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by Luke’s mother, Vanity Fair special correspondent Maureen Orth, who explores the life and times of Phil Grant, one of the last living links to Nantucket’s whaling past.

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This issue of N Magazine also features an exclusive profile of Dennis Koslowski, the former Tyco CEO who has served his time and will be sharing his story at the Nantucket Project in September. The story raises the question as to whether the punishment fit the crime, and whether time has shed a new light on Mr. Koslowski’s plight.

In another feature in this month’s issue, we interviewed filmmaker Rory Kennedy as she brought her latest documentary “The Last Days in Vietnam” to this year’s Nantucket Film Festival, ultimately winning the NFF Audience Choice award. The youngest daughter of Robert Kennedy, Rory’s film is simply gripping and provides new

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and positive insight on part of the war, which had such a painful effect on our collective psyche.

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Lenzner’s world is fascinating as he shares with us inside stories from his career.

This issue of N Magazine is our largest to date, and we thank all of you for continuing to help us thrive as we provide insights into the remarkable people who make up this island. We hope you’re able to soak in what Nantucket has to offer in this exceptionally active month.

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Take a load off in one of Stephen Swift’s beautiful handcrafted chairs.

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Drink up the next generation of sparkling sodas that are bubbling to the surface on Nantucket.

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News, tidbits and gossip from around the island.

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The island’s newest steakhouse, Nantucket Prime, has teamed up with Hostetler Gallery to create a dining experience that’s a true work of art.

NSPIRE 58 GOODWILL HUNTER

Lifelong summer resident Hunter Ziesing is on a mission to connect nonprofits with donors around the world.

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Documentarian Rory Kennedy revealed untold stories of heroism in Vietnam at this year’s Nantucket Film Festival.

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Pull on your knee socks for a crash course in the latest fitness craze sweeping the island, Crossfit Nantucket.

In a summer home overlooking the harbor, we find the most feared private investigator in American history.

After spending eight years in prison, Dennis Kozlowski is slated to return to the island this September for the Nantucket Project.

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NBC congressional correspondent Luke Russert emerges from the shadows of his parents to become a newsman in his own right.

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The Nantucket Historical Association dug through its deep image archives to give us some snapshots from Race Weeks past.

Nantucket blACKbook’s Holly Finigan matches the best events with the hottest looks this August.

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NDESIGN 118 REBIRTH OF AN ICON After a painstaking restoration, the old Nesbitt Inn reopened its doors on Broad Street.

NDEPTH 128 LAST LIVING LINK

Vanity Fair special correspondent Maureen Orth explores the life and times of fifth-generation Nantucketer Phil Grant.

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Billionaire fashion designer Michael Kors will be on island this month for High Fashion on Low Beach.

NDESIGN 143 TOY STORY

Proof that there is no better place to be a kid than on Nantucket.

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S MAUREEN ORTH Longtime summer resident Maureen orth is an award-winning journalist, a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, and the founder of the Marina orth Foundation, which promotes advanced learning in technology and english for over 3,200 students. over the course of her career, orth has penned some of the biggest stories on modern record, most recently profiling Mia Farrow in a hard-hitting piece for Vanity Fair. For this issue of N Magazine, orth explored the life and times of islander, Phil Grant, one of the last links to nantucket’s whaling past.

JEN SHALLEY A Virginia native, Jen Shalley has been an island resident for six years. With a background in corporate finance, Shalley is a sales broker and the director of research for Windwalker Real estate. She is the author of the firm’s monthly market reports and the annual nantucket Real estate Review. outside of real estate, Shalley is an avid athletic participant in the island’s various sporting events and fitness classes and is a cycling instructor for nantucket Fitness. in this issue, Jen Shalley shares her recent experience with the new crossFit nantucket.

ZOFIA CROSBY Moving nearly every year to different countries and states while growing up, Zofia crosby learned to appreciate the need to hold on to fleeting memories by documenting her life on film. Zofia has been photographing weddings and portraits professionally now for half of her life. it’s collecting those images of a specific time and place in someone’s life that inspires her. She started her career while still in college and moved around various ski towns until settling in her permanent home, nantucket. She owns Zofia & co. Photography, a

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…is the State Police Headquarters a gray shingled cottage.

…are there over six times more real estate brokers than high school teachers

…does a tiny airport become the second busiest in New England …can people give you the last four digits of their home phone number, and you’ll know how to reach them. …does a beat up 1965 Wagoneer let people know the driver is wealthy.

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For forty years, the name Stephen Swift has been synonymous with exquisite, custom-built furniture.

Now in the capable, creative hands of Brad Fair, this island institution located at 23 Federal Street is continuing the tradition of gorgeous woodworking done right here on Nantucket. In the age of IKEA, Stephen Swift is one of the last bastions of fine, handcrafted furniture.

“If you can draw it, I can build it,” Brad Fair says.

These days, thirty percent of the furniture coming out of his workshop is done through collaborations with local interior designers who want custom furniture to match their custom spaces. “There’s simply no comparison between what we do and what even our

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SPIKED SELTZER Amidst all of the adult beverages being sipped this summer, one in particular has created quite a buzz around the island. Spiked Seltzer made landfall during Figawi and has since become the official beverage of the Nantucket Triathlon and the Nantucket Music Festival. A cross between beer, wine and mixed N magazine

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NDULGE FIZZLE BLITZ The latest bubbly beverage blasting off on Nantucket goes by the name Fizzle Blitz and comes courtesy of longtime Nantucket resident Robert Walder and his partner Roman Sorocan. After years mixing yerba mate tea with honey and lemon, Walder began introducing natural flavors and carbonation to this traditional South American tea. The result was Fizzle Blitz, a natural energy drink boasting flavors such as passion fruit, blueberry pomegranate and raspberry lime. Hoping their new beverage will take off on Nantucket, Walder and Sorocan are donating a percentage of Fizzle Blitz sales to Maria Mitchell and Sustainable Nantucket.

Chock full of more antioxidants than any other natural substance on the planet, matcha green tea has been sipped for centuries, tracing its roots to Japan where Samurai warriors once drank it in preparation for battle. Now this ancient elixir has been turned into a carbonated beverage courtesy of longtime Nantucket denizen Tom Olcott and his partner Henry Crosby. Searching for a healthy alternative to coffee, Olcott and Crosby began concocting alternative interpretations of the traditional matcha tea—and Motto was born. Three years later, Motto was named the “Best Carbonated Beverage of the Year” at BevNet’s New Beverage Showdown and is sold at locations throughout the island. Packing all the punch of a cup of coffee with the health benefits of twelve cups of green tea, Motto will give you a jolt without the jitters. Best of all, Olcott and Crosby have pledged ten-percent of all Motto sales on Nantucket to Swim Across America, which is held this August and benefits Nantucketers fighting cancer. It is safe to say we can all drink to that.

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NBUZZ BAXTER ROAD SURVIVES ARTHUR The first hurricane of the season postponed Fourth of July fireworks and had all Nantucketers battening down the hatches this past month—but none more so than the residents on Baxter Road. With erosion threatening to consume homes on Baxter Road, the Siasconset Beach Preservation Fund installed geotubes early this spring in an effort to thwart the onslaught of waves. The controversial project was tested over Fourth of July weekend with the arrival of Hurricane Arthur. Gusting upwards of fifty miles per hour, Arthur was certainly no Katrina, but flooding and power outages were rampant throughout the island. Thankfully, no ground was lost on ‘Sconset bluff. Those interested in getting up close and personal with this battle against Mother Nature can visit a designated viewing area between 85 and 87 Baxter Road.

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pansion of the Nantucket Boys and Girls

longtime Nantucket yogi Caitlin Mar-

Club, the fourteenth annual Tim Russert

coux has taken it overboard…in a very

Summer Groove takes on special mean-

good way. Using yoga-specific stand-up

ing this August 16th. In memory of the

paddleboards, Marcoux launched Nan-

late, beloved Nantucketer Tim Russert,

tucket SUP Yoga earlier this summer.

the Summer Groove is a night of dancing

While classes vary depending on the

and fun to benefit the Nantucket Boys and

wind and the weather, Marcoux usually leads her students on a paddle of the har-

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bor before dropping anchor and conducting a truly unique yoga class. No SUP or yoga experience is required, but Marcoux advises coming equipped with a bathing suit as her classes often end up making a splash. For more information visit nantucketsupyoga.com.

Girls Club. This year’s musical act is Jimmy Buffet tribute band The Land Sharks.

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When Nantucket police responded to a standoff situation involving an intoxicated woman wielding a high-powered rifle in Madaket last month, they enlisted some unlikely help. “We requested the assistance of a local resident who used his quad copter to help us determine the location of the woman reported to have a rifle,” Chief Pittman told N Magazine via email. “Like many homes on Nantucket, the property had vegetation that made it difficult for us to completely view the property.” As it turned out, the Nantucket SWAT team called in none other than Dr. Greg Hinson to fly his helicopter drone over the gunwoman’s home to see if he could spot her. “They needed a good look down in to a narrow backyard where the lady had been sitting with her rifle,” Hinson told N

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checked in the windows and then flew to the front door, which was open. “That’s probably the main intel I provided,” Hinson said. “It was a little nervy, not knowing if she would shoot out at the Phantom [helicopter], standing up the road a bit behind guys in bullet proof vests.” The situation was eventually resolved without any shots fired. “This was a much safer option for both her and the officers than the alternative of having armed police enter the property to search for her, or the much costlier and time consuming option of getting a State Police helicopter to fly to the island and conduct the recon for us,” Chief Pittman said of the use of Hinson’s helicopter. “Using this equipment, we were able to determine in short order that she had either gone inside or left the area without having to put anyone in harm’s way.”

“ISLAND LIFE” HITS THE LITTLE SCREEN

HGTV took the island by storm earlier this summer when shooting an episode for its forthcoming series Island Life. Cameramen followed around local newlyweds and entrepreneurs Courtney and Jason Bridges on a tenhour marathon TV shoot that made stops at local businesses such as the Haul Over and 76 Main Inn. Island Life tells the stories of several couples trying to make it on various resort islands, particularly in their hunt to buy a home. Here on Nantucket, few could be more fitting for the role than the Bridges, who, after launching Nantucket Bike Tours a few summers ago, have opened a growingly successful coffee shop on Washington Street called the Handlebar Café. Jason Bridges also serves as Nantucket’s Honorary Mayor, so HGTV clearly had the best guide in town.

ballroom dance instructor Andrey Stanev

FROM RUSSIA WITH BLING

is gliding back onto the Dreamland’s stage this August with “Mystery on the Orient Express.”

While this does not mean we will be

Stanev tells a story of love, jealousy and mystery in “an extraordinary multimedia musical that

seeing Putin at The Pearl any time

features dynamic music, world-class dancing, exotic costumes and dazzling special effects.”

soon, a new Russian-owned jewelry

There will be just one show, one night only, on August 23rd. Tickets are available at Nantuck-

store has opened up on the water-

etdreamland.org.

front. Blesk (which means “spar-

After his “Don Juan Around the World” dance performance seduced audiences last summer, Nantucket’s one and only

kle” in Russian) brings Soviet flair

PICTURE

THIS

to Old South Wharf, featuring opulent gems, freshwater pearls, and,

ing photography community. Longtime Nan-

in the Nantucket spirit, an array of

tucket fine art photographer Dan Sutherland

nautically themed pieces. Owner/

has a gallery opening at the Robert Foster Gal-

designer, Helena Mykhalova has

lery on August 22 . For the past twenty-three

sister stores in Palm Beach and

years, Sutherland has been magnificently cap-

South Hampton. From oligarchs to

turing the Grey Lady in stunning images that

proletariats, Blesk’s store, replete

emote all the whimsy and drama of the island

with LED lights, pink paint and

in all four seasons. Just down the street from

sparkles, provides a line ranging

Sutherland’s show, Nathan Coe will unveil his

from the opulent to the affordable.

hotly anticipated Double Exposure exhibition

Nantucketers and Muscovites just

at Cavalier Gallery from August 1 through

got a little bit closer.

nd

st

the 11 . For the past year, Coe has been exth

perimenting with an old technique to provide a new look on the island. Both these openings are Midnight Moonlight, Daniel Sutherland

certainly worth a shot.

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antucket Prime Restaurant has teamed up with Hostetler Gallery this summer to create a fine dining experience that’s a true work of art. The newly opened steakhouse at the historic Jared Coffin House located at the top of Broad Street is offering an exclusive seven-course tasting menu inspired by works of

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HunteR WRITTEN BY RobeRt CoCuzzo

PHOTOGRAPHY BY Kit Noble

A lifelong summer resident is on a mission to link charities with donors around the world Hunter Ziesing is the first to admit that he can be a bit rough around the edges. “I’m kind of a brash personality,” the fifty-three-year-old says. “People think I’m this big Wall Street guy who only cares about money—but that’s not me.”

Many others know Ziesing as a hyper-competitive cyclist who can be as abrasive as road burn. “I may come across that way on a bike,” he says, “but deep down, I’m a compassionate person who cares about people and believes in doing well by doing good.” Proof of his credo is in his track record. Since leaving his position as a high-powered money manager over a decade ago, this lifelong summer resident has channeled his intensity toward helping others, and now his work is drawing international attention.

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S iesing’s road from financier to philanthropist began in 2002 when he witnessed his father and five of his closest friends die suddenly of cancer and other illnesses. Their loss put his own lifestyle into sharp focus.

“My career on Wall Street was great, but I wasn’t doing anything for anyone else,” he says. “I wanted to do something more purposeful.”

After leaving Wall Street, he rode in the PAN Mass Challenge as John Kerry’s riding partner

nership with the United Na-

and was deeply moved by the dedication and sacrifice shown by his fellow cyclists in the

tions Foundation, My Charity

battle against cancer. The experience led him to get involved with the Livestrong Founda-

of Choice is attempting to track

tion (“before the fall of Lance”), and the next thing he knew, Ziesing had created his own

donations and pledges for over

PAN Mass-style nonprofit race series to raise money for Livestrong and other cancer centers

ten thousand nonprofits on an

around the country. His Echelon Gran Fondo race series became one of the most popular

annual global day of giving

bike races in the country, drawing the likes of Tour de France winner Greg LeMond and

called #GivingTuesday. The

raising over a million dollars for cancer centers and other causes. But that wasn’t enough.

first Giving Tuesday netted $30 million for 2,500 nonprofits in

In 2009, he switched gears once again by selling Echelon Gran Fondo and turning his at-

a single day. This year, there is

tention to a different aspect of the nonprofit sector. “I discovered that there were tons of

talk of upwards of $100 million

really great causes around the world that needed better ways to fundraise,” he says. Enter

in donations and Ziesing thinks

My Charity of Choice, an online fundraising platform Ziesing created to connect nonprofits

it can raise billions globally. My

with potential donors. My Charity of Choice enables groups, businesses, nonprofits, and

Charity of Choice lets nonprofits

individuals to create their own fundraising campaigns by providing them an online platform

track their own fundraising for

to promote their cause and process donations. On the flipside, potential donors can use the

free and even allows donors to

site as a nonprofit marketplace to shop for causes to give their money to.

give hours, a novel idea.

As with most nonprofits, My Charity of Choice took some time gaining traction, but now

Even with all this on his plate,

the organization is racing onto the international stage. This November, through its part-

Ziesing’s hunt for his next char-

G FO

itable venture is underway. On Nantucket, he is trying to help organize a bike race in September called the Cobblestone Crit

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to benefit local charities. Open to all ages, the race will begin at the Dreamland Theatre and do a series of circles through town.

If the race gets into full gear, Ziesing says Tour de France winner Greg LeMond will be in attendance, along with two other pro-cyclists from the Garmin team. Time will tell if the town officials will allow the streets to

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Hunter Ziesing with Tour de France winner Greg LeMond on Nantucket last September

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY Kit Noble

A Nantucket native’s unlikely jump into professional basketball.

According to Josh Butler, he invented the slam dunk on Nantucket. Back when he played center at Nantucket High School, Butler put on jam sessions during games that became known as “show time.” This was the era of Whaler basketball domination when the team would blow out their opposition by landslide margins, once beating Sturgis High School ninety-eight to twelve. “Games weren’t about battling the other teams,” the twenty-two-year-old says.

“We would battle each other.” Five years later, Josh Butler is now back on Nantucket High School’s hardwood, this time training with his old coach for a spot on a pro team in Spain. If he makes the cut, Butler will be the first Nantucket native to ever play professional basketball.

espite his recent fast break, Butler’s basketball career has been anything but a layup. It all started on a crude court he and his father dug out in their backyard on Nantucket. Elvis Butler was a star football player for the Whalers back in the seventies who went on to play for Mississippi State before playing a season for the San Francisco 49ers. Growing up, Butler learned the game from Elvis, watching him play in a men’s league on Nantucket and taking

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Butler didn’t make varsity until his sophomore year of high

NCAA rules. He was kicked off the team, and his basketball

school. A growth spurt changed that, and show time was

dreams looked to be over.

born. Butler played all over the court, starting as a shooting guard his sophomore year and then ending up as a center.

Leaving his teammates at New England College behind,

Every D3 college in the district recruited him, as well as some

Butler continued to play in front of coaches and scouts in

D2s. Nearing graduation, Butler set his sights on playing D1

Pro-Am showcases around the country, hoping to attract the

ball, hopefully at UConn.

attention of someone who could keep his basketball dreams alive. After scoring thirty-five points at a showcase in Phila-

Then came his first rejection. UConn denied him, and Butler

delphia, he dropped forty-two at a game in Vermont and was

struggled to settle into another college program. He switched

named the MVP. This past July, he played in an exclusive

schools two times before dropping out of college entirely after

Las Vegas showcase attended by NBA players, international

his sophomore year. Butler moved to Boston and ended up

teams, and coaches looking to recruit.

working at a Payless shoe store where the closest he would come to the NBA was

a pair of knock-off Jordan’s.

Amazingly, Butler’s jump into the pros didn’t happen at these Pro-Am showcases, but rather on a

His luck changed

golf course on Nantucket. Returning home to work

when he returned to

as a valet at the Nantucket Golf Club, he was intro-

Nantucket and bumped into a former Whaler teammate at a softball game. After seeing Butler dominate in a few pick-up games, Jordan Fer-

duced to a big-time agent by a caddy. The agent looked into the twenty-two-year-old’s game and was convinced he has the stuff to be a star in the European league. “I got a call and within five seconds

reira told him he should come and

he knew everything about

play on his team at New England

my game,” Butler says. He

College, a D3 school with a prom-

signed with the “powerhouse

ising program. Butler enrolled and

agency,” and come next year

show time was reborn. He thrived

he could be playing pro bas-

both athletically and academically at

ketball in Seville, Spain. “It’s

NEC, regularly scoring double doubles

truly a blessing,” Butler says.

and making the dean’s list. He was on a

“My main goal now is to just

roll until he hit yet another setback. With

get on the court and play my first

four games left in his senior season, But-

pro game, and just make a move.”

ler lost his NCAA eligibility for playing

Show time is back.

in a Pro-Am showcase, which is against

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Finding Virtue in

VIETNAM WRITTEN BY bRuCe A. PeRCelAy

Rory Kennedy brings her award-winning documentary ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ to Nantucket The Vietnam War will forever be viewed as an American policy debacle, whose victims included the psyche of an entire nation. The very mention of the word Vietnam still conjures images of burning villages, napalm-ravaged hills, domestic protests, and returning veterans who were often vilified for their service. However, documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy, the youngest child of the late Robert Kennedy, has shed a rare but bright light on a war that was among the darkest periods in American history.

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inning the Audience Choice

this past June. “Now with the fortieth an-

“You really have a sense in the film of this

Award at this year’s Nantucket Film

niversary of the fall of Saigon this April, I

kind of wave of history working against

Festival, Kennedy’s ninety-six-minute film

think we have an opportunity to look back

people who are there in Saigon on April

Last Days in Vietnam reveals a side of the

with some distance and a bit of wisdom…

30, 1975,” Kennedy said. “Up against that

war that demonstrated a level of valor and

to see the war on a more nuanced, complex

tsunami of history, there are these extraor-

nobility seldom associated with the Vietnam

level and recognize the individual acts of

dinary acts of courage, and of people work-

War. In collaboration with PBS’s American

courage.”

ing against the tide of that wave.”

before-seen footage of the evacuation of

Kennedy’s film includes the most remark-

Some of the most extraordinary acts of

Saigon that demonstrates the humanity of

able evacuation scenes imaginable, where-

courage were witnessed from the decks of

American soldiers in a way that allows the

by American soldiers help evacuate South

the USS Kirk. The 438-foot Kirk had been

viewer to begin to wonder how many other

Vietnamese from the hands of North Vi-

deployed strictly to escort the other naval

acts of selflessness and bravery throughout

etnamese, thus risking their own lives to

ships that were receiving U.S. helicopters

the conflict had been lost in the clouds of

save soldiers and citizens from another

evacuating Americans and South Vietnam-

dissention around the war.

country. The scenes showed in graphic

ese from the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. Sud-

detail American helicopters flying South

denly, helicopters not associated with the

“When they came back from this war, the

Vietnamese from the US Embassy onto

evacuation mission began appearing in

heroes of our story were treated badly and

naval ships as the North Vietnamese en-

the sky. The aircraft were being flown by

even spit upon…there wasn’t room for

croached. Pilots flew through the night,

South Vietnamese pilots who were fleeing

heroes,” Kennedy said outside the second

evacuating as many South Vietnamese as

the country with their family and friends

screening of her film at the Nantucket Hotel

possible.

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aboard. With nowhere else to land, the captain of

until the pilot rose up from the ocean and swam to

the USS Kirk went against protocol and allowed

safety. The scene was just one of the many acts of

the pilots to land on his deck. After each helicop-

selfless bravery and ingenuity that resulted in sav-

ter safety landed and its passengers were taken on

ing the lives thousands of South Vietnamese.

board, the crew of the Kirk then pushed the aircraft into the sea to make room for the next helicopter to

“My father ran his ’68 presidential campaign be-

land. One after another, helicopters were dumped

cause he wanted to get out of Vietnam, so I think

into the ocean, as a stream of choppers touched

Vietnam was personally in my ether… I had an

down on the ship’s deck, and hundreds of South

appreciation of the war to some degree at a pretty

Vietnamese were saved.

young age,” Kennedy said. “I was recently asked about my family’s commitment to public service

Just when the scene couldn’t possibly get more

and if there was any connection to this film in that

dramatic, a massive Chinook military copter

respect, and the answer is absolutely yes.” She

pounded in towards the USS Kirk. Too big to land

continued, “There’s no better testament to a com-

on the deck, the South Vietnamese pilot deftly

mitment to public service than putting your life

hovered the Chinook above the Kirk and one by

on the line and protesting or going against the law

one tossed family members out the door of the

because you believe something is wrong. That’s

helicopter into the arms of seamen below, saving

what these people did, and I think that’s very con-

each of their lives. The pilot then maneuvered the

sistent with the values I was brought up with.”

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and dove into the ocean as the craft exploded in

For more information on future showings, visit

the sea. Everyone aboard the Kirk stood transfixed

www.LastdaysinVietnam.com.

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or fiction?

WRITTEN BY JeN ShAlley

PHOTOGRAPHY BY Kit Noble

nantucket’S faSteSt growing fitneSS craze.

My heart was pounding like a freight train. My lungs screamed for air.

Through blurred vision, I could make out twenty-five seconds left on the clock, but I still had ten more box jumps to do. My legs began to quiver as I glanced up at the quote written on the gym wall. “Breathe?

You can do that when you’re done.”

Four more jumps to go…“Muscles burning? That will eventually go away.” Three more to go…. “Gonna pass out? You’ll live.” Two more…

“Give it everything you’ve got!” One!

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o ended my introduction to CrossFit Nantucket, the island’s newest athletic venue to get fit—and tortured. I

was always a CrossFit skeptic. This workout fad sweeping the nation seemed like fitness for lunatics, a regimen for meatheads who picked up outrageously heavy weights, sported hideous knee socks, and mastered workouts oddly named after women. It appeared to be a dangerous cult of baconeating hulks.

But when Nantucket Fitness affiliated itself with CrossFit earlier this year, I decided to peer through the studio window and check out what all the fuss was about. Amidst pumping music and clanging weights, an enthusiastic instructor moved about what looked like an adult playground. Some were jumping ropes, a few were throwing medicine balls against a wall, and others were hanging from monkey bars. To my surprise, I saw that these lunatics were actually enjoying a grueling workout—and not everybody was wearing knee socks. So I decided to give it shot.

CrossFit’s appeal is its intense, short-duration workouts that continuously change. The program is designed to achieve “competence in cardiovascular and respiratory endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy.” The workouts are indeed often

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this girl was used to doing.

CrossFit isn’t aerobics in front of a mirror or hopping on an elliptical machine to count down the calories. It’s functional fitness, tackling one challenging movement after another for a prescribed amount of time. One of the toughest workouts goes like this: twenty-two kettle bell swings, twenty-two box jumps, a four-hundred-meter run, twentytwo Burpees, and twenty-two wallball shots with a twenty-pound weight. This routine is repeated five times in thirty-five minutes. Workouts like this force you beyond your comfort zone to achieve new levels of strength and conditioning.

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f people first come to CrossFit for its straightforward workouts, they keep coming for the camaraderie. It is one of the few group

fitness programs where you are truly supported and emboldened by your peers. When you’re in the middle of a workout, dripping with sweat and your mind and body want to quit, a fellow CrossFitter will come to your rescue and spur you on. Perhaps this is why there are so many CrossFit success stories right here on Nantucket.

The bottom line is that as with just about any exercise, CrossFit is not for everyone. But if you’re willing to be mindful of your body and want a quick, high-energy workout where you will continually surprise yourself in your abilities, then consider buying some knee socks and join the lunatics at CrossFit Nantucket.

For all of the positive affirmations about CrossFit, there is an equal amount of criticism. Top on the list is that high-volume, heavyweighted movements expose a participant to injury, especially when they are in a state of fatigue. Exercise physiologists are also quick to point out that the CrossFit methodology isn’t scientifically supported (though a handful of studies have illustrated its efficacy). And then there’s the CrossFit-endorsed Paleo Diet, the protein-laden, lowcarb eating plan designed to mimic the way our cavemen ancestors once ate. Despite the diet’s emphasis on whole foods, which is unquestionably beneficial, I’m fairly certain it’s still not a good idea to begin eating loads of bacon.

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY Kit Noble

the Public thoughts of a Private eye

From his back porch on Nantucket, the most powerful private investigator in modern American history looks out upon the harbor. Terry Lenzner’s career as a professional sleuth reads like a spy thriller, from his first case investigating the murders of three civil rights activists in Mississippi to personally serving Richard Nixon a subpoena in the Watergate scandal to becoming Bill Clinton’s answer to Kenneth Starr in the Monica Lewinsky affair. “I’ve rubbed noses with a lot of different people,” Lenzner says. When magician David Copperfield’s equipment vanished and ended up in the hands of the Russia Mafia, Lenzner made it magically reappear. He fought organized crime as a US Attorney, helped identify the Unabomber, and was hired to investigate the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed. Now seventy-five, Lenzner’s eyes may have tired a bit, but he still possesses the killer instincts that made him a force to be reckoned with in Washington and beyond.

think of myself as an investigator and a lawyer,” Lenzner says.

“The whole investigation career came out of my legal work. I was not trained as an investigator—in fact, nobody is trained as an investigator at any law school in the country.” Lenzner attended Phillips Exeter and then Harvard where he studied law and captained the football team. Unlike many of his fellow Harvard Law School grads, Lenzner opted against taking a high-paying job in corporate law to work for Robert Kennedy’s civil rights division of the Justice Department.

Kennedy sent Lenzner down to the Deep South, into the heart of Ku Klux Klan country, to defend the rights of African Americans during the “Freedom Summer”

of 1964. He investigated the murders of three civil

gate tapes. It was the first time a subpoena had been

rights activists, what became infamously known as

served to a sitting president in American history.

“Mississippi Burning,” as well as a murder case in

Lenzner was serving as assistant chief council on the

Perry County, Mississippi, and the bloody attacks on

Senate Watergate Committee that prompted the pres-

marchers in Selma, Alabama. When the Civil Rights

ident’s resignation. “Watergate was extraordinary in

Act of 1965 passed, Lenzner collaborated with local

terms of its breadth and depth of inappropriate and

police to prevent the KKK from attacking black vot-

improper behavior,” Lenzner says today. “[But] it

ers. “There were predictions of blood in the streets,”

was probably the best and maybe last nonpartisan

he says. “I was trying to get African Americans to

committee hearing of any controversial nature that

vote in different areas where they had never voted be-

will ever take place in the United States.”

fore.” As a twenty-seven-year-old lawyer from New York City defending civil rights in the most racist

Watergate would be the first in a long list of headline-

corners of the country, Lenzner emerged from the

grabbing cases that made Lenzner one of the most

South a tough-nosed investigator who was not eas-

feared men in politics. Right here in Massachusetts,

ily intimidated. This fierce doggedness became his

he and his firm, Investigative Group International,

stock-in-trade.

which he founded in 1984, were hired by the late Ted Kennedy to investigate his opponent, Mitt Romney,

At twenty-nine years old, Lenzner was hired by Don-

in the 1994 senate election. Lenzner dug up dirt from

ald Rumsfeld, who was working in the Nixon White

Romney’s time at Bain Capital, and the rising can-

House. He and Rumsfeld became quick friends: “We

didate lost his slim lead and eventually the election.

were brothers instantly. He was a Princeton wres-

Ironically, when Bain Capital publically criticized

tler, I was a Harvard football player, and we just

Kennedy for employing “dirty tactics” by hiring a

clicked.” This friendship, however, didn’t stop the

private investigator, the press discovered that Bain

young lawyer from personally handing a subpoena

had in fact also hired Lenzner’s firm just a few years

to Rumsfeld’s boss, Richard Nixon, four years later,

prior. Of course, the press’s discovery came with a

demanding that the president turn over the Water-

little help from Lenzner himself.

“I’ve seen a lot of that, very wealthy people thinking that they can rewrite history and buy a reality that never existed,” he says. “My own theory, which I probably shouldn’t be talking about, is that I think Al-Fayed felt so guilty that it was his employee who was drunk at the wheel, that he couldn’t stand the idea of admitting to him-

have a very clear line that I draw,” Len-

self that one of his

zner says. “We are not going to investi-

people caused this

gate a political candidate from either party if somebody is looking for personal, negative information. In other words, their personal lives, that for me, is off the books.” While some in Washington might argue otherwise, the effectiveness of Lenzner’s time-honed tactics are undeniable.

Just ask Bill Clinton whose lawyers hired Lenzner during his impeachment case. Lenzner was hauled in front of a grand jury by Kenneth Starr, but he stonewalled the prosecutor. Today, he says, “Ken Starr was the best thing that happened to the Clintons.” Had his lawyers been facing off against a more competent investigator such as he, Bill Clinton might not have walked away with just a slap on the wrist.

horrible accident that killed his

own son. So he wanted

to change that. He was trying to rewrite history so that he wouldn’t have to live with that.”

As for his life on Nantucket, Lenzner discovered the island in the early seventies during a break in the Watergate hearings. “I grew up in New York City,” he says, “Nantucket was another world to me. I completely fell in love with this place.”

He and his wife Margaret eventually bought an “acre of poison ivy” where their summer home now sits.

While Nantucket became Lenzner’s private re-

There were times, however, when Lenzner failed

to

turn up the truth

his

clients were looking for—such was the case with billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed. When Princess Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi Al-Fayed, were killed in a car accident in 1997, Lenzner was hired by AlFayed’s father to investigate the case. Mohamed Al-Fayed believed his son and Princess Diana were killed in a conspiracy arranged by MI-6 agents, and he hired Lenzner to prove it. When the investigator returned with a report debunking Al-Fayed’s theory, Lenzner was fired.

treat, the private eye was not opposed to taking up an investigation on the island every now and again, as was the case when the board of Tyco hired him to investigate its CEO, Dennis Kozlowski. Lenzner’s investigation revealed that much of Kozlowski’s extravagant lifestyle on Nantucket was paid out of Tyco company coffers. Kozlowski ended up serving eight years in prison, and was released this past January.

These days, Terry Lenzner sits on his back porch, watching the sailboats cruise around the harbor and reminiscing about the fast times of his career. Does he miss them? That will just have to be his little secret.

Read more about Terry Lenzner and his remarkable career as a private investigator in his memoir The Investigator: Fifty Years of Uncovering the Truth, which is due out in paperback this fall.

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After serving eight years in prison, Dennis Kozlowski returns to the island for the Nantucket Project.

In the public imagination, Dennis Kozlowski, the former CEO of the industrial conglomerate Tyco, became a poster boy for corporate excess. The details of his case, after all, made for wonderful tabloid fodder. In the words of prosecutors, Kozlowski “looted” the corporate treasury to pay, at least in part, for a $6,000 shower curtain as well as a $2 million Roman orgy-themed party on the emerald coast of Sardinia. Kozlowski spent eight years in prison for misappropriating hundreds of millions of dollars in the form of unauthorized bonuses, interest-free loans and other sketchy mechanisms. He was released on parole in January.

But in the eight years that Kozlowski spent in federal prison, the standard for corporate looting changed from simple excessive compensation to the Ponzi schemes that were Enron and Worldcom. Tyco was a legitimate company earning legitimate profits and creating legitimate equity for its stockholders. To this day it’s a thriving enterprise, unlike many of its predecessors who have left shareholders ing. Kozlowski, a one-time summer resident of Nantucket, will return to the island in September to speak at The Nantucket Project.

Is he looking for redemption?

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ime may not heal all wounds, but Kozlowski’s image rehabilitation has already slowly begun. He has a few things going for him. First, unlike Enron and WorldCom, Tyco survived, and the company has come to flourish under new management. The scale of Kozlowski’s misdeeds also appears to pale in comparison to the kind of blunders that led to our recent financial crisis. “Why am I sitting here?” Kozlowski asked in a 2008 jailhouse interview with

To satisfy her own curiosity, Neal wrote a letter to

FOX Business Network. “Tyco is still a viable com-

Kozlowski in prison and was surprised to receive

pany, still alive and kicking. Bear Sterns is under,

a handwritten response. The two eventually met,

Lehman Brothers is under. Merrill Lynch had to be

and Neal recounts that Kozlowski “challenged me

acquired. There are all kinds of banks going under

to look at everything, to talk to everyone involved,

right now...I would think that the financial world

and to reach my own conclusions.” The result,

would say, ‘Please bring back the $6,000 shower

two and a half years later, is Neal’s book, Taking

curtain.’”

Down the Lion: The Triumphant Rise and Tragic Fall of Tyco’s Dennis Kozlowski. Her conclusion:

Kozlowski is not alone in his thinking. He continues

Kozlowski never should have been charged with a

to enjoy the loyalty of a group of fierce defenders,

crime. If Kozlowski did anything wrong, Neal ar-

many of whom he befriended on Nantucket. He

gues, it was the crime of being foolish. By spending

is a man of strong character, they testify, not the

lavishly, Kozlowski made himself an easy target

scoundrel he has been made out to be in the media.

for prosecutors who were out for blood in the post-

Friendship here runs deep. Kozlowski’s most vocal

Enron environment.

champion these days, however, is a strange bedfellow. She is Catherine Neal, a business ethics pro-

Neal has made it a personal crusade to get the whole

fessor. “I’m not a likely advocate for a man who

truth out about Kozlowski, and she has spoken out

is widely considered one of the most notorious of

on his behalf in television appearances and on the

all the corporate executives tried and convicted as a

college lecture circuit. It is unclear how many con-

result of Enron-era scandals,” says Neal, a professor

verts she has gathered. Neal paints Kozlowski as

at Northern Kentucky University. Neal became ac-

a tragic figure. Ambition was the key to both his

quainted with Kozlowski through the textbooks she

success and downfall. Kozlowski developed a rep-

was using to teach her courses. The Tyco scandal

utation as one of the most aggressive dealmakers

was presented as a case study in corporate greed,

in corporate America, completing over 700 merg-

but Neal says the situation “on its face didn’t make

ers and acquisitions as Tyco’s CEO. “Deal-a-Day”

sense to me.”

Dennis, as Kozlowski became known, transformed “third-rate conglomerate” into a $100 billion powerhouse.

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Tyco from what Bloomberg Business Week called a

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oosting Tyco’s stock price and Kozlowski’s own

ment of the excesses of the financial industry, The End

public profile went hand-in-hand. And that’s

of Ethics. To put it another way, “I was piggy,” as Ko-

where the problems arose. As Tyco received more atten-

zlowski himself has admitted. But did Kozlowski actu-

tion, the activities of its flamboyant CEO attracted ever

ally break the law? And if he did, did he really deserve a

greater scrutiny. And what lay beneath the surface was

prison sentence that is harsher than what many murder-

not a pretty picture. Kozlowski played fast and loose

ers receive? On the other hand, has Kozlowski paid his

with the company coffers, acting very much at odds with

full debt back to society?

the approved plans of the Tyco board. He also developed a sweet tooth for fine art. It was charges of sales tax

“By putting Dennis Koslowski onstage we are neither

evasion on art purchases that opened the floodgates for

giving him an award nor subjecting him to a show trial,”

further investigations and eventually led to Kozlowski’s

says Tom Scott, who co-founded The Nantucket Project

ouster from Tyco.

with Kate Brosnan in 2011. “We are an intimate gathering. Our audience will have the opportunity to hear Ko-

Kozlowski “became personally obsessed with extrava-

zlowski and other speakers in their own voices. That’s

gance, wealth, and power,” contend Theodore Roosevelt

why we started The Nantucket Project.”

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ater rushes by in a blur of blues, browns and greens as Captain P.J. Rubin’s seventeen-foot Dolphin skiff skips across Madaket Harbor. His face is hidden behind a lightweight sun mask, giving him the look of a ninja assassin. “When stalking big fish in shallow water,” he tells me, “stealth is everything.” Rubin pulls his flat-bottomed boat onto a secret sandbar between the west end of Nantucket and Tuckernuck Island and then kills the engine. He raises the outboard from the water, jumps up onto a platform at the stern, and then pushes his boat into the shallows with a long pole like a gondolier. I step up onto the bow and look out upon the best kept fishing secret this side of the Sound. Welcome to the flats of Nantucket.

Flats are long, shallow-water sandbars where schools of fish swim in search of food. A handful of captains on Nantucket use specially designed boats to navigate these flats in search of the island’s number one game fish: striped bass. Purists fish these waters strictly by fly rod and

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Rubin is a lifelong Nantucketer who’s been fishing these waters since he was a kid, back in the days when stripers grew to enormous, seallike sizes. This summer, he has gone pro with his passion for fly-fishing the flats by launching Rising Tide Outfitters. He only takes out friends or friends of friends. When the fishing is on, some of Rubin’s clients are known to hire private jets to get them on the water with him. He’s on a shortlist of guides who pole these flats exclusively, which also includes Captains Jeff and Lynne Heyer of Cross Rip Outfitters. Rubin has agreed to take me out today under one condition: I don’t reveal where exactly we are fishing.

Standing at the bow with fly rod in hand, I pull out fifty-or-so feet of line from the reel and coil it onto the deck. When fly-fishing you cast the weight of the line, not the weight of the fly, which is pretty much weightless. This involves getting the line in the air with a series of false casts, waving the rod backward and forward overhead to let out more and more line in the air until the rod has enough bend in it to cast. The act is no less complicated than it sounds, and fly-fishermen are driven mad in the pursuit of the perfect cast.

But before I can even attempt a cast, a fish must be spotted. This is called sight fishing. From his platform, Rubin pushes his five-hundred-pound skiff over a foot of water and scans for stripers. Unlike in the tropics, Nantucket’s flats are murky and dotted with beds of eelgrass, rocks and seaweed that quickly start to look like fish. Through polarized sunglasses, I search the water until my eyeballs tear up and throb. The wind is whistling from the west.

Gulls are screaming from the shores of Tuckernuck.

The mood is intense and focused on board.

“Okay, I got one. Two o’clock.

My shot botched. The fish is

The boat’s operator raises the

away,” Rubin instructs. I turn

Four boat lengths away. Mov-

gone. I am devastated. “Don’t

engine slightly and slams the

and look hard. “Turn to

ing right to left,” Rubin rattles

worry about it,” Rubin consoles,

throttle. A boiling mess of sand,

your right.” I

off. I look to my right, imagin-

we’ll get you another one.” He

seaweed and water explodes

continue

ing how far “four boat lengths”

pushes off to the next flat.

out the back of the boat. “Well,

to look.

that spot’s blown,” Rubin says.

“Your

would be, and

other right,” he

the

We drift on and on over the

“There won’t be a fish there for

says. Oh. “Start casting, I’ll

water with my

flats, a seemingly endless quilt

the rest of the day.”

let you know where to lay it

eyes, but see

of thriving marine life. Lady

absolutely

crabs scurry out from eelgrass

The unfortunate trade-off of

fully calmed as I raise my rod.

nothing.

beds and bury themselves in

keeping Nantucket’s flats a se-

I still can’t see the fish, but I

her?”

the sand. The current streams

cret all these years is that most

do what the captain orders and

I continue to look hard, but

fast over the shallows and then

boaters have absolutely no idea

begin to cast. “More to your

still see nothing. The water is

dumps into deep, green troughs.

how to navigate these waters,

right,” he instructs. “Ok, good,

a psychedelic mirage of undu-

The sun hangs swollen over-

nor do they know the etiquette

now cast as far as you can.” I

lating seagrass. “She’s coming

head. In the intense silence, I

of fishing them. Every day,

do. “Nice! Strip

across twelve, now eleven—oh

begin to feel like the last per-

Rubin

and

in the line a bit.

she just turned to us!” My heart

son on earth. I am worlds away

his

fellow

She sees it. Once

pounds in my ears. The rod

from the hustle and bustle of

guides pull their hair

more—strip.

feels heavy as a cinderblock in

downtown Nantucket. I might

out over weekend warriors who

Leave it. Strip! Leave it. Leave

my hand. “Thirty feet out—you

as well be fishing off the shores

motor up onto the flats, throw

it. She ate it! Set!”

got her?”

of the Galapagos.

an anchor, and begin blind cast-

pierce

“You

got

down.” The wind has merci-

ing. As with all marine ecosys-

I yank hard on the line and the

Finally,

Suddenly, the wail of an engine

tems, the flats are fragile, and

rod bends instantly. The reel

I spot a gray

shatters the tranquility. I look to

Rubin is worried that if boaters

screams out and I answer with

shadow slinking over the

my right to see a Grady-White

continue to mistreat them, Nan-

one of my own. Rubin drops

sand. It’s go time. This is why

center console ripping across

tucket’s most exciting fishing

anchor and jumps down from

I’m here. Let’s fish. I raise the

the flats. “Unbelievable,” Rubin

will end up like the giant strip-

his platform. He’s as excited as

rod and begin to false cast, but

mutters. “Watch

ers of his childhood—a

I am. “Oh man, look at her go!”

a massive mess of line swarms

this.”

thing of the past.

We’re all smiles. The striper

in my hands. The knot balls up

screams into the shallow

in the eyes of the rod and I can’t

water and runs aground. “He’ll

cast. My opportunity is blown.

be stuck there till high tide.”

The

boat

rips through the water fighting two

for its life, but I don’t know

o’clock, three boat lengths

who’s more hooked—me or it?

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Son Luke Russert emerges out from the shadows of his parents

Luke Russert has “LK 12:48” tattooed on his inner bicep. Flip to that passage in the Bible and you’ll find, “To whom much is given, much will be expected.” Indeed, as the son of two revered journalists—the late Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert and Vanity Fair special correspondent Maureen Orth—there was much expected of Luke Russert when he entered the family business in 2008. After the sudden death of his father, Russert got hired fresh out of Boston College as a correspondent for NBC News covering the youth vote for the election. Critics were quick to lambast him, claiming that nepotism won him his job.

Yet, Russert remained undeterred, drawing upon years of wisdom passed down from his parents to define himself in the industry. Today he’s a newsman in his own right.

This August, Russert and his mother will host the annual Summer Groove event to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Nantucket. Since first coming to the island in 1993, Orth and her late husband saw the importance of giving back to this community. Now their son is continuing that legacy. N Magazine spoke

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n magazine: The Groove benefits the Boys & Girls Club. Why is the Club such a vital institution?

ruSSert: Fundamentally, the Boys and Girls Clubs around the country are vital because they provide a safe place for kids to play, learn and simply stay when their parents can’t be around. In this day and age, when so many people are struggling to get by, the club offers working parents the chance to get those extra hours to help provide for their family. On top of that, the values taught at the club—honesty, kindness, friendship—are so important for young people.

n magazine: Regarding your own parents, can you describe the pressure you felt entering the “family business?”

ruSSert: I never felt any pressure from either of my parents to get into media or journalism. That being said, I always had an interest in the big news stories of the day, as that is what was discussed around my dinner table at night. I’d sit for hours and listen to my parents talk about all kinds of issues—global, political, cultural, et cetera. I think that ignited a passion at an early age that continues to this day.

n magazine: How have you distinguished yourself in the industry?

ruSSert: Because I came into the business in a unique way after my father passed, I had to spend a lot of time proving that I belong. I knew from the start it would be like that, but I feel my approach of doing copious amounts of research and asking tough, fair questions has helped me get to a point where people know I’m serious and ready to do the job. I try to be as

n magazine: Tell us about this year’s Summer Groove. What does the event mean

authentic as possible because that’s where

to you?

I believe the audience is today, especially

ruSSert: My father loved Nantucket. The Summer Groove is all about giving

Millennials. It’s no longer satisfactory

back in his memory. It is written on his mass card, “There’s no exercise better

to simply do a two-minute piece saying,

for the human heart than reaching down to lift up another person.” That’s what

“One side said this, the other that and

the Summer Groove is about. Many of us who come to Nantucket are quite

back to you.” People want the truth and

blessed and fortunate. The Groove is a night of dancing and fun, but also to

they want context. I try and provide that

honor and give back to those who make Nantucket function.

even if it ruffles some feathers.

“‘There’s no exercise better for the human heart than reaching down to lift up another person.’ That’s what the Summer Groove is about.”

— Luke Russert

n magazine: Speaking of ruffling some n magazine: What surprised you most n magazine: Can you share some of feathers, what was your takeaway

when you started getting into the

your fondest memories of being on

from the whole Nancy Pelosi ques-

trenches of politics?

the island as a kid?

tion affair?

ruSSert: I always knew how com- ruSSert: Many come to mind but I

ruSSert: I’ll just say this, my ques- bative and partisan it was but I can think of no happier memory tion was born out of a conversation

never knew how much money

than watching a Madaket sunset

I had with a younger democratic

was actually involved. Granted I

with my mom and dad from the

member of Congress before that

started shortly before the Citizens

porch of the house we rented, the

press conference. It turned into

United case, which opened up the

old “Wheel House” on Massachu-

a debate about sexism after Mrs.

spigots to big time political spend-

setts Ave. I’d also say crabbing

Pelosi answered it in the manner

ing. But still it amazes me that

and turtling out there was a blast.

she did. However, the question in

every single group in America is

its entirety was, “Some members

spending money in some way in

Lastly, when I was eighteen, I de-

of your caucus say the fact that

Washington. While it may not be

livered beer and furniture for Cape

you’re staying on, Mr. Hoyer (her

the most surprising thing to the

Cod Express. That was tough work

Deputy Whip) and Mr. Clyburn

general public, when you see it up

but rewarding work. I learned a lot

(number three) all over the age of

close it’s wild. Probably not what

about life hanging out with the

seventy, prohibits the party from

James Madison envisioned when

grisly, weathered delivery guys.

getting some new blood.”

he wrote the Constitution.

I also learned it was great to be eighteen and around a bonfire at

If you look at the House demo-

n magazine: What major problems night out near Gibbs Pond.

cratic leadership—they’re all over

can be solved in Washington?

seventy to this day. On the GOP

ruSSert: Well too much money in

side, they’re mainly hovering at

politics is a problem, but one that

fifty, with Speaker Boehner being

could be solved easily is the issue

in his early sixties. Democrats

of gerrymandering. The way most

stress that they’re the party of

congressional districts are drawn

young people, why don’t younger

up in the United States is absurd.

members lead the House Demo-

Democrats and Republicans are

cratic Caucus? I think that’s a fair

both guilty of this and it makes for

question.

unfairly tilted representation in the House. Look at the congressional maps of Maryland, North Carolina and Pennsylvania to name a few—they stifle democracy. All congressional districts should be created fairly by an independent commission. That would end a lot of partisanship in the House, because more people would run for the middle, not the extreme left or right.

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The old Nesbitt Inn opens its doors as the rebranded and restored 21 Broad Street Hotel Standing prominently on Broad Street since 1872, the Nesbitt is perhaps the most storied inn on the island, holding the distinction as the longest continuously running hotel on Nantucket as well as the oldest structure built specifically as a hotel.

The only interruption in the Nesbitt’s role as a provider of clean and affordable lodging came during World War II when it served temporarily as an infirmary for the Coast Guard. Now, after 2,604 hours of painstaking historic restoration, this iconic landmark has reopened its doors as the re-

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Steve Marcoux, the great grandson of George Washington Burgess, who operated the Nesbitt back in the early 1900s, ran the inn for the past eleven years with his wife Joanne. Marcoux remembers the days when the property was owned by his grandmother, Dolly Noblit, and rates were as low as $5 a night—including meals. While the Nesbitt has been an integral part of their family history for more than a hundred years, when the Marcouxs realized that the building’s condition required a total rehab, they were more than happy to see someone undertake the ambitious project. “Running the inn was a labor of love for both of us,” Marcoux said, “but it was clearly time to move on.” He added, “It was incredibly meaningful to us that the building be he Nesbitt was one part of a group of buildings on Broad Street under the same ownership that

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then included The Brotherhood and Nantucket Bookworks to its left, and the high Victorian

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single-family at 19 Broad Street to its right. Originally built by William Swain in 1872, both the Nesbitt and its sister building were high-profile examples of Victorian architecture, which stood out in the largely Federal-style dominated architecture of Nantucket.

preserved, and that seeing it properly restored, meant that my great grandfather’s legacy will continue for perhaps another hundred years.”

Originally consisting of seventeen rooms, many of which did not have bathrooms, the two-thousand-ton building was lifted off its crawlspace where a full basement was excavated. According to Geoff Thayer at Toscana Construction, “We have done most of the heavy construction work on Nantucket, and the raising of this building and the shoring of the excavation was as complex or more than anything we’ve ever done.”

General contractor Scott Anderson echoed these sentiments: “The existence of an underground river from the top of Broad Street that runs all the way down and beneath the Whaling Museum, we had to create a reverse swimming pool to keep the basement dry, and utilized every possible technique to fend off the forces of nature. Hopefully we did it right.”

Giving the Nesbitt its new lease on life are part-time island residents Bruce and Elisabeth Percelay who acquired the property last fall. Bruce Percelay’s first restoration project on Broad Street was the Nantucket Whaling Museum. Beginning in October, the Percelays began an exhaustive process that would ultimately result in a total historic rehabilitation of the original inn building, and an ambitious expansion off its rear.

Designed by local architect Matt MacEachern and drawing upon a team of historic consultants, restoration artisans, local engineers, contractors and crews, the building has been transformed into both a tribute to historic preservation and a cutting-edge luxury hotel.

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o comply with the standards of the National Parks Service in obtaining a certified historic restoration, a mind-numbing level of detail had to be applied to the restoration, including the repair of plaster cracks with a limestone plaster expert, whose methodology was identical to the plastering technology in 1872.

All the doors in the original building had to be restored, even if they were ultimately sealed off and went nowhere. The hundredyear-old windows were dipped, stripped, and reinstalled. The handrail, with its mortgage button still in place, was meticulously brought back to life. The wide pine floors and plaster ceiling medallions were all repaired. But perhaps the most spectacular reincarnation was an authentic Victorian paint application that makes the building one of the most distinctive properties in Nan-

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eborn as the 21 Broad Hotel, the new building now contains twenty-seven rooms, full staff quarters, and a series of amenities William Swain could have never contemplated back when he built the Nesbitt. The property now features an elevator, a dining area with a contemporary bottom vented gas fireplace, Apple TVs and iPads in each room, central air-conditioning, and the first ever application of Vitamin C infused showerheads which neutralizes chlorine and soothes the skin. Designed by Rachel Reider of the award-winning firm Rachel Reider Interiors of Boston, the colors are a blend of soft whites, vibrant yellows, and natural textures creating a soothing feel throughout the hotel. To promote relaxation, the rooms include blackout shades that increase the production of melatonin during the sleep cycle, and all guests can avail themselves of the use of the hotel’s steam and a massage rooms. To the rear of the building, facing the breakfast room is a 1,400-square-foot outdoor deck with inset pear trees and a central fire-pit.

The Nesbitt Inn has survived twenty-six presidents, two World Wars, a Great Depression, and countless changes to the island. Its restoration will mean that the building will continue to provide accommodations for the next century and will draw visitors to the island to a landmark that has been

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Vanity Fair Special Correspondent Maureen Orth explores the story of Phil Grant, one of the last living connections to Nantucket’s whaling days.

Five generations ago, Phil Grant’s great-great-grandfather, James, a Scottish sailmaker who shipwrecked off Old Man Shoal twelve miles east of Wauwinet, made a grand entrance onto the shores of Nantucket. He had donned his kilt, floated on a hatch cover and then swam as the tide carried him to shore in full regalia. When he emerged from the water the Indians thought he was a god.

Four generations ago, Phil Grant’s great-grandfather, Charles, was one of Nantucket’s richest whaling captains whose wife went to sea with him and gave birth in the midst of an arduous around-the-world journey to Phil’s grandfather, George, in Samoa in 1857. George also became a whaler.

Two generations ago, Phil’s father, Arthur, a Coast Guard captain and bootlegger, made whiskey and rum runs on Nantucket Sound during Prohibition. Today, fifth generation Nantucketer Phil Grant is an alert ninetysix-year-old retired fisherman and carpenter who ran the first Nantucket Seafood market and clam bar on Old South Wharf before helping start and build the Miacomet Golf Course. These days he lives near the course with his wife of sixty-eight years, Peggy, and reads voraciously. He is one of the

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ficer and 22,000 barrels more as

George Grant loved telling those

master, besides 12,000 pounds of

childhood stories when he him-

whalebone and eighteen pounds

self retired from whaling and was

of ambergris. In spite of the for-

a founder and first Curator of the

tunes he made, Capt. Grant died a

Nantucket Whaling Museum—

poor man. He was called the most

Phil helped him make the mu-

charitable man who ever trod the

seum’s first sign. George Grant

deck of a ship.”

never became a captain but was a first mate who had the honor of

y great-grandfather retired at age sixty-six; he had been a cabin boy since age twelve,” Phil Grant says. His great-grandmother, having a mind of her own, did not like being left behind when her husband undertook voyages that lasted three or four years. “My great-grandmother, Nancy J. Weir, shipped on a merchant ship from New Bedford to Auckland, New Zealand, and she waited there for him because she knew his rotation,” Phil recounts. “She was on harbor when he arrived. He must have been a surprised boy.”

Of their three children who were all born and all grew up at sea, Phil’s grandfather George was the baby. Captain Charles Grant’s ship at the time was the Horacio. A 1989 issue of the Nantucket Historical Association Quarterly written by Phil’s aunt, Nancy Grant Adams, recounts his grandfather George’s birth in the hospital tent of the British consul in the port of Apia on the island of Upolu, Samoa. Three weeks

“Kids used to wait for him at the

harpooning the whale. As a little

top of Main Street because he

boy, Phil remembers his grandfa-

would put his hands in his pock-

ther showing him how he almost

ets, turn them inside out and the

sliced off his left big toe once on-

money would go flying,” Phil

board ship while cutting blubber

says. “Or a sailor would come to

with a long bladed flensing knife.

him, ‘Captain Grant I’m so and

He sewed it back on himself with a

so,’ and he would want to build a

sail needle and packed it in Stock-

house. In those days it cost $600 to

holm (pine) tar. It healed.

build a two story wood house and my great grandfather would say,

Phil and his father were never

‘You were a fine sailor,’ and he’d

close. After his parents divorced in

reach in his pocket and wrote ‘em

the 1920s, he and his sister went

a check for $600 and that’s how he

to live with an aunt. He went to

wound up broke.”

school on Orange Street and still remembers the names of most of

The most precious and valuable

his grammar school teachers, in-

part of the whale was the am-

cluding a Bartlett and a Swain.

bergris, the undigested material

He also caddied at Sankaty Head

excreted by male sperm whales

Golf Club where he was tipped

and used as a main ingredient for

$1 for eighteen holes. “Then the

perfume. As a boy onboard his

hard times came along, the (1929)

father’s ship, Phil’s grandfather

crash,” Phil says, “and all the

once accidentally found amber-

cheap SOBs chipped us down to

gris, often called “floating gold.”

85 cents.”

later when it was time for the voyage to resume, the ship’s log of November 17, 1857 reads, “All hands were employed in getting ready for the sea, getting off yams, bananas, wood, pigs and babies…” Baby Georgie was brought aboard by a native woman who had ceremoniously wrapped him in a banana leaf. “It was considered a good omen,” Phil Grant says.

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hearing about his great-grandfather’s fortune won and lost.

In her book, Fifty Famous Nantucketers, Paula Lundy Levy writes, “His record was 30,000 barrels of oil while as an ofCaptain Charles Grant (left), George Grant (right)

After gradu-

pletely ignored us as if we weren’t

ating from

there.” On VJ Day, September 2,

Nantucket

1945, when the Japanese did sur-

High School

render aboard the USS Missouri in

where he took

Tokyo Bay, Phil’s ship was along-

shop every year

side the Missouri.

from eighth grade through high school—he had also learned how

After he came home, Phil married

to carve whalebone and weave

Ann Grande of East Boston, the

baskets—Phil became a com-

sister-in-law of a friend and his

mercial fisherman. Because his

pen pal throughout the war. For

job of providing food was consid-

forty years they lived at 55 Cliff

piece of fish wrap (calling for a restaurant upstairs and fish

ered crucial during wartime, he

Road where they raised their two

market at street level) and he said he’d take it to his archi-

says he was never drafted during

daughters, Ellen and Nancy. In

tect.” His design, he says, became the model for what is now

World War II. But he enlisted in

1952, in order to spend more time

the Anglers’ Club and the store underneath. Bieneke had of-

the Navy anyway and put his gen-

with his children, Phil gave up

fered him the opportunity to have the design built “but he

erational knowledge of the sea

fishing and began the Nantucket

wanted ten percent of the gross,” Phil says incredulously.

to work. Like his ancestors, Phil

Seafood fish store and clam bar

“We could have kept two sets of books and been as crooked

roamed the South Pacific for three

until 1968 when Walter “Bud”

as a dog’s hind leg.” But he didn’t and became a carpenter

years, mostly around the Philip-

Bieneke, an heir to the S&H green

instead.

pines, piloting

stamp fortune who

attack

cargo

Phil describes as

Peggy didn’t like it much when he sold the house on Cliff

ships

filled

“a spoiled

Road in 1983 to buy the land to build their house near the

with extremely

kid from

Miacomet Golf Course. “She’s a city girl.” (Instead of paying

dangerous ex-

Sconset,” bought the

$200 to be a founding member of Miacomet in the early ‘60s,

plosives and weaponry. “I was

falling down old Nantucket wharf

Phil donated his work.) He hasn’t played golf in a couple of

offered a commission, I wouldn’t

for almost nothing, because, Phil

years and no longer fishes but mostly

take it,” Phil says. “I had ensigns

claims, the townsfolk were “too

and reads, freely offering his pithy

who couldn’t write their own

scrimey and grimey” to want to

opinions and sharing his mem-

names but that’s how it is in the

pay for its repair. Phil says Bi-

ories. He talks about tak-

navy—rank is everything.” One

eneke asked him what he would

ing divers on his boat to

day in August 1945, after making

do with his property. “I drew

help locate the wreckage

a beachhead and unloading cargo

him a two story building on a

of the Italian luxury liner that

stays home

at a captured Japanese naval base,

sank off Nantucket in 1956, the Andrea

Phil and two buddies made an

Doria, or being caught at sea during storms with

excursion twelve miles upriver to visit Hiroshima.

20 foot waves. “What was the worst winter you ever remember?” I asked. “I never give weather much of

It was only days after the

a thought,” Phil Grant answers. “We’re used to

atomic bomb had been

it.” His Aunt Eleanor lived to be 102. Longevity

dropped there. “We

runs in the family and this flinty Yankee does

walked all through it.

not back down. “In Nantucket there is no such

Everything in con-

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completely gone.” The Japanese had not yet surrendered. “The people com-

131 Pendant and ashtray recovered from Andrea Doria.

Whale and boat carvings by Phil Grant

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N MAGAZINE: Nantucket fashion is often pegged as categorically preppy. Is there something to be said about dressing accordingly “when in Rome,” or should you stick with your own style regardless of the setting?

MICHAEL KORS: I think being true to yourself and your own style is always the way to go. That being said, it’s okay to experiment with different pieces—why not add preppy stripes to crisp white jeans or a bold print with your go-to aviators?

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There is nothing mandatory about fashion—it should always be fun.

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N MAGAZINE: This will be the first time Nantucket has hosted a professional runway show. How will the beach location influence which pieces of your line you will choose?

MICHAEL KORS: Well the collection is very much inspired by the beach, so choosing should be easy! And I’m sure many of the women at the show need clothes that work not just here but in all the places their life takes them.

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N MAGAZINE: Can you tell us more about this fall line?

MICHAEL KORS: : Fall is about combining the relaxed attitude of the coast with the urban edge of the city. We were inspired by everything from the natural tones of feathers, stones, beaches and soft-shine metals to rich embroideries and artisanal embellishments. In the collection, you’ll see an effortless mix of laidback and luxe.

MICHAEL KORS: It was such an honor

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to be named in the TIME 100 list—

elements of Michael Kors, the com-

it made me realize how quickly the

mon thread, so to speak, that con-

impact of the fashion industry has

nects one line to the next?

grown over the years. Now, it’s turned into a huge connective force that gives designers a strong platform to not only influence people’s wardrobes, but social issues as well.

Since launching our Watch Hunger Stop campaign, we’ve been able to deliver over five million meals to hungry children around the world.

With ongoing philanthropic collaborations such as these, I really think the fashion industry will continue to make an ongoing, positive impact for years to come.

N MAGAZINE: What is the philosophy

MICHAEL KORS: No matter which

that helped propel you to this level

season I’m designing for, I always

of success?

strive to make chic sportswear that’s

MICHAEL KORS: Stay focused and stay

rooted in luxury, but still wearable.

curious.

Each collection is a balance between sporty and sexy, glamorous and tailored, streamlined and easy—an answer to real lifestyle needs. I update and reinterpret this aesthetic every season, but fundamentally it always stays the same.

N MAGAZINE: You were named one of the 100 most influential people think fashion can help bring dramatic change to the world?

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N MAGAZINE: Which designers influenced you coming up?

MICHAEL KORS: Halston influenced me for sure. I remember seeing him at Studio 54 in the 1970s. He was the pioneer for chic American sportswear and introduced sexy, effortless clothes to women of all ages and sizes.

N MAGAZINE: What do most people not realize about the fashion world?

MICHAEL KORS: I’ve said this many times before and to me it still stands true—being a young designer today is tough. It’s a much different world than the one I grew up in. Now with social media, new designers are visible much sooner than we were. When I was breaking into the industry, I had time to make mistakes and get things right before I stepped out onto a bigger stage. It takes years to learn your craft as a designer, so I think young designers today deserve a lot of credit. It can be very difficult to pursue a career as a fashion designer under constant scrutiny.

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N MAGAZINE: Which models have you enjoyed working with most?

MICHAEL KORS: I like working with models that have a personality and bring the clothes to life, and in my career, I have been fortunate enough to work with many of those models— Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Carolyn Murphy, Karen Elson—they’re all great.

N MAGAZINE: Who do you believe possesses impeccable style and why?

MICHAEL KORS: For me, Jackie Onassis will always be a style icon. Her style was very personimagineChina / AP images

al, but polished and sophisticated—it’s an aesthetic that was just as chic then as it is today.

N MAGAZINE: What’s the worst fashion faux pas you’ve seen in all your years in the industry?

MICHAEL KORS: I think the greatest faux pas will always be wearing something that doesn’t fit properly. Be true to your shape and personality and find a good tailor—it’s a guaranteed way to look and feel fabulous no matter what.

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antucket waters, once filled by fleets of whaleboats, are now populated with a bevy of watercraft, from expansive yachts to more modest dinghies. The harbor bursts with activity during Nantucket Race Week, entertaining sailors of all experience levels and interests.

Whether steering the ship’s helm or spectating from the shore, there’s a way for everyone to experience the excitement of the high seas with this classic island pastime. Take a glimpse at some sailing vessels from Nantucket’s past to get in the spirit for this year’s Race Week festivities.

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Nantucket yacht Club race of Rhodes 19 sailboats, ca. 1960s

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Sunfish regatta on Gibbs Pond, 1970

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CLIFF $5,295,000 Exceptional Cliff Offering

In a stunning location, overlooking the beautiful waters of Nantucket Sound, only a few rare properties offer a private beach and boat mooring rights. From your own front row seat with sweeping 180 degree views, you will enjoy majestic sunrises, mesmerizing sunsets, summer fireworks and the boats and ferries passing to and from Nantucket. Imagine a relaxing summer spent kayaking and boating from your own unobstructed access to the open water. take delight in the comfortable summer home on the property that has been enjoyed by generations or build a new family home and begin making your own Nantucket memories. Privacy, salt air breezes and a sandy beach are yours in this exclusive neighborhood.

Exclusively Listed by Roberta White & Judy Waters

Nestled on 2.8 private acres, this estate features a custom-built 5BR main house with a spacious, open floor plan, guest studio, one-of-a-kind pool house, heated pool & spa, and two-car garage. Located just moments from No. shore beaches, this stunning home is impeccably furnished and ready for you to enjoy a relaxing Nantucket summer!

Exclusively Listed by Jennifer Shalley

Perched prominently on Center Street, this beautiful two and three-quarter story residential/ commercial building boasts three oversized retail display windows and enjoys excellent pedestrian and vehicular visibility. Host to two retail establishments and one of the most unique residential apartments in town, this iconic Nantucket building offers use flexibility, income generation, and a prime location in the heart of downtown!

Co-exclusively Listed by Jennifer Shalley & Susan Lister Locke

Beautifully designed 4 Bedroom 5.5 Bath home tucked in behind Lincoln Circle. Open floor plan with light & bright interior spaces and multiple living areas. Incredibly large landscaped back yard affords the perfect setting for a pool. Adjacent vacant lot available $2,500,000.

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COUNTRY LIVING IN VIRGINIA

HUNTLEY GLEN ~ Beautifully maintained, old Virginia brick home situated on 80+/- acres in one of the most protected areas in the Piedmont located in Orange County just twenty miles from Charlottesville. This ideal sized property includes the four bedroom, three and half bath home, six-stall center aisle stable, riding ring, run-in shed, newly renovated 800 sq. ft. one bedroom apartment and a fabulous landscaped salt water swimming pool.

Swimwear and Caftans for Island Living 5 South Water St. Nantucket, MA 508.228.SWIM(7946)

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STAVE MILL FARM ~ Elegant 84 acre horse property in the Farmington Hunt. House was built in 2001 with a copper roof & stucco in Albemarle Co., 20 min. from Charlottesville & UVA. Master BR suite on 1st floor, 2 large BR w/separate baths on 2nd floor, high ceilings, cast-iron lentils, hardwood floors 2 fireplaces, high-end kitchen, 50kw generator, guest cottage, 8-stall barn w/paddocks, run-in sheds, riding ring, tractor shed w/shop, potting shed/summerhouse & trap shooting shed.

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Bride & Groom: Kate and Chris Kling officiant: Catherine stover dress: enzoani Groom’s suit: Canali PhotoGraPher: nathan Coe caterinG comPany: nantuCKet Catering Company invitations: parChment WeBsite & save-the-date: Cara marquis design music: Billy voss tent: nantuCKet tent Company floWers: reCeption flowers: Bride’s family Bouquet & Boutonniere: flowers on Chestnut

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How do you spell August on Nantucket? e-v-e-n-t-S! The island is at capacity, and there’s something fun and festive going on every night. When it comes to what to wear, Nantucket is filled with fabulous ways to get your shop on with a plethora of haute boutiques that will help you get your last minute outfits pulled together. In this month’s NScene, I’ll give you everything you need to match the right look with the right event.

nantucket muSic feStival ~ the lovelY auguSt 2nd + 3rd For the first ever Nantucket Music Festival, trade in those traditional reds and Lilly shifts for a little Coachella-inspired fashion. Before you head out to the Tom Nevers Field for the Music Fest, get over to the The Lovely and find floppy hats to shade your face. Add to it Sam & Lavi shirts that come in soft comfy fabrics that feel especially nice against sunkissed skin. Want to dress it up? Try Saint Grace whose jersey brand dresses feel like your boyfriend’s t-shirts and wear well alone or paired with a jean jacket.

antiqueS + deSign Show Preview PartY ~ reBekah lea Studio Boutique JulY 30th - auguSt 4th

PoPS on ack ~ millY & grace SaturdaY, auguSt 9th Comfort and beach chic is key when you’re searching for what to wear to the highly anticipated Boston Pops Concert on Jetties Beach. This year, you’ll be a Dancing Queen with an added element of serious dance fun with Arrival, the ABBA tribute band from Sweden, as its special guest.

Make sure you are feeling and looking your best by popping

by Milly & Grace and getting cozy into one of their maxi dresses from Joie. Finish your look with a neutral cashmere ruana (a total summer staple) ideal for those cool breezes that come after sunset.

high faShion on low Beach ~ cJ laing fridaY, auguSt 15th When it comes to the first ever Michael Kors fashion show in

‘Sconset, do yourself a favor and wear a style that stands out with this über fashionable crowd. That’s why I’m digging the new clothing from CJ Laing on Centre Street.

This beloved Palm Beach favorite is filled with treasures just waiting to be found. Twist up your traditional tunics with the luxe fabrics, beading, and linens from British designer Tashia.

tim ruSSert Summer groove ~ murraY’S + monelle Saturday August 16th Time for some GROOVEy fun! The 2014 Tim Russert Summer Groove has a tropical theme with music by Jimmy Buffet tribute band the Landsharks, and your fashion should be just as fun. Guys, get your party pants from Castaway Clothing at Murray’s Toggery Shop. Choose some colorful bottoms that will make a statement all on their own. Ladies head over to Monelle, newly located on 0 Main Street, and take a peek at their collection of Trina Turk whose jersey fabrics in bright patterns make for style statements and are easy to dance in.

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When it comes to scouting antiques and learning about the art of interior design, I say wear an accessory that is just as unique as the event. Pop

by Rebekah Lea Studio Boutique on 2 Union Street and see her stunning collections of one-of-kind jewelry. Take a peek at her Stonality Collection, Rebekah Lea’s interpre-

tation of a color kaleidoscope.

Each piece has been carefully thought out using color, shape, and different stone cuts. Pair a set of vintage-inspired earrings with a summer white dress and you’ll be looking fab and feeling fresh under the tent.

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N MAGAZINE: How did you come to own the ‘Sconset Market?

DONATO: I was managing the market for years for a lovely gentleman who founded the ‘Sconset Trust.

After four years, he asked me if I loved ‘Sconset and did I plan on hanging in for the long-term. I replied affirmatively. We shook hands, he handed me the keys, and asked only that I be a good custodian of its history.

N MAGAZINE: What’s your hottest selling item at the Market this year?

DONATO: Blueberry Muffins. Year in, year out. We can’t make enough.

N MAGAZINE: Your lovely wife owns the clothing and wine boutique currentVintage in town; what does she have to say about your fashion choices?

DONATO: Beth has converted me to vintage and she holds veto power over my wardrobe.

N MAGAZINE: What’s one thing most people don’t know about you?

DONATO: I worked for years in the safari business and as a photographer in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia.

N MAGAZINE: What’s your ideal night on the town?

DONATO: I like “progressive dining.” I have an app at the bar at three or four of our fine establishments on the same night.

N MAGAZINE: Do you remember the moment you knew you’d never leave Nantucket?

DONATO: No. I can’t remember what I had for breakfast, but I’m glad it happened.

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DONATO: If you mean $20, no, it’s not. As president of the ‘Sconset Civic Association, yes! Please drive safely.

N MAGAZINE: If you could change one thing about the island, what would it be?

DONATO: To build a downtown parking structure so residents, employees, and tourists could enjoy our downtown without the hassle of endlessly driving around for the one elusive parking spot.

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This is an extraordinary execution of a brilliant design.

TOWN The George C. Gardner House - one of the premier properties in the town of Nantucket. Over a half acre of magnificent gardens and landscaping. Restored in 2004-05 maintaining its historical integrity and original moldings, finishes, ornamental trim, replacing plumbing, electrical and new systems.

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TOWN Just totally restored and perfect in every way. Three finished floors, 7BR/6.5 baths done in Carrera marble, new kitchen, large formal living and dining rooms, big family room, beautiful yard, off street parking. Original moldings, trim, floors, beams, paneling intact. An absolute must see property! Available immediately. $4,850,000

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SHAWKEMO Sweeping, 180 degree views spanning from Nantucket Town to the Harbor, Coatue, Pocomo and Great Point.

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CLIFF Appealing home on a quiet stone lane off of Cliff Road.

Open floor plan w/ half walls & columns defining common rooms - bright, open feel. First floor bedroom, full bath, wrap around covered porch and a beautiful landscaped yard. Original owner.

$4,975,000

$2,845,000

TOWN Beautifully restored in-town antique on an oversized, corner lot. Everything has been replaced; foundation, plumbing, electrical, roof, shingles, fireplaces, etc. All original moldings, flooring, mantels saved, stripped and refinished.

A beautifully restored home with all of the amenities in a most convenient location. $3,875,000

CLIFF Beautifully restored 1747 antique home on desirable Cliff Road, a five minute walk into town. Many original features including four fireplaces, wide pine flooring, moldings and raised paneling. Magnificent, private yard and gardens, and covered dining patio. Wonderful views of Sound from roof walk. $4,875,000

TOWN Renovated antique with large back yard and beautiful landscaping. Three finished floors plus basement.

Wonderful floor plan for families and large groups. Bright kitchen with French doors leading to patio and yard. Two off-street parking spaces.

CLIFF Thoughtfully renovated Cliff Road property just steps to the Beach and Town. Six bedroom home with attached studio and a garage. New cedar roof, new storm windows, renovated bathrooms, and upscale furniture. Offered completely turn-key.

TOWN Two beautiful houses, one restored antique, the other new construction, on a large in-town lot. There are a total of 9 bedrooms, and 8+ baths. Each house has a private, outdoor patio area and off-street parking. Walk to Main Street, bike to the beach.

SURFSIDE Large custom home in Surfside with a private path out to the beach and views out to the South Shore. Built on 2.78 very private acres. The perfect beach house for a large family or entertaining. Extremely private location.

Original owner, never rented.

$3,875,000

$3,495,000

$1,995,000

$2,995,000

WAUWINET Three acres of privacy and wonderful views of Polpis Harbor. Well-built four-bedroom house with covered porches and decks plus a garage with a two bedroom apartment also with views. Less than 1.5 miles to the public beach access and parking at Polpis Harbor.

TOM NEVERS Private, three acre compound featuring a new, spacious four bedroom home, two bedroom cottage and third building, a two car garage with studio above. Both the main house and guest house have full basements with high ceilings.

POLPIS Beautifully sited, attractive Gwynne Thorsen designed home, overlooking and abutting acres of conservation land and the Creeks. Approx. 490 sq. ft. of ground cover remaining for expansion of the existing house or the addition of another structure.

TOWN Extremely well designed and built in-town home in perfect condition. Open, bright and finished with attention to detail. Oversized lot with plenty of room for a second dwelling and/or garage. Approximately 2500 square feet of ground cover remaining.

$2,995,000

$2,375,000

$1,795,000

$2,395,000

NAUSHOP Construction is underway on this 5 bedroom, 4.5 bathroom home with a first floor en-suite bedroom, finished third floor and unfinished basement with full height ceilings. There is still time to select colors, floor stains, and other details. Estimated completion Aug. 2014.

TOWN Renovated five bedroom, five and 1/2 bath home on Fair Street with original historic details throughout the house. Pine floors, chair rails and original doors are still intact. There is parking for one car with entryway off of parking area.

TOWN Comfortable 4 BR home with nice yard and off-street parking. Owned by the great grandson of original owner/ builder and has always been in the same family. Generous size rooms, high ceilings and original details. Excellent rental history.

SCONSET An incredibly unique offering of over a half acre with a 4 BR fully furnished main house along with a two car garage - guest apartment above for family and friends.

1/4 mile to the ‘Sconset Casino in the heart of the village.

Expansion capabilities.

$1,200,000

$2,395,000

$1,395,000

$3,350,000

HARBOR FRONT Two adjacent parcels on Pocomo Point totaling 2.7 acres. Direct waterfront with beautiful beach and boat moorings. Fabulous views of harbor, Coatue and Great Point. Can be sold as one parcel or separately.

Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. Equal Housing Opportunity.

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