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ost heroes don’t have a choice, they just do the best they can,” the words of Captain Richard Phillips, Captain of the MV Maersk Alabama, whose hijacking by Somali pirates was the subject of the acclaimed film, Captain Phillips. Giving full credit to his crew and the team of Navy Seals who rescued him, the Captain was the featured guest at a Red Cross event held on Cape Cod, honoring heroes who, in many cases, are ordinary people thrust into life-saving situations. People like Mike McNally, who pulled a stranger out of a burning car moments before it exploded, or Carrie Consalvi, a nurse practitioner who volunteered to work the finish line at her first ever Boston Marathon and became one of the leaders in the medical tent immediately following the tragic bombing. Other honorees included Isobel Thompson who personally distributes clothes to the homeless, and Joe Bundschuh, who was delivering pizza one night, only to find himself rescuing a family from a burning building. As co-sponsors of the event, it was an exceptional Dan Wolf with Captain Richard Phillips day for the entire Cape Air team and brought home to all of us the amazing work of the American Red Cross and the vital importance of volunteerism. As an airline serving small communities we have a two-fold mission-provide convenient access to our hub cities and, perhaps equally as important, support our communities in tangible ways, including contributions to non-profits and providing airline seats for those in need of medical treatment in our hub cities. Be it their children’s school, a local hospital or a non-profit, we are proud of the fact that each and every Cape Air employee receives paid time away from work for their volunteer efforts. I take this space today to call upon other business leaders to share the privilege of volunteer service within their companies. It can make a difference and in some cases can save a life. In closing, it bears noting that Cape Air’s ability to offer paid volunteer hours to our entire team is another result of your long-time loyalty. We thank you for your business and will always strive to support the communities where we live and visit.
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The Nantucket Comedy Festival with Fortune Magazine’s Andy Serwer, Joe Scarborough, Chris Matthews and comic Lewis Black
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Michelle Haynes Executive Editor, Bird’s Eye View Michelle.Haynes@capeair.com
Michelle waits for a fish to bite in Southwest Harbor Photos: Kit Noble
or anyone in Cape Air’s snow country-the Northeast, the Midwest, and our newest Cape Air destinations in Montana – now is the time to smell the proverbial roses. Oh so elusive spring is upon us and for the next two months, Cape Air’s destinations offer a bounty of deals with those tantalizing off-season rates happening everywhere. In this issue, Jeannette de Beauvoir showcases the mystical Bar Harbor and our newest discovery, the Blue Hill Peninsula. Over in Vermont, she takes us to the nation’s oldest art colony, one with a rather scandalous past. If you are eager for the white heat of summer, get to the Caribbean where Anguilla, the Virgin Islands, Vieques and the untouched Culebra offer miles of uncrowded beaches, while hotels move to bargain rates. For night life, in the “tough job but someone had to do it,” category, check out Susan Zaluski’s picks for the perfect beach bar. Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard and Provincetown emerge from winter slumber and we share the line-up of events. Take advantage of the season and go somewhere during one of the most affordable times to travel.
A yoga moment on Nantucket’s cobblestones Photos: Christine Twombly
Indulge me in my “Sing Out Louise” moment with three-year-old grandson Jacob in his first stage appearance. Somewhat shy at first, at curtain call he was reluctant to leave the stage. I know the nut and tree may apply.
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JOHN NEVILLE JUNE 25–JULY 20 Sea Full of Fish oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches
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What would we be without our talented team of photographers – Our thanks to all of them for their amazing work and for goodness sakes if you ever need the perfect shot, this is one talented group of shutter bugs!
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Eliza and 4 year old Isabel Magro – St. John elizamagrophotography.com
Cary Hazlegrove – Nantucket hazlegrove.com
Chuck Anzalone – New England ChuckAnzalone.com
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Tim Johnson – Martha’s Vineyard timjohnsonphotos.com
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Kelly Thompson – Vieques islasoldesign.com
Peter Simon – Martha’s Vineyard petersimon.com
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THEY COME FOR THE WATER
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aine Lobster is the ultimate menu item for lovers of the sweet crustaceans. For generations, Maine lobstermen have enjoyed top billing as the BEST when it comes to lobster. Is it really sweeter than lobster caught anywhere else in New England? We leave that debate to others, but from the lobster ice cream offered in downtown Bar Harbor to ‘Lobster Mac and Cheese’ found everywhere, you will find no shortage of ways to eat the tasty shellfish that, in the 1700s, was considered trash fish and fed to prisoners. The favored method from the Bird’s Eye View gang is to don the bib, grab the crackers and dive in. Two of our favorites: Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound and Lunt’s Gateway Lobster Pound. For our friends in Montana and in the Midwest – you too can join the butter-dripping Maine lobster bandwagon, for both places do ship lobsters, with guaranteed fresh and tasty delivery.
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The Alice E., originally built in Friendship, ME by Wilbur Morse in 1899
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“T
hey often arrive dockside wound up, cell phones to their ear, talking fast and concerned about time,” says Captain Karl Brunner, “but when we return from the sail those same folks are totally relaxed and smiling, and that is when I know I have done my job.” Native Mainer Captain Brunner graduated from Colorado College with a geology degree, but in short order, his summer gig became a full time career-running a sail charter operation on board the Friendship Sloops. Built in the late 1800s these sailing ships were the country’s original lobster boats and according to Captain Brunner were so common and useful they were tagged, ‘pickups of the sea.’ A sunset cruise, a visit to a nearby island or a simple sail around the Maine coast, Sail Acadia offers a variety of options. “I really hope I can get folks to put their phones away and look at the waves, listen to the birds and just slow down and watch the nature happening all around us. There are islands to explore, lighthouses to circle, and our visitors can also take a turn sailing the boat. The cruises are BYOB and the Captain provides water, soft drinks, fresh pastries, cheese and other snacks. You are also welcome to bring your own picnic lunch on board. To keep things cozy, there is a maximum of six passengers on both of the Friendship Sloops, with rates starting at $50 per person for a two-hour sail. downeastfriendshipsloop.com
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We pick up our passengers in Southwest Harbor, Northeast Harbor and Bar Harbor
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ost of the time, Bar Harbor is a casual place, with sneakers and sandals the norm. That all changes every Fall when ‘Fashion Night Out’ transforms the town into a living runway, and heels, gowns, and tuxedos are suddenly de rigeur. Linda D’Alessio, co-owner of Bar Harbor’s D’Alessio Gallery, began Fashion Night Out four years ago after reading about a similar event in New York City. “Bar Harbor is so casual, it’s great for us to have this one occasion to dress up,” she explains. Once she decided to go for it, D’Alessio assembled a committee, and with the help and support of her husband Russ – an artist whose paintings of little black dresses helped with the inaugural night – launched what has become an event as eagerly anticipated by locals as it is by visitors. “That first year, we had eighteen or nineteen venues on board. But the next year, restaurants began signing on, and it’s just continued to grow!” The success of Fashion Night Out encouraged organizers to expand the evening into a monthly event and so began the town’s Art Walks, happening downtown the first Friday of the month, June through October. Take the opportunity to meet the artists,
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enjoy theater, take in a film, or hear a concert. “In one place and in one evening, you can see it all!” explains Ms. D’Alessio. “As long as an artist or a performer is hosted and special beverages and food are provided, any establishment can participate. What sets us apart is we encourage everyone to change up each month, so you’re never seeing the same thing twice.” And every night is special with The Harborside Shakespeare Company and ImprovAcadia. Horse-and-carriage rides patrol Mount Desert Street, and belly dancers offer lessons. “First Friday presents the works of an array of creative and talented people,” says committee member Sherry Rasmussen.
In September, it’s Friday Arts Walk Meets Fashion Night Out when business owners, tourists and residents become instant fashionistas – and anything goes. The official runway show is the center of the action, incorporating wearable art to stay within the theme. Restaurants get into the act with their own runway shows that feature staff and encourage diners to join in. Special prixfixe dinners are offered and sophisticated cocktails are the order of the day. “A special bow tie is placed in the window of participating establishments and the secondhand shop run by the local food pantry runs does a brisk business in the weeks leading up to Fashion Night Out,” laughs Ms. D’Alessio. “Everyone gets dressed to the nines,” agrees Ms. Rasmussen. “We encourage everyone to join in by getting dressed up for a night on the town.” So bring your best evening wear, or plan on a visit to the thrift shop to spruce up. Bar Harbor’s Fashion Night Out gives you your chance to be on the runway!
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America’s premier collection of antique autos from the Brass Era (1895-1917)
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THE BLUE HILL PENINSULA , SOUTHWEST HARBOR , NORTHEAST HARBOR AND BAR HARBOR– LOOK TO THE SKIES !
he Crane, the Swan, Hercules, Hunting Dogs – for many of us a view of the constellations is available only at a local planetarium. According to Jennifer Wright of the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce, two-thirds of all Americans cannot see the night sky due to light pollution. “Here in the Bar Harbor area our night sky is actually a local treasure offering unparalleled views of the Milky Way. Nearby Acadia is the only national park in the Northeast providing visitors with the opportunity to enjoy a light show against the backdrop of natural darkness, similar to the experience of more remote national parks in the West.” Six years ago the Chamber decided to celebrate the nightly production with the Acadia Night Sky Festival, happening this year on September 25 – 29. The Bird’s Eye View jumped on the bandwagon by joining the Night Sky poster contest, giving the winning entry two round trip Cape Air tickets, good for anywhere we fly. We congratulate the winner, Nathan Levesque. Stargazers should book your Cape Air seat now from Boston’s Logan Airport to Bar Harbor. The plans for this year’s event are on and it looks to be bigger than ever. acadianightskyfestival.com *Our constellation – Leo, The lion
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How well do you know your constellations*
Jennifer Wright – the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce
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WINNING PHOTO FOR THE 6TH
ANNUAL ACADIA NIGHT SKY FESTIVAL POSTER CONTEST
Photo: Nathan Levesque
Shhh! It’s The Quiet Side! By Jeannette de Beauvoir
Southwest Harbor and Northeast Harbor are better known as the quiet side of Mount Desert Island, but there’s a great deal of activity percolating below that quiet surface.
Puffin in flight
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ur stay began at The Birches Bed & Breakfast, where Susannah Homer will make you feel at home and give you information about anything—and very probably anyone!—on the island. Her family has been here for generations and her knowledge of local lore is limitless (she’ll even tell you where to get lobsters at wharf price). Situated on seven acres of land, The Birches offers private waterfront views of the harbor and
a beautiful main house designed in 1893 and built by Eleazer Homer, then head of the Rhode Island School of Design. Rooms are spacious and extremely comfortable, and breakfast is a veritable feast, with curried eggs, fresh fruit, locally baked melt-inyour-mouth bread, and some of the best coffee around. Venturing out from The Birches, there’s a lot to see and do, and it all starts with birds. If you imagine a Maine guide who is, as Yankee Magazine once put it, “batty about birds,” the image that will come to mind looks just like Michael Good. And the enthusiasm he displays about birding is infectious. “This is one of the best places to be right now, because we have such a range of birds to view,” he says. “We provide nesting places for neotropical birds, and we also have our own assortments of pelagic birds and shorebirds. I’ve recently seen puffins and razorbills here…we live on this great flyway!” And he wants to share his knowledge and enthusiasm.
The Birches Bed &Breakfast
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The Flamingo Festival
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Michael Good/DownEast Tours
Good’s Down East Nature Tours offer a wide range of opportunities to see birds and other wildlife in this area that’s teeming with life. Beginning trips include lessons on identifying birds thorough their movements and calls as well as when observing them through binoculars. Late May and early June bring the Acadia Birding Festival, four days of bird watching, entertainment, field trips, socials, boat tours and more. If you’d prefer to meet birds in a more controlled setting, head over to the Wendell Gilley Museum, where you can watch or whittle a bird carving. Named for a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving, the museum teaches the art of bird carving and presents art exhibitions and educational programs to the public. Birds of another feather altogether are the theme of the Harbor House’s Quietside Flamingo Festival. This fun-filled whimsical and lighthearted event celebrates the season and the connections between young and old. All over town, flamingos are displayed on lawns and storefronts. visitsouthwestharbormaine.com
Southwest Harbor B&B with heavy emphasis on the second B
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By Michelle Haynes omemade pastries and granola, a gourmet egg and pancake dish and fresh fruit. Southwest Harbor’s historic fifteen room Lindenwood Inn is the ultimate Bed & Breakfast. It has been at least two years since my visit and I can still remember
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the sumptuous morning feast enjoyed on the wraparound porch. This quintessential New England inn is minutes from Southwest Harbor’s restaurants and shopping not to mention morning yoga. Book right now for a spring flight with offseason rates starting as low as $129 per night. lindenwoodinn.com
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Asticou Azalea Garden
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he Asticou Azalea Garden, created in 1956 by Charles Savage, is an oasis of stillness and quiet; an East-meets-West garden where paths are carefully raked and bordered by explosions of color. Sit on a bench and allow the stillness to help you slow down, breathe, and just…be. The garden’s high season is right now with the flowering cherry trees, azaleas, and rhododendrons. July brings Japanese iris, smoke bush, rosebay rhododendron, and sweet azaleas, with blooming water lilies in August. Many of the flowers are not native to Maine but are representative of species from as far away as Japan. Northeast Harbor presents spectacular views no matter where you are. Take the carriage road at Little Long Pond on the north side of Route 3, or check out the boat-builders on the harbor: one feels that Jessica Fletcher from the old Murder, She Wrote TV show might appear at any moment! Like all of Mount Desert Island, the harbors come alive in the springtime and blossom as the weather turns warm. visitnortheastharbor.com
Emily Brown, Water Surface VII, pencil on paper, 2007, 21.5" x 22.5"
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A walk in the woods adjacent to the Asticou Azalea Gardens
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CASTINE: One of Perkins Street treasures, this spacious 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home enjoys 130 feet on Castine Harbor with its own private sandy beach. Wonderful location, not far from village amenities. This is the epitome of Life “Under the Elms and by the Sea.� $1,200,000
BROOKLIN: Elegance best describes this 15 room, 7100 square foot waterfront home on Blue Hill Bay. Five bedrooms, 5.5 baths, situated on 20+ private acres with 535 feet of frontage on Blue Hill Bay with views of the Acadia Views. Close to Wooden Boat School. $1,495,000
SEDGWICK: Stunning contemporary home with 10 rooms ( 4100 square feet) including 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, custom kitchen and radiant heat situated on 3+ acres with 200 of shore front on Eggemoggin Reach. Separate guest house on property. $1,375,000
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BLUE HILL PENINSULA, MAINE this is Home Welcome ....
16B South Street, Blue Hill, Maine 04614 (207) 374-3242 www.bluehillpeninsula.org We serve the towns of Blue Hill • Brooklin • Brooksville • Castine Penobscot • Sedgwick • Surry Sunday, October 12, from 11 to 3: Join us for the 9th Annual Culinary Show “A Taste of the Peninsula” Food • Wine • Beer • Cider • A Chowder Contest Live Music • Children’s Programs at Mainescape Garden Shop, South Street, Blue Hill
SUPPORTING LOCAL FARMERS AND COMMUNITY FOR 40 YEARS The Finest In Local And Organic Food Enjoy Our Café - Organic, Vegan, Gluten-Free, Eat In Or Take Out 4 Ellsworth Rd. Blue Hill, ME (207)374-2165 www.bluehill.coop Find Us on Facebook
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COASTAL MAINE’S BEST-KEPT SECRET: EXPLORING THE BLUE HILL PENINSULA By Jeannette de Beauvoir
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If you need old or new sheet music call Bagaduce – one of the world’s largest lending libraries
rive around Maine’s Blue Hill Peninsula with a local resident, and the names start to drop. “That’s where Noel Paul Stookey (as in Peter, Paul and Mary) lives…over there lives the widow of the fellow who invented the DowJones…the home of Walter Teagle, the former president of Standard Oil, is across the inlet…” And yet these are all quiet celebrities. There’s no paparazzi, no fanfare, just a simple life in a hidden gem on the Maine coast. A short drive from your Cape Air arrival at the Bar Harbor Airport is the town of Ellsworth, named for the mountain that shares the landscape with its 250 miles of coastline, and just beyond, the Blue Hill Peninsula, a well-known ‘secret’ to wealthy and famous families – from foreign princes to Hollywood actors—who for generations have sent their offspring here to the safety and anonymity of the rustic summer camps in the woods. And many who came for the camping returned as adults to keep their own piece of that personal history alive. “In the summer,” says Kurt Stoll, former director of the Chamber of Commerce, “this place is buzzing!” Buzzing may be an apt word, as music plays a significant role in the peninsula’s life. “Music makes all the difference” is the catchphrase for the Bagaduce Music Lending Library, with over a million pieces of printed sheet music to lend globally, with over 250,000 individual titles and scores, from opera to pop, from chamber music to madrigals, and antique to contemporary – most of which cannot be found anywhere else. “This music has to be saved,” says Executive Director Martina Herries. “This is where the next generation has a place to find their ancestry.” Donated music scores are painstakingly restored before becoming available for lending.
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Bagaduce shares more than musical scores: Every year the library sponsors a Young Composers competition for Maine students, provides free seminars, and produces the Blue Hill Pops concert, chamber music concerts, and a Messiah
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Welcoming you from May to November • Enjoy our delightful three-course breakfast with entrée choices • Sip a cocktail in front of the fireplace or toast with fine wine in the orchard; the hors d'oeuvres are complimentary • Let us help you discover the charms of Blue Hill Bay
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We offer year-round lodging in our Cape House Suite and Studio. Photo courtesy of The WoodenBoat School The WoodenBoat School
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sing-along. All this from an idea hatched when two women borrowed Noel Paul Stookey’s RV for a road trip and ended up collecting music scores that they brought back– and then found they needed a home for. But music isn’t the only reason to come to Blue Hill: There’s a different kind of annual pilgrimage in the town of Brooklin as people come (and return, year after year) to The WoodenBoat School. It’s run by the same people who publish WoodenBoat Magazine and is a “summer camp for adults,” as Jim Miller, president and general manager, calls it. Seventy-five peopleindividuals, couples, and families-arrive every week to take classes in building a boat (either from scratch or via a kit), learn how to repair boats and restore canoes, and take sailing classes.
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“Extraordinary hospitality”
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Visitors to the Peninsula—people “from away” as the local vernacular would have it—will want to stay at the Blue Hill Inn, where fresh eggs from the innkeeper’s flock of chickens begin the day and wine and hors d’oeuvres draw it to a close. Innkeeper Sarah Pebworth is herself one of the best resources around, giving suggestions for everything from rainy-day activities to where to find the best lobster rolls. The inn is stunning and offers clapboards, nine-over-six windows, wide pumpkin-pine floorboards, and fireplaces.
Dan the ‘flower man’ – The Blue Hill Inn The Blue Hill Co-Op
Photo: Michael Rossney “First Place” 4-year old Jasper Rossney is the winner of the blue ribbon in the zucchini category at the 2013 Blue Hill Fair. His prize is $2!
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No visit to the Peninsula would be complete without lunch or at least a snack at the Blue Hill Co-op, a natural-food grocery store and café that’s community-owned and operated. It’s also the local gathering-place where information gets exchanged and relationships cemented. Or head over to Sargentville and try the locally sourced (and delicious!) organic offerings at the award-winning El El Frijoles restaurant, “in the middle of nowhere and the center of the universe,” as one reviewer would have it. Author E.B. White loved Brooklin (his descendants still live here and run the boatyard his son started) and the library holds his books and drawings on permanent display. bluehillpeninsula.org
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PADDLING THE PENOBSCOT FOR A CAUSE The Second Annual Lobster SUP CUP Paddleboard Race – Rockland/Camden August 8-10
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addleboarders-prepare for an event that tests your skills in a spectacular setting for a great cause, and you get to eat lobster. Living up to the tag line – Where the Mountains Meet the Sea, the land and sea adventures in the Rockland/Camden/ Rockport area are pretty much unlimited and provide the perfect backdrop to the Lobster SUP CUP, a paddleboard race supporting the Challenged Athletes Foundation’s® (CAF) Operation Rebound® program, the premier sports and fitness program for American military personnel, veterans and first responders with
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permanent physical disabilities. “Maine’s Penobscot Bay is considered one of the most beautiful paddleboard destinations in the United States, with virtually ideal summer conditions,” said Race Director Mark Benjamin. “Paddleboarding is the fastest-growing sport in the world with board sales and race attendance doubling every year. Yet veterans with injuries and other challenged athletes have barely tapped into paddleboarding’s outdoor challenges and surf-community camaraderie. The Lobster SUP CUP is the first competitive paddleboard event designed to bring injured veterans into this exciting sport.” Open to everyone, there are various categories, including one for newbies, along the challenging 26-mile course. Social events and paddleboard clinics are just a few of the events happening during the three-day event. lobstersupcup.com
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A special note on the barbecue happening at the end of the day at the VFW on 22 New South Road. The event is open to one and all for the grand total of $5, which may well be the best deal on Nantucket.
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ou’ve saved all year for your family vacation, or perhaps it’s your honeymoon, a friend’s getaway or a simple day trip (just 20 minutes from Hyannis on Nantucket Airlines.) Whatever brings you to what is known as the ‘Faraway Island,’ a few tips from long time local Mary Malavase. A former island innkeeper and now realtor, Ms. Malavase did not miss a beat with the question, “What is the first thing one should do on Nantucket?”
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“See Ric Burns’ film, Nantucket, playing at the Nantucket Whaling Museum,” says an emphatic Ms. Malavase. The film sets the stage from historic to the present.” Lavishly photographed, the fifty-one minute film, narrated by actor Robert Sean Leonard, is shown regularly at the Whaling Museum located just off the Main Street cobblestones, and includes commentary by best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick, (In the Heart of the Sea). “If you want to understand why the entire island of Nantucket is designated as a National Historic landmark, Burns’ film, shot exclusively for the Nantucket Historical Association should be your island introduction along with the amazing historical treasures found at the museum,” adds Ms. Malavase. For your island, ‘get away from it all moment’ – “That’s easy,” says Ms. Malavase. “Get yourself to Brant Point, take a seat and watch the show of boats in and out of the harbor. Since many of our visitors are land-locked, this is the perfect vantage point. Also free and available to all is a walk around town.”
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The flowers and window boxes are amazing right now, in full bloom with riot of color. There are plenty of Maine Street benches available for both scenery and people watching. Also downtown is the busy and brochure-heavy Nantucket Chamber of Commerce. Pop in and pick up this year’s guide which is quite a doozy, or, if you choose, the entire issue is online at nantucketchamber.org. Photo courtesy of the Nantucket Historical Association and the Nantucket Chamber of Commerce
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Breathe and Allow–Nantucket Yoga Festival
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n the not so distant past, ‘downward dog’ was reserved for fourlegged critters. Today, although folks may not be quite sure what it looks like, we all know it has something to do with the most popular fitness trend in America. “My husband and I have been practicing yoga for over two decades when it was not really something you talked about,” says Joann Burnham, of Dharma Yoga Nantucket and producer of this summer’s third annual Nantucket Yoga Festival. “Today the practice of yoga is everywhere as more and more people look for ways to stay fit and reduce stress both on and off the yoga mat. My hope is that by bringing together our amazing panel of instructors, the participants will be inspired to make positive changes in their life, in their community and ultimately, in the world,” added Burnham. For first timers or seasoned yoga pros, the upcoming festival offers a weekend of total immersion in a setting not usually associated with a yoga practice. “Bartlett’s Farm offers us the most magical location,” says Ms. Burnham. “The sides of the tent are open and you can see, hear and smell the ocean while surrounded by 100 acres of flowers and herbs.” Price vary for the festival, from a full weekend to a daylong pass, but one of the biggest bargains is the inclusive collaboration with Nantucket’s Robert B. Johnson Memorial Hostel. For $99 you have a spotless room in a gorgeous setting, a full breakfast each day, and of course, yoga. nantucketyogafestival.com
Festival Founder: Joann Burnham
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NANTUCKET FILM FESTIVAL – JUNE 25-30, 2014
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’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!” – Network, Paddy Chayefsky; “I’m Spartacus!”– Spartacus – Dalton Trumbo; “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.”– All about Eve – Joseph Mankiewicz; “I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on here”– Casablanca, Julius and Philip Epstein. For eighteen years the Nantucket Film Festival has paid homage to screenwriters and this year is no exception. Oscar and Emmy – winning screenwriter and playwright Aaron Sorkin is this year’s recipient. An Oscar win for The Social Network, Mr. Sorkin’s other film credits include The American President and Charlie Wilson’s War with a long list of TV credits including Emmy award winning, The West Wing. “Aaron Sorkin is one of the most unique storytellers in television writing,” says festival director Mystelle Brabbée. “His ability and mastery of quick-witted dialogue sets the pace for TV writing and his crossover to films is equally as celebrated. A lot of screenwriters wear both hats in TV and film and we are seeing it is happen more and more.” A movie lover’s dream, the festival showcases over 75 films along with the All-Star Comedy Roundtable hosted by Ben Stiller. nantucketfilmfestival.org
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Nantucket Comedy Festival – July 16th -19th, 2014
Cavett does Nixon.. Groucho, Joplin, Hepburn, Hendrix – a handful of legends who landed on the couch of one of television’s greatest treasures, host, writer and all-round raconteur Dick Cavett who is on the receiving end of the ‘Man from Nantucket’ Award from Dan Wolf, founder and CEO of Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines.
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e ask and they come,” says Nantucket Comedy Festival director Kevin Flynn who manages to gather comics, TV personalities and other show biz folks from across country. “No one gets paid but two major draws are the Stand Up & Learn program and, of course, the chance to be on the island of Nantucket with a bunch of their comic friends.”
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Stand Up & Learn is an educational program for kids and teens using the art of stand-up comedy to encourage confidence and comedic selfexpression through creative writing. “Teaching stand-up comedy gives these kids the learning skills that are a proven success in the classroom as well as for college and job interviews by encouraging confidence and comedic self-expression through creative writing,” says Stand up and Learn founder Kevin Flynn. Nantucket’s Stand Up & Learn Program is not only a success on the island but is now being implemented at the Gateway School in New York City, the Devereux Glenholme School in the town of Washington, Connecticut, and at the Cape Cod Conservatory. A good laugh for a great cause. nantucketcomedyfestival.org
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Right next door is the popular Children’s Beach, where you also find early morning yoga on the gazebo. It is not often that you can find special rates during the summer season but book five consecutive nights July 6-24 at the White Elephant and save 30 percent, with rates starting at $2,500. whiteelephanthotel.com
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ape ‘Air’ for a cause – hand blown glass bottles with all proceeds benefiting Massachusetts General Hospital Breast Cancer Research Center. “Our goal is to raise enough money that may eventually lead to a cure,” says Laurie Goddard of Sandwich, Massachusetts and a coordinator of the project. “I had the fight of my life and am now six years cancer free and this is a way for me to give back to the folks at Mass General who truly saved my life.” Cape ‘Air’ in a bottle is priced at $39 and every cent goes directly to the cause. mycapecodair.com
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ur sincere apologies to the great folks at the Nantucket Wine Festival. In the early spring issue of the Bird’s Eye View we misstated the location. The Gala and the Grand Tasting are happening at the glorious White Elephant. The Culinary Tent and Marketplace will be right nearby at Children’s Beach. For the facts check out nantucketwinefestival.com
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Bird’s Eye View of Nantucket by Meghan Pike from her Nantucket Airlines seat
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he contest rules were simple-send us a shot of a Cape Air destination for the Bird’s Eye View and if we print it, you win two roundtrip, Cape Air tickets, good for anywhere we fly. Inspired by the sunset on Nantucket’s Cisco Beach, Meghan Pike from Newport, Rhode Island sent in the winning photo taken from the window on her Nantucket Airlines flight. “There is something truly magical about the island – between the salt air, the endless waves and the kindness of the people. These are the types of things in my travels that I like to capture Photo contest winner Meghan Pike in my island photos. Nantucket isn’t just an amazing vacation destination, but a lifestyle. I always explain to friends that they need to visit Nantucket to experience it for themselves – although I selfishly want to help keep it a secret along with the locals.” Congratulations Meghan and thanks for sharing. We are also happy to plug your Nantucket inspired jewelry – Harrison+Pike. harrisonandpike.com Instagram your photos to birdseyeviewmagazine@gmail.com
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or 29 years The Taste of the Vineyard has heralded the arrival of spring. “Taste celebrates everything fun about the Vineyard-fabulous local foods, deliciously prepared, plus music, dancing and, most important, having fun with friends and family,” said Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Nancy Gardella. This is a perpetual sell out so if are reading this before the June 12th event, you have a mission. As soon as your Cape Air flight lands,
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reach out to one of the most important non-profits on the island, the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust. This hard working group owns and operates the island’s 18 historic properties including the beloved Flying Horse Carousel, the Old Whaling Church and the site of the Taste of the Vineyard, the Daniel Fisher House. Join and you get you first dibs on the event. Memberships start at $50. mvpreservation.org
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or the best lunch in town the advice is simple – look for the trucks. Builders, plumbers, electricians – when you spot the trucks parked outside a restaurant around the lunch hour, it is a pretty sure bet you have found good food at a good price. Our Linda Jean’s discovery will come as no surprise to Vineyard regulars and visitors who have enjoyed this landmark for the past three decades, but as a newbie to other newbies, let me proclaim Linda Jean’s has the best, best (needs two bests) fish sandwich ever. Maybe it’s the fact that the super fresh, perfectly flaky fish is served with the coleslaw atop the fish, between the buns, with some special magical sauce. For $10, it is a great buy at a friendly counter or a table with a view of Circuit Avenue happenings. Although the fries are also delish, for guiltfree pleasure, skip them and save room for the homemade pies. On the day I was there, it was Apple Crumb, Strawberry Rhubarb and Banana Cream. lindajeansrestaurant.com
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HARMONY AND UNDERSTANDING The Age of Aquarius is coming to the Martha’s Vineyard Museum
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he Freedom Riders, Mario Savio and the Free Speech Movement, Bob Dylan, Twiggy and the mop haired quartet that changed the face of popular music – the tumultuous sixties is the focus of a special exhibit, Sea Change: Martha’s Vineyard in the 1960s! at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum showcasing the so called ‘Me’ decade.
“We sent questionnaires to our members asking what they would like to see in the upcoming exhibits and requests for the Sixties kept coming up,” says Museum Director David Nathans. “We found a trove of 60s memorabilia in our archives. The exhibit will also focus on some of the defining events on the Vineyard – the ferry strike, the formation of Community Services, the
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MVY chapter of the NAACP, and the infamous event at the Dyke Bridge on Chappaquiddick. Land conservation and a heightened awareness to preserve what we have on the island also gained strength during this decade resulting in the protection of Felix Neck and Sherriff’s Meadows.”
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How many of us have one of these tucked in the back of the closet?
For those of us who actually remember and enjoyed the 60s, especially the latter part, the exhibit will also feature fashion, TV shows and of course the music. mvmuseum.org
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he closest hotel to the harbor in the center of Oak Bluffs is an affordable inn with a singular feature in their list of offerings: all of the malted milk balls you can eat. Welcome to the Dockside Inn. One of the First Family’s favorite vacation spots, Oak Bluffs is a charming, walk around village, and the Dockside provides a perfect vantage point. “This is my dream come true” says owner John Tierney, a fourth generation Vineyarder, “I have always been obsessed with being a concierge. I love helping folks plan and enjoy the best vacation ever. Our goal here is to create a place where our guests will feel like locals and to introduce them to all of the features that make our island so unique.” Certainly in the unique category is the inn’s solarium, open 7 am to 10 pm and offering complimentary coffee, juice, snacks, malted milk balls, a bubble gum machine, ice cream sandwiches, popcorn, a microwave; the list goes on and on. Mr. Tierney is also proud of his ultimate creation, the epitome of total customer service, Loomis, a virtual character at the other end of your phone that you can text anytime, day or night, with a question. “We get it all,” says Mr. Tierney. “What channel Dockside Inn, owner John Tiernan is Dr. Phil on? Where can I meet a girl or guy? I am looking for a fish taco, or I need fresh towels. Loomis is on it. Anything and everything, our guests have their own local guide in their pocket.” Spring rates at the 21-room hotel start at around $229 per night. Make sure to prepare a question or two for Loomis. vineyardinns.com
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oining the the First Family and other major luminiaries this summer is the only surviving wooden whaling ship in the world, the 113-foot Charles W. Morgan, making its way to Martha’s Vineyard in June. “This is mind boggling,” says Brock Callen, Director of Sail Martha’s Vineyard, who admits he does not have a lot of objectivity about this ship. “Built in 1841, she is the last sail-powered whaling vessel in the world and folks will have a chance to board her and enjoy a number of performance events, including the activation of an inflatable forty-six foot whale.” In
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partnership with the Mystic Seaport and the Martha’s Vineyard Museum, all of the events associated with the Morgan’s arrival in Tisbury’s harbor are free and open to everyone. Tentative arrival dates (remember, powered by sail and coming from Mystic, Connecticut), June 18 –20th. sailmv.com
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Photo courtesy of the Dolphin Fleet
Sand dunes give way to the chilly Atlantic, where right now you have a front row seat, make that a beach chair, to the passage of Humpback Whales and, if you are lucky, elusive Right Whales. For the next few months, Provincetown is packed with whale spotters taking advantage of one of the best free shows in town.
PROVINCETOWN
Like Nowhere Else
Photos: Chuck Anzalone
The summer crowds are still a couple of months away making this the perfect time to take advantage of the miles of bike trails and dozens of choices for nosh and libation. All of the shops and galleries are open and for die-hard bargain hunters, Provincetown can claim boasting rights to some of the best garage, yard and tag sales on Cape Cod. Kicking off the season is the Monumental Yard Sale Weekend (May 1618) when stores, galleries and private homes get ready for the new by slashing prices on the old. No “I missed it,” panic if you miss the official weekend, for there are sales aplenty happening every weekend thru Columbus Day.
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Shopping at Cape Art Tiles
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OH, GROW UP ! – JOAN RIVE R S Photo: Charles William Bush
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ape Cod should feel a seismic shift this summer when Joan Rivers takes over Provincetown’s historic Town Hall for a one night only performance on the 5th of July, creating an entirely new reason to celebrate America’s birthday,” says show impresario Shawn Nightingale. Joan Rivers is the ultimate disser, with no one immune from her well-aimed barbs, including herself. She has been making audiences laugh for forty-plus years. Her books are best sellers, her shows sell out and today she is even selling Dodge cars in some of the funniest commercials on television. Someone find out the vitamin regimen for the indomitable Joan Rivers. Her actual age belies the best face money can buy, yet her energy and creative output outpaces most twenty-yearolds. Bawdy would be a mild description of her stand-up and woe to the star who earns a thumbs down in her highly rated Fashion Police. Considering Provincetown’s legacy – ‘Like Nowhere Else’ – it is somewhat unbelievable that one of the more outrageous entertainers performing today has never performed in the Cape tip town, but coming she is, in what is sure to be a sellout. Tickets at Ptown2014.com
Hit show on WE TV – Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best?
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8DYER HOTEL DELIGHTS with the historic charm of Provincetown paired with contemporary elegance and an intimate atmosphere created in the spirit of luxury, service and comfort. A unique petit hotel featuring comfort at every turn, a pool and jacuzzi to soothe and refresh, gourmet breakfasts to indulge in, perfectly located to walk to all of the action in town and the ultimate retreat for rejuvenating your soul.
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B r o a d way AT THE ART HOUSE, PROVINCETOWN
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n June 28 and 29, The Broadway Channel’s Seth Rudetsky opens his summer Broadway series at Provincetown’s Art House with Tony Award winner Andrea Martin who just won her second statue for her role in the Broadway revival of Pippin. Ms. Martin is currently starring in a new television sitcom Working The Engels, now filming in Toronto. A member of the original cast of Godspell, Ms. Martin honed her comedic chops for five years in the legendary troupe, ‘Second City.’ This scribe had the opportunity to see her one woman show last summer and you will laugh yourself silly. In addition to all the dancing and singing she is Cirque du Soleil flexible. You will love this show. ptownarthouse.com In spite of her mega Broadway career the riotously funny Andrea Martin will stay with us forever for her performance as the as Aunt Voula in the blockbuster, My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Aunt Voula: What do you mean he don’t eat no meat? (The entire room falls silent) Aunt Voula: Oh, that’s okay. I make lamb.
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Aunt Voula: Now, you are family. Okay. All my life, I had a lump at the back of my neck, right here. Always, a lump. Then I started menopause and the lump got bigger from the “hormonees.” It started to grow. So I go to the doctor, and he did the bio... the b... the... the bios... the... b... the “bobopsy.” Inside the lump he found teeth and a spinal cord. Yes. Inside the lump was my twin.
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ALL YOU CAN MEAT! In the style of a Brazilian rodizio (barbeque), traditional gauchos (servers) roam from table-to-table, offering an exquisite selection of over a dozen finely seasoned meats cooked to perfection over natural wood. And the best part? It’s all you can eat! Don’t forget about our all-inclusive salad bar. And remember to save room for our homemade Brazilian desserts.
Brazilian Grill OPEN YEAR ROUND • LUNCH & DINNER
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YOU CAN GET THERE FROM HERE !
New York City and access onward to the national air transportation network is now an hour away from Hyannis, with JetBlue Airways’ new nonstop service between Barnstable Municipal Airport and New York–JFK Airport. jetblue.com
Kalmus Park Beach, Ocean Street, Hyannis
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JFK – HYANNIS DEPART JFK ARRIVE HYANNIS 11:59 am 1:05 pm HYANNIS – JFK DEPART HYANNIS ARRIVE JFK 1:45 pm 2:53 pm
NOTE: On June 26, 2014 only, the eastbound flight departs Hyannis at 3:05 pm.
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BLOCK ISLAND
Southeast Lighthouse
Photos: Joe Donlavey The Spring House Hotel
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new island has joined Cape Air’s route map, just in time for the kickoff to summer. Flights to the serenely beautiful Block Island begin Memorial Day weekend from T.F. Green Airport in Providence, Rhode Island and Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York. Located off of the coast of Rhode Island, The Nature Conservatory dubbed Block Island “One of the 12 Last Great Places in the Western Hemisphere,” and for those looking for a ‘stop the world’ kind of place, no further looking is necessary. Almost half of the 100-square-mile island is preserved as open conservation land with over 300 freshwater ponds, including natural springs. Add in 17 miles of beaches, all free and open to everyone. The only permit needed is if you decide to cozy up to a beach fire. Most of the year-round population and businesses are in about a ten-mile radius so no car is needed here. The most popular mode of getting around is on the miles and miles of bike trails. For places
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to stay we give a shout out to the newest member of the Bird’s Eye View family, the sumptuous Spring House Hotel. Rates at this waterfront jewel start at $125 in May and increase to $200 in June. Features include a wrap-around veranda overlooking the sea and the hotel’s popular tradition for guests and locals – Martini Night in the cozy Victoria’s Parlor. Farm to table dining and an amazing location make this the winner for your Block Island escape. springhousehotel.com For a full list of where to stay, meet another new member of the Bird’s Eye View family. blockislandbedandbreakfast.com As you make your Block Island plans, give a shout out to the friendly team at the Block Island Chamber of Commerce, for hiking and biking trail maps and a list of island happenings. This includes the sixth Annual Summer Taste of Block Island, May 30 – June 1. Kayaking, farm tours, wine and beer tastings, island tours and, what may a major reason to go, the chance to design your own ice cream sundae. Island shops and local restaurants offer a variety of discounts. blockislandchamber.com
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RHODE ISLAND Your vacation starts before you get there – Cape Air’s Kim Corkran does the honors for opening day at T.F. Green Airport.
BlockIslandBedAndBreakfast.com In 2012 and again in 2013, T.F. Green Airport was named one of America’s Best Airports by Travel and Leisure readers.
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ur island escape is minutes away from Providence, Rhode Island’s T.F. Green Airport. Seasonal service to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket resumes on June 20. Nonstop service to Cape Air’s newest island getaway, Block Island, Rhode Island begins on May 22, just in time for the summer season. Book now at capeair.com, or call 800-CAPEAIR. Remember, no charge ever to talk to ‘real live reservations agent.’
“At Green Airport, our focus is on the customer experience. We strive to make the journey to your destination as seamless as possible with convenient on-airport parking, MBTA train connections, a streamlined checkpoint and an easy to navigate terminal,” said Kelly Fredericks, President & CEO, Rhode Island Airport Corporation. 78
The Bellevue House
The The Bellevue House offers beautiful hilltop lodging and accommodations. Located just up High Street, you’ll find gracious hospitality, superior service, and comfort in a meadow-like setting that recalls Block Island’s farming tradition. Our charming Bed and Breakfast is the perfect choice for romantic getaways, girls’ weekends, and more!
We offer a large selection of bed and breakfasts, rental homes and apartments, all located in the historic distric of Block Island. only a 5 MINUTE WALK to TOWN and the BEACH!
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THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING Photo courtesy of the Boston Public Library Boston’s Faneuil Hall circa 1906 with the first open air pushcart market in the country. Today there some 43 pushcart vendors showcasing their wares.
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oston’s Faneuil Hall Marketplace – When he gifted the building to the city in the 1800s, Peter Faneuil attached one stipulation; the site must remain a public market and meeting space for local colonials. In short order the top floors became the ‘Cradle of Liberty,’ a legacy continuing today with
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political meetings and swearingin ceremonies. As for the public market, what is now called Quincy Market is a top spot in Boston for locals and visitors, featuring restaurants, watering holes, attractions and, ‘shop till you drop’ retailers. Located in the heart of the city and a quick subway ride from Cape Air’s Terminal C at Logan Airport, the Marketplace has held fast to the original architecture and it is not hard to imagine market life in the 1800’s when immigrantsmy grandfather, a recent arrival from Sicily among them-traded vegetables, fruit, fish, bread and other table staples of the day. Do not miss the historic photo gallery in the main rotunda for a fascinating look at Boston then and now. This is a great family getaway for a full day trip or a quick visit between flights. Check out faneuilhallmarketplace.com for the live entertainment schedule and list of current happenings.
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seasonal and local dining | lively pub | beautifully renovated guest rooms
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2014 BOSTON PRIDE WEEK: JUNE 6–15
Be Yourself, Change the World Photos: Marilyn Humphries
“Boston Pride is about everyone being themselves, freely and openly, in a safe environment,” said Sylvain Bruni, President of Boston Pride. “We accept everyone for who they are and believe each of us can change the world by bringing visibility and awareness to the LGBT community.” bostonpride.org
“Everyone has the potential to be beautiful with the right cut and color.” Photo: Melissa Mahoney
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he Bird’s Eye View is thrilled to welcome to its pages the perpetually tanned, preeminent hairstylist in the city of Boston, Mario Russo. Since he opened his salon in 1990 on Boston’s chichi Newbury Street, Mr. Russo has styled, cut and colored some of the most famous heads in the city, not to mention the glitterati of the entertainment world. Nigh impossible to get an appointment with the master himself, his salon boasts some of best hair stylists in the country with a new location on the, convenient to the airport, Fan Pier. The Boston Herald’s Inside Track columnist Gayle Fee calls Mario one of the more generous people in Boston. “I always see him at charity fashion shows donating his considerable talent to the cause and he is usually one of the top prizes. Any woman would love to have Mario Russo do her hair.” We are thrilled to have him in the magazine!
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Photo by Ryan Doherty, Cape Air ground crew
NEW THIS SPRING –
Cape Air and JetBlue now the sole occupants of Logan Airport’s Terminal C
United Airlines is now in Terminal B. All passengers transferring to United from Cape Air will need to exit security and take the 10 minute walk or go downstairs, and await Massport bus #11 to Terminal B (stop #2). Try and opt for the former. It is healthier and the bus can take as long as fifteen minutes.
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On the set of Gone Girl with Ben Affleck, David Clennon and actress Lisa Banes at the Old Common Pleas Courthouse Gazebo overlooking the Mississippi River and Cape Girardeau’s historic downtown.
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f you have not yet connected with Gillian Flynn’s runaway best seller, Gone Girl, I will only say, read it. It is the ultimate whodunit page-turner. Playing a large part in the book is Cape Air’s Midwest hub city of St. Louis and our other ‘Cape’ destination, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The latter recently played host to the Hollywood gang for the shooting of the Gone Girl film, starring Boston’s Ben Affleck. In addition to the economic boost the cast and crew gave to the city, Chamber of Commerce CEO John Mehner says many of Cape Girardeau’s citizens were called before the cameras – including him. “I was in a search party scene and I’m not sure I will make it past the editing, but it was a lot of fun. The book’s popularity and the fact
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Photo courtesy of Aaron Palmer On the set of Gone Girl with Ben Affleck in Cape Girardeau’s historic downtown.
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that the author came from this area had Cape Girardeau buzzing with excitement, but remember, we are Midwesterners, without a lot of high highs or low lows, so we took it all in stride. All of the folks associated with the movie were extraordinary to work with and the Cape is a genuine community with some of the friendliest people you could ever hope to meet.” Expectations for the film are high and Mr. Mehner and the Chamber are anticipating a boost in visitors. “We are in discussions with other cities that served as movie locations and making preliminary plans for tours of the movie sites. We have the perfect blend of past and present with many of our downtown buildings dating back to the 1800’s, but we also have enough events to keep our visitors entertained.” visitcape.com
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ORFORD, NH Historic home. Gorgeous moldings, beautiful floors, 9 fireplaces. Elegant center staircase. 6 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, high ceilings, large barn, 9 acres. $975,000
LYME, NH Expanded cape with 4 bedrooms, 4 baths on 6+/- acres. Cathedral ceiling and fireplace in living room, hardwood floors, south facing patio. Move right in condition. $745,000
The fine art SHARON, VT Distant southerly views and 123+/-acres of land. Super light house with first floor master. Studio space. Screen porch. Fabulous perennials. $499,000
THETFORD, VT Updated historic home. Spacious, full of light, great location. Views! 10 minute drive to Hanover. Walk to school. 3300 sq feet, 3 bedroom, 2.5 baths. $649,000
LYME, NH Elegant Greek revival cape on 16.42+/- gorgeous acres. 12 rooms, 5 stall barn, run-in shed, 13' deep pristine pond. A beautiful sanctuary! $1,895,000
LYME, NH Contemporary home on quiet country lane has 6 bedrooms, 5 baths. Large gourmet kitchen, beautiful light, radiant heat, tons of storage. $645,000
of finding a home On The Green Lyme, NH 03768 603-795-4816 •
LYME, NH Architect designed 3 bedroom, 3 bath home on 5+/-ac with views, complete privacy, pond. Separate office/studio above garage. $825,000
Allen Street Hanover, NH 03755 603-643-4200 •
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HANOVER, NH A quality home built with great care. Custom trim, oversized windows, high end systems, radiant heat, heated garage. 3 br, 3.5 baths. Walk to the AT. $929,000
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A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
“Daybreak”– Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966)
Courtesy of the National Museum of American Illustration™ – Newport RI, Photo courtesy Archives of the American Illustrators Gallery™ – NYC
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Sunday afternoon concerts at Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site Cornish N.H.
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magine the scene-a warm summer evening and an extravagant party on a sumptuous estate. Many of the guests are dressed in lavish Greek outfits for the evening’s highlight, an original musical, Masque of the Golden Bowl. There’s dinner and dancing and even a few chariot rides down the lawn. The year is 1905, and you are partying with the most prominent artists of the time. Fast forward to 2014 and visit that same estate and, just maybe, hear the echoes of that wild party. A short drive from your Cape Air arrival into Lebanon Airport is the quiet little New Hampshire town of Cornish, known primarily as the home of reclusive author J.D. Salinger; but there was a time when the great and the glorious of the Gilded Age flocked here to cluster around the estate of sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, forming the Cornish Artists’ Colony, the oldest art colony in America.
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Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
Between 1895 and 1925 Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald, Ethel Barrymore, Maxwell Perkins, Maxfield and Stephen Parrish, Frederic Remington, Isadora Duncan and many others lived, played, and created here for a few halcyon years. At the center of it all was Augustus Saint-Gaudens, commissioned to do a statue of Abraham Lincoln, and, told that there were Lincoln-like men in New Hampshire, he stayed on in a beautiful home he named Aspet where he built gardens, hedges, a swimming pool, bowling green, and nine-hole golf course. Your visit to the Lebanon area today should begin with the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site. ‘This is one of only two national park sites dedicated to artists,” says Greg Schwartz, chief of interpretation and visitor services. Although Saint-Gaudens is best known for his heroic-size monuments – on the Boston
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The Shaw Memorial is considered Saint-Gaudens’ masterpiece. The final version completed in 1900, is slightly different than the one on Boston Common (1897).
Common, in Central Park and in New York City – he also designed the famous $20 double-eagle gold coin. On Sunday afternoons there’s a summer concert series on the property. Other members of the Colony were famous – or infamous – for more than just art. Saint-Gaudens’ close friend, architect Stanford White, who designed Madison Square Garden, was a frequent visitor. White’s murder and the subsequent trial of the century, involved “wealth, degeneracy, rich old wasters, delectable young chorus girls and
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Isadora Duncan, “Dionysian” – Photo: Raymond Duncan, 1902
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The Song Garden Flower Farm, Cornish, NH
Photo: Lynn Bohannon
adolescent artists’ models; the abnormal pastimes and weird orgies of overly aesthetic artists and jaded debauchees,” as reported in 1907. Hollywood recreated the trial in the film The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing and starring as White’s mistress, a young ingénue who went on to TV fame, actress Joan Collins. Another prominent Colony fixture, Maxfield Parrish, lived and worked near Saint-Gaudens at an estate in Plainfield called The Oaks. He and his father Stephen both wined and dined Ethel Barrymore, who was renting a house nearby. Parrish was known for a breakaway painting system; he was also known for installing his model and mistress Sue Lewin in an apartment over his studio while living with his wife and children in the main house. You can visit the Cornish Historical Society Museum to learn more about the antics and passions of Colony members. And it’s not just the past that will keep you entertained here. Cross the wooden covered bridge – until recently the longest one in the United States – into Windsor, and spend some time on the Vermont side of the river, touring the Harpoon Brewery (and sampling its beers!), and checking out the Simon Pearce Glass and Pottery workshop where you can watch teams of glassblowers and potters. Before you head back to the airport, pull over to the side of the road in Cornish or Plainfield, and just listen. Isadora Duncan, a free spirit who danced for the Colony in Maxfield Parrish’s music room, wrote, “You were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you.” The memory of that wildness still echoes along the banks of the Connecticut River.
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MANCHESTER DESIGNER OUTLETS A LWAYS A B A R G A I N
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at! There are starving kids in Africa. If you keep making that face, it will stay that way.” Both are universal ‘Momisms,’ but the one remaining firmly cemented with me today is, “Never, ever buy retail.” For my mother and others like her on an endless quest for the holy Lana Hauben – VP Marketing, Manchester Designer Outlets bargain, your nirvana is minutes away from Boston’s Logan Airport, nestled, literally, in a picturesque mountain valley. You would be hard put to find a more incongruous location – dozens and dozens of outlets, alongside the longest marble sidewalk in the country. You seldom find Armani and discount outlet in the same sentence but he is at the Manchester Designer Outlets in Manchester, Vermont, along with Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade, Michael Kors and Lily Pulitzer, with discounts as deep as 70 percent. “You often see shopping malls in an artificial setting they call a village, but Manchester is a village,” says spokesperson Lana Hauben. “Hildene – the home built by President Lincoln’s son, the historic Equinox Resort and Bromley Mountain are all outside our door. This world-class shopping outlet was built to accommodate people who have been enjoying what Manchester has to offer since the late 1800s. I am from Brooklyn and grew up in a time when shopping was social, which is something you never get when you buy online. Here at the outlets you have camaraderie, personal assistance and the chance to try something on and ask total stranger, ‘What do you think?’ That’s what makes shopping fun!” manchesterdesigneroutlets.com In addition to the adventure of finding designer bargains, there is a lot to do outside the stores, and for that give a shout out to the friendly folks at the Manchester and the Mountains Chamber of Commerce. visitmanchestervt.com
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Hildene – home of Robert Todd Lincoln (son of Abraham and Mary Todd) – Manchester, Vermont
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Around the Corner & Around the World
Bridgewater • High View Cottage, an exquisite, beautifully appointed home, is sited on 23 acres offering heavenly views. Open floor plan, master suite, separate apartment, swimming pond, stone walls. $1,799,000
West Windsor • “Breeze Hill” Total privacy & subdued luxury. AIA Award winning 4700 sq. ft. residence. 113 acres. Expansive common rooms & secluded personal spaces. 360 views. Near Woodstock, Dartmouth & Okemo Ski area. $1,750,000
West Windsor • A Post & Beam frame and architectural elements from the original 18th Century Corliss Farmstead. Panoramic views over fields & spring-fed pond to Mt. Ascutney & CT River Valley beyond. Attached guest apartment. $859,000
Willamson-Group.com • 802.457.2000 Successfully Selling Real Estate For Over 35 Years 24 Elm • Woodstock VT • Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated
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Photos courtesy of VisitAdirondacks.com
THE ADIRONDACKS
Six Million Acres –
The Forever Wild Park
Photo courtesy of the Adirondack Mountain Club
go and what to do can be overwhelming so start with visitadirondacks.com and check out the lodging options at adk.org.
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simple lakeside lean-to, a campsite with fire pit or Camp Peggy O’Brien, a back – country cabin that sleeps twelve; these are just a few of the accommodations from the Adirondack Mountain Club. The largest park in the lower forty-eight states features millions of acres of protected land offering endless miles of recreational choices including fishing, boating, white water rafting and the largest collection of hiking trails in the country. Board a Cape Air flight at Boston’s Logan Airport and in short order find yourself in the heart of the Adirondacks in historic Saranac Lake. With so much open space, where to
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The perfect spot for every vacation!
Conde Nast Gold List 2014 #1 Resort and #1 Ski Hotel in the Northeast Two years in a row Heated indoor and outdoor pools • State of the art fitness center Live music on Friday nights • S’mores on Saturday nights • Tennis Court Afternoon tea with homemade cookies • Scavenger Hunt - just for the kids Private sandy beach• Complimentary boats (weather dependent)
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eward, pamper and indulge – find all three in the luxurious Mirror Lake Inn in the heart of Lake Placid, minutes from the U.S. Olympic Village. The amenities are all that you can imagine and when it comes to service they listen and it shows. “We live by comment cards,” says Mirror’s Lake’s Cathie Conway. “We read every suggestion from our guests and you can see that reflected in the recent total renovation of our forty-eight rooms. We enlarged the rooms, added a lot more light with floor to ceiling windows and we redesigned a number of our lakeside balconies.”
Romance, time with friends or a family getaway, Mirror Lake has enough going on to keep everyone as busy as they want to be or not, for there are plenty of cozy nooks for a curl-up. Then there is the food – The View restaurant is the only FourDiamond restaurant in the Lake Placid area and you can work off the delicious calories at the full-service spa, which includes yoga as well as a ‘men only’ salon. Prices start around $259 per night for spring and increase to $429 in the high season. For total indulgence, check out mirrorlakeinn.com.
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Happy Hour entertainment with Ruben Chinnery at the Bananakeet Café, Tortola
Bomba’s Surfside Shack, Apple Bay, Tortola
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lend together: One part college coed, one part soccer mom, one part retiree, one part world sailor. Mix with rum, serve over ice. Stir in live entertainment and fantastic people watching to this magical backdrop and you have the recipe for the fun, funky, diverse, and utterly unforgettable scene that is Virgin Islands’ nightlife. With people of all ages from all corners of the globe, there is a rotating door of interesting characters,
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ranging from the guy next door to internationally renowned celebrities. Whether you want to unwind quietly or dance the night away to reggae, Virgin Islands’ nightlife has something for everyone. We start in Apple Bay, Tortola for the infamous full moon party at Bomba’s Surfside Shack. It’s quite literally a shack, comprised of brightly painted old boards and pieces of tin haphazardly nailed together over a sand floor on the water’s edge. Bomba reigns as the carnal king each time the full moon casts a magical glow over the Virgin Islands, as he serve hordes of tourists and locals alike his tried-and-true cocktail of drinks, live music and –ahem— mushroom tea. If bacchanal behavior is your thing, then this is the place to be. For a slightly different full moon experience, Trellis Bay, Tortola offers a family-friendly party in an openair, beachfront setting.
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Dancing in the Sand: The Virgin Islands’ Nightlife
Quito’s, Cane Bay, Tortola
Foxy’s, Jost Van Dyke
Myett’s, Tortola
The Banakeet Café, perched high on Windy Hill overlooks Carrot Bay for amazing views and complimentary ‘sundowner shots’. Performing at the Banakeet is the incredible music of Ruben Chinnery, a local musician with a hauntingly beautiful voice and a knack for covering the best calypso songs on his 12-string acoustic guitar. (Ok, so I cheated, there is no sand here, but thought this spot was mention-worthy). Just down the road, the beachside community of Cane Garden Bay hosts an annual music festival with international artists, but also puts on a great show nearly every weekend. Couples and singles, old, young and everywhere in between pack the dance floor at Quito’s, particularly on Friday and Saturday nights when the bar and restaurant’s owner, Quito Rymer performs with his band, The Edge. On the opposite side of the bay, Myett’s affable owners Val & Kareem are music aficionados who regularly host an eclectic mix of local, regional and international acts. Just across the water, little 4 square mile Jost Van Dyke is home to just 300 residents and about 20 small beach bars and restaurants. In
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1968, islander “Foxy” Callwood opened up a tiny beach bar to welcome sailors ashore with cocktails. In the 40+ years since his humble beginnings, Foxy’s has erupted into one of the most famous bars in the world and the entire island is known as THE spot to ‘lime’ (a Caribbean expression for relaxing, hanging out or partying). Foxy hosted what was heralded as one of the three largest New Year’s Eve parties in the world for the millennium and every December 31st the entire island swells with thousands of visitors. But on any given day, the dance floor and surrounding beach at Foxy’s are filled and partygoers enjoy live local reggae on the weekends.
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Discover Time
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Skipping across the border to the U.S. Virgin Islands, St. Thomas and St. John also share in the extraordinary tradition of the unique Virgin Islands’ bar and entertainment scene. The Beach Bar, close to the Ferry Dock in Cruz Bay, St. John offers some great live music ranging from mellow jazz to more lively rock bands, while Iggie’s Beach Bar in St. Thomas offers great live music, including a weekly Carnival night complete with fire-walking, mocko jumbies and yes-you guessed it-dancing in the sand to live music. Without a doubt, the Virgin Islands offers one of the most interesting and eclectic night-life scenes found anywhere in the world. So go on and kick off your shoes and sink your toes in the sand.
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ROMANOFF ~ Assorted fresh berries & tropical fruit marinated in grand Marnier with cinnamon sugar, and clove chips, fresh whipped cream, cardamom port sauce and a candied wild hibiscus flower Ocean 362 – Chef Ramesh Pillai
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lackbar soldierfish, mahogany snapper, queen and gray angels, hinds, sergeants, fairy basslets and chromis-yes, we looked all of them up-and these colorful denizens of the sea await you in the crystal waters of St. Croix, a veritable diver’s paradise with a number of choice sites. The North Shore’s Cane Bay offers easy access to the famed vertical drop, The Wall, teaming with underwater action while sea horses are spotted regularly at the Frederiksted Pier, where you can don a mask, walk in the water and enjoy the show around the pier pilings. Price wise, there is no better time to plan a St. Croix vacation – think off-season rates. There are lodging specials everywhere offering free nights and reduced rates. Start planning with visitusvi.com.
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By Kelly Thompson Reprinted from Vieques Events ofongo. The word rolls off the tongue, but when you taste it you will relish every savory syllable. Not only a terrific word, mofongo is Puerto Rico’s unofficial national dish and you could literally mofongo-hop your way around Vieques. But the absolute first place to stop is the restaurant at the Blue Horizon Boutique Resort, the Carambola. Local chef Bayrex Silva creates a mofongo unlike any other. In a traditional sense, mofongo is made of fried green plantains mashed with garlic and chicharrones (deep-fried pork skin), and served with a buttery-garlic or a Creole sauce and topped with fresh Caribbean lobster, churrasco, shrimp, chicken, seafood and vegetables, in your choice of Criolla Sauce or white wine garlic sauce. Chef Bayrex has perfected not only his recipe, but the presentation as well. His mofongo are served in hand carved Mahogany pilóns created by local Viequense artisan Daniel Silva, who just happens to be chef Bayrex’s father. This is the true food is art experience. Treat yourself.
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THE ART OF THE GETAWAY Welcome to the new Caribbean.
ABU DHABI • ANGUILLA • BEVERLY HILLS • BODRUM • DUBAI • ISTANBUL • MALDIVES • MIAMI • NEW YORK PALM SPRINGS • RIVIERA MAYA • SANTA MONICA • SNOWMASS • ST. LUCIA • ZIHUATANEJO RESORT RESERVATIONS 800 578 0283 INTERNATIONAL 264 497 7000 OR CALL YOUR TRAVEL PROFESSIONAL OWN A RESORT RESIDENCE 800 357 1930 INTERNATIONAL 264 497 0757 viceroyhotelsandresorts.com/anguilla facebook.com/viceroyanguilla twitter.com/viceroyai This is not an offering in any state where prohibited by law, including, but not limited to New York and New Jersey. WARNING: THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE HAS NOT EXAMINED THIS OFFERING, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE CONDITION OF TITLE, THE STATUS OF BLANKET LIENS ON THE PROJECT (IF ANY), ARRANGEMENTS TO ASSURE PROJECT COMPLETION, ESCROW PRACTICES, CONTROL OVER PROJECT MANAGEMENT, RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES (IF ANY), TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND PRICE OF THE OFFER, CONTROL OVER ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS (IF ANY), OR THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER, SERVICES, UTILITIES, OR IMPROVEMENTS. IT MAY BE ADVISABLE FOR YOU TO CONSULT AN ATTORNEY OR OTHER KNOWLEDGEABLE PROFESSIONAL WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH REAL ESTATE AND DEVELOPMENT LAW IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THIS SUBDIVISION IS SITUATED.
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or Caribbean lovers, anytime is a great time for a tropical escape. But over the next few months the exquisite, laidback paradise of Anguilla is a great choice thanks to their summer special called Summer Prix Fixe & Beyond, offering threecourse menus at the island’s finest restaurants, and mega-savings at select resorts, hotels and villas. A shout out for Bird’s Eye View favorite, the Carimar Beach Club – stay a week and pay for five nights for $2,259 and that includes four dinners, four lunches and a two-day car rental. This is one sweet deal and just one of dozens of specials happening right now and continuing thru summer. ‘I write to breathe life back into memory’– Bernice L. McFadden – Gathering of Waters A celebration of authors and the literary heritage of Anguilla is the focus of the Anguilla Lit Fest happening May 22–25. Along with celebrated author Bernice L. McFadden, the conference features Edward Lewis, co-founder of Essence magazine, and author/coach Richard Williams, father of tennis champs Venus and Serena.
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M E E T O U R A D V E R T I S E R S: Remember the ‘Good Housekeeping Seal of approval?’ Our advertisers have the Bird’s Eye View seal of approval and we are a fussy bunch.
We thank all of them for making this issue possible and urge all of you to shop, eat, sleep and play at their businesses. Happy Spring to One and All! MAINE
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Bagaduce Music Lending Library.....................................30
Morning Glory Bakery..............14
The Bayview Hotel.....................14
Oli’s Trolley...................................7
The Birches B&B/Cottages........25
Moorings Inn...............................25
Blue Hill Co-op...........................30
Owls Head Transportation Museum...................................39
The Blue Hill Inn........................33
Point Lookout..............................38
Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber...30
Red Sky Restaurant....................23
The Bluenose Hotel....................18
Rheal Day Spa.............................39
The Brooklin Inn.........................35
Richard Parks Furniture............18
The Chart Room .........................14
Salt Meadow Properties............28
The Country Inn.........................38
Seafood Ketch..............................15
Coastal Builders & Sons ...........10
Seal Cove Auto Museum...........19
The Colony..................................15
Star Gallery..................................26
Courthouse Gallery......................7
Tea House 278.............................18
Downeast Maine Vacation Rentals......................................31
Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound...18
Fathom Restaurant ....................10
WoodenBoat................................35
Fiore Olive Oils & Vinegars......14 Grand Harbor Inn/ Lord Camden Inn...................39 Great Maine Breakfast...............19 Havana Restaurant.....................19 Jackson Laboratory.....................18 Kimball Shop & Boutique.........27 Lindenwood Inn.........................23 Lisa Hall Jewelry.........................27 The Lookout Inn.........................35 Maine Environmental Research Institute....................................30
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NANTUCKET Beacon Real Estate...........................2 Barrett’s Tours................................49 Brass Lantern Inn...........................49 Capt. Tom’s Charters....................49 Easy Street Cantina.......................51 Faregrounds & Pudley’s Pub...57 Geronimo’s of Nantucket..........51 Housefitters Nantucket..............124 J. Pepper Frazier Company.......55 Johnsons Cashmere.......................47 Island Company................... 58-59
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Maury People Sotheby’s Realty.......................................40
All Cape Cook’s Supplies............75
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Michael Kane Lightship Baskets.........................................51
Brazilian Grill.................................75
Calypso Realty..........................107
Centerville Pie Co..........................75
Dohm’s Water Taxi...................104
Yellow Umbrella Books................75
Emerald Beach Resort..............107
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Inter Island Boat Services, Inc...104
Nantucket Coffee Roasters..........51 Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum......................................56
Block Island Accommodations...78
Island Getaways Villas............104 Miller Manor Guest House.....106
Nantucket Pearl Company..........56
Spring House Hotel......................79
NantucketStock.com.....................56
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Nantucket Windmill Auto Rental...........................................57
Salon Mario Russo.........................81
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The 1803 Winsor House Inn........81
Sirenusa Real Estate.................106
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Nobby Clothes Shop..................57 Serenella.......................................47 Shepherd Real Estate....................56 Val Maitino Antiques.................57 Windwalker Real Estate............43
MARTHA’S VINEYARD Claudia.........................................60 Clarion Inn...................................62 Eisenhauer Gallery.......................3 The Fallon of Edgartown...........60 Harbor View Hotel.....................63 The Harborside Inn....................60 Island Company................... 58-59 Kitchen Porch..............................63 Martha’s Vineyard Buyer Agents...........................62 Martha’s Vineyard Museum.....63 Suzanne Lanzone & Daughters Real Estate...............................60
PROVINCETOWN 8 Dyer Hotel....................................73 Anchor Inn Beach House.............73 Bayside Betsy’s...............................68 Bubula’s by the Bay.......................73 Local 186..........................................73 Provincetown Chamber of Commerce..................................68 Provincetown Tourism Board....68 The Red Inn.................................68
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Martha Diebold Real Estate......87 Yankee Barn Homes...................89
VERMONT Norwich Wines & Spirits.............92 Robert Wallace Real Estate..........91 Sugar & Spice.................................91 Vermont Horse County R.E......92 Williamson Group Sotheby’s Realty.....................92
NEW YORK Adirondack Outfitters...............94 Guide Boat Realty.......................96
Virgin Islands EcoTours..........104
The Buccaneer...........................110 Palms at Pelican Cove.................110 Tamarind Reef Resort & Spa.....111 VIEQUES Black Beard Sports....................112 Maritza’s Car Rental.................112 Vieques Flowers & Gifts..........113 W Vieques Island Retreat & Spa......................................112
ANGUILLA Bird of Paradise Villa.................15
Mirror Lake Inn Resort & Spa....95
Carimar Beach Club.................117
CARIBBEAN: THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
Viceroy Anguilla.......................116
British Virgin Islands Tourism..................................101
Wendell Connor’s Car Rentals............................117
Cane Garden Bay Surfboards...98 Charterport Yachts.....................98 Conch Charters Ltd..................103 Fischer’s Cove Hotel/ Restaurant................................103 Fort Burt Hotel/Marina..............98 Heritage Inn/ Bananakeet Café.....................102 Sol Y Sombra Villa....................102 Speedy’s Ferry...........................102 Surfsong Resort.........................103
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savings would be approximately 75,000 kilowatt hours per year. This saves on electric bills and collectively reduces fuel consumption to generate electricity by the equivalent of 123 barrels of crude oil per year. A second item in the package addresses the need to reduce the immense volume of plastic bottles we generate. The bottled water industry produces some 29 billion bottles annually, most of which end up in landfills. Using a Cape Air reusable water bottle eliminates the need for energy consumption in the manufacture and transport of bottled water, reduces waste, and can save money. Even the packaging for the gift packs—an attractive reusable shopping bag—can have an impact. The average American household uses 1,500 ape Air was born on the delicate sandy peninsula of Cape plastic shopping bags per year. Cod 25 years ago, starting with one local route and fewer than Production of 100 billion plastic 10 employees. Since that time we have spread our wings to shopping bags produced and become the largest independent regional airline in the United used in the United States each States, with operations centers ranging from Maine to Montana and year takes the equivalent of the Caribbean to Micronesia. Along with that growth has come an twelve million barrels of crude increasing awareness of how fragile the earth is, and the importance of oil. If Cape Air employees can protecting the environment. We have found that there are things that use reusable bags and each avoid we can do as a company, and in our individual lives, that can make a 1,000 plastic bags per year, the difference. savings would be more than 120 In that spirit we have delivered unique birthday gift packages to each barrels of crude oil. A fuel-efficient Cessna 402 proclaims our commitment to sustainability. of our 1,000 employees. The “Sustainable” gift package contains items We invite you, our customers, to help employees save money and reduce personal “carbon footprints.” to think 2about the simple gifts RENEWING 012 EPA Using these items, each of our employees can adopt practices in we can each give to help change everyday life to help preserve the health of the REDUCING planet for generations to the world. A fuel-efficient Cessna 402 proclaims our commitment to sustainability. come. The gifts include a “soft white” light-emitting diode (LED) light 12 EPA RENEWING PARTNERING 20 bulb that uses only 10 to 15 percent of the electricity that standard incandescent bulbs use and provides the same quality of lighting. The CONSERVING REDUCING ta LED bulbs also last 30 times longer. If every Cape Air employee used Committed to Sustainability. l M e ri t A w the LED bulb in place of an incandescent bulb the cumulative electricity SUSTAINING We support it at work and at home through recycling, waste reduction, sustainable Sure, airlines consume we’re product sourcing, and various green initiatives designed to excitefuel. and But inspire our committed to reducing the burn—both in the skies and on the ground. Combined new technology and flight procedures equally committed employees.
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We fly to some beautiful places and want to help keep them that way. To “green” our planet and have a good time doing it. That’s our commitment. Creative partnershipsBecause are partweofrecognize what make our approach to sustainability unique. that our own ability to thrive hinges on the health of our natural environment.
We work with airports, communities, and our employees on a wide range of local goals, from Farm to School agriculture programs to electric vehicle initiatives.
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