got his first gig as a busboy.
What makes that vinegar taste so good on those Thrashers fries on the O.C. Boardwalk?
It’s taken Nestor a lifetime of Ocean City trips to finally pop the burning question to the Lord Of The Fries at Thrashers, Les Morris: “Why no ketchup?” The history and the journey of an Idaho potato to your belly at the beach and the secret of apple cider vinegar.
Making room for the kids to play in Ocean City
Al “Hondo” Handy has been running parks and recreation for nearly four decades as you and your kids have come to the beach looking for sports and space that doesn’t necessarily involve sand.
