Eastern Shore Living

Escape Summer Crowds for Nature and Entertainment

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Its the height of summer in Delaware, when tens of thousands flock to the towns along the coast. If you live in one of these lovely places you might yearn for a day trip to escape the crowds. If so, here are a few destinations to [...]

Feeling Hemmed In? Nature is a Lot Closer Than You Might Realize!

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Whether youve lived in the Delaware coastal region for a long time or have recently moved here, you might find yourself adapting one of Charles Dickens most famous lines as you sit in traffic watching beautiful farmland transformed into more housing, thinking . . [...]

Local Business Tuesday: BCD Closets

Patti Brown and her company BCD Closets (Behind Closed Doors) are the people to call for custom closets and storage solutions for your entire home.

If your home improvement list includes closet organization, their quality is exceptional and the prices are very fair compared to others like California Closets.

When Bill and I were planning our [...]

Meet our Featured Boomers, The Ripleys

Featured Boomers Peter and Janet Ripley of Milton, Delaware

Peter and Janet Ripley of Milton, Delaware are our Featured Boomers

The Ripleys, believe it or not, relocated from Pittstown, New Jersey, where Peter was a plumbing tech and Janet, a financial analyst.

The Ripleys chose Milton, Delaware for their new address after considering relocating to Collegeville, Pennsylvania. They made the Meadows of Beaver [...]

8 Decorating Mistakes

Stop-cease and desist. Don't make these 8 Decorating Mistakes!

Ok, you're in your new Delaware home. You start to decorate. It's so easy to get carried away. Take a look at these 8 decorating mistakes from Purewow.com. The post says, "Hey, we can appreciate all home aesthetics, there are certain no-nos we just cannot abide. Here, eight that [...]

5 Summer Beer Cocktails

Sail Through Summer with These 5 Beer Cocktails

Liquor.com's Casey Elsass posted 5 Fabulous Summer Beer Cocktails, online and right in time for Labor Day Drink Menus. "Summer is not over yet... squeeze out every last moment of sweaty beach days, sunset bike rides and a favorite summer tradition, the beer cocktail. Sure, theres a refreshing [...]

Sangria: 2016's Best Summer Thirst Quencher

2016's Best Summer Thirst Quencher starts with its humble roots in Spain. Sangria has grown to become a popular, refreshing party drink around the world. In the United States, Sangria was first tasted at the 1964 World's Fair in New York. The Spanish World area served this fruity wine punch to its visitors, and history was [...]

2016's Clifford Brown Jazz Festival

Wilmington Celebrates The Legend of Clifford Brown

The Annual DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival will be held at Rodney Square in Wilmington, Delaware from June 21 - 25, 2016. This is a FREE event. According to our friends at VisitDelaware.com, "one of the only forms of music that is purely American, jazz music has been popular across our [...]

Smyrna, Delaware and the Love of Local Booze

Our Agent Debbie Shearer shared this article that appeared online and in the News Journal that is of particular interest to those in the Smyrna-Middletown area and to those who are small craft brew, wine and spirit aficionados and are willing to travel to experience something else cool and local. This recent article by [...]

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