Beach Weekend

Hello there! 
Two weeks ago Bob and I went to Wildwood and Cape May for a long weekend, to celebrate our fifth(!!) wedding anniversary. We stayed at the 1950's Caribbean Motel in Wildwood for two nights. We stayed there once before, the only other time we went to Wildwood and Cape May, almost two years ago. This time we paid a little more, and got a better room, with an amazing 50's style bathroom. The shower tile was my favorite part of the room! the shower was HUGE, with one wall having white, red, yellow, blue, and green tile, and the other having green and blue tile.
Wildwood is a mecca of 50's motels. There are so many fabulous neon motel signs around that I love to check out and take pictures of.
The ride down was fine; there was no traffic, just on and off rain to contend with. Luckily it stopped raining by the time we arrived in Cape May, and didn't rain the whole time we were there. It was sunny and 80 degrees the whole weekend.
When we arrived in Cape May we went to lunch, and then went to a few shops. I bought some Christmas ornaments, and an antique Christmas Scotch tape container. We stopped for ice cream in Wildwood, and then went to our motel to check in. 
We went out to eat at a Welsh pub that evening, and walked to a couple of outdoor bars afterwards for drinks. The next morning I took an early dip in the heated outdoor pool, and then walked over to the beach, which was just across the street. I layed out and read, and went in the ocean, too, but the water was cold, and I didn't stay in too long each time. Bob went in too, and even put his head under water. 
Saturday afternoon after the beach we went to an Irish pub for a late lunch. They make orange crushes there, which are my favorite summertime drink, so I had a couple of those. 
We went to an Italian restaurant for dinner that night, where we both had ravioli. We were both tired, so we had an early night, and left early the next morning, but made sure to stop at a bakery in Wildwood on our way out. We had never been there before, but I had read reviews online. They're known for their apple fritters. I had one, which was warm, and SO delicious!

An orange crush!

 

Shore Getaway

Hello there! Last weekend Bob and I went to Wildwood & Cape May. I had never been before, and he had only been once a long time ago. We had a really good time. The weather was in the low 70's during the day and very sunny all weekend long. We got down there Friday around 4:30 p.m., and left Monday morning. 
We stayed at a 1950's motel called the Caribbean Motel. Wildwood actually has the largest amount of 1950's motels in the country, some still operational. There are so many neat neon signs still there, and I got a lot of pictures of them. Our motel room had Heywood Wakefield furniture in it! I wanted to take it all home with me! I loved our room. It had vintage reproduction midcentury modern lamps, too. The motel had a nice heated pool too, which I swam in on Sunday for a bit. 
On Friday night we walked about a mile to grab dinner at an Irish pub called Cattle N Clover. We weren't too impressed with the food, especially not our appetizer of mozarella sticks, and it's hard to mess up mozarella sticks! After we were done with dinner, we walked back to our motel, hung out there for a bit, and then got an Uber to North Wildwood, where we got dropped up at another Irish pub. We had a drink there, and then walked around the area to check it out. We sat at another outdoor bar and had a couple of drinks, and then got an Uber back to our motel. 
On Saturday morning we headed to Cape May, which is about fifteen minutes south. I loved Cape May! It's such an adorable little town. There are colorful Victorian homes all over, which is one of the big things CM is known for. We went to a few antique shops, and other shops, and I got a few small things. We also had an early lunch at a place called Dock Mike's Pancake House, which was really busy, and we had to wait about half an hour for a table. The food was decent there. 
After we were done shopping, we headed back to Wilwood to go to the beach. We weren't sure how far we'd be able to go into the water, because of how cold we'd be. The water temperature was the same as the air temperature! We did go in, but I didn't submerge completly, although Bob did. It was really nice to get to go in though, and to lay on the beach and listen to the water. I love that sound. 
After we left the beach, we went back to our room, and got ready to go out for dinner. We walked to a place on the boardwalk called Doo Wop Diner. It actually is rated the #1 place on Trip Advisor to eat in Wildwood. It's a 50's style diner, with 50s's style tables and vinyl booths, and the waitresses even wear poodle skirts. Our waitress was really sweet. I just got a tuna wrap there, and it wad fine. It's hard to mess that dish up! 
That's enough for now; I'll write more about the rest of the trip in another blog post!

Bought this cute Swedish tray at the Scandinavian shop in Cape May