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Groucho Marx once said – “Politics doesn’t make strange bedfellows – marriage does.” Well, at first glance, Cape May Stage’s ambitious renovation project makes the marriage of architectural restoration and the needs of a working theater look exactly like a couple of a really strange bedfellows. Phase One of Project Encore began on the circa… Read more »
Did you know that Cape May is host to the only U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in the country? Most tourists coming through don’t even know the Coast Guard base is here, especially if their stay doesn’t take them to the intersection of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania avenues where the big sign is. I live… Read more »
One afternoon, I decided to look for the lost civilization of South Cape May. Unlike another lost civilization – Atlantis – there are still vestiges of South Cape May around. I started my search by walking along Beach Ave. toward the Cove – that’s west toward the sunset for those of you new to Cape… Read more »
We are now entering February and legend has it if the chef’s groundhog sees its shadow, we have six more weeks of comfort cooking to look forward to. What exactly is comfort cooking? And no it is not wearing sweats in the kitchen. Comfort foods are those old reliable dishes that hit the spot when… Read more »
It is December 23rd – 0730 hours. I’ll be riding along with Officer Tony today at 0800 hours (that’s police talk for 8 a.m.) to get a glimpse of what a day in the life of a police officer in Cape May is like. Meanwhile, I have about 12,000 presents piled up in the closet… Read more »
A Jersey boy’s travels to culinary school and back again and other stories from the dark side of the restaurant. As ’05 winds down and ’06 dawns with anticipation and hopes that only a new year brings, my mind wanders (an all too frequent occurrence). ’06 is a milestone year for me. It marks the… Read more »
My assignment? To offer you, our readers a picture postcard of what it is like here in Cape May during the holiday season. I, for one, would love to know what the inside of a B&B looks like at Christmas. Anyone coming into town can see the exterior but only a select few get a… Read more »
You know what I’m doing this month? I’m going to shadow a tour guide. Two reasons I’m going to do that – one, because it’s Christmas time and I want to do something cheery. Two, Lord knows Cape May is a town that knows how to guide a tour properly and no one does… Read more »
I know that our regular readers will remember our story in March about the change in ownership at the Sandpiper Beach Inn at the corner of Beach and Grant streets. So many of you wrote in to inquire about the status of their favorite vacation inn and so many of you still write us –… Read more »
Well, I survived Thanksgiving with just minor leg cramps from my exile to the little table and have slowly started to emerge from my tryptophan induced coma (helped along by several bottles of very good wine and one too many helpings of pumpkin and pecan pies). It is the day after Thanksgiving and I have… Read more »
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