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Fay Jacobs
A 2011 Best of Delaware winner for Best Writer Downstate, Fay is a native New Yorker who spent 30 years in the Washington, DC area working in journalism and public relations. She retired in 2009 as Executive Director of Rehoboth Beach Main Street. Fay has written for The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Delaware Beach Life, Coastal Sussex Weekly and the Wilmington News Journal and is currently working as a full-time writer, editor and publishing consultant. She has written three award-winning books about Rehoboth Beach.The Land Of Mulch And Money
Spring has sprung in Rehoboth at Schnauzerhaven in Food Lion Estates. If I’d known just how much of my disposable income would go for mulch, I’d be writing from my condo overlooking the boardwalk. Before I had this house I didn’t know it was possible to go to Lowes three…
By: Fay JacobsWireless? Not From Where I’m Standing!
It’s a hoax. This whole business of wireless communication is one big fat lie. While the communication may be wireless, its facilitation requires enough wires, cables and plugs to gag a landfill. And of course, chargers last eons longer than the devices they power. I have souvenir chargers from every…
By: Fay JacobsLearning To “Crawl”
I have now spent more money on one room in my house than on any other. And it’s not even a room. It’s the crawl space. Cue the scary music. How I came to own a home with something called a crawl space is beyond me. What am I, from…
By: Fay JacobsWhy Home Improvement Shows Are Like Porn
Home Improvement shows are like pornography. Watching them makes you do things you shouldn’t do. Like tiling the bathroom floor. “How difficult is this project?” I asked my handy spouse as we watched DIY home improvement porn on Saturday morning. “It’s easy.” After 28 years you’d think I’d know better.…
By: Fay JacobsBetter Him Than Me, But Still…
Diabetes is epidemic and not just in humans. A few months ago, my 12-year old Schnauzer Paddy was diagnosed as seriously diabetic. Naturally my spouse and I were upset, but ultimately reassured that with proper diet and medication Paddy could continue to live a normal, active doghood. As for me,…
By: Fay JacobsI’m A Carboholic For Sure
After a fabulous weekend in New Orleans back in May I went into detox to dry out. And I’m not talking about alcohol, although I probably had more to drink those four days than was prudent. No, I’m talking about carbohydrates. For me, it’s not the demon rum, it’s the…
By: Fay JacobsBig Apple to Big Scrapple – Why I Love The Delaware Coast
I’m not a Delmarva native. Darn few of us here are. In fact, even to be considered an old-timer you have to have arrived with the Dutch or been born in a manger in a Selbyville chicken coop. So I’m an interloper. But that doesn’t mean I don’t love my…
By: Fay JacobsThe Land of Mulch and Money
Spring has sprung at Schnauzerhaven in Food Lion Estates. If I’d known just how much of my disposable income would go for mulch, I’d be writing from my condo overlooking the boardwalk. Before I had this house I didn’t know it was possible to go to Lowes three times in…
By: Fay Jacobs