Toby Maloney and Emma Janzen ’s The Bartender’s Manifesto took home the prize for beverage book. The James Beard Media Awards were presented last Saturday in Chicago. Who wouldn’t want to stay in a Phony Colonee motel? Other architectural terms bandied about around this area include Vroom, Pu-Pu Platter and Phony Colonee. It’s an open-air museum of classic Googie and Doo-Wop design. The area is actually state-designated as the Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District. I’m talking about the many 1950s and 1960s hotels and motels with their vintage architecture and signage. It’s open to the public and there are some lovely gardens in the back that lead directly to a great view of the Atlantic and a section of the North Wildwood Seawall, a concrete pathway along the shore that makes for a nice stroll.įor those who don’t like walking, the Wildwoods-as the communities of North Wildwood, Wildwood and Wildwood Crest are called-are a great place for driving, as many of the best sights in town can be seen from the car. Not far from Maui’s Dog House is the Hereford Inlet Lighthouse, which was built in 1874 and looks like a haunted Victorian Castle. Now, you’re probably going to want to walk off those hot dogs. And then Richard grew up and Summer in A Day was over… or was it? I think the last one culminated with my friend, Chris Nelson, riding all the horrific rides with teenage Richard at Great Adventure. Fantasy Island games and rides the water slide Hartmann’s golf eating elephant ears (cookies) from Bay Village and buying Peanut Buster parfaits from Dairy Queen. So, one year at the end of the summer, I decided that I would take a day off and we would do all the things he had been asking to do-IN ONE DAY. Richard stared at the endless television advertisements for places like Fantasy Island amusements or Hartmann’s mini-golf and constantly asked to go, but to no avail.

Now, it wasn’t exactly idyllic, as most of the entertainment was “walking around” or going to the Shop Rite supermarket on the mainland. I was very lucky in this department, as my parents had retired to the town of Barnegat Light, on Long Beach Island, NJ, and in the summer my son, Richard, was sent to “Camp Nana.” Cal amusement/theme parks, as those should be taken as a given.The origins of Summer in a Day: As a single mom, with little time off, planning summer vacations for your child usually consisted of begging your parents to take them for a while. I'm certain there are a few others - but I remember (at least) a little bit of each one listed here - if not a great deal from my fav's: Cedar Point Elitch's and Kennywood - fer sure. Major, thanks for the nice intro and allowing me the opportunity to share my collection with your readers.Īlthough there's a bit more 'blurring' than individually-isolated memories, here's a list of parks from memory: Santa Cruz Cedar Point Elitch Gardens (the original location) Lakeside Lake Compounce King's Island/Dominion Americana (LeSourdsville) Lake Amusement Park Busch Gardens: The Dark Continent/The Old Country Six Flags Over: Texas, Georgia both Marriott parks Astroworld Mountain Park Lincoln Park Paragon Park Canobie Lake Conneaut Lake Amusement Park Kennywood (of course-!!) Coney Island Rye & Rockaway Playland Dorney Park Great Adventure Knoebels Grove Seabreeze Darien Lake Canada's Wonderland West Edmonton Mall Crystal Beach Amusement Park Hershey Park and Lakemont Park.

For amusements in Wildwood today, it’s Morey’s Piers that visitors go to.Ĭhiana_Chat, I'm so glad you enjoyed these and am happy to see you commenting here again.

There were plans to restore the “Golden Nugget Mine” which never came to be, however the mechanical guts, track and vehicles were sold to Knoebels Amusement Park (a place known for resurrecting classic attractions) and is now open and operating as “Black Diamond”. TokyoMagic!, from what I understand, the pier is still standing, but the amusements are gone. I’d love to hear of your experiences and memories of these places if you’ve been. For me, with several of the parks featured in my postcard collection, it’s either a case of I haven't been to a specific park or it has been so long ago that my memories are faded. Nanook, I assume you've been to many parks on your ACE trips.

Log flume wildwood