BRUNCH & BINGO AT BELLA VIDA CAFÉ

Saturday, Mar. 25: 9am

Bella Vida Cafe, 406 N. Broadway, West Cape May

Laugh along with your friends as you play a little bingo, compete for prizes and enjoy a fashion show by Lace Silhouettes/Cotton Company. It’s all over a scrumptious breakfast from a chefselected menu. BYOB. Event is limited to 25 guests and reservations are required.

Admission $25

Order tickets online at www.capemaymac.org

Purchase tickets at the Washington Street Mall Information Booth or the Carriage House Visitors Center or Hill House Office at the Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St.

For more information or tickets, call 609-884-5404 or visit www.capemaymac.org

House Museum Shop -- pages 102-103

Exhibit -- page 19

Mansions by the Sea Trolley Tour -- page 78

Purchase tickets at the Washington Street Mall Information Booth at Ocean Street or at the Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St. Call 609-884-5404

H TROLLEY TOURS BEGIN ON OCEAN STREET ACROSS FROM THE INFORMATION BOOTH H

Tours & Activities sponsored by Cape May MAC • www.capemaymac.org

Monday & Tuesday, April 17 & 18

OTHER TOURS & ACTIVITIES

Aviation Museum- Cape May County Airport- 10am4pm. 609-886-8787. (see page 85)

Cape May Point State Park- Office & Museum- 8am4pm. Call 609-884-2159.

Nature Center of Cape May- 1600 Delaware Ave. Call 609-898-8848 or visit www.njaudubon.org/centers/ nature-center-of-cape-may/ (see page 46)

Boys and girls

NJ Audubon Cape May Bird Observatory- 701 E. Lake Dr., Cape May Point. Call 609-884-2736 for hours or visit www.birdcapemay.org for event locations. (see page 46)

MONDAY ONLY: Red Cross Blood Drive- 9am-3pm, Cape May Convention Hall, 714 Beach Ave. Call 609-884-9565.

In the Victorian era, all genders of children would be clothed in frilly white dresses until they reached school age. And the richer a family was, the more bells and whistles (a.k.a. ribbons, bows, lace and buttons) the dresses would have. Both genders would also wear bonnets.

Wednesday & Thursday April 19 & 20

Victorian Era -- page 77

Physick Estate Tour -- page 6

Stairway to the Stars Lighthouse Climb -- page 31

Purchase tickets at the Washington Street Mall Information Booth at Ocean Street or at the Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St. Call 609-884-5404

H TROLLEY TOURS BEGIN ON OCEAN STREET ACROSS FROM THE INFORMATION BOOTH H Tours & Activities sponsored by Cape May MAC • www.capemaymac.org

Wednesday & Thursday, April 19 & 20

OTHER TOURS & ACTIVITIES

Aviation Museum- Cape May County Airport- 10am4pm. 609-886-8787. (see page 85)

Cape May Point State Park- Office & Museum- 8am4pm. Call 609-884-2159.

Nature Center of Cape May- 1600 Delaware Ave. Call

609-898-8848 or visit www.njaudubon.org/centers/ nature-center-of-cape-may/ (see page 46)

NJ Audubon Cape May Bird Observatory- 701 E. Lake Dr., Cape May Point. Call 609-884-2736 for hours or visit www.birdcapemay.org for event locations. (see page 46)

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All

Tour -- page 13

Tour -- page 13

Wider doors

The Victorian era took fashion to new heights, and widths. Women wore crinoline dresses that stretched as wide as 18 feet across in the 1850s. And by the 1870s, the puffy bustle was all the rage.

EVENING 4/214/224/23

Historic Haunts Combo Tour -- page 12 7pm

Spirits, Oddities & Obsessions Combo Tour -- page 13 7pm

Strange Victorian Obsessions House Tour -- page 13 7:30pm

Historic Haunts House Tour -- page 12 7:30pm

Ghosts of Cape May Trolley Tour -- page 12 8:30pm 8:30pm

Purchase tickets at the Washington Street Mall Information Booth at Ocean Street or at the Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St. Call 609-884-5404

H TROLLEY TOURS BEGIN ON OCEAN STREET ACROSS FROM THE INFORMATION BOOTH H

Tours & Activities sponsored by Cape May MAC • www.capemaymac.org

Friday, April 21

OTHER TOURS & ACTIVITIES

Aviation Museum- Cape May County Airport- 10am4pm. 609-886-8787. (see page 85)

Cape May Point State Park- Office & Museum- 8am4pm. Call 609-884-2159.

Nature Center of Cape May- 1600 Delaware Ave. Call 609-898-8848 or visit www.njaudubon.org/centers/ nature-center-of-cape-may/ (see page 46)

NJ Audubon Cape May Bird Observatory- 701 E. Lake Dr., Cape May Point. Call 609-884-2736 for hours or visit www.birdcapemay.org for event locations. (see page 46)

Welcome Center at the Transportation CenterMaps, Information- 609 Lafayette St.- 9am-5pm.

Saturday, April 22

OTHER TOURS & ACTIVITIES

Aviation Museum- Cape May County Airport- 10am4pm. 609-886-8787. (see page 85)

Cape May Point State Park- Office & Museum- 8am4pm. Call 609-884-2159.

Historic Cold Spring Village-Village Walking Tours, 11am; Ghost Walks, 7pm, 733 Seashore Rd. Call 609-898-2300. (see page 85)

Nature Center of Cape May- 1600 Delaware Ave. Call 609-898-8848 or visit www.njaudubon.org/centers/ nature-center-of-cape-may/ (see page 46)

NJ Audubon Cape May Bird Observatory- 701 E. Lake Dr., Cape May Point. Call 609-884-2736 for hours or visit www.birdcapemay.org for event locations. (see page 46)

Peak of the Lyrid Meteor Shower- 7:45pm-12am, Cape May Point Science Center, 101 Lehigh Ave. info: capemaypointsciencecenter.org.

Welcome Center at the Transportation CenterMaps, Information- 609 Lafayette St.- 9am-5pm.

Sunday, April 23

OTHER TOURS & ACTIVITIES

Aviation Museum- Cape May County Airport- 10am4pm. 609-886-8787. (see page 85)

Cape May Point State Park- Office & Museum- 8am4pm. Call 609-884-2159.

Nature Center of Cape May- 1600 Delaware Ave. Call 609-898-8848 or visit www.njaudubon.org/centers/ nature-center-of-cape-may/ (see page 46)

NJ Audubon Cape May Bird Observatory- 701 E. Lake Dr., Cape May Point. Call 609-884-2736 for hours or visit www.birdcapemay.org for event locations. (see page 46)

Peak of the Lyrid Meteor Shower- 7:45pm-12am, Cape May Point Science Center, 101 Lehigh Ave. info: capemaypointsciencecenter.org.

Welcome Center at the Transportation CenterMaps, Information- 609 Lafayette St.- 9am-5pm.

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Curious collections

In the Victorian era, collecting was a major part of people’s lives. Collections often included “curiosities” such as zoological, botanical or geological finds. Shrunken heads, seashells, antique weapons and clockworks were commonly collected items. These collections would be displayed in a large “cabinet of curiosities.” If you wanted to expand your collection? Just go to the curiosity shop.

Monday & Tuesday April 24 & 25

All

Estate Scavenger Hunt -- page 78

May Family Treasure Hunt -- page 78

House Museum Shop -- pages 102-103

“Quackery” Exhibit -- page 19

AFTERNOON

Emlen Physick Estate Tour -- page 6

Purchase tickets at the Washington Street Mall Information Booth at Ocean Street or at the Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St. Call 609-884-5404

H TROLLEY TOURS BEGIN ON OCEAN STREET ACROSS FROM THE INFORMATION BOOTH H Tours & Activities sponsored by Cape May MAC • www.capemaymac.org

Monday & Tuesday, April 24 & 25

OTHER TOURS & ACTIVITIES

Aviation Museum- Cape May County Airport- 10am4pm. 609-886-8787. (see page 85)

Cape May Point State Park- Office & Museum- 8am4pm. Call 609-884-2159.

Nature Center of Cape May- 1600 Delaware Ave. Call 609-898-8848 or visit www.njaudubon.org/centers/

Creepy Victorian food

nature-center-of-cape-may/ (see page 46)

NJ Audubon Cape May Bird Observatory- 701 E. Lake Dr., Cape May Point. Call 609-884-2736 for hours or visit www.birdcapemay.org for event locations. (see page 46)

Peak of the Lyrid Meteor Shower- 7:45pm-12am, Cape May Point Science Center, 101 Lehigh Ave. info: capemaypointsciencecenter.org.

Victorians ate virtually every part of an animal, supping on delicacies likes brains and hearts. Another famous dish from the Victorian era was turtle soup. The turtle was prized above all for its green jelly-like fat which was used to flavor the soup made from the long-boiled stringy flesh of the animal.

Wednesday & Thursday April 26 & 27

Purchase tickets at the Washington Street Mall Information Booth at Ocean Street or at the Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St. Call 609-884-5404

H TROLLEY TOURS BEGIN ON OCEAN STREET ACROSS FROM THE INFORMATION BOOTH H Tours & Activities sponsored by Cape May MAC • www.capemaymac.org

Wednesday & Thursday, April 26 & 27

OTHER TOURS & ACTIVITIES

Aviation Museum- Cape May County Airport- 10am4pm. 609-886-8787. (see page 85)

Cape May Point State Park- Office & Museum- 8am4pm. Call 609-884-2159.

Nature Center of Cape May- 1600 Delaware Ave. Call 609-898-8848 or visit www.njaudubon.org/centers/ nature-center-of-cape-may/ (see page 46)

NJ Audubon Cape May Bird Observatory- 701 E. Lake Dr., Cape May Point. Call 609-884-2736 for hours or visit www.birdcapemay.org for event locations. (see page 46)

Peak of the Lyrid Meteor Shower- 7:45pm-12am, Cape May Point Science Center, 101 Lehigh Ave. info: capemaypointsciencecenter.org.

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In a time when one in four patients died after surgery, you were very lucky in Victorian times to have a good doctor with a clean operating theatre. There was no anesthesia, no painkillers for after, and no electric equipment to reduce the duration of an operation. Victorian surgery wasn’t just creepy, it was outright horrific.