Welcome to Cape May NJ

America's prettiest cities were announced this week.
They include Cape May , NJ located at the very tip of the Garden State and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
Rightly so. It is a Victorian town with gas lamp lined streets, horse drawn carriages and homes to knock your socks off. Many of those homes are now bed and breakfasts and the rooms are lovely , the amenities are gracious and its all on the beach.
There is no wild night life, no wild board walk. It is a family town and there are no amusements per se. There is a nice book store, very nice restaurants, shops and boutiques , a movie theatre and some live theatre but that's it. When in Cape May it's about quiet relaxation, good food and lovely ocean.
You can take a trip to the very tip of the Cape of New Jersey to search for Cape May diamonds, clear pure quartz crystal that can be cut like a diamond. You can buy jewelery made from it and explore the light house.
There is a small zoo, and if you do like wild, Wild Wood has a huge jazzy boardwalk with every imaginable kind of ride and beach food known to mankind.
The beaches in Wild Wood are extremely wide by the way.
Then there is Atlantic City not too far north and you can lose all your money in the beautiful hotel casinos there.
The restaurants in AC are really beautiful.








Here is how the article describes Cape May

"Cape May was founded in 1620 by the Dutch Captain Mey, on the small hook at the very southern tip of the Jersey coast, jutting out into the Atlantic and washed by the Delaware Bay on the west. After being briefly settled by New England whalers in the late 1600s, it turned in the eighteenth century to more profitable farming and, soon after, to tourism. In 1745 the first advertisement for Cape May's restorative air and fine accommodation appeared in the Philadelphia press, heralding a period of great prosperity, when Southern plantation owners, desiring cool sea breezes without having to venture into Yankee land, flocked to the fashionable boarding houses of this genteel "resort of Presidents."

Maybe you would like to come live here? For a simple 1,900,000 you could own this simple cottage by the sea yourself.































The beaches are not too shabby either.
We have concerts in the park all through the year.
Winter is a busy time as the Victorians open their homes for Christmas tours.
Downtown has no traffic , cars are not allowed so you can wander safely.