Boom Town

I am officially announcing that the economic recovery is in full swing.  How do I know?  Because I'm in Rock Hall, MD.  Let me explain.

• On Monday night (July 4th), we decided to go out to dinner.  We arrived at the first restaurant at 7:30PM.  "Sorry. Our kitchen is closing and we can't help you," we were told.  That seemed odd -- a busy holiday night and they were closing early?  Oh, well.  We headed off to Waterman's Crab House.  Surely, they'd be open for business.  But, it was the same old story.  They were closing early -- they wanted to enjoy the holiday, too.  We were down to our last shot -- Harbor Shack.  We got there just before 8PM.  After a heavy sigh, the hostess said "Come on in.  I was just about to shut down the kitchen but we'll take you as our last table."  Success at last. 
• Tuesday night we had dinner at home.  Afterwards, we decided to head in to Durding's for ice cream.  We pulled up to the curb at 7:30PM.  What greeted us?  A big "Sorry -- We're Closed" sign.  7:30PM on a Tuesday night during a summer holiday week and Durding's is closed for business.  Times must be good.
• Now, it's Wednesday morning.  There's a t-shirt store on Main Street in Rock Hall and Kim has been looking for a Rock Hall t-shirt.  So, we headed into town at 10AM.  But, what do you know.  They're closed!  Better yet, they don't even have their store hours posted.  How the hell am I supposed to know when to come back to spend my money?  I guess that's not their concern.  Once again, we'd struck out in our attempt to spend money in Rock Hall.

It's good to know that things are so good in Rock Hall that no one needs our money.  Perhaps Rock Hall's civic leaders can share some of their secrets with the rest of the country so that everyone can start living the good life again.