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  1. The Best of Cape May 2009

    Text by CapeMay.com | Published September 1st, 2009 in B&Bs • Beaches • Best of Cape May • Birding and Wildlife • Guest Houses • Hotels • Innkeeping • Leisure • Museums • Outdoors/Water • Restaurants • Tours

    Cyberspace drum roll please as we announce the 2009 winners of the 5th Annual Best of Cape May survey. Every year, winners of the Best of Cape May are determined by online voting. There were 58 categories and awards will be presented to 25 of the winners – many won awards in multiple categories. Voters [...]

  2. Sweaters on Legs: Alpaca Farming in West Cape May

    Text by Karen Fox | Published May 1st, 2009 in Leisure • People

    Mild-tempered and gregarious as alpacas are, they have their eccentricities. It’s true, they spit.

  3. All Aboard! The train is now leaving the station

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published August 1st, 2003 in Leisure • Railroads

    The Cape May Seashore Lines’ train is totally cute… and you should ride it.
    You should take the train in the rain.
    You should take train if you have kids.
    You should take the train if you live here.
    You should take the train if you live over there somewhere.
    Oh? You want to know more? Who am I, you [...]

  4. Cape May Nightlife

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published July 1st, 2003 in Cape May • Leisure

    My date and I spent a rainy Saturday night in June hitting some of the bars in Cape May  that we think single people looking for a good time should try out. We were on foot, so we focused our attention on a few that are found on and around Beach Ave.
    Our trek started at [...]

  5. Inside Cape May’s Wineries

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published October 1st, 2002 in Leisure

    It’s harvest time in Cape May. Not tomatoes, corn or lima beans but grapes. Chardonnays, Sauvignon Blancs, White Rieslings, Merlots. Grapes from which fine wines are made.

    Vineyards are popping up in Cape May County. The look is unmistakable. Rows and rows of wooden framed wire fencing with green vines stretching across them. You can see [...]

  6. Resorting in Cape May

    Text by Eric Avedissian | Published August 1st, 2001 in Beaches • Cape May • Leisure

    From 1850 through the early 1900s, Cape May came into its own as a summer resort. In fact, those early tourists didn’t “vacation” in Cape May, says Robert Heinly. “They ‘resorted’.”

  7. Award Winning Winery

    Text by Brad Murphy | Published July 1st, 2000 in Leisure

    Visitors to Cape May might be surprised tolearn that they can experience and savor some fine,locally produced and award-winning wines.
    The Cape May Winery and Vineyard, owned by Bill and Joan Hayes located less than a mile north of the Cape May Canal, has been producing three reds and two whites for some time now.
    The reds [...]

  8. When trains and boats collide…

    Text by Brad Murphy | Published June 1st, 2000 in Leisure • Railroads • Railroads

    In April, National Geographic Traveler Magazine published a story and provided readers with an Internet open forum regarding Cape May’s traffic problems. Interestingly, many pointed to the Cape May Seashore Line Railroad as a definitive answer to parking difficulties and traffic congestion. But some are not pleased with this “solution.” Author Brad Murphy presents the [...]

  9. One Answer to Cape May’s Parking Woes?

    Text by Eric Avedissian | Published May 1st, 2000 in Leisure • Railroads

    During last month’s National Geographic Traveler Magazine on-line forum, many respondents proposed rail service as one possible solution to Cape May’s parking and congestion problems. CapeMay.com takes a look at the Seashore Lines — its history, current presence and potential future.
    Before the dawn of the automobile age, railroad tracks ran through mainland Cape May County.
    Steam [...]