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My main bit of advice to visitors to Cape May, at the southern end of New Jersey´s famed Jersey Shore: Look up! That’s where you´ll find most the delights of this town of around 2,800, a drive of some
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When it comes to surfing, Hawaii and California are of course the most famous states in the USA (and for places in the latter, like Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Malibu, Newport Beach, and Venice Beach, fly into Los Angeles International Airpor
As September ‘19 edged towards October, the fam and I had an open weekend, and we wanted to see if we could squeeze in one last blast of summer (OK, make that post-summer) at the Jersey shore.
The weather was supposed to be clear, bright, and in t
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It all started in Cape May on the Jersey Shore when Curtis Bashaw, founder and managing partner of Cape Resorts, had his eye on a plot of land adjacent to Beach Plum Farm for building his dream home. Just two miles outside the town's well preserved
Read more…Before the summer of ‘18 officially kicked into gear on July 4, I wanted to grab a quick multi-day getaway with the fam at the Jersey shore. We were eager to check out a new locale for our jaunt, andLong Beach Island was a destination that we hadn
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All the way south at the tip of New Jersey off the Garden State Parkway's exit 0 where the Delaware River meets the Atlantic Ocean, America's first seaside resort recently celebrated its centennial anniversary. Cape May, an architectural gem of a wa
New Jersey may not be the biggest wine growing state in the country, nor the biggest state at all. (It's the fifth smallest.) However, the Garden State Wine Growers Association is working hard to raise the profile and awareness of New Jersey's home
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At first glance, Wildwood, New Jersey is the exclusive province of motel balcony parties, boardwalk vices like corn dogs, cheap T-shirts, and fried dough along with Morey's Piers grand amusement park rides on the beach. You're getting a roller coaste
Seaview was founded in 1914 by Philadelphia industrialist Clarence H. Geist as a luxurious country escape for the upper crust. Its facilities, which include 297 guest rooms and 39,500 square feet of modern conference center and special event space,
Family fun at Milburn Orchards' Fall Fest Weekends in Elkton, MD.
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Cecil County Fair and Delaware State Fair set to begin. Read about both on Gypsy Tales. A Tale of Two Great Fairs
Read more…Probably the top attraction of this state, touristically speaking, is its summer shore scene, alternately bucolic and honky-tonk. Here we talk about the variegated charms of spots like Atlantic City, the Wildwoods, Ocean City, and Cape May. More inf
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