Crisfield Photographer Enamored of Cape Charles

At Watson’s Hardware store you can buy just about anything, or if you prefer,” sit for a spell.”

By Cape Charles Wave Staff

June 29, 2012

Patty Hancock traveled the world as a professional photographer for 25 years, but only now has she discovered Cape Charles. Now resident in Crisfield, Maryland, she recently compiled a photo essay of our town, and has given the Cape Charles Wave permission to republish it.  Here, in the eyes of a first-time visitor, and in her own words, are her impressions of Cape Charles:

I recently discovered Cape Charles, VA, a sleepy little town on the move that takes me back to a time when things were simpler.

The Cape Charles Coffee shop has 2 floors. They make a perfect soy cappuccino.

The town is abuzz with “coming back,” and I certainly liked what I saw. The docks are new, projects are in full swing, and a new restaurant is being built near the docks. Oh, and I love the Cape Charles Coffee House. Every town should have a coffee house like that. Quaint and friendly and alive with creativity.

Little shops offer gems that are sure to entice even the most finicky shopper, the theater beckons those who love the arts, quiet golf carts putz around, in no particular hurry, and people who look like they should be modeling casual clothes in magazines parade the main street on bikes adorned with Nantucket baskets.

If any apartments become available here, someone let me know. I’m interested!

The hardware store is a combination of both old and new. Other than a similar hardware store I saw in Maine 8 years ago, that is the nicest little hardware store I have seen.

An osprey keeps careful watch.

We just bought a bike rack for our bikes and the first place we are headed to is Cape Charles. I may even check out the hardware store and trade my wire basket in for a Nantucket basket. I could live in Cape Charles.

See Patty Hancock’s full photo essay on Cape Charles at www.crisfieldnews.blogspot.