From Here to Serenity
We consulted with our favorite gardeners, both professional and merely obsessional, and came up with this handy to-do list for spring flower duties.
Writers in Residence
It makes perfect sense that writers Geraldine Brooks and Tony Horwitz feel right at home in a house that is stuffed to the crooked rafters with history.
Notes from the Tackle Room: Devil’s Bridge
The tide was just starting to flow east when Stuart Hunter and I skidded my nine-foot tin boat down the cliff at Pilots Landing and rowed toward Wash Rock, where terns were working over breaking bass. We dropped anchor up-current, the hook held and we were in business, casting metal into the action from our…
East Chop Elegant
It’s really quite simple. You start with an iconic house, add impeccable taste and an eye for art, and what you get is summer living at its best.
Rhodie Scholar
Peter Norris of Chilmark is on a quest to create the holy grail of rhododendrons.
Wild Thing: Blueberries
(Vaccinium corymbosum,Vaccinium angustifolium) Blueberries won’t ripen until June (at least), but spring is the perfect time to scout locations. The plants have small white or pink bell-shaped flowers that make them easy to identify. If you find a good stash, take note, and then keep quiet. Wild blueberries are in high demand. Where to look:…
Tamara’s Place
When not running her Vineyard Haven store, or producing a documentary, or writing a cookbook, or helping a client redesign a home, or planning a party, or… Tamara Weiss was creating a pretty sweet spot to kick back and relax.
Of Cottages and Camps: Memories of Renting
How do I rent thee? Let me count the ways…Elizabeth Hawes looks back on an itinerary of houses.
All the Pretty Little Houses
As Edgartown considers doubling the size of its historic district, and with ancient houses on stilts all over the Island, we wondered about the state of historic preservation.
Are You Ready for Some Serious Pickleball?
Pickleball is a kind of scaled-down tennis, except easier. (No overhead serve! No long racquet!)
You’re Going to Need a Bigger Coffee Table…
Three lavishly illustrated editions from Zenith Press chronicle some of history’s most epic voyages.
DAW: Spring Delusion
Inspecting house and yard, outdoors, We make a list of urgent chores And wonder: Should we call the painter, Or let our home grow even quainter?
Take This Chair & Stuff It
How do you tell a chair you love it?
In the Cornerless Office: Savannah Hooe
Name: Savannah Hooe Occupation: Seaman apprentice, Coast Guard Station Menemsha A day on the Job: Boat checks and inspections, standing watch (manning theradios), training. “You see some pretty cool things literally every time you go out.You learn something new every time. You never know.” Favorite part of the job? “Knowing people can depend on you…
Encyclopedia Vineyardia
Encyclopedia Vineyardia: B
The Barnacle Club, the Blue Rock of Chappaquiddick, and William Beetle.
Oceanography
Oceanography: The Secret Life of Seals
The off-season may be quiet on the Cape and Islands, but it is a busy time for the area’s gray seals.
From the Editor
From the Editor
Up-Island and down this past winter there were houses on stilts. Most notable, perhaps, was the beginning of work restoring the Old Parsonage in West Tisbury. That home dates back to 1668 and is generally considered to be the second oldest residence on the Island, which makes it one of the oldest structures in the…
Karasik Cartoon
Piece of Work
Piece of Work: Kenneth Vincent
For Kenneth Vincent’s oil-on-canvas painting The More Things Change, inspiration was a car ride away.
The Look
The Look, 1947
Betty Byrne flaunts lapels as wide as a broadsheet while pitching in to help Vineyard Gazetteco-owner Betty Hough (middle) and town columnist/social events writer Florence “Bunny” Brown (back) assemble the weekly paper. No word on where they got their similar shirtdresses, but sources tell us a McCall’s pattern was likely involved.
