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New Jersey Monthly Magazine
Cape May

The Smell of the Surf

This boy doesn't fetch, but he does a pretty good imitation of Nipper, the RCA dog (I'm dating myself) while lifting his nose to the ocean just across the street from this rooming house in Cape May...

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A Vintage Phone Booth

Well, yes, the phone has push-buttons, but the booth itself is of the type Superman might once have changed in...

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Stacked

Emptying out a restaurant, piling up the remains of the day...

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On the Waterfront

A few minutes after these pictures were taken, cross-country skiers came schussing down the beach...

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Beach Avenue, Cape May

The sun barely penetrates the clouds, the parking meters are buried in snow, and the pavement shines...

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(Not) Lounging Poolside

In the snow, at the Congress Hall Hotel in Cape May...

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Beach Blanket Brrr!

With Cape May blanketed, this sign brought on shivers and chuckles...

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Cape May, Valentine's Day, and Snow

People in Cape May were saying they hadn't seen so much snow "since...ever!" Cross-country skiers were spotted schussing across the beach. Mounds of plowed snow reached six, seven feet in the air. Yet the mood was warm, because people who braved the white expanses were there to celebrate Valentine's Day, come what may...

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Ebbitt Room

Curtis Bashaw recruited chef Lucas Manteca to run the Ebbitt Room, the AAA Five Diamond Award-winning restaurant at the Virginia Hotel in Cape May. more

Add This to Your Gift List

If you’re cleaning out your linen closet this holiday season, or ditching the toys that your dog sniffs at (in a snooty way), Cape May’s Billmae Cottage is seeking animal-friendly donations for its annual Animal Giving Tree.

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Jersey Shore U-Z

The pleasures of the Jersey Shore run the gamut from A-Z. To prove that it's not just a figure of speech,we decided to present this year's guide letter by letter.we're not getting all Merriam-Webster on you-just showing the incredible range of sure things and surprises .We've divided our tips so that each more

Jersey Shore S-T

The pleasures of the Jersey Shore run the gamut from A-Z. To prove that it's not just a figure of speech,we decided to present this year's guide letter by letter.we're not getting all Merriam-Webster on you-just showing the incredible range of sure things and surprises .We've divided our tips so that each more

Jersey Shore N-R

The pleasures of the Jersey Shore run the gamut from A-Z. To prove that it's not just a figure of speech,we decided to present this year's guide letter by letter.we're not getting all Merriam-Webster on you-just showing the incredible range of sure things and surprises .We've divided our tips so that each more

Jersey Shore A-D

The pleasures of the Jersey Shore run the gamut from A-Z. To prove that it's not just a figure of speech,we decided to present this year's guide letter by letter.we're not getting all Merriam-Webster on you-just showing the incredible range of sure things and surprises .We've divided our tips so that each of the following spreads is devoted to a few letters of the alphabet.On each spread you'll find an index of all the items in that section. The items themselves begin on that spread ,then continue after a jump to a later page.All in all,no more complicated than the multi-page men at Bobby Dee's Rock'n Chair in Avalon. more