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Cape May Beer, Music & Crab Festival – Crafts & Collectibles Show

Cape May News - admin - March 15, 2019

On August 3rd get ready for a great day of fun in Cape May. This will be the eighth annual event on the beautiful grounds of the Emlen Physick Estate. This is an all-day festival featuring local and regional craft beers to enjoy down favorite summer foods. Steamed crabs, pulled pork, crab cakes, shrimp and hot dogs and food from regional vendors.

Listen to all-day music on outdoor stage.

An old-fashioned Victorian circus with jugglers and acrobats from the Give & Take Jugglers.

Crafts and collectibles show.

Craft beers and other spirits.

August 3rd

10:00 am to 6:00 pm

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The Cape May Wine Trail

Cape May News - admin - March 7, 2019

Courtesy of MAC

Looking for something special to do on your next visit to the Cape. Spend an afternoon visiting Cape May County’s wineries and tasting the unique flavors of each. Enjoy lunch at the Carriage House Café & Tearoom and travel via trolley to Willow Creek Winery where you’ll enjoy tastings and a brief tour. You’ll also travel to Natali Vineyards for tastings there with cheese and crackers and receive a souvenir glass. Part of Spring Celebration presented by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (MAC).

2019 DATES

Saturday, Feb. 16: Includes lunch and a brief tour and wine tasting at Willow Creek Winery, plus a wine tasting, cheese and crackers and a souvenir glass at Natali Vineyards. Trolley leaves the Physick Estate at 11am and returns approx. 5 pm. $75 per person.
Saturday, April 28: Includes lunch at the Carriage House Café & Tearoom at the Physick Estate, a brief tour and wine tasting at Willow Creek Winery, and a wine tasting, cheese and crackers and a souvenir glass at Natali Vineyards. Trolley leaves the Physick Estate at 11am and returns approx. 5 pm. $75 per person
Saturday, May 4: Includes lunch and a brief tour and wine tasting at Willow Creek Winery, plus a wine tasting, cheese and crackers and a souvenir glass at Natali Vineyards. Trolley leaves the Physick Estate at 11am and returns approx. 5 pm. $75 per person.
Friday, Sept. 13: Includes lunch at the Carriage House Café & Tearoom at the Physick Estate, a brief tour and wine tasting at Willow Creek Winery, a tasting at Hawk Haven Winery, and a wine tasting, cheese and crackers and a souvenir glass at Natali Vineyards. Trolley leaves the Physick Estate at 11am and returns approx. 5:30 pm. $85 per person
Friday, Sept. 20: Includes lunch at the Carriage House Café & Tearoom at the Physick Estate, a brief tour and wine tasting at Willow Creek Winery, a tasting at Hawk Haven Winery, and a wine tasting, cheese and crackers and a souvenir glass at Natali Vineyards. Trolley leaves the Physick Estate at 11am and returns approx. 5:30 pm. $85 per person
Saturday, Oct. 5: Includes lunch at the Carriage House Café & Tearoom at the Physick Estate, brief tour and wine tasting at Willow Creek Winery, and a wine tasting, cheese and crackers and a souvenir glass at Natali Vineyards. Trolley leaves the Physick Estate at 11am and returns approx. 5 pm. $75 per person
Saturday, Dec. 28: Includes lunch, brief tour and wine tasting at Willow Creek Winery plus wine tasting, cheese and crackers and a souvenir glass at Natali Vineyards. Trolley leaves the Physick Estate at 11am and returns approx. 5pm. $75 per person.

Cape May Hops Festival

Uncategorized - admin - March 7, 2019

Crafts & Collectibles Show Saturday, June 22, 2019

The Cape May Hops Festival is a wonderful event where crafts and collectibles are also part of the event. Listen to some great music and have a cold beer while enjoying the sights and sounds of Cape May. The Festival features local breweries and some of the finest food vendors in the area.
Music will include the Corndog Blues Band and James Supra and Sarah Ayers Band.

The Cape May Hops Festival will be held on the grounds of the Emlen Physick Estate. This event helps support the Cape May Music Festival.

There will be activities for the whole family, live musical performances, crafts, collectibles, living history characters, children’s activities and refreshments.

Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (MAC).

This event is FREE to attend. Varying costs for food, beer, and crafts vendors

Wreck of the SS Atlantus at Cape May Point

Cape May News - admin - March 2, 2019

One of the cool things to do in Cape May is to visit the concrete ship at the Point.

The scarcity of steel during World War I spurred San Francisco businessman William Leslie Comyn to build ships out of a counter-intuitive substitute — concrete. The same stuff that was used to fashion cement overshoes for Mob victims actually floats when it’s shaped like a boat.

The S.S. Atlantus was one of a dozen concrete ships that were built, and it criss-crossed the Atlantic several times, hauling cargo and troops. But when steel again became available, the S.S. Atlantus was mothballed.

Historical Marker and Concrete Ship S.S. Atlantus.

In 1926 she was docked in Cape May when a storm broke her loose and ran her aground, just off of Sunset Beach. She couldn’t be pried off of the bottom because she was made of, well, concrete. For the last 90+ years her slowly crumbling hulk has been a tourist attraction, although not much of her is left above water.

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Diamond Beach in Cape May

Cape May News - admin - March 2, 2019

Visit Diamond Beach located in the southernmost part of New Jersey, tucked between historic Cape May and the excitement of the Wildwoods. Picture yourself lounging on the white sands of Diamond Beach’s pristine beaches while enjoying the serenity of a little “me” time. Uniquely beautiful, Diamond Beach is a top destination for relaxing beach getaways with upscale hotel and vacation rental opportunities that combine with unique dining, shopping and recreation options.

Diamond Beach is home to one of the last undeveloped maritime forest and beach in New Jersey. The site referred to as Cape May National Wildlife Refuge – Two Mile Beach Unit has boardwalks, observation platforms and a mile long sand and clamshell trail that leads you through the maritime forest habitat for one the best nature based activity experiences at the Jersey Cape.

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Cape May Colonial House Museum,

Cape May News - admin - February 20, 2019

Greater Cape May Historical Society, manages The Colonial House Museum. The museum showcases the history of the greater Cape May area through a many exhibits, displays, artifacts, and Cape May memorabilia. The museum is located on Washington Street.

The Colonial House was originally a tavern and family house of The Hughes Family, Memacum Hughes was famous patriot from the Revolutionary War. The architecturally distinctive building features beautifully restored common and tea rooms, a tavern room, and a Gallery Exhibit Room on the first floor. Other rooms in the museum that are open to the public include a colonial era cooking/eating room, a bedroom, and an added research/exhibit room. The museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from June until September. The museum is also open by appointment.

The headquarters of this organization, incorporated in August, 1974, is the Colonial House Museum c 1730, located at 653½ Washington Street, Cape May, next to Cape May City Hall. This house was originally a tavern and the family home of Revolutionary War Patriot Memucan Hughes. The front room features a tavern room. Other rooms open to the public in this unsung survivor from Cape Island’s very beginning depict a colonial era cooking/eating room. A room, added in the 1930’s, is a research/exhibit room.

653 Washington St, Cape May, NJ 08204, 609-884-9100

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What to pack for a Cape May Vacation

Uncategorized - admin - February 13, 2019

What to Pack Congratulations! You’ve made the decision to get away from the stress of life and treat yourself to a beautiful beach vacation in Cape May! But, before you set out on your travels, you need to make sure you have some “beach essentials” that will allow you to enjoy your vacation to the fullest. We’re giving you the inside scoop on beach fashion, making sure you don’t weigh down your suitcase with things you don’t need!

The following attire is basically acceptable anywhere you go on the beach, including restaurants, bars, shops, etc. Here are a few things we suggest:

Ladies should pack: Bathing suits (If you have 2, bring both so you’ll always have one that’s dry. Also, you will most likely be leaving with a tan! So, be mindful of styles that may give you funny looking tan lines.) Bathing suit cover up Sundresses Tank tops or short sleeved, lightweight shirts Comfortable shorts or skirts One lightweight, long sleeved shirt (if you’ve been swimming & sunning all day, sometimes the air conditioning inside can feel chilly) Flip flops that can get wet or water shoes Flip flops or sandals for going out in the evening.

Men should pack: Hawaiian or lightweight, breezy shirts T-Shirts or Polos Swim trunks Lightweight shorts or khakis, (some men wear jeans in the bars at night, but shorts are always more comfortable) One lightweight, long sleeved shirt Flip flops that can get wet or water shoes Flip flops or deck shoes for going out in the evening Everyone Should Bring: Sunglasses Sunscreen Lip Balm Spending Cash (the beach shopping is great!) A desire to relax and have FUN!

From NJ.com, Your vacation to the Jersey Shore is about to get more expensive. Blame it on taxes.

Vacation Rental News - admin - February 13, 2019

Heather Adams and her family live in a suburb of Pittsburgh, a five-hour drive from the Jersey Shore. But they’ve been renting the same house in Wildwood one week every summer for the past decade. Until this year.

Adams said the family won’t have their regular place a block from the beach on East Pine Street come July, and they might even skip the Jersey Shore altogether, thanks to a decision by the state to apply taxes and fees totaling 11.625 percent to certain rental properties for the first time this summer season.

Combine the newly applied tax and fee of $400 for the Adams’ usual rental, with a $400 rent increase the owner was charging, and the resulting $4,300 total cost of the house this summer was simply too high for the Adams family’s budget.

to continue reading….

https://www.nj.com/expo/news/g66l-2019/02/b64bdbaa0a684/your-vacation-to-the-jersey-shore-is-about-to-get-more-expensive-blame-it-on-taxes.html

Nature Center of Cape May

Cape May News - admin - February 13, 2019

The Nature Center of Cape May is an award-winning environmental education campus that was founded in 1992. The center rests on the shores of Cape May Harbor and it has a three level observation tower, exhibit aquaria, indoor observation hall, a gift store, and a beautiful multiple themed display garden.

Being close to a diversity of habitat, Nature Center can easily incorporate it into their programs. Visitors can take a salt marsh boat tour, kayak nature tour, wild life friendly gardening programs, summer science day camps, and cycling tours.

1600 Delaware Avenue, Cape May, NJ 08204, 609-898-8848

Cape May 2019-Fireworks

Cape May News - admin - February 13, 2019

On July 4th get ready for a great fireworks show. For the LOVE of red white and blue! Celebrate our nation’s birthday in style! Ocean Club hosts its Annual BBQ for hotel guests only. From burgers to dogs and all the fixins, enjoy live music until the fireworks start at 9pm!

Ocean Club Hotel1035 Beach Ave., Cape May, NJ 08204

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