Author: Susan Tischler

Susan Tischler is the former editor of CapeMay.com and Cape May Magazine.

Dinner with the Ghost Writer

My assignment? Dinner with the ghost writer. Now, don’t get too excited. It wasn’t just me and the ghost writer. There were about 60 other people in the room. Still, it was the kind of event that just makes you want to give the town of Cape May a big hug and a wet sloppy… Read more »

Cape May’s Designer Show House

French dramatist Jean Anouilh said that “The object of art is to give life a shape.” The same could be said of redoing an old house especially a house built in the Arts and Crafts-style like the one at 800 Washington Street. This Designer Show House was built in 1915 for John and Mabel Hewitt… Read more »

Where’s Bob?

But what about Bob? Has anyone seen Bob? Bob who? Bob the horse, of course. Was there ever such a horse as Bob? Standing 18 hands high, Bob ruled over the other horses at Cape May Carriage Company, on Stevens Street. A horse of distinction in more ways than one, Bob pulled the carriage that… Read more »

Make way for the young filmmakers of Cape May

It’s all about the dialogue. “Next week you need to bring in some ideas for a screenplay. When looking at movies pay attention to the dialogue. Screenplays have very little description. They are mostly dialogue. Last week, we talked about what a person would really say. How do we talk? Think a lot about the… Read more »

On assignment: Ballroom Dancing 101

“Please teacher, teach me something. Nice teacher, teach me something. I’m as awkward as a camel. That’s not the worst. My two feet haven’t met yet. But I’ll be teacher’s pet yet, ‘Cause I’m going to learn to dance or burst.” Week One – I’m on assignment. I’m on the case. I’m on the job.… Read more »

Preserving History One Plane at a Time

I wouldn’t be surprised if there were more than a few ghosts hanging around Hangar One. It is, after all, not your typical museum. It is a work in progress. Parts of planes are always coming in or going out of the large hangar doors. And on a weekday afternoon in March, the place is… Read more »

On Assignment: A Day at the Dock

My assignment? Spend some time down at Schellegner’s Landing and watch the fishermen come in. Now, let’s clarify. Not the sport fishermen – the real fishermen. The ones whose roots go back to the whalers and Moby Dick and all that. That would be the fishermen who risk their lives and earn their living at… Read more »

Cape May Beach Replenishment

My assignment this month? To update all of you out in cyber space on the Beach Replenishment Project going on. Don’t go away. When have I ever bored you? Well there was that piece on the Phragmite Project – but this is different. Don’t you want to know that St. Mary’s By The Sea Convent… Read more »

Love Among the Innkeepers

If you come to Cape May for Valentine’s Day, chances are you’ll be staying at a Bed & Breakfast or a Guest House because it’s just about THE most romantic thing you can do. Imagine a cold blustery night by the fireside, or in your suite surrounded by antiques and old world charm. But what… Read more »