March 5th, 2010
What’s Happening?…Delaware Beaches…Events…Activities…Specials…Rehoboth Beach…
Rehoboth Beach is busy this week-end. So check out what’s coming your way.
Friday, 3/5 – Cinema Cabaret: Like Water for Chocolate. Dinner at 6:30 P.M. Location is Ovations Restaurant in Rehoboth Beach. Admission is $30 and includes film and dinner.
Menu: Roasted corn and fresh mixed greens salad with citrus vinaigrette. Sage lime butter roasted quail with chorizo stuffing. Or, vegetarian empanadas, with rice pilaf, asparagus with roasted garlic, chocolate mousse parfait, coffee, tea or soda. More info? Go to http://www.rehobothfilm.com/film_events_cinema_cabaret.html.
Please note that the Film Society is seeking creative art for the 2010 Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival. The submissions are due March 10th.
Saturday, 3/6 – Is the 20th Annual Rehoboth Beach, DE Chocolate Festival. Location: Rehoboth Beach Convention Center. The theme this year is: “A Day For Chocolate Lovers”. The baking contest will feature more restaurant entries than ever. There will be chocolate tastings, vendors, a raffle, kids games and more.
The tastings start at 11:30 a.m. until the chocolate runs out or 3:30 p.m. $2.00 admission payable at the door. You can buy as many tastes as you like for $.50 each. No carry out is permitted. Children under 5 are free. The festival is sponsored by Rehoboth Beach Main Street and the Rehoboth Beach Public Library. Main Street will provide all-American hot dogs and drinks. Please go to www.downtownrehoboth.com where you will find the vendors, kids games, and baking contest information.
Saturday, 3/6 until 3/19 – Young at Art – Rehoboth Art League – Children’s art from Sussex County. Opening reception will be on March 6th from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Please visit www.rehobothartleague.org for more info.
Sunday, 3/7 and Monday, 3/8 – The Cultured Pearl will be holding their 18th Annual Buffet Extravaganza – Sunday seatings are 4-5-6-7-8, Monday seatings are 5-6-7-8-9. Reservations are required. $38 for adults and kids are 1/2 off. Location: 301 Rehoboth Ave. Tel. is 302-227-8493.
Cafe Sole – March Specials – Every Friday is Prime Rib Dinner for $20.10. Every Saturday is Steak & Cake Dinner (a steak and a crabcake) for $20.10. Every Sunday there is Brunch from 10:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. The restaurant will be open on Fridays and Saturdays for lunch and dinner. Starting on March 18th, Cafe Sole will be open for lunch every Thursday and will be offering lunch specials. If you are in Rehoboth during the week-end’s Chocolate Festival please visit Cafe Sole, on 44 Baltimore Ave., and try the luscious Chocolate Cake. Tel. 302-227-7107.
Another “Must Visit” place is the Rehoboth Beach Historical Society. Right now there is the Sand Pail Exhibit. If you want to remember a time when playing on the sand was so simple, please catch this exhibit before it officially closes on March 14th. The Sand Pail Exhibit features more than 100 vintage sand pails and a number of beach toys, including sand sifters and wind-up boats. Some of the pails are over 100 years old. Decorations on the pails range from the Queen Mary and Mickey Mouse to cowboys and Indians, astronauts and clowns.
The Sand Pail Exhibit (picture, courtesy of the Rehoboth Beach Historical Society)
During the Chocolate Festival the museum is offering a two for one admission on Friday 3/5 and Saturday 3/6.
The other exhibit worth seeing is the Vintage Bathing Suits. You will not be complaining anymore about the perfect suit. The fabric of the times was wool!! Can you believe it?
Bathing Suit Exhibit (picture, courtesy of the Rehoboth Beach Historical Society)
The Museum is located on 511 Rehoboth Ave., next to the Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center, near the Lighthouse on the traffic circle. I wrote a post on joining the Chamber of Commer and included the Museum. I wrote it on February 19th and in case you would like to see it, all you have to do is click on the month of February below the Archives located on the left hand side of the blog and scroll down to the date.
If you have not visited the Museum, you really should; more so if you are a frequent visitor to the Delaware Beaches. You will see the evolution of a town to what it is today; a very popular beach resort.
Monday, 3/8 – Dogfish Head to Build Habitat Home in the Rehoboth Brewpub Parking Lot – Location: 320 Rehoboth Ave., Tel. 302-286-Brew. Since 1995 “brewing, cooking, selling and talking everything beer”. For more information about what this very popular company please visit their website www.dogfishhead.com.
“In a Framing Frenzy Dogfish Head co-workers will begin building a home at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, March 8th, in the company’s downtown Rehoboth Beach restaurant parking lot and they will finish it up by 5:00 p.m.
The company has shut down business operations in Milton, DE brewery and the Rehoboth Beach restaurant for the day to allow co-workers to frame the home for Sussex County Habitat for Humanity. 80 Dogfish Head workers will be broken into 4 building teams for the Framing Frenzy. After the entire home is framed, it will then be loaded into flatbed trucks and taken away to eventually house a local family.”
So, if you are visiting the area or are a resident, please stop by and cheer them on.
Sussex County Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit Christian housing ministry committed to building simple, decent, and affordable homes in partnership with low-income families. It is located on 206 Academy St., Georgetown, DE 19947. Mailing address is P.O. Box 759, Georgetown, DE 19947. Tel. is 302-855-1153 and the website is www.sussexcountyhabitat.org.
Have a great week-end and until next time…see you…
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