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The museum's special exhibitions are world class. The most recent being portraits by Van Gogh. The art museum is affiliated with the Rodin museum across the street, containing "The Thinker" (not the original). Sundays are free and a good day to bring the family.

New hope itself is lined with stores of all shapes and sizes. There are artisan shops with handmade jewlery and crafts,an Indian apparel shop with saris and beaded blouses. Further along you may pass the witch's shop and a shop for sexual apparel and aids. If you've been hunting for that Partridge Family lunchbox you used to own, there is a retro shop here for you!

The restaurants range from $$$$ to pubs with live music. There are haunted house tours, a barge ride along the Delaware canal, ferry rides along the Delaware Riverand a local theater. Outside of the center of town are loads of antique stores and a few wineries.

Overall, New Hope has a little of something for everyone and well worth the ride from Philadelphia.

Rock Lobster sits right by the Ben Franklin Bridge and if you stay into the evening, you can watch the bridge lights come on and the New Jersey high speed train race towards the city. On nice summer afternoons, nothing looks better than the sailboats bobbing along the Delaware.

Rock Lobster is open from May until October. There is parking across the street (as of this writing, parking is free for customers).