High Tide

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Reinvented Classics

The dictionary defines persnickety as; fussy about small details, overly particular about trivial details, requiring great precision and snobbish. Labor Day is close by and another season starts to wind down. The circle of life goes on and that got me thinking about the cycle of food and specifically food trends. Some burst upon the… Read more »

Going parasailing!

Parasailing, windsurfing, skydiving – these are all the things I figured I would do if I had like a week to live – ’cause I’m going to die anyway, so why not experience the thrill of sailing through the air? My assignment this month? That’s right. Parasailing. No, I’m not dying, just on assignment. Don’t… Read more »

Who’s saving the mammals

Imagine this. A phone call comes in the middle of a cold winter night in February. Someone is reporting a baby seal stranded on a beach in Cape May Point.  When the rescue team from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine (MMSC) arrives, they find a male seal, slightly emaciated and dehydrated. The little… Read more »

Art Exhibits at the Mad Batter

Cape May may be small but it is rich in culture. We are a town of under 5,000 people with three theaters – Cape May Stage, East Lynne Theater and a cabaret – The Henry Sawyer Room at the Chalfonte Hotel. We have a diversity of music offerings to satisfy anyone’s taste from classical to… Read more »

Try Something Different

Hello there.. allow me to tell you a little bit about myself. When I was seven years old and my dad argued with the waitress to let me order the duck ala orange, my career path was laid out. I became a chef. Now that another Memorial Day has come and gone and the summer… Read more »