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  1. The Parade Lady: Charlotte Daily

    Text by Karen Fox | Published December 1st, 2009 in Characters • Events • People

    She is one of Cape May’s best known celebrities, but few could tell you her real name. She is called The Parade Lady, famous for staging a colorful holiday tradition every December for the past 44 years.

  2. Working at the Top: Cape May’s Lighthouse Keepers

    Text by Karen Fox | Published September 1st, 2009 in Cape May Point • Historic Figures

    The post of lighthouse keeper entailed a unique lifestyle for the keeper and his family. The duties were often lonely and tedious and could be downright dangerous when storms buffeted the lantern. It was especially perilous if weather forced the keeper to climb from the watch room to the lantern landing and remove snow and ice from the 16 windows 12 stories up.

  3. Cape May’s Elusive Baker

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published June 1st, 2009 in Characters • Shopkeepers

    It isn’t easy to catch a baker while he’s baking, especially one who specializes in wedding cakes.

  4. 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.

  5. To Keep an Inn

    Text by Tom Carroll | Published March 1st, 2009 in B&Bs • Cape May • Innkeeper Profiles • Innkeeping

    Thinking of becoming an innkeeper? Learn about the history of Bed & Breakfast inns and get some tips from innkeepers.

  6. Love Among the Innkeepers

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published February 1st, 2005 in Cape May • Characters • Innkeeper Profiles • Innkeeping • People • The Holidays

    If you come to Cape May for Valentine’s Day, chances are you’ll be staying at a Bed & Breakfast or a Guest House because it’s just about THE most romantic thing you can do. Imagine a cold blustery night by the fireside, or in your suite surrounded by antiques and old world charm. But what [...]

  7. The Delsea Gets a New Look

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published January 1st, 2005 in B&Bs • Cape May • Innkeeper Profiles • Restoration

    In a year when Cape May has been a whirl with changes in the accommodations arena,  one Columbia Avenue address remains constant – The Delsea.
    The gingerbread-coated house has had the same owner since 1969. In fact, Rosemary Stumpo is only the fourth owner in the Delsea’s 137-year old history.
    Like many who settle in Cape May, [...]

  8. Cape May’s New “Little Star”

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published January 1st, 2005 in B&Bs • Innkeeper Profiles • Restoration

    From the beginning, Joe and Chris Asterino weren’t shy about change. The first thing they did when they purchased The Open Hearth Guest House in June 2003 was to change the name to the Majestic Star Inn. Not to say it’s unheard of, but certainly not the norm. It had been the Open Hearth for at least 30 years.

  9. C.M.B.P. The Anatomy of a Rescue

    Text by Susan Tischler | Published August 1st, 2004 in Beaches • Cape May • Lifeguards

    Imagine this.
    It is a quiet, peaceful afternoon at the beach. You are sitting in your beach chair, waiting for the tide to rush over your legs, thinking, maybe you should move your chair back a bit so your stuff doesn’t get wet when, suddenly, whistles are blowing, lifeguards are running and pulling everyone out of [...]

  10. An Artist Creates a Victorian Home

    Text by CapeMay.com | Published July 1st, 2004 in Architecture • Artists • Cape May • History

    Asking Sandy Sheller how she went about bringing the Gallagher House, circa 1882, back to its stately glory is rather like asking Michelangelo how he did the Sistine Chapel. There is no definitive answer – it comes from inspiration.
    “I thought of it in layers- it was like a gestalt,” she said standing by the fireplace [...]