This spectacular beachfront unit has 6 bedrooms, 5 bath and sleeps 16.  Located on Ocean City’s Boardwalk.  Easy beach access. 

• Central Air Conditioning
• Wireless Internet
• Off-Street Parking
• 6 TV’s
• 6 Ceiling Fans
• 2 VCR’s
• Gas Barbecue
• Elevator
• Outside Shower
• Wheelchair Access
• 2 Sofa Beds

There is a jacuzzi in master bath.  There is central air, off street parking, washer and dryer and fully equipped kitchen.  It has a Barbecue, Free Internet access, ceiling fans, 6 tvs, 2 vcrs, 2 dvd players. 

Of all the Jersey Shore resort areas that have seen change over the years, Atlantic City N.J. has probably seen the most.  In the early days of the 1900’s, Atlantic City was a popular tourist attraction with its boardwalk and beautiful ocean views.

Vacationers would come from miles around to stroll down the Avenue’s of shopping and see all the sights that walked the boardwalk.

The Steel Pier was a major attraction in the 1960’s and 1970’s where future stars would perform and great bands would perform on a daily basis.  For one low price you could see the performers of the day, take in a movie, experience the diving bell and watch a diving horse jump into a large pool of water. Everyone loved the Steel Pier and all it had to happen.

In 1978, Atlantic City New Jersey took a turn to help save the dying town. It was called legalized gambling. Resorts International, the first casino of many to come to A.C. opened its doors in 1978 and Atlantic City has never turned back.  Housing now thirteen casino’s with at least one more in the works, Atlantic City has gone through a reformation like none others.

Along with the Casino’s, Atlantic City has become a dinning and shopping Mecca.  Each Casino boast having an unbelievable array of dining options to try to lure in the customers.  There are also dining havens such as The Quarter at the Tropicana has an array of all cuisines, and the Pier at Caesars third floor has many fine dining options.  Along the Walk, restaurants have opened to please everyone’s taste.

Shopping has become a second choice to gambling in Atlantic City. With the Walk and all the outlet shopping you could imagine, people are coming from near and far to find their favorite brand names at discounted prices. The Pier offers one floor of shopping for the average shopper, while the other floor offers specialty shops you would find in New York City, Paris, LA, or any other upscale shopping district. The Quarter offers unique products while all of the Resorts offer their own specialty shops.

Atlantic City has come a long way from the days of yesteryear. With all it has to offer, it has become one of the most visited areas of the United States. Come to Atlantic City and see for yourself. You won’t be disappointed!!!

Preserving some of the past the Cape May Seashore line provides excursion services between Richland and Tuckahoe and Cape May Court House, Cold Spring Village and Cape May.

Victorian Cape May City, the “Nation’s Oldest Seashore Resort”, has been welcoming visitors for more than a century.  Years ago vacationers and day-trippers alike came to Cape May.  Whether they came for fun, excitement and relaxation or on business they came by train!

Cape May was once served by three famous railroads, the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Reading Company and the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines.  Cape May Seashore Lines is proud to provide passenger rail service to this one-of-a-kind Victorian resort.

Cape May Seashore Lines has been around for about 15 years.  My son was eight when we took our first train ride from the Cold Spring Village Station to the Cape May Court House Station and back.  It was in late October in the early evening.  The haunted train ride had a story teller telling tales of area ghost and the infamous Jersey Devil.

If you have a chance to take a comfortable, relaxing trip back in time take the train to the shore for an exciting and memorable experience.

Enjoy the same experience today as you ride the original equipment operated in south Jersey by the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, the Reading Company and the Pennsylvania Railroad.

For a long time, railroads provided the means for people to visit the Jersey Shore. Most of the coastal towns including Cape May, Wildwood, and Long Beach Island were served by a railroad. With the popularity of the automobile, the days of steam engines pulling into the shore towns was over.

Sea Isle City, located at Exit 17 on the New Jersey Parkway, is one of the southernmost resort shore towns in New Jersey. Located in Cape May County, Sea Isle City has become a tourist attraction for vacationers at the Jersey Shore.

Once a small fishing village with small summer cottages for those who like to fish, crab, or go clamming, Sea Isle has been built to a resort town with something for everyone. Back in nineteen sixty two, when there was a strong Northeastern Storm and many homes and businesses were destroyed, the City Government built a Promenade, which was essentially a sea wall to protect the shore line, but also a walkway for tourist to stroll along the beach.

Vacationers come to the Jersey Shore for the fun and sun of the beach, but are also looking for an area to relax and enjoy all of the amenities a town can offer. If it’s great food and restaurants, or the nightlife with bars and musical entertainment, or the family fun of nightly events held on the promenade, Sea Isle offers it all.

For those who want to be centrally located to everything, Sea Isle City is the perfect place to spend your vacation. With Atlantic City only thirty minutes to the north, and Cape May about twenty minutes to the South, Sea Isle allows you to have a central location with points of interest all around you. Ocean City and Wildwood are even closer so you will have a wide variety of entertainment.

The Children will love all the local entertainment offered almost every night from Movie Night where you bring your beach chairs and watch a family friendly movie outdoors under the sun, to the Dance nights with DJ’s and bands that play family favorites. Although Sea Isle caters to the adults, it also offers a lot for the young children. Sea Isle City is an outstanding town to spend your vacation year after year. Once you discover this Jersey Shores gem, you will want to come back year after year.

Beach fronting spectacular in Sea Isle City NJ.  This spacious three bedroom condominium has Ocean and Bay views a large living area and 2 full baths. 

Two large decks for entertaining family and friends or some quiet enjoyment of nature.  The front deck off the living room faces the ocean and the back deck off the master bedroom face the bay.  Enjoy the beautiful sunrise with your morning coffee from the ocean deck and admire the magnificent sunsets overlooking the bay from your back deck.

Both decks have new trex decking and white vinyl railings. From the front deck you can also see from Avalon to the Atlantic City Sky Line. New for 2007 is the Darlington Oak Laminate Flooring in the living area and hall.

The living area and hall was painted in March 2007. Great rental potential or a great place to enjoy the beach with family and friends.

The condominium fee of $176.00 per quarter does not include the insurance. Insurances are paid annually. The Flood Insurance is $1341. and the Hazard/Fire Insurance is $914. One SELLER is a Licensed NJ Real Estate Agent.

Sale Price: $649,000.

Beautiful beach front condominium in Sea Isle City. This three bedroom two full bath condo also has two large decks.  One facing the ocean and the other facing the bay. Spacious open Living area and a large kitchen offer ocean views.  Both decks are new trex decking with white vinyl rails.  Enjoy the beautiful sunrise with your morning coffee from the ocean deck and admire the magnificent sunsets overlooking the bay from your back deck.  Off street parking for 3 cars. 

Secluded North end location across the street from the beach.  All on one floor with an easy walk up from the parking area.  Sleeps six but will accommodate eight.  At Sea Isle City’s north end it is close to Strathmere and Ocean City. 

A great vacation rental at the jersey shore.  It is also only a short drive to Atlantic City or Cape May. The Deauville Inn or Mildreds are two great places to eat in Strathmere. Sea Isle City offers many fine restaurants including Andrea Trattoria Italiana, Basilicos Ristorante, Busch’s Restaurant, Carmen’s Restaurant, Lobster Loft, Marie’s Seafood, O’Donnell’s Pour House, Rick’s Breakfast House, Shoobies, Steak Out Restaurant,

Valarie’s Place and Welshie’s Hoagie House to mention a few. My Favorite Pizza is Azzura Pizza between 50th and 51st streets on Landis Avenue. Tell Sal that Dave sent you and if you like White Pizza try his Famous White.

• 3 Bedrooms
• 2 Full baths
• Central Air
• Ocean views
• Bay views
• Off street parking for 3 cars

REGIONAL ATTRACTIONS: Wildwood Boardwalk, Atlantic City Casinos, Cape May, Cape May – Lewes Ferry, Cape May County Park and Zoo.

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Anyone who goes to Avalon or Stone Harbor is well aware of the Princeton in Avalon. A dive bar, (sort of), but a place where the beer flows, the bands play, and everyone meets for a good time. Welcome to the age of “The New Princeton” which has been renovated and offers two new hot eating-places: Princeton Bar & Grill, and Circle Tavern at the Princeton.

These two new establishments offer a Philly flare to eating. It reminds me of Ritten House Square and the bars and restaurants that line the streets. They are very impressive with much to offer.

Within the past few weeks, we’ve enjoyed meals at both the Princeton Bar & Grill, and also the Circle Tavern. At the Circle Tavern, we had your typical sandwiches, fries, and drinks, which were very good. What we enjoyed most was being able to sit outside in the open sunny area, and enjoy watching the people pass by.

The evening we dinned at the Princeton Bar & Grill, it was an unexpected stop. The restaurant we were going to eat in Stone Harbor was closed for the evening, so we drove through Avalon, and remembered the Princeton.

As we entered, we were very impressed with the open-air feeling and the brickwork and bar area. The owners put a lot of time, money and effort into this renovation. We were seated at a booth, and other than the confusion as to who was going to wait our table, (it took about fifteen minutes to be addressed by a waitress), the food was great.

We were informed when being seated that there was a simplified menu this evening since it was the beginning of the season, and the full menu with many entrees would be coming four days after we were there. This was fine with us because we were not that hungry and the appetizers, sandwiches, and the “Wave” bar, which featured seafood, would be plenty for us to sample. The menu had a good selection of some classic items, but also had a wide variety of items that were unique and tempting.

My wife decided on the Princeton Grill Salad, which consisted of mixed baby greens with goat cheese and dried cranberries tossed in Dijon balsamic vinaigrette, and an order of the Charleston Crab Soup, which was a white she-crab preparation. I also chose the soup, and ordered the jumbo U-Peel shrimp served with a Bloody Mary cocktail sauce.

The salad was very tasty. The goat cheese made a good combination with the cranberries and dressing. The mixed greens were fresh, and the dressing was perfect. The size was also ample and satisfying. My wife and I were both impressed with the “bowl” of soup that was served. The soup was served very hot, (which is very important to my wife), and although you could really taste the Sherry, the combination of port, crab and celery was different, but very good. The portion size was perfect and we both agreed that the soup was better than we had expected.

My jumbo U-Peel Shrimp could have been a little larger since they were advertised as “Jumbo”, and they were a little over cooked. The Bloody Mary Cocktail sauce was what it said it was, a Bloody Mary Mix. I’m not a Bloody Mary drinker, or even tomato juice, so it was not something I was crazy over, but my wife loved the sauce. I like a thick, spicy sauce to dip my shrimp into, but I can’t argue that they served what they advertised it as. And don’t get the wrong impression, I ate every last shrimp and over all enjoyed them.

We skipped dessert, (I’m not even sure if there was any to be offered). The meal worked very well with what we were looking for in a light meal. For appetizers and drinks our bill came to $62.00 with tax and tip. I thought the price was right for the Jersey shore and the food and atmosphere was worth the trip. We are excited to come back and try an entrée in a few weeks!

The Princeton Bar & Grill
The Circle Tavern at the Princeton
21st Street & Dune Drive
Avalon, NJ
609-967-3456
www.princetonbar.com

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Andrea Trattoria Italiana II, located at 4216 Park Road in Sea Isle City, NJ has been open in Sea Isle for two years, and the word about town was that it was excellent. My recent dining experience was not excellent. It was average at best.

My wife and I decided to dine at Andrea’s on a whim and since it was the last week before Labor Day, we figured it would not be a problem getting a table. The seating was half way full when we arrived, so we were seated immediately. The first thing we both noticed was the décor was basic, bland, and not very attractive. We were seated in line with the waitresses coming out of the kitchen, and every time someone walked by, I felt like I was bouncing from the vibration. Since I was in direct line with the kitchen, this went on the whole evening.

Our waitress, who seemed to be friendly at first, but we never saw the whole dinner recited the many specials that were being offered. I always give credit to waiters and waitresses who have to recite multiple specials and I wonder why restaurants offer more than just two or three. The waitress nailed the specials, but repeated them so fast, and there were so many, we would not even have considered one of them. So we ordered directly from the menu.

I ordered the Pollo Agli Asparagi, which is sautéed chicken breast with asparagus and crab meat in a lemon zest cream sauce, and my wife ordered Tagliolini Ai Gamberi, which is homemade thin pasta with shrimp, asparagus, diced tomatoes, garlic and extra virgin olive oil. Both sounded like excellent choices and we were excited to try them.

Bread is a very important part of a good meal to many. My feelings are if you are spending more than $20.00 for a meal, the bread should be very good. We were disappointed from the start. The bread seemed fresh, but nothing about it was wonderful. It was basic cold Italian bread, served with butter. Disappointing, but we were still hopeful the rest of the meal would be fine.

The dinner salad that was served next was fresh, but once again very basic. It came with a house Italian, which had little taste. By the time our meals arrived, we had started to loose hope that the meal would be as wonderful as we had originally anticipated. My first observation was that my wife’s dish had steam coming off it, while mine did not look like it was very hot. My first bite confirmed that although it was warm, my meal was not hot.

The chicken was average, but the asparagus was tough and the crabmeat was limited. My dish was $21.99, and I’ve had better similar entrees for less than this. My wife’s pasta dish was good, hot, and plentiful. Not until our meal was almost completely finished did our waitress come to the table to ask if everything was all right. We graciously said it was fine, passed on dessert, and asked for our check.

Andrea Trattoria Italiana II was a disappointment to us, but as I said at the beginning, we had heard very good things about this restaurant. We may have arrived at a time when the staff is short because of students going back to school. Although we may never eat there again, we did see the place was full when we left and customers seem to be satisfied. We are very fortunate to live at the shore where good food is extremely plentiful during the summer months, and this was a disappointment for that very reason.

October is a great month to visit historic Cape May at the southernmost point of New Jersey. Traditionally held on the first week in October, Victorian week in Cape May offers events that bring in tourists from around the world.

Events ranging from a Chef’s Dine-Around to House Tours to Fashion Shows to Beer Tasting are just a few of the events that you can experience while visiting one of the most popular tourist attraction in the United States. For those who are not familiar with Cape May, New Jersey, it is located at mile zero of the Garden State Parkway and is the Southernmost point in New Jersey.

Cape May offers wonderful beaches, magnificent Victorian architecture, four-star restaurants, and the perfect setting for a visit in October. Along with all of the normal amenities this quaint city offers, this week long event brings everything associated with Cape May together and offers unique seminars and tours that everyone interested can enjoy.

The self-guided tour of Cape May’s Victorian houses allows you to wonder at your own pace and discover the architectural riches and design styles of the owners. You will become educated on the history of Cape May while touring buildings that have been around for many, many years.

For those who enjoy eating, (and who doesn’t), the Chef’s Dine-Around offer a five course meal, each course being served at one of Cape May’s finest restaurants. After you enjoy each course, a trolley shuttle will provide you transportation to your next location.

Cape May Convention Hall becomes a Memory Lane featuring costumes from the Victorian Era as volunteers show off their outfits before a pane of judges, hoping to be crowned Cape May’s “Victorian Idol”. This spin off of American Idol should be fun for all.

Other events during Victorian Week include Murder Mystery Dinners, Brass Band Concerts, and a Beer Tasting seminar. There is fun for everyone and everyone’s taste will be satisfied at the Cape May Victorian Week in October!!!