June 21st, 2013

What’s Going On Rehoboth Beach?, Delaware, Activities, Events, Entertainment, Delaware Beaches, Southern Delaware, Hello Summer!! TGIF!!!

Nothing but blue skies, plenty of sunshine, low humidity, warmer temperatures….Destination?  Rehoboth Beach, Delaware!

The Nation’s Summer Capital is ready to, formally, begin Summer of 2013!!  What’s Going On?  Check it out…

CRYSTI – Going Out of Business Sale.  One of the oldest women’s boutique is retiring.  Everything is going.  Location?  33 Baltimore Avenue.  Tel. 302-227-2818

REHOBOTH BEACH FILM SOCIETY – The Rehoboth Beach Film Society is pleased to announce that Damon Pla’s acrylic on canvas titled “Old Man and The Must See” was selected as the art theme for the 16th anniversary of the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival.  “Old Man and The Must See” will be the theme of the poster, program, ads, t-shirts, and other collateral materials.  The July release of the post is much anticipated throughout coastal Sussex County.

Damon Pla was born in South Florida.  This self taught artist move near Bethany Beach to absorb a different landscape.  Please Note:  The Film Society will again invite artists to submit work for the 2014 Film Festival.  Artists interested in participating in this process should email into@rehobothfilm.com for guidelines and due dates.  Website?  http://www.rehobothfilm.com.

REHOBOTH BEACH MUSEUM – Free Admission Policy.  The Rehoboth Beach Museum is located at 511 Rehoboth Avenue in Downtown Rehoboth Beach.  By offering free admission, the Museum, hopes that you will visit and revisit, bringing friends and family to learn about Rehoboth Beach.  Nancy Alexander, the Museum Director says that “The Rehoboth Beach Museum has many stories to tell that we think are of interest to everyone.  New visitors curious about the town’s turn-of-the century Camp Meeting history, multi-generational vacationers who want to share Beach Patrol and Funland memories from the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s, or beach and beach-town lovers in general”.  Hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.  More info?  Please visit http://www.rehobothbeachmuseum.org.  Note:  Beach Eats!  A great exhibit at the Rehoboth Beach Museum, celebrating eating in Rehoboth Beach for over 100 years, from fun to fine dining.

LOCAL ON THE MENU – Southern Delaware’s Local on the Menu Program “connects local restaurants with local farmers and producers”.  Visit http://www.localonthemenu.com to find eateries dishing out local delicacies and the producers where you can take the ingredients home.  Discount card can be printed from the website to obtain specials at local establishments.

EATING REHOBOTH – WALKING, TASTING, SIPPING – Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 1 p.m.  These food tours need to be reserved through http://www.eatingrehoboth.com.  3 hours of a lot of eating, tasting, walking and sipping.  A post on AboutMyBeaches…you can put on the search Eating Rehoboth and check it all out.  Restaurants are a surprise…

THE CULTURED PEARL LIQUOR – Grand Opening was at the beginning of June.  Wine, Beer, Liquor & Moonshine….It is conveniently located in Downtown Rehoboth Beach with complimentary 15 minute FREE PARKING next door at Grub Grocery.  They are literally a “Wine Cellar in the Cellar” on the Two Basement Levels below The Cultured Pearl in The Shops at The Pearl Mall on the corner of 4th Street and Rehoboth Avenue.  Opens daily from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m.  Sundays, Noon until 8 p.m.  FRIDAY’S enjoy Complimentary Wine Tastings from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m.  Take your receipt within 24 hours of dining at The Cultured Pearl and receive 10% off your entire purchase.  Tel. 302-227-6966.

Friday, 6/21 – LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AT THE CULTURED PEARL – Music and Entertainment from 9:30 p.m. until 12:30 a.m.  Friday entertaining customers will be Shawn Hopper and on Saturday, Sir Rod will be taking the stage.  For complete schedule, please visit http://www.culturedpearl.us/live-music-entertainment-list-2013-cultured-pearl.

Friday, 6/21, Saturday, 6/22, Sunday, 6/23 – SUMMER CONCERT SERIES AT REHOBOTH BEACH BANDSTAND – 8 p.m.  These concerts are free all summer long!  On Friday, the blues with Lower Case Blues, Saturday…jazz with The Eddie Sherman Show, and on Sunday Lloyd Dobler Effect will take the stage with rock!!  More info?  Please visit http://www.rehobothbandstand.com/schedule

Saturday, 6/22 – REHOBOTH BEACH SAILING ASSOCIATION OPEN HOUSE – Noon until 4 p.m.  RBSA is located at 38767 Rehoboth Sailing Association Lane in Dewey Beach.  Find out about boat rentals, junior sailing association.  Tel. 302-227-9008.  Website?  http://www.rbsa.org

Saturday, 6/22 – PLAYTIME AT THE BEACH!!  Meet and mingle with other animal lovers who support Delaware Humane Association at Playtime at the Beach, a series of “doggy happy hours” hosted annually by local restaurants and bars in Rehoboth Beach through October.  On Saturday The Seafood Shack will be hosting this event from 4 until 7 p.m.  The dogs are welcome, but please make sure they are on a leash.  A portion of the proceeds from each happy hour will be donated to the Delaware Humane Association.  Website?  http://www.dehumane.org

NOTE:  Please remember, as you visit Rehoboth Beach, that dogs are not allowed at any time on the beach or Boardwalk from May 1st through September 30th.

Thursday, 6/27 – LA CAGE AUX FOLLES OPENING GALA – A Summer Season Celebration with Clear Space Theatre Company in Downtown Rehoboth Beach!  Join the Theatre on their opening night reception and performance of La Cage Aux Folles.  Patrons will enjoy a wine and cheese reception one hour before the show (6:30 p.m.) and hear pre-curtain remarks from director Dorothy Neumann of Signature Theatre.  The party continues with desserts and champagne at intermission and concludes after the show with an opportunity to talk withy Christopher Peterson and the cast of La Cage.  All seats are $40.  Clear Space Theatre Company is located at 20 Baltimore Avenue.  Tel. 302-227-2270  Website?  http://www.clearspacetheatre.org.

REHOBOTH BEACH VISITOR’S CENTER – Plenty of parking and lots of information.  It is located at 501 Rehoboth Avenue, next to the Rehoboth Beach Museum, by the roundabout.

Have a great week-end!!

November 30th, 2012

Shop Local…Crysti, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, Casual Apparel, Accessories, Jewelry, Women’s Clothing, Holiday Sale, Gift Wrapping, Delaware Beaches

Local shops, independent owners are what Downtown Rehoboth Beach is all about.  You stop, you chat, and you might even become friends.  Downtown Rehoboth Beach is so walkable; only one square mile.  At this time of the year, the town looks great.  The lights are beautiful and the merchants have gone all out to make sure that you have a great shopping experience…Holiday Sales!!

I have stopped a couple of times in the past month at Crysti.  This shop is located at 33 Baltimore Avenue; one block north of Rehoboth Avenue and one block west of the Boardwalk.  It is in the courtyard of “The Shops at 33 Baltimore Avenue”.  Tel. 302-227-2874.  Website? http://www.crysti-rehoboth.com.

Crysti is celebrating 30 years in Rehoboth Beach.  This shop has seen Rehoboth Beach turn into a year round resort.  It did not use to be that way.  It was a seasonal kind of town.  Over the years Rehoboth Beach has done a great job in bringing the visitors during the summer and then bringing them back for a second season.  Full of festivals, entertainment and a dining destination, as well.

Visitors love to shop in Delaware…tax free shopping.  And the ones that are making this area their permanent home, are enjoying low property taxes.

If you are in Rehoboth this week-end, Crysti is a must stop shop.  The entire store is 25% off, including Brighton.  This holiday sale will be through Sunday, as well.   Gift wrapping is also available.

And during the week-end, they will be serving cocoa and cookies.  Definitely, stop and say hello.

Let me introduce you to Joyce and Crysti.  Joyce is on the left and she is the Manager.  Crysti, on the right is the owner.

Crysti is casual….that’s the best part of living at the beach.  The relaxed attitude at our beaches is reflected in a lot of the clothing and accessories carried in many of our unique shops.  At Crysti, you will find sweaters, scarves, jeans, jewelry, and bags.  Plenty of gifts, as well.

Really, do stop by….the merchandise changes but their personal service and attention is always the same….great!  Have a nice week-end!!  The weather will be warm for this time of the year at the Beaches!

November 2nd, 2012

Cocoa Crawling in Downtown Rehoboth Beach, Delaware….The Second Season at the Delaware Beaches

I joined my fellow Crawlers, Jody and Jade, as we helped raise funds for the local charities of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.  The Rehoboth Beach Cocoa Crawler was celebrating its second year and for the looks of it….I think people were loving and enjoying every minute of it.

There was a definite chill in Rehoboth Beach.  We needed to get our wristbands.  They were only $10.  The proceeds going to the charities.

The welcoming committee was Maggio Shields Real Estate.  They were in charge of selling the bands.  They were a happy bunch.

From the Maggio Cafe, at First Street Station, and next to Maggio Shields Real Estate, we were offered tomato bisque.  It was warm and delicious.

Grotto Pizza was also part of the welcoming committee…an institution in Rehoboth Beach.

The sun was beginning to set quickly…it is that time of the year.  So pretty and crisp.  Rehoboth Beach was crowded and hardly any parking available.

Jody, Jade and I decided to stop for dinner at Lily Thai on North 1st St.

They had the Pad Thai, which was very good

I had the Crispy Eggplant in a Chili Sauce with Shrimp…delicious.  I do love this dish.

Now that our energies were recharged, we continued to crawl. Our next stop was going to be a shop on Baltimore Avenue that has been there for about 30 years.  Crysti.  There is a post in the making, but, in the meantime, meet Joyce and Crysti.

The best local restaurants were inside participating stores.  At Crysti, Dog Fish Head was serving…beer, of course.  But, check the dessert they had available; the bacon chocolate cheesecake.  It is available at the restaurant in Downtown Rehoboth Beach.

Outside people were chatting and having a great time.  Drinks on hand everyone was crawling through the streets.

By this time, another fellow crawler, joined our group. He is right there on the picture with Jade.  His name? Michael from Stephan & Co. Salon & Spa.  Jade also works at the salon.  I have to write a post on them soon.

Our next stop was Browseabout Books, where we found Cake Break.  They were serving mini cupcakes.  Perfect because they just popped in your mouth.  Not too much guilt, either.  Cake Break can now ship gluten free cupcakes and other gluten free baked goods.

Crawling away, we continued….and we found only one dog doing his crawling while wearing his sweater.

We continue on a crawling mode and stopped to see a sign that rain, shine or hurricane…it is always there, reminding us that salt water taffy is still so good.

At Carltons on Rehoboth Avenue we found Lupo di Mare.

They were serving “pot de creme”.

Crawling back to First Street Station, we noticed that there were still people shopping at the Penny Lane Mall.

At First Street Station, Paul Cullen was entertaining the crowds and serving his wines. A future post in the making.

And, then, the crawlers gathered.  There was going to be a drawing.  You had to be there to win.  Well, we did not win, but Danielle did.  That was the end of a perfect evening, spending it with friends.  Priceless, don’t you think?

So, it was time to go home….a total success it was….