Mark your calendar! On Saturday, March 27th Teller Wines will have their 7th Annual Wine Expo & Benefit at the Lewes Yacht Club from 1 to 4pm. This is a great event with over 100 top-knotch wines to taste and really great gourmet food (appetizers and small bites). This year, a portion of the proceeds from the event will benefit the Historic Lewes Farmers Market. Tickets are $60, and they sell out quickly.  For tickets, call 302-644-7400 or pick them up at Teller Wines, 1201A Savannah Rd. in Lewes.

This year the HLFM will be offering three fabulous silent auction items at this event that are so special that you will want to get a ticket just to be able to bid on them!

Winterjam,the Cape Henlopen Educational Foundation’s(CHEF) biggest fundraiser of the year, Friday, February 5th, is also a fun event! I just heard that two of our favorite local bands will be entertaining! Comfort Zone is a terrific local jazz group and The Funsters – well they’re hard to describe. Let’s just say they are both popular local groups and the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center will be rocking for all ages.

CHEF invites the public as well as alumni to Winterjam from 7 to 11 pm, Friday, February 5th, 2010, at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center. Advance tickets are $10 each and are on sale at the Cape District Office and all the school offices. Tickets will also be sold at the door for $15 each. Local businesses are donating gifts for the event which will include a silent auction, raffles, 50/50, food, drink and more!

For more information click here!

Clients always ask me how to pronounce Lewes. Then they ask me where the name came from. I had a few minutes at the office today, so I went to the Lewes Historical Society site to see what I could learn. Here’s the “rest of the story” -

Pronounced Loo-iss (not Lose), Lewes, Delaware, the county seat of Sussex County, Delaware until 1791, was named for Lewes, Sussex, England. Previously known as Swanendael (Valley of the Swans) and Hoerekill or Hoerenkill (Harlot’s Creek) under the Dutch and briefly as Whorekill and Deale under the English. Contrary to popular belief, the town was never known as Hoornkill, a “Victorianization” of Whorekill/Hoerenkill. In 1680, the magistrates of the town requested of Governor Edmond Andros to consider “summe other name for the Whoorekill.” Lewes received its present name by William Penn, proprietor of Pennsylvania, sometime immediately after his acquisition of the land from the Duke of York in 1682. According to research, records do not exist to explain why the name Lewes was chosen, although it is believed that members of Penn’s family were from the prominent town in the southeast of England of that name. Read More

This Saturday, August 1, 2009, is the 46th Annual Lewes Historical Society Antiques Show and I can’t wait. I remember the first time I went to this show and discovered that there were several pieces I just had to have. What did surprise me was that the prices were reasonable and there was such a good variety of antiques at all price levels. I needed my husband’s panel van to get all of my purchases home that first day!

So this Saturday, I will start my day hunting for some great finds. I’ll bring my camera and post photos later!

Comprised of many quality antique dealers from the Mid-Atlantic region, each show attracts nearly 2,000 visitors. Hours of the show are 9 AM to 4 PM; admission to each show is $3.00, children under 12 free. For more information, visit The Lewes Historical Society.

In a great Lewes location on Pilottown Road, overlooking the Canal Park, this home is now Under Contract!

Once the home of Howard Schroeder, noted Lewes artist, this lovely home is what living in Lewes is all about. Walk around the corner to enjoy the shops and fine dining available. Watch the sunrise and sunset from your front porch or balcony.

There are some charming homes available in great locations in Lewes, Delaware, but they are selling.

Don’t delay. With the low interest rates and great prices this is an opportunity that will not come around for Baby Boomers again.

If you have always wanted to live in Lewes, Delaware, now is the time to give me a call.

I was scheduling showing appointments for two new listings in Lewes for this Sunday and heard these words -

“Sorry, but that house is under contract and we already have a backup contract”!

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Wow, I haven’t heard those word in some time. The clients that are going to be here on Sunday have been looking at homes with me for several months now. Each time they have come back there were a few new homes on the market but most of the ones they had already seen were still available. Hard to feel any sense of urgency when it doesn’t appear that anything is selling.

Then one of the homes on the MAYBE list sold. Now this one they never got to see is apparently sold. Everyone in my office is busy, busy, busy showing properties and making offers.

There have also been a few price reductions on other homes for sale in Lewes, Delaware, 19958 – homes that remain on the market but have not yet sold. Some very good homes in terrific locations are for sale at prices we will never see again, at least not in my lifetime. So how will that affect the buyers we are all working with? Only time will tell, but history says that once the ball starts rolling, it picks up tempo.

Just a few photos from the town of Lewes, Delaware. With the fabulous summer sunshine, the streets are full of families having a great time, especially the kids!

The cars are lined up outside my window overlooking the intersection of Savannah Road and 2nd Street. Just down the road is the Canal and beyond it is the Lewes Beach. Finally summer has arrived and it’s Beachtime in Delaware.

There are lots of activities planned for the holiday weekend but it’s also a good time to get acquainted with our town and see what fun it would be to own a home here in Lewes, Delaware. You can always search homes for sale in Lewes by using the easy Search capabilities at our web site. You can look for homes in town in the Historic District or in one of the communities on the outskirts of town like Nassau Station or Pilottown Village. Each neighborhood has something unique to offer, but all share the fine restaurants, shops and beaches that make Lewes a charming home town.

Start the day tomorrow at the Farmers Market and pick up some fresh vegetables and beautiful strawberries and other healthy goodies.

I love to pick up some colorful zinnias from Lucky Penny if I get there early enough.

Second Street will be closed to traffic during the day to make room for Sidewalk Art Show & Sale beginning at 9 am.

Then make your way to the Canal before the 4th of July Boat Parade – get there in time to get a place on the bridge for the best view. Lewes is the place to celebrate the 4th of July is you prefer a family friendly, dog friendly and people friendly town out having a good time. For more information about what’s going on, visit the Lewes Chamber of Commerce!

 Me? You’ll probably find me at the office, right here in the heart of it all. Stop in and say HI.

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