Pretty Picky Properties Blog

As the end of year holidays roll around again, there is a certain excitement that fills the air of Cape Cod about one holiday in particular. We live in the seat of our nation’s beginning, located just minutes away from the most famous rock in the world, Plymouth Rock, which should be your first clue as to which holiday we love most! Yes, Thanksgiving on Cape Cod is a holiday...

Traveling at Halloween is something not everyone can do, but if you are one of the lucky few, completing a journey to Cape Cod may just end up being your new favorite way to celebrate the holiday. The crowds lessen during this amazing time of year, giving visitors more opportunities to live like a local, which of course means celebrating Halloween. Participate in local trick or treating, attend Halloween events,...

As summer draws ever closer to its natural conclusion, we at Pretty Picky Properties are already starting to feel more than a bit melancholy. Cape Cod is a beautiful place to live and play, no matter which season we are in, but summers are when it really comes alive. Soon the crowds will thin, the beaches will empty, and some summer-oriented businesses will close for the season and quite frankly,...

Summer is our favorite season on Cape Cod and as the summer holidays begin to roll around, we get positively giddy knowing how much fun can be had on our little section of paradise! Memorial Day serving as the kickoff to the season, but offering an underlying somberness due to the reason behind the season, Labor Day also hiding a little sadness behind the celebration as it signifies the end...

The winters on Cape Cod can be harsh ones, offering snow covered beaches, bone-chilling winds, and ice in places you may not think ice belongs, but we live here year-round because we know that warmer days are coming, and Memorial Day Weekend is our first harbinger of summer! Visitors may never know the snow and ice, but they flock to us on the first of the summer holidays, anxious to...