The last three decades have ushered in consistent innovation in Martha’s Vineyard transportation.
By Charlie Nadler
You can Google all you want, but no one is going to tell you that the Oak Bluffs harbor is dead tonight and you should head to the Ritz instead. After all, local is as local does.
By Remy Tumin
Unmistakeably ’80s, inarguably Edgartown, and straight from an advertisement that ran in the pages of our inaugural issue in the summer of 1985.
“You know, in order for us to maintain our peace and our haven and what we consider to be our paradise, we impose almost impossible burdens on the local people who live here year round..."
Carpenters, craftspeople, and other rugged, handy types are the heart of this Island, and as far as brand names go, their hearts – and legs – belong to Carhartt.
By Alexandra Bullen Coutts
Thomas Craven was the leading art historian of his day, and his Vineyard friend Thomas Hart Benton was his favorite artist.
By Elizabeth Hawes
This issue marks the beginning of the thirtieth year of publication of Martha’s Vineyard Magazine, which first went on the stands in the summer of 1985. Thirty years is a long time when looked at forward. If I’m still editing this magazine in 2045, I’ll not just be lucky to have a great job, I’ll be lucky to be breathing.
By Paul Schneider
“The dress code. Well, we all like the dress code. You can wear whatever you want, unlike people in South Hampton. Except for some places in Edgartown, we don’t have to wear green pants..."
Put higher prices than you oughtOn things you wish you’d never bought,And early birds before the saleStill fight to own them, tooth and nail.
By D.A.W.
The iconic Bob Marley said, “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” If Bob had lived on the Vineyard, however, he might have added, “As long as the music doesn’t rely on a seasonal economy, in which case you might feel some pain.”
By Charlie Nadler
