July 3rd, 2011
This is small time living in a coastal town. I remember so well taking my kids to the 4th of July parade so many years ago in Bethany. That was our home for many years. It is, definitely, much bigger and more organized now. The town has grown so much and Bethany is a destination for families.
The events in Bethany Beach are a slice of true Americana. Bring on the parade and the fire engines. At the time, candy was thrown to all of us watching. Countless flags and the predominant colors; Red, White, and Blue.
Bethany Beach personifies true Americana because the town’s events have remained rooted in the heart and soul of the American past.
A fun day in Bethany, if you are staying there this week-end. Remember that this town is going to be bursting at its seams. Go early and stay awhile, is my recommendation to you.
If you can, use the trolley. You can visit www.townofbethanybeach.com for a complete schedule and routes or you can call 302-539-8011.
Sunday, 7/3 – Concert at the Bandstand by the U.S. Army Band Downrange. It is a rock chorus. It starts at 7:30 p.m.
Check the weather and if you have questions, plese call the hot line 302-539-5484. The concerts at the Bandstand are outdoor events and they can be re-scheduled or cancelled because of the weather.
Monday, 7/4 – Start your day with Yoga at Sunrise, from 6 to 7 a.m. at the Bandstand. Bring your mat and towel. Drop in fee of $5. Website? www.bethanybeachyoga.org.
Monday, 7/4 – Boardwalk Tai Chi from 7:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. at the Bandstand. $5 drop in fee. These are gentle exercises to promote good health and well being. Jim Mace is the instructor and you can reach him at 302-363-4509.
If you want to take a peak of what’s going on the boardwalk in Bethany, then try www.bethanycam.com.
 You will have to wait for this quietness a few more months. This year’s theme for the 4th of July Parade in Bethany Beach is “The United States Constitution”. It also pays hommage to the State of Delaware; the first state to ratify the Constitution.
If you have the opportunity to buy the t-shirt for this year’s parade, do so since it raises funds for the parade’s committee. You should be able to find them everywhere in town. You can also check the t-shirts out at www.townofbethanybeach.com.
There is no pre-registration for participating in the parade.
Monday, 7/4 – Happy 4th!! – Registration for all is from 9:00 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Parade will begin at Noon.
Horseshoe Throwing Contest – After the parade at the Southwest corner of the Christian Church grounds.
Pie Eating Contest – This is the 2nd Annual Contes and it will be held adjacent to the Christian Church grounds. Please pre-register at Ruthie’s Bethany Beach Bakery on 115 Garfield Pkwy.
Parade Awards will be given at 7:15 p.m. at the Bandstand.
7:30 p.m. – Concert by the Milford Community Band at the Bandstand. More info. on the band, please visit www.milfordcommunityband.org.
And, finally, at dusk?
Take notice of the beautiful flowers surrounding Bethany Bethany Beach; great job!!
Have a great time!!!….Remember to adhere to proper Firework Ettiquette….Be polite and have patience, especially when you cannot find parking.
June 20th, 2011
Bethany Beach is also known as the Quiet Resort. Well, this typical beach town will be packing some events this coming week. If you are in town check them out. It will not be that quiet.
Tuesday, 6/21 – Film Critics Needed!! Help review films for this year’s Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival. Screen a documentary, or a feature, and a short, time permitting. Reviewers will be asked to complete a rating sheet and join a post film discussion.
Time and Place? 7:00 p.m. at the South Coastal Library at 43 Kent Ave. in Bethany Beach. Tel. 302-539-5231. Free!!
Tuesday, 6/21 and Wednesday, 6/22 – Gallery One, which represents local artists will be holding a workshop called “Basic Digital Photography”. 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. $75. Location? 32 Atlantic Avenue in Ocean View, a couple of miles west of Bethany Beach on Rt. 26.
It is a basic digital photography workshop with Robert Connelly (www.livecheapmakeart.com). Tel. 302-537-5055. Website? www.galleryonede.com.
Learn to use a digital camera and set up a photo to achieve optimum light, angle, and composition. You must bring your camera, with charged batteries and the camera manual to the class.
Bob is a professional fine arts photographer with a BA in Studio Art from Arizone State University.
Want to Keep Trim While on Vacation?
Yoga at Sunrise – 6 a.m. until 7 a.m. at the Bethany Beach Bandstand. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, including 4th of July and Labor Day. Bring mat and towel. Fee? $5 For more info. call 302-537-7838, or visit www.bethanybeachyoga.org.
Boardwalk Tai Chi – 7:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays through Labor Day. $5 drop in fee. Gentle exercises that help promote good health and well being.
Instructor? Jim Mace. Tel. 302-363-4509.
Friday, 6/24 – The Maryland Community Band will be performing at the Bethany Beach Bandstand at 7:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the weather and if you need an update, please call 302-539-5484. That’s the hot line!!
The Maryland Community Band is part of the outreach program of the University of Maryland School of Music. It provides an opportunity for university students, faculty, alumni, and community members to come together to continue learning in the musical arts.
Saturday, 6/25 – About 5 Miles West of Bethany Beach – Clarksville – You will find Good Earth Market & Organic Farm. Website? www.goodearthmarket.com. Two events will take place:
12 Noon – Mark Stoehr MAc, LAc, Licensed Acupuncturist, discusses the art and science of acupuncture and natural medicine. Learn how acupuncture can benefit you and your loved ones. This discussion will also include information on managing body weight, improving wellness and home remedies for common ailments.
Mark Stoehr is a licensed acupuncturist in Ocean City, MD. He specializes in pain management, weight loss and wellness promotion. He earned his masters degree in acupuncture from Tai Sophia Institute, where he is currently a faculty member. He has advanced training in herbal medicine and nutrition.
2:00 – Join Chef Inton from “Port” in Dewey Beach where he will present his first cooking demo at Good Earth Market. Port features “Fresh-Local-Food-Drink”. Check the website www.portdewey.com.
Saturday, 6/25 – Firecracker 5K Run & 3K Walk – Registration begins at 7:00 a.m. Race starts at 8:00 a.m. This is an Official Parade Fundraising Event. Entry forms are at the Town Hall and t-shirt sales table is located at the Boardwalk on week-ends and when there is entertainment. This year marks the 28th 4th of July Parade in Bethany Beach. For more info. please visit www.bethanybeach5K.wordpress.com.
The Committee is looking for help. If you would like to lend a hand, please call Philip Rossi at 303-539-8011, ext. 24.
In addition to getting the t-shirts on the Boardwalk on week-ends you can also purchase them by calling Mary Rossi at 302-539-2805.
Sunday 6/26 – Opening Day for the Bethany Beach Farmers’ Market – Always on Sundays from 8 a.m. until Noon at the PNC Parking Lot in Town.
The Bethany Beach Trolley – Please remember to use the Trolley when possible. Best deal in town and best way to get around. For a schedule, visit www.townofbethanybeach.com and click on Trolley on the left hand side.
Have a great week….talk to you later…if I find anything else, I will let you know…
June 12th, 2011
Dogfish Head Brewery is the host and Delaware Restaurant Association is the sponsor. 20 restaurants from around the State of Delaware will compete in the Delaware Restaurant Association’s Second Annual Beer, Bocce and BBQ Tournament. Date and Time? Monday, 6/13 from 3 to 8 p.m. Location? Dogfish Head Brewery at #16 Cannery Village Center, Milton.
These restaurants will be competing for the Bocce Cup, and for a cash prize to be donated to the restaurant’s charity of choice. The Justin W. Jennings Foundation/Justin’s Beach House being one of them.
Plenty of food and drinks. Live music by Reedo and the Front Porch Offering.
Please take notice that the Jolly Trolley will be offering free rides to and from the event from Jake’s Seafood on Rt. 1 in Rehoboth.
Spectator tickets are $25. To purchase them call 302-738-2545. For complete info., please visit http://www.delawarerestaurant.org.
And, speaking of raising money for charity – The Justin W. Jennings Foundation and Justin’s Beach House - Chicks for Charity (Southern Delaware) will be hosting an event at Fish On located at The Villages of Five Points in Lewes. This event will take place on Tuesday, June 14th at 6:30 p.m.
The event will benefit The Justin W. Jennings Foundation and Justin’s Beach House. I wrote a post on 5/16/11. If you would like to see it, please click on the month of May on the left hand side of this blog and scroll down to the date. You can find out more about The Justin W. Jennings Foundation by visiting the website: www.justinjennings.org.
On Tuesday you will have the choice of 2 entrees, a cash bar will be available, raffle items and a 50/50 drawing.
The cost is $25/person and includes gratuity. Cash or check only, please. All reservations are to be made by e-mailing gals4thegood@aol.com.
Have a good one!! Talk to you later…
June 10th, 2011
A well appointed home; home lifestyle enhancement. What does it actually mean? If you can afford it then you can hire anyone or buy anything you want. It is only when you have a specific budget that a designer can help you achieve and create that feeling of completeness in your home.
Leslie Bixler is the designer and proprietor of White Orchid Interiors. I met her some months ago because someone told me I should stop buy and introduce myself and check out her store. My friends always giving me tips for my “blog”.
White Orchid Interiors is located at 83 Atlantic Avenue, Ocean View, Delaware, 19970. Tel. 302-541-4044. Website? www.whiteorchidDE.com. This is just 2 miles west of the Rt. 1 and Rt. 26 intersection.
Besides offering extensive design services like residential space planning, custom window treatments, paint consultations, wallcoverings and in home design services, it is also a retail store. You can pick up items for that special corner in your home. Maybe a hostess gift, or a wedding present, as well.
Leslie has told me that she has companies that ship quickly so if you need to order something, she would be more than happy to try to accommodate you.
Her creative process leads her to search and research in order to achieve the interior environment that you are sure to love. So easy to talk to. I really have not known her for a long time, but she is that friendly. A smile on someone’s face says so much.
The showroom features, reclaimed woods, metals, natural seagrass and linen upholstery accents.
A colorful collection of pillows and rugs.
And, of course, there is the presence of the coastal area.
Even though White Orchid Interiors is a relatively new store at the beaches, Leslie is already carving her own niche with plenty of followers.
Note: I wrote a post on White Orchid Interiors on 1/27/11. If you would like to see it, just click on January, 2011 and scroll down to the date.
Have a great day!! Talk to you later…
June 5th, 2011
Yoga – a discipline that originated in ancient India whose goal is the attainment of a state of perfect spiritual insight. You can experience Yoga at Sunrise in Bethany Beach all the way through Labor Day Week-End.
 Bethany Beach Bandstand When and Where? At the Bethany Beach Bandstand on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays at 6 a.m. until 7 a.m. There is a drop in fee of $5. Limited mats are available so if you have one please bring it with you.
Since it is held outdoors, the class will be held weather permitting. For more info., please call 302-537-7838 or visit www.bethanybeachyoga.org.
Tai-Chi - Also called Meditation in Motion. Is a non-competitive, self paced system of gentle physical exercises and stretchings, that help promote good health and well being. It reduces the stress of today’s busy lifestyles.
Where and When? Bethany Beach Bandstand on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, all the way through Labor Day. 7:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. Weather permitting. $5 drop in fee. Need more info? Please call Jim Mace at 302-363-4509.
West of Bethany Beach (4.8 miles) in Clarksville, Delaware – Good Earth Market and Organic Farm will be hosting a ”Farm to Table” feast to benefit Children & Families First, Sussex County. Date: Tuesday, June 7th.
It will be a dining experience as the sun sets; a table outside on the farm. Locally grown ingredients will be prepared by Plate Catering; paired with perfect wines.
The event begins at 6:00 p.m. and the cost is $95 per person. Call 302-537-7100 for a reservation. Rain date will be the following day.
Good Earth Market is located at 31806 Good Erth Lane, Rt. 26, Clarksville, DE 19970. Website is www.goodearthmarket.com.
I wrote a post with pictures on Good Earth on May 4th. If you would like to check it out, just click on the month of May, 2011 and scroll down to the date.
Saturday, 6/11 – At Good Earth Market, Clarksville, Delaware there will be a cooking demonstration. At Noon. One of Matt Haley’s Sodel chefs will be the featured chef. Come and find out for yourself.
Have a good one!! Talk to you later….
May 28th, 2011
Thank God I did not have to experience it. Mayhem in Bethany Beach because residents and visitors could not find the parking meters. Several people got tickets left and right. Finally, after enough complaints signs were put up informing the public where to go and what to do.
Meters are so expensive at the Delaware Beaches. In Bethany Beach all meters are $1.50 per hour in quarter increments. A quarter gives you 10 minutes.
Garfield Parkway, which is the Main Drag, as some of us call it, and the business area, have blue meters. Please note that these meters have a 2-hour limit on the meter. But, the meters can be replenished.
The rest of the meters are grey. These ones have an 8-hour limit.
Having said all that, why don’t you just take the Bethany Beach Trolley. It is so cheap. $.25 each way is what you’ll pay and someone else is driving you. The Town of Bethany Beach has 2 trolleys.
The trolleys run from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The last pick up on Atlantic and Garfield is at 9:45 p.m.
You can flag down the trolleys anywhere along the route for pick or discharge. The only exception is that they will not do any loading or unloading on Rt. 26 and Rt. 1. The same goes for Jefferson Bridge Rd. These are busy roads and I can see why.
On a daily basis there will be little or no service from 12:30 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. and from 7:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. These drivers need lunch and dinner breaks.
To check the Trolley Schedule all you have to do is visit www.townofbethanybeach.com and then under services scroll down to Trolley. If you need more info., please call 302-539-8011.
If you are near any of those routes or within walking distance, my suggestion is use the Trolleys. You won’t regret it.
Please remember that you are at the beach….kick back and relax…
May 18th, 2011
It has been a year since this Bethany Beach restaurant opened. They have served lunch and dinner every day. That’s what they wanted.
Renee told me last summer how she had tried Off The Hook; her meal had been delicious. One thing lead to another; I did not make it.
Last Monday I had to go to Bethany Beach. My husband’s only concern was; what’s for dinner?
I had roasted such a good chicken on Sunday that I thought leftovers would be the perfect meal for a cold evening. Don’t you think so too? Answer: I am not eating leftovers. Bla bla bla. Well, you can come with me to Bethany but I don’t know what’s even open.
And, that’s how we finally got to Off The Hook. It is located at 769 Garfield Parkway (Rt. 26), Bethany Beach, DE 19930. Tel. 302-829-1424. You can find it on Facebook.
I was plesantly surprised. I found a cozy restaurant; small but inviting. Light walls with colorful prints on one side of the room. On the other, there were 3 blackboards. One of those was offering thanks to the suppliers. Johnson’s Country Market in Eastview, DE, Julius Silvert Mushroom Farm from Kennett Square, PA, Other Side Produce, Easton, MD, Big Fish Wholesale Fish Market, Rehoboth Beach, and Crack of Dawn Bakery in Berlin, MD.
One of the boards expressed its appreciation to all the locals for patronizing them during those long winter months and the other had the Daily Dinner Specials.
There was a bar, which overlooked the kitchen.
Tiffany was our waitress. She was efficient and knew the menu well.
Chef Matt Cornelius stopped at every table to see if everyone was enjoying their meal.
And, then Steve Hagen, Chef and Owner, came in and we met him, as well. Of course, the topic of gluten came afloat, as it always does.
Tiffany brought bread to the table. I am pretty sure it was rosemary, olive oil and cracked pepper. My husband was drooling. He could not have the bread. Guess what? It was so good.
I went right to my entree. I chose from the Dinner Specials Board; the Clams Linguini with sundried tomatoes, capers, basil, and garlic in a white wine butter sauce. It really was good. The whole combination was in unison. And, I loved the sweetness of the garlic.
My husband had the Pan Roasted Scallops. This dish is usually served with fregola sarda, caramelized onion, garlic confit, spinach, chicken jus, crisp rosemary. Due to the fact that it had gluten, Chef Cornelius prepared a corn confit just for him.
Then he ordered clams as well. This dish was an appetizer. Middle Neck Clams, with tarragon, capers, white wine and lemon. I got to taste one and I recommend them totally, if you like clams. The tarragon made such a difference.
We ordered a takeout from the dinner specials; Oyster Stew. The review from that stew was that it was not too heavy, or too milky; just the right consistency. I wonder if Chef Cornelius can give away that recipe?
We did not have any dessert but some of the sweet endings were key lime pie, truffle terrine, french toast bread pudding and apple pie cannoli. Don’t they sound good?
Anyway, there is excitement this week at Off The Hook. Their new sister restaurant, Just Hooked, is opening in Fenwick Island, Delaware. Congratulations!!
 My husband shared his clams with me.
Talk to you later….
May 16th, 2011
I have to start by saying that I don’t know the Jennings family. But, I had seen this house going up on Rt. 26 in Bethany Beach. For many years I used to live, practically, across the street from where Justin’s Beach House is located.
The blue Adirondack chair? I thought somebody liked these laid back chairs as much as I did. Justin’s Beach House is about 1/2 mile from the center of town and the beach.
I was told that I should stop and see this house. Its story is very well expressed in their website; http://www.justinjennings.org It is Justin’s story; the developing of the brain cancer that ultimately would claim his young life. And, the parents who sprung into action, by starting The Justin W. Jennings Foundation.
Bethany Beach is known as a quiet resort. Also known to be a family oriented coastal town. I cannot imagine a better place to have a home for families with cancer where they can spend time together in peace. Getting away from it all.
This house could not have taken place without the tremendous help of Contractors for a Cause. This organization is made up of local contractors who want to give back to the community that support them. They are based in the Bethany Beach and Ocean View area.
If you would like to learn more about what they do, please visit http://www.contractorsforacause.org.
There are some events already in the calendar for 2011. Check http://www.justinjennings.org.
Saturday, May 28th is the Justin’s Beach House Memorial 5k Run – Walk in Bethany Beach. You can get all the information for this event on the above mentioned website.
Wednesday, June 8th – Ravens Roost Annual Golf Tournament at Ocean City Golf & Country Club. $100 will get you the cart and dinner. Cash bar will be available, as well. Shotgun is at 1:00 p.m. If you do not play golf but would like to attend, then, the cost would be $30. Again, please visit the website for all pertinent information.
The website is very informative. You will find the application process and the calendar of available dates for Justin’s Beach House. You can meet the Board, read the history and also check the donation information.
Thank you to Justin’s family who in their grief started this foundation so that in his name they could help others.
Please note that the first guests at Justin’s Beach House welcomed 2011 in this beautiful home.
Talk to you later….
 
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