Rainy day deliverance
This is a really special place for kids (and adults) and, amazingly, right in the middle of downtown. As landlords continue to raise the rents on the Avenue, more and more of these local charmers move away, but Creatable Crafts keeps the door open for crafty kids to paint a piece of pottery, string a bead bracelet, or go nuts and mosaic an entire table.
Pottery is fired overnight for pickup the next day. No reservations needed, just drop in.
When’s the last time you picked up a paintbrush for fun?
Price: Costs are $8/hr per person for studio time plus the cost of the item painted or other materials. Costs include firing and finishing the pottery.
Open: Year round. Daily in season. Call ahead for hours in off season.
Phone: 302-227-1020
Address: 146 Rehoboth Avenue, Rehoboth Beach
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Try it once; you’ll be back
Annie’s Banannies is one of those rare brilliant entrepreneurial ventures that make small beach towns like Rehoboth so much fun. You’re on vacation, so you’re already in a great frame of mind for something a little off the map. But it has to be fun, and if it can taste good, too, all the better.
Enter Annie’s Banannies. In a little shop just off the Avenue downtown, there’s Annie herself, behind the sparkling clean counter, pushing frozen bananas through a juicer by hand, then mixing them in with whatever you want. No sugar, no heavy cream, no fat. Just a banana that transforms in something between a custard and an ice cream.
You can try to unhealthy it up if you want, but Annie’s mostly healthy mix-ins don’t let you do too much damage: fresh strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, mango; fruit purees sweetened with agave; nuts. There are other mix-ins, too, like ginger snaps, coconut flakes, cheerios, caramel, etc, and Annie clearly marks those as having refined sugar (so no excuses!).
This is a fun, tasty, healthy idea, delivered by a local entrepreneur who tell us she’s been juicing bananas since she was seven. Give it a try – you’ll get addicted. In a healthy kind of way.
On 1st Street South – just a block off Rehoboth Avenue (across from the White House-Black Market).
Price: $3.75-$4.75
Open: Monday-Friday: 3PM-11PM | Saturday and Sunday: 12PM-11PM
Phone: 302-260-9875
Address: #9, 1st Street South, Rehoboth Beach
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Entertainment central
Most people think the Cape May-Lewes Ferry is just about carrying passengers between the two lovely towns on either side of the Delaware Bay. If you’ve ever spent time in Lewes or Cape May, you know those destinations have plenty to keep visitors happy. But the smart people who operate the Ferry have now created an innovative series of tours and events, transforming the transport vessels from simple ferries into value-added entertainment venues. Or, you can just walk on and take the Ferry’s shuttle into town on either side.
The ferry operates year round, and has space for 100 cars ($64 round trip in summer, $52 off-season).
On the Cape May side, shuttles connect the terminal and downtown Cape May. On the Lewes side, shuttles loop from the terminal to Lewes, Tanger Outlets, and the Park and Ride lot where you may connect with the bus system to go to Rehoboth Beach or Ocean City, MD.
Foot Passenger with Return-Trip Value Fare
- Children, ages 5 and under FREE
Children, ages 6 to 13 $9
Children, ages 6 to 13 w/shuttle $13
14 years of age and older $18
14 and older w/shuttle $22
Here’s a sampling of the tours on offer.
Weekends April 30 to June 12 and October 1 to 30. Daily from June 13 to September.
Adults: $25, Children (6-13 y/o): $18, Children (under 6): Free.
Includes round-trip ferry ride from Lewes and shuttle service into Cape May. From there, the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC) will take you on a guided, 30-minute trolley tour of the town’s Historic District.
For just $14, join the Atlantic City Tour, which includes round-trip ferry cruise and deluxe motorcoach transportation to Atlantic City’s Tropicana Resort. Ferry departs Lewes at 9:15 am every Wednesday and Thursday between June 15 and August 26. Must be at least 21 years old.
Cape May County Zoo Trip welcomes adults ($26) and children ($18 for 6-13 year olds, under 6 free) for a round-trip ferry ride and shuttle to visit 250 species of animals, birds and reptiles. Ferry leaves Lewes at 9:15 am every Tuesday and Thursday between June 21 and August 25, returning from Cape May at 4:30.
Lighthouse Pete’s Family Fun Cruise
On Lighthouse Pete’s Family Fun Cruise, kids learn the basics of boat safety from the ferry mascot, Lighthouse Pete the Pirate. Free with the price of a round-trip ferry passage ($18 adults, $8 under 14, under 6 free), the crossing includes music, game room and special play area for kids. Pete entertains on Sunday round-trip departures departing at 6:15 pm between July 6 to August 31.
For a little high-seas romance, board the ferry on Fridays at 6:15 between July 8 and September 2 for Rock the Boat. Free with ferry passage, you’ll hear some great music, grab a drink and a snack (not included), watch the water for dolphins, and grab a smooch when the sun goes down (bring your own date).
Cruise departs Cape May at 6:00 p.m. and from Lewes at 6:15 p.m.
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See it, learn it, try it
If you spend your vacation mornings wandering, coffee in hand, along the shady lanes of the Henlopen Acres neighborhood, just a few blocks north of Rehoboth Avenue (and you should), you’ll eventually walk past the Rehoboth Art League compound, and you’ll ask yourself, what the heck is that?
The three-acre campus is home for local artists and art-appreciators, with a permanent collection housed in the Homestead, an 18th Century farmhouse, as well as special exhibits, classes, lectures and special events.
The growing collection of more than 400 paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs showcases pieces by contemporary artists as well as some renowned Delaware artists including Howard Pyle, Ethel P.B. Leach and Howard Schroeder.
In April, children’s art stars in the Young at Art exhibit at the Art League. In July, the League hosts the Rehoboth Beach Cottage Tour. And if you’re in town in August, be sure to go by for the Outdoor Fine Art and Craft Exhibit, featuring more than 100 artists and craftspeople.
Check the website for the complete schedule of classes and events, including ceramics, pottery, yoga, photography, painting, quilting and more.
Price: Free to wander
Open: Homestead Gallery open 10-4 Monday-Saturday and 12-4 Sundays (April – December). Corkran/Tubbs Gallery open 10-4 Monday-Saturday and 12-4 Sundays
Phone: 302-227-8408
Address: 12 Dodds Lane, Rehoboth Beach
Directions here
This is not me
Whatever happened to lying on the beach and then drinking like a fish? When did exercise become part of vacation? Do we exercise to shake off the stress from exercising during our entire vacation?
Something to think about on the treadmill.
Here are some choices for a drop-in workout:
SUSSEX FAMILY YMCA
20080 Church St, Rehoboth
302-296-YMCA
YMCA AWAY Members – Daily (adult) $8; (family) $15
Monday – Fri. 6:00 am-9:30 pm
Saturday 7:30 am-5:00 pm
Sunday 8:30 am-4:00 pm
• Drop-Ins are limited to 5 visits per year
BODY SHOP
First Street Station, downtown Rehoboth
Corner of 1st Street and Wilmington Ave.
302-226-0920
Daily $12, Weekly $45, Monthly $75, Annual $379
Off season hours:
Monday through Friday 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Saturday 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
In season hours:
Monday through Saturday 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Sunday 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
THE FIRM FITNESS CENTER
803 Rehoboth Ave. Extension., Rehoboth
302-227-8363
$12/day, $30/week
Monday – Thursday 6:00 am–9:00 pm
Friday 6:00 am-8:00 pm
Saturday 8:00 am-5:00 pm
Sunday 10:00 am–2:00 pm
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