Cape May



Adore the colorful details, such as the rainbow chairs, iron flower fence, and the "ever-blooming" tulip fence.
That's a lot of work painting those "gingerbread" detailing, but so worth it.



The best way to say farewell to summer is visiting a little shore town.  It's bustling with the summer-home people moving out, last tours being given (the trolley we went on was the last ride of the season), and partaking in the last hurrah of what the seasonal shops have to offer before locking up.

We ventured to Cape May, NJ to ride the trolley on a Victorian Homes tour.  Later we meandered through the the neighborhoods.  I love historic neighborhoods, I like to think about the people there then, and now, what the houses have seen, and how a block can go from aristocrat, to ghetto, to abandoned, to beautiful again.  We enjoyed seeing folks porch-dwelling.  Next time we need to make a weekend of it and stay in one of those houses.

 I LOVE it when people take pride in their surroundings.  Houses are painted in bright, fun colors, and oh-the-attention-to detail; such as the ever-blooming-tulip fence in the top photo collage, the rainbow assorted chairs, or the adorable flower fencing.

*fun trolley tour fact: 
In the Victorian era, most porches or verandas were rounded to accommodate the rounded parlor furniture brought outside for large parties.

I also adore the quaint businesses, like the hot dog shop pictured above, the Ugly Mug bar, and the pizza parlor where we saw some great old pictures.

Love the font choice on the street signs. 

Cape May is officially one of my happy places.

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Take PRIDE in your surroundings, it makes for a better world.

 

Top: From me with a "pin hole effect".
Bottom: A picture of a picture in a local pizza parlor of
victorian Washington St.