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REVIEW Nantucket
Spring
• Lifestyles
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Dear Readers, Spring on Nantucket is judged not just by the date on the calendar, but also by rituals on the island. It is a rebirth in many ways, all its own. The Grey Lady wakes up after a quiet, albeit sleepy winter. The stores begin to receive merchandise; the delivery trucks are seen up and down Main, Centre and Federal Streets, unloading goods to be displayed in the quaint shops for the summer tourists. It feels like Christmas for the shop owners as they open box after box. The appearance of cherry blossoms bursting forth on the South Water Street trees heralds in spring. Watching the petals waif lightly to the ground and gently tumble on the street, is pure magic in itself. Nature does not need any help providing beauty in the springtime. I love driving along the Washington Street harbor shoreline, seeing boats begin to get tendered onto the white buoys that have bobbed vacantly in the water all winter. Even the street cleaner appears! Traffic is slowed behind it. No one seems to mind. It is the last reminder of a slow time in our life on the island before the arrival of summer crowds. One cannot rush a street cleaner – a blessing in disguise that reminds us to relish these slower moments. There is always the proverbial string of ducklings waddling behind their mother on Orange Street, silently commanding the traffic to a standstill. We all wait patiently and enjoy the respite of such innocence. So yes, Nantucket does have summer, winter, spring, and fall – yet spring is a precious moment in time – one of patience, rebirth, and awe with all that is beautiful on this special island. We will soon share it again with many to make their own memories.
Sincerely,
Deborah Anderson Publisher
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CONTENTS SPRING EVENTS CALENDAR As the island wakes up from a sleepy winter there are some things to do in April and May.
IN FOR A DAFFODIL WEEKEND Take time out for an island getaway. There is so much to do during this special weekend.
DAFFODIL FESTIVAL OF EVENTS A guide to everything that is happeing on this special weekend.
BEST 3 DAY S EVER We’ll give you tips on how to have your best Daffy ever.
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NANTUCKET BLUE BOOK OF REAL ESTATE See the “best of the best” brokers and agents to contact for sales and rentals on Nantucket. View some stunning properties that are available.
PICNIC - ‘SCONSET VILLAGE Spring has sprung! Nantucket sure does know how to throw a party and this is the first of many throughout the year. It starts with Daffodil Festival
ISLAND WEDDINGS Wedding phototographers and vendors have a special touch for creating what couples have dreamed about.
INSPIRATION A wedding on Nantucket will evoke a lifetime of memories.
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ANDERSON PUBLISHING p u b li s h e r & e d i t o r Deborah M. Anderson design, imaging & prepress Anderson Publishing s e n i o r d i re c to r o f d i g i ta l g r a p h i c s a n d p r i n t p ro d u c ti o n Gustavo Gonçalves g ra p h i c d e s i g n e r Pamela Bulkley office manager Rebecca Devine c o n tr i b u ti n g p h o t o g ra p h e r s Katie Kaizer Zofia & Co. Rebecca Love c o n tri b u ti n g w r i te r s Rebecca Nimerfroh Deborah Anderson p r o o f re a d e r Laura Ortiz circu latio n
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SPRING Events
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What’s happening now!
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Downtown Window Judging by Chamber of Commerce • 508-228-1700 • nantucketchamber.org
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9th Annual Chamber Daffy Dog Parade
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45th Annual Daffodil Festival Antique Car Parade: 9:30 am – noon cars will be staged on Main St. in Town. At noon, cars leave Main St. and parade down Centre St. to Broad Street, to South Water St., back up Main St., up Orange St. and then out Milestone Rd. to Main Street ’Sconset for a Tailgate Picnic • noon on Main St. in ’Sconset • 508-228-1700 • nantucketchamber.org
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45th Annual Daffodil Flower Show
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All friendly, leashed pooches are welcome to participate! (Daffy costumes & decoration strongly encouraged.) • 9:30 am • 508-228-1700 • nantucketchamber.org
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Daffodil Show: Bartlett’s Ocean View Farm • Show is free of charge • Saturday 2 – 5pm, Sunday 10 am – 4 pm • 508-228-4244 • nantucketgardenclub.org
Nantucket Daffodil 5K 9 am • This 5k race begins and ends at Codfish Park under the pedestrian bridge in the historic village of ‘Sconset on Nantucket Island. • nantuckethalfmarathon.com/nantucket-daffodil-5k/
Nantucket STAR “May the 4th Be With You” 7 pm • Save the date for the annual S.T.A.R. fundraiser featuring live music by Dalton and the Sheriffs with a silent Chinese auction and more surprises. Great food and drinks Tickets $30 at the door/ $25 online.• The Chicken Box,16 Dave St. • 508-325-5276 • nantucketstar.com
23nd Annual Nantucket Wine Festival Over the past 23 years, the Nantucket Wine Festival has become one of the most celebrated wine and food events in the country. • Various locations and times, see Website for event schedule • nantucketwinefestival.com
48th Annual Figawi Race Weekend Figawi Race Weekend kicks off the Cape Cod and Nantucket summer season. Over 200 boats and one thousand sailors convene for the Northeast's first major regatta to begin summer. • figawi.com
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Friday and Saturday 7pm, Sunday 3pm, Thursday 7pm • A 1976 play by Neil Simon. This comedy is composed of four playlets set in Suite 203-04 of The Beverly Hills Hotel. • Bennett Hall, 62 Centre St. • 508-228-4305 • theatreworkshop.com
Friday and Saturday 7pm, Sunday 3pm, Thursday 7pm • A 1976 play by Neil Simon. This comedy is composed of four playlets set in Suite 203-04 of The Beverly Hills Hotel. • Bennett Hall, 62 Centre St. • 508-228-4305 • theatreworkshop.com
Dreamcatcher Dinner and Auction An annual fundraiser for PASCON, Palliative and Supportive Care on Nantucket. Tickets on sale April 9th • 508-825-8325 • Nantucket Yacht Club, South Beach Rd. • pascon.org/events/dreamcatcher-dinner-and-auction/
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Sam Sylvia Golf Tournament
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45th Annual Daffodil Festival
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Experience exceptional food, wine and Nantucket's hospitality in many of the island's acclaimed culinary establishments. This spring and fall participating Nantucket restaurants will be offering three to five course dinners from $25 to $50. • nantucketrestaurantweek.com
This special two-day event will kick off with our pairings cocktail party on Sunday, where both a live and silent auction will take place. • The golf tournament will be held Monday morning, followed by an awards luncheon. • Sankaty Head Golf Club, Sankaty Rd., 'Sconset • 508-228-0158 • nantucketboysanfgirlsclub.org/events
8th Annual Plein Air Nantucket Open to all artists who wish to paint in the fresh air and pristine scenery of the island. Plein Air works will hang immediately for sale in the gallery "Wet Walls," and for an extra week after the festival. • Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, 19 Washington St. • 508-228-0294 • nantucketarts.org
Nantucket Book Festival A multi-day cultural event celebrating the rich literary resources of Nantucket's past, present and future. Encourages a love of reading and writing among young people, raises funds for literary causes, and promotes Nantucket Island as an oasis and haven for the literary arts. • nantucketbookfestival.org 24rd Annual Nantucket Film Festival Nantucket Film Festival has become one of the premiere destination film festivals in the world. Visitors come from all over to experience our preview screenings, signature programs, and standout hospitality. • Dreamland Theater, 17 South Water St. • nantucketfilmfestival.org
View complete events calendar at NantucketOnline.com
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IT’S SPRINGTIME ON NANTUCKET. YOU CAN FEEL THE JOY IN EVERYONE NOW THAT WINTER HAS PASSED. STORES ARE OPENING, PEOPLE ARE OUT AND ABOUT AND OF COURSE, WE ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO DAFFODIL WEEKEND. THE
STREETS AND SHOP WINDOWS COME ALIVE WITH
DECORATIONS FOR THIS WEEKEND. ADORN THE STREET LANTERNS
YELLOW BOWS LINING MAIN STREET,
MAIN IS BURSTING WITH DAFFODILS PLACED BY THE NANTUCKET GARDEN CLUB.
THE FOUNTAIN ON LOWER
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COME ENJOY A LONG WEEKEND ON NANTUCKET, STARTING WITH THIS SPECIAL ONE!
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Everyone knows winters on Nantucket are tough, and maybe that’s why the annual and much-anticipated Daffodil Festival feels like a true, island-wide celebration. Suddenly, on this last weekend in April, it’s as if the island has bloomed like the very flower it celebrates. With the crowds back in town, the restaurants humming and the shops reopening their doors, with people from all walks of life extravagantly dressed in yellow from head to toe. Is it silly? Perhaps. But you made it through all those cold and dark winter months, summer is coming, and it’s time to celebrate.
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Daffy
What was once just a single Saturday of events has evolved (in true Nantucket fashion) into a weekend-long regalia not to be missed, so follow along as we give you the low-down on how to best enjoy this colorful festival of fun. Even before the Saturday car parade through town or the picnic in ’Sconset that follows, we’ll give you tips on how to have your best Daffy ever. Got an “old” car, or more specifically, a car made in 1989 or earlier? Why not register, and be in the parade yourself? The guidelines are just that, and you can let your imagination take it from there. Participants often dress up their automobiles with yellow flowers or, in the spirit of a particular theme, even adorned costumes! Some successfully carried out ideas from the past include Austin Powers (complete with Dr. Evil), Star Wars (yes, Chewbacca too) and even a vintage van full of Pan Am dressed pilots and flight attendants. Awards are given for best decorated, most authentic, people’s choice and best in show, but don’t delay as only 100 cars can be entered, and registration is first come, first serve. Visit the Nantucket Chamber of Commerce to register.
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Friday You’ve arrived on island, and you’ve got a long weekend ahead of you, but it’s important to stop and consider the most important thing: food. The Daffodil parade on Saturday ends in ’Sconset with hundreds of people picnicing in high style, set up amongst antique cars, sipping wine and nibbling cheese from their best china. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is creating your very own delectable picnic. Of course, while you browse the cars on Saturday you are welcome to snack from others’ displays and tables, an unusual but wonderful Daffy tradition. For the perfect arrangement of cheeses, crackers and other light bites, try the Nantucket Fish & Meat Market at 21 Old South Road. Here you can find all the bells and whistles needed to complete the perfect picnic. For wine, hit up Brix Wine Shop, conveniently located just on the outskirts of downtown at 1 Windy Way, just off of Surfside Road. Nearly every weekend, especially festival ones at that, the folks at Brix offer tastings of various wines to pair with whatever activities are happening around town and will be sure to set you on your way with the perfect daytime sipper. Now all you have to do tomorrow is wake up and enjoy the festivities. Round out your afternoon by swinging by some of the quaint shops in town. See who won best window design, with ribbons given out by the Chamber of Commerce. Finish the day off by attending the second annual Flower Power Party at the Whaling Museum, hosted by The Nantucket Chamber of Commerce. This party takes place right under the whale in the main hall with live music, passed hors d’oeuvres, an open bar and photo booth. Prizes are given for best “blooming” outfits. For a naughty nightcap, swing by any one of Nantucket’s fine restaurants on your way home.
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Saturday Put on all your yellow and head into town! Cars begin to line up as early as 9:30 am on Main Street for the parade that begins at noon, but first, grab a coffee and breakfast sandwich and then mosey your way over to Children’s Beach where at 10:30 am they host the children’s parade, followed at 10:45 am by the annual hat pageant. Again, imagination is the limit here as people dress their children and their heads in often amusing (and impressive) ways. So come one, come all, but be ready to be impressed. After all, it was a long, long winter to flex those creative muscles. Ribbons are awarded at both events for Best In Show. Next, head on back to Main Street, where the party really begins. There will be several lanes formed along which you can easily stroll and peek inside each antique car, giggle at costumes or both. The cars will huff and puff and gear up at noon, with a single swing through town and then off they go to ’Sconset. The parade settles into ’Sconset by around 1 pm, and the party of tailgaters and picnics should already be in full effect. Join the lively crowds that stroll this display of fun and choose your favorite picnic and car. After such a busy day, be sure that you have made a reservation for a delicious dinner. A reservation is a must even weeks ahead of time, as the island population has swelled on this special weekend.
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Sunday Start your day by grabbing a coffee and a muffin at 45 Surfside, located at 45 Surfside Road. Then, hop in your car or on your bike and head out to the Community Daffodil Flower Show at Bartlett Farm, off of Hummock Pond Road. Here, locals and visitors alike have submitted for viewing hundreds of variations of the beloved daffodil, the very event that inspired this whole weekend of fun 45 years ago. Needless to say, this is one good smelling room. Take in the beauty of each individual, fragrant flower and appreciate the wonders of spring.
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This carefully created residence contains both the traditional infrastructure of our
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he Nantucket Lifestyle! Easy summer living in this cheerful and bright, open modern design - over 5,000 sq. ft. - conveniently located on the edge of town and minutes to Main Street. Relax and enjoy the outdoors by the 18 ft. x 36 ft. Pebble Tec pool with 8 ft. x 8 ft. spa. Pool house with half bath. Large fenced back yard area.
First Floor: Master bedroom with cathedral ceilings, spacious walk in closet, large en suite bath, dual vanities, tiled shower, stone floor, marbled wall and Victoria Albert tub appointed with LaCava fixtures. Exterior door to access to outdoor shower and slider to outdoor deck. Wonderful, bright and open kitchen, living and dining room - ship lap walls, transom windows, custom cabinetry, large island with Danby marble top. Sliding door to outdoor living space. Private den off the kitchen with sliding barn door and 65 inch Samsung TV. Powder room and laundry room with custom cabinetry and extra utility sink. Mudroom with built-ins and exterior side door. Full finished lower level with 10 ft. ceilings with large entertainment room, movie theater, full bath and two bedrooms. Second Floor: Three bedrooms with private, tiled baths, custom vanities, closets and vaulted ceilings. Lower Level with 10 ft. ceilings: Office/bedroom, full hall bath. Gym with mirrored wall, 65" Samsung TV and zebra yoga floor. Huge entertainment room with 75" Samsung TV, movie theater with 4K projector screen, Savant media system by Nantucket Media Systems. Storage closet, utility room. Radiant in-floor heat. Exterior door to wide set of stairs to rear yard. 51 Vestal Street 6 bedrooms • 5 and 2 half baths $30,000. – $40,000. /week
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very inch of this Sconset home has been renovated and furnished to reflect a modern take on Nantucket beach chic. “Twin Peaks” is a very special purchase opportunity! The property consists of a main house with three bedrooms and two and one half baths, as well as a bunkhouse which has one bedroom, plus a full bath, a separate living/dining room, wet bar and a loft that sleeps two. Both structures have been tastefully updated in a chic, beach style with every modern-day convenience. ’Sconset $2,075,000.
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Rebecca Love Photography
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S Spring has sprung! Nantucket sure does know how to throw
a party . . . and this is the first of many throughout the year.
It starts with Daffodil Festival - and ends with Christmas Stroll.
The Nantucket Garden Club decorates all the lamp posts in
town with yellow ribbons. They plant the water fountain at the base of Main Street, with daffodils, pansies, and forsythia!
The shop owners follow suit and plant their window boxes with
every possible variety and color of spring flowers. They decorate
their shop windows with an original theme or just products
that follow the color theme of the weekend. The Chamber of
Commerce judges the windows and ribbons are awarded on Friday.
Up to 100 antique cars line up on Main Street for viewing
they too are judged and ribbons are awarded. Once that is
done, they then travel seven miles out the Milestone Road to the quaint fishing village of Siasconset, where they park along the right-hand side of the road on the
grass shoulder. Tables are set up for the most elegant to casual of picnics and judging is yet again done by the Chamber of
Commerce for the picnics and ribbons are awarded! Dogs,
children, townspeople and visitors alike, mingle along the
entire length of “in-town” Main Street, Siasconset. Everyone
is happy - the spirit of the day is contagious and spreads easily throughout the crowd.
Dress is, of course, primarily yellow and green. Be sure to
watch for the most creative and outrageous of hats, loaded
with daffodils. Dogs sport daffodil collars and leashes
festooned with the same and children’s carriages, wagons and
scooters are all “dressed-up” too! Not a care in the world is the mantra to the afternoon of festivities.
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Food and drink follow the same yellow and green theme! Egg salad and curried chicken salad sandwiches abound. Desserts follow the same theme, with lemon curd tartlets, lemon cheesecake, lemon meringue pie, pistachio and lemon macaroons, brownies frosted with green mint frosting, cupcakes sport yellow and green frosting and lemonade and limeade beverages are served. If it’s not yellow or green, don’t serve it! Most of the picnickers will make extra food for those passing by, but be sure to ask if the party is private or for all to enjoy! On the left side of the street, those who have not driven an antique car in the parade can set up their own picnic table or lay down a blanket. Many people on this side of the road claim their spot early in the morning. They are more determined than a Bostonian claiming their parking space after shoveling it out from a winter snow storm! So, be sure not to “step on anyone’s feet” when claiming your spot. The weekend is such a happy one and a better way to welcome spring to town cannot be found.
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Baked Lemon Pudding with Whipped Cream in a Mason Jar
Tiramisu in a Glass
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Mojito Pie with Lime and Mint Garnish 61
Lemon Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting and a Lemon Slice for Garnish
Lemon Daffodil Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
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Pansies
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WEDDINGS
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For Inspiration
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wedding on Nantucket will evoke a lifetime of memories. The backdrop for photos are both literally and figuratively, those that
dreams are made of. Both you and your guests will enjoy pre- and post-wedding activities, making this a vacation for your guests and a memorable event for you, all wrapped up into one! And what better excuse for you to come back every year to celebrate your wedding anniversary. It may be the setting, it may be the flowers, or in fact, it may just be the way “things are done here,” that will set your wedding apart from all others. Event planners, party suppliers, florists and photographers do it differently here - not to be be duplicated anywhere else. How can one describe it? “Simple elegance” is what comes to mind. Whether a large wedding or a small intimate event, you will be able to customize your wedding with your personal style. Find inspiration in some of the weddings that have happened here in the past to spark ideas for your special day. Remember, love just got real, and the romance of an isolated, island setting far-outat-sea, does create a fairy tale wedding.
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