The Queen Victoria – High Tide

Who’s New, Who’s Moved, Who’s Gone: 2021

Well…it’s been another year, and what a year it has been. We always have a slew of business changes to report in June, but they might seem a little heavier than usual. The challenges the pandemic presented sparked creativity across town as businesses carved out new opportunities while our shops and restaurants were shuttered, and… Read more »

“The Sound of Wings” Q&A with author Suzanne Simonetti

Suzanne Simonetti’s latest novel The Sound of Wing is the story of three women that find themselves wonderful friends by the end—and it takes place in and around Cape May. Goldie has a butterfly garden and a shop on Carpenters Lane; Krystal is from the Villas and works at a light shop that you can… Read more »

Pictures from this morning’s snowfall

It has almost melted now, but here are pictures from this morning’s snowfall, the first to stick this year (we’ve had flurries once).

March comes roaring in: Photos from this morning’s light snowfall

We had light snowfall early this morning. Please enjoy these pictures as our photographer Michelle Giorla takes you around town. Can you name each street as she snaps away?

Catching up with innkeeper Doug McMain of The Queen Victoria

You can’t talk about Cape May B&Bs without talking about The Queen Victoria, which has been a pillar of Cape May hospitality since 1980. We chatted with innkeeper Doug McMain, who purchased the B&B in 2004 with his wife Anna Marie, to find out what it’s like operating a year-round accommodation in Cape May, the… Read more »

Three longtime Cape May businesses close shop

Like any city, Cape May has its fixtures. And one of them, Cheeks, which stood at 101 Ocean Street across from the Queen Victoria, has closed its doors after 35 years. The clothing store first opened shop in 1983 and evolved into a source for flax clothing. “It has been our greatest joy to serve… Read more »

The Ghost of Joseph Gregory

I was dreaming about the beach or something to do with Cape May when the dream segued to an exterior view of a house, an old house. A teenage boy was looking up at the roof and, in the dream, I was watching.