Ocean City, MD. is one of my favorite places in the world to "get away from it all."
Used to go on vacation there, once a year (usually in September, just in time for "Bike Week". Spend the mornings on the beach with a metal detector, and when I say morning I mean the buttcrack of Dawn type morning, still dark, sun won't be rising for an hour type of gray. Then I'd walk the beach in the late-afternoon again.
The metal detector sure was great for getting a closer look at some of the good lookin' women on the beach... As you're walking by one, Spin the Disc/Notch dial and the detector goes crazy like you found something... kneel down and start digging, within looking distance.
Evenings spent on the boardwalk, or sitting on the balcony of the condo with a nice cold beer.
Haven't been back since 2010, haven't had the money to take a vacation since then. Even though I could use a week away, it wasn't in the cards this year, hopefully next year.