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A Day in the Life of a Candymaker

I am a candyholic. One piece of candy is too much. Two pounds at one sitting? Not nearly enough. It is somewhat ironic then that CapeMay.com’s offices should be above The Original Fudge Kitchen on the Washington Street Mall where I am faced with temptation every morning as the lovely sweet aroma of chocolate fudge… Read more »

Touring town with Cape May Carriage Company

With chilly weather coming, I look at the carriage rides in town with new eyes, mostly with visions of Currier & Ives running through my head. Like everyone else, I love seeing the horses clip, clopping through the streets of Cape May. The sounds of their hooves on the streets, the occasional neighing which floats… Read more »

Tiling for the future

When you walk into Susan Ross’ West Cape May studio, there are bins and bins of tiles in all sorts of shapes and colors. Starfish tiles, Sand-colored tiles, round sky-blues tiles, round ocean-blue tiles, and oblong earth-toned tiles with people of all ages and backgrounds holding hands and dancing. This latter happens to be the… Read more »

Favorite Cape May Haunts

I’ve been looking for ghosts every fall now for, I’d say about four years. I’ve taken walking tours, trolley tours. I’ve followed ghost writer Craig McManus around when he was looking for ghosts. I invited Craig to our offices last year in search of the ghosts I’ve heard about for so long. I even stayed… Read more »

A look at early Victorian architecture

It stands to reason that a city with the motto; “the Nation’s Oldest Seaside Resort” would have a lot of old buildings. In fact, with over 600 summer homes, hotels and commercial structures, Cape May has one of the largest collections of 19th century frame buildings remaining in the Unites States. We are second only… Read more »