Comments on: Old Orchard Beach http://www.timwestover.com/2008/09/30/old-orchard-beach/ Business, iPhones, and Esperanto (not usually at the same time) Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:35:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Joel Glidden http://www.timwestover.com/2008/09/30/old-orchard-beach/#comment-25 Joel Glidden Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:13:52 +0000 http://www.timwestover.com/?p=19#comment-25 Old Orchard Beach is basically the Hampton Beach, NH or Coney Island of Maine. Though I grew up and live in southern Maine, I've never really enjoyed going there, since there's plenty of lovely beaches here with natural beauty. Old Orchard Beach, though, is the only beach in Maine with amusement park rides, tons of tourists (mostly from Quebec), boardwalks or at least boardwalkish areas with kitschy shops, and a general carnival and exposed beergut atmosphere. I went there last summer, and was served a pizza which was fried so hot that it melted the styrofoam plate it was on. I probably got mild teflon poisoning from eating the thing. Old Orchard Beach is basically the Hampton Beach, NH or Coney Island of Maine. Though I grew up and live in southern Maine, I’ve never really enjoyed going there, since there’s plenty of lovely beaches here with natural beauty. Old Orchard Beach, though, is the only beach in Maine with amusement park rides, tons of tourists (mostly from Quebec), boardwalks or at least boardwalkish areas with kitschy shops, and a general carnival and exposed beergut atmosphere.

I went there last summer, and was served a pizza which was fried so hot that it melted the styrofoam plate it was on. I probably got mild teflon poisoning from eating the thing.

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