If you're old enough, or you've watched enough television, the name Bob Vila might be familiar to you.

For years, Bob Vila's name has been synonymous with home repair on television. For years - mostly during the 1980s, Vila was the host of the show, "This Old House" on PBS. It was really the first very popular home improvement show on TV. This was of course, before there were cable channels dedicated to home improvement!

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Vila has also been featured as a spokesman on television commercials, lent his name and likeness to tools and other products, he's written How-To books, and much much more.

Today, Bob still offers home imporvement advice in many arenas, including his own website, BobVila.com.

It was a number of years ago that Vila featured the city of Cape May on one of his shows:

How can you not love Vila's great voice and easy going storytelling?

What a great tour of Cape May!

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