CAPE MAY — To know a place is to know all of its moods, not just the shiny facade it wears for company. Although the island of Cape May has its charmingly old-fashioned downtown, easily […]
CAPE MAY POINT — Nostalgia can be dangerous when it blinds us to the present. All this love of retro, vintage, yesteryear: it’s all a comforting fairytale in which we know the ending before we even […]
NORTH CAPE MAY — The year 1940 wasn’t a great one in many ways, but it was a banner year for dream homes. The whole era was so good at building colonial-style hideaways that Hollywood […]
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — Main Street in Cape May Court House has been the center of professional, legal and government life in Cape May County for generations, longer than there have been paved highways and […]
CAPE MAY — Years ago, Cape May Harbor was much smaller. Geographically it occupied the same footprint, but the north end of the harbor was a desolate place with only a few commercial berths hard by […]
CAPE MAY — Why do people dream of moving to Cape May? It certainly can’t be for just the beach — lots of places have a beach. Is it the weather? Would that be the […]
CAPE MAY POINT — This quaint borough has timeless appeal, but that doesn’t mean one can’t notice the passage of time within the borders of this hidden gem along the sea. Take, for instance, the […]
COLD SPRING — Cold Spring just isn’t big enough. The perfect location between the busy places and the wild nooks, the section of Lower Township passes by in a blink as one drives south along […]
WEST CAPE MAY — For decades, a gas station had anchored the intersection of Sunset and West Broadway in West Cape May. This was a practical rather than an aesthetic choice, although the addition of time […]
WEST CAPE MAY — The home at 110 Pacific Ave. is more evidence that West Cape May has held on to so many of the little secret charms that define a place. It’s been the […]
