Messages from people who have been here and gone:
Vintage Cape May postcards
Vintage Cape May postcards
East Point Light by Mary Place
Now may be the best time of year to visit Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Known as the Christmas City, the former steel town has special ties to the season. The city puts on its holiday best for visitors with beautifully lit and decorated streets and storefronts. As local lore has it, it was Christmas Eve 1741 when […]
Deck those halls! Then sit the heck down and enjoy hearth and home with these local gifts.
When’s the best time to visit Cape May to see bird migration?” This is the question I get asked most often by visitors who have just learned about how Cape May ranks as one of, if not the top, fall birding hotspots. The answer can only be given tongue-in-cheek: “Easy: just rent a place on […]
In this edition of Roadtripping, we went off-road for an unexpected and meaningful adventure. Our original destination was Jersey City, an up-and-coming mini-metropolis called the sixth borough of New York. But I never saw the city proper, because other attractions beckoned. I rendezvoused with a friend at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, across the […]
Victory at Rest Oil on wood panel40″ x 60″ Rye is a self-taught artist based in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. When asked for a quote on this painting, the artist provided the following poem, which he wrote and says has inspired all of the sailing ship paintings he has done. Early spring night. I wish there […]
634 Washington St In the High Summer issue of this magazine published last month, this column examined the composition of Block 1059, between Ocean and Franklin Streets, focusing on the architectural relic that is the Memucan Hughes House (otherwise known as the Colonial House Museum). Another historic structure that has stood the test of time, […]
Post Cards from Cape May’s Past The experiences described in postcards from past visitors usually dance between eat, sun, swim, and sleep—normal vacation stuff. We’ve sifted through the stories from plenty of family vacations that sound downright delightful. The few exceptions we’ve come across include cases of the flu, missing loved ones, or, like the […]