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Results for the Best of Cape May 2005

Last month you voted for this year’s “Best of Cape May” in 20 different categories. You suggested over a hundred different Cape May businesses and locations. Best place to stay: Best Bed & Breakfast A TIE! The Queen Victoria & The Fairthorne Inn Best Guest House The Sea Mist Best Hotel/Motel Congress Hall Best Campground… Read more »

The treasures of Sunset Beach

It is about 7:20 when I pull over and park along the shoulder of Sunset Boulevard. Sunset is at 7:45 so I figure I have plenty of time but I have underestimated the number of people who attend the Evening Flag Ceremony at Sunset Beach every night from May through September My parking space is… Read more »

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 »