Be sure to grab the final issue of Do the Shore magazine, a Fall Festival special issue, on newsstands where you grab the Cape May County Herald! It’s free, and it’s the final edition of the summer.
There’s a staggering variety of events between now and Halloween. Our main feature is a four-page spread that details every festival we could find- check back online this week for a digital version.
The New Jersey Audubon hosts two of our favorites: the Monarch Festival and the Cape May Fall Festival. The Monarch festival brings live Monarch tagging demonstrations (they pull those orange critters folded in envelopes out of IGLOO coolers that keep their body temperatures down, it’s crazy, man) and educational presentations. The Audubon’s Fall Festival is a great place to learn what the heck is up with birding. It isn’t just for retired folks! The outdoors is for everybody! Learn more about the Audubon’s incredible slate of events with their guest feature in the magazine.
Pamela Dollak takes you to the Ocean City Airport Festival and Airshow; she interviews some of the pilots who perform death-defying stunts for our viewing pleasure.
Collin Hall, who does NOT write these introductions, tells you what the heck is going on with The Race of Gentlemen, a 1930s period-accurate car show that rips down the sands of the widest beach in the world.
Collin also takes you behind-the-scenes with the North American River Otters that call the Cape May County Zoo home. Ever wondered the names of the two critters who fly down the zoo’s slide for a fish treat? Grab the magazine!
This week’s bartender of the week took us to Fish House, a new ice cream spot, bar, and grill at the famous Sunset Beach in West Cape May.
This is the seventh issue of the magazine we produced this summer. It was a monumental effort for our small team to redesign Do the Shore, which before was a style of publication affectionally called a “beach rag,” designed primarily to put advertisements in the hands of beachgoers.
We went into this summer season with the belief: ‘we can produce something people actually want to read.’ We think we nailed it. We heard from countless emails, phone calls, and in-person visitors that Do the Shore entertained them and helped them find new places to explore at the shore.
One time this summer, a young woman stopped the Do the Shore editor on the street and said: “Are you the editor of Do the Shore? I loved your article so much I have it pinned up on my wall.”
Reader – there’s no compliment higher than that. Somebody needs to knock us down a peg!
Please join us next summer for another season of the magazine. Follow us on socials @DotheShore – and keep up with Do the Shore all year round inside the Cape May County Herald.
