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The Best of Cape May 2023

This year we polled in seventy-two categories that cover shopping, dining, and leisure. A lot of your favorites are back, and we are shocked that a different month has unseated the perennial runner-up for Best Month to Visit!

Who’s New, Who’s Moved, Who’s Gone: 2023

Every year, it seems we blink and June is looming, dangling its first-of-the-month in front of us. Time to write Who’s New! People on Facebook will start asking for it! We escaped from behind the computer for a walk through town, cameras in hand, and combed through our notes from the past year. Here is… Read more »

Updates from a walk through town

We took a brisk walk through Cape May this afternoon to see what’s going on around the city! Most gardens are still waking up, but we spotted tulips and a lot of colorful flower boxes. Getting ready for the season Construction projects abound! Over at Elaine’s on Lafayette, exterior seating has been extended onto a… Read more »

Construction at 401 Lafayette

Before & In-progress: 401 Lafayette Street

There were lots of construction sounds around Cape May again this week: road work, building maintenance, and this project at 401 Lafayette Street. All Irish Imports, the Cape May gift shop that opened in 1982, closed its doors back in 2019. At that time, we told you it had been purchased by Micky Chew of… Read more »