Cape May for the Day
So I can get to Cape May in an hour. The only other place that comes close to this gem of a town is Martha's Vineyard. But to get there on that Victorian island you have to reserve the ferry in the summer. Once you are there you kind of feel like an outsider looking in to some rather wealthy life styles--need I mention names! Well, I am sure there are some wealthy residents in Cape May, but it just seems more accessible and like we belong there. It is a National Historic landmark. Cape May is in my home state of New Jersey and they have have quaint shops at the Washington Street Mall, the ocean, the lighthouse and Sunset Beach where you look west over the water---spectacular. Also, it is world famous for birding, and the beautiful ornate Victorian architecture. Trolley tours and horse and carriage rides are available. For 10 bucks you get to see marvelous historic homes and the stories behind them. You get to learn the dates for the various styles and view the houses that feature that design model: Queen Anne, the most elaborate, Gothic, Italianate, Mansard, Federal, and stick style. You will be shown the pure representations of the different periods along the ones that have had alterations and may be of mixed periods. The trolley tour guide would say, "You see that part. It was added on after...". :)
Here are two videos on Cape May but I must say that You Tube is in need of some better promotional videos of this vacation town. Maybe I have to make my own. The second one has some loud irritating Victorian violin type of music but the photos are quite good.
This is the site for the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts which is probably the reason for Cape Mays success:
Most of my photos come from the trip in early summer with three of my former classmates. One of my friends invited us to stay at her vacation home in West Cape May. We ate at her home much of the time but we did go out to a marina bar with a live band, got take out lobster at the Lobster House, and went shopping in Stone Harbor and Cape May. So I did post a couple of Stone Harbor photos.
Nice Red Door:
Not the Historic Trolley, just transportation but we were singing tunes for him in a guessing game including, "On the Way to Cape May".
Saw quite a few for sale signs as well. These days it must be hard maintaining a Cape May address:
Mansard:
The Physick Estate:
Another view:
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