Faster, better…

Eileen and I took in the 20th Annual Cardboard Boat Race this afternoon Saturday June 21, 2008. Proceeds to this event went to the Special Olympics.  What a turn out and great fun.

Afterward we went for a brief lunch at the Schooner’s Landing, 14 Tilghman St, Oxford, MD, 21654, 410-226-0160. We had never been to Oxford and never been to Schooner’s Landing.

We had parked our car in the small municipal parking lot next to the restaurant.  Parking in Oxford and later for us in St. Michael’s was a REAL HASSLE.  I would equate it with trying to park a car on Main Street in Disneyland. It was hot, the town was crowded, but we got in early and were seated by Lee. That’s her name. Not really sure of the spelling. Lee made the whole experience FUN and worthwhile.

We were seated in outdoor section of restaurant. Eileen ordered a crab cake salad and I ordered a cheeseburger cooked medium. Our table was across from the bar and at the table adjoining a larger multi-family group having a great time. We offered to share our table with the group when more folks arrived. It was a big family day in Oxford after all!

Eileen ordered a crab cake salad and enjoyed it. “It was OK.” I had a cheeseburger ordered medium. My cheeseburger arrived medium rare and the bun was the type that turned to mush when it hugged a tomato and juicy piece of meat so I ended up eating it with a fork. It was served with a pickle and few chips. Lunch was served in blue plastic baskets lined with paper. The wait was average to almost a bit long. I thought the cheeseburger was a bit expensive especially when I got it medium rare. Great hamburgers also need a great bun and if a lunch is going to be served in a basket and the chef is going to make mistakes it shouldn’t be $8.99.

But we really didn’t care and I later told the manager we were very pleased. That was BECAUSE waitress Lee was SUPERB. She was an ambassador for Oxford, the Eastern Shore, and made our lunch fun. She was there when we needed a waitress and wasn’t hovering over us when we didn’t want one. She also went out of her way to find a local map for us so we could find our way around. So given where we were, the crowded busy atmosphere everywhere including the restaurant, that it was lunch not dinner, and that LEE ROCKS we give our experience a 4 out of 5.

After lunch we took the ferry across the creek and drove to St. Michael’s for the afternoon. We took in the Chesapeake bay Museum at $13 a head and managed to FINALLY find a parking place near a designer coffee place later in the afternoon. We are going back to St. Michaels to try again but it was over crowded. Parking was impossible, drivers were dangerous on city streets and the absence of police to deal with it was the elephant in the room.

Give the Schooner’s Landing a shot. The manager was a good sport and the young people waiting tables REALLY care about their customers. That’s a good combination regardless of whether the chef had a bad hamburger day.

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