This seems to be the season for making dreams and hobbies become realities on Martha’s Vineyard. From craft spirits to pizza places to beer, people are embracing what they’re passionate about and turning it into businesses. For quite a while, John Clift (Vintage MV) and Joe Monteiro (Atlantic Restaurant), have been talki...

Blog update: You can now find Martha’s Vineyard Distilling Company at a number of Island restaurants and package stores. Once I heard that there was a distillery on the Island, I was super excited. Hello, our sister Island Nantucket has had one for a while, and chances are that our spirits will be even better. All kidding aside, th...

Pizza. A food everyone likes but the styles vary. Thick or thin crust, lots of sauce, light sauce, cheese blend or just good mozzarella. Friends, Joseph Monteiro, the executive chef from Atlantic Restaurant, and John Clift, the owner of Vintage MV, both have been searching on Island for the kind of pizza they like. When you c...

For the last 8 years, Erica McCarron, aka Tiny Baker, has been creating amazing desserts on the Island. Any time I walked into Mocha Motts, I would be tempted by her daily dessert creation. Erica may be petite in statue but she is big into creativity. She truly is an artist with her desserts. Where many sweet treats stay...

You never know how amazing the guy pouring your favorite beer might be. I know that I myself was surprised to hear that a co-worker, Tom Ellis,  from Offshore Ale was heading to Serbia to do a documentary about the refugees in that country. I had known that Tom went to school for filmmaking, but I was unaware of his desire, a...

Ever wonder what music shows sell out time after time during the Summer on Martha’s Vineyard? Reggae! Reggae is the most popular by far. Knowing that, it seemed like a great idea to Island resident, Skip Finley, to help create a reggae radio station. On October 10th, 2015, WYOB, the Soul of Martha’s Vineyard, signed on for the fir...

Who doesn’t love a deal? I know I do. That’s why when I saw “All you can eat spaghetti dinner for four people at Isola” for $20 on a Facebook page I was intrigued. I found the deal on Cape and MV Deals. There were also others on its Facebook page and its website as well. My interest was piqued and so I reached out to find out the ...

I love watching an artist’s evolution over the years. In 2012, I met with Noava Knight for Martha’s Vineyard Fashion Week. She was working on a new collection of apparel for one of the runway shows. Almost four years later, I met with her again in her new studio in Oak Bluffs, but this time to talk with her about her newest endeavo...

Spearpoint Oysters I remember last Summer seeing a man with a Spearpoint Oysters t-shirt and wondering to myself why I was not familiar with them. I have a thing for oysters from the Island – Katama Bay, Sweetneck, West Tis, Honeysuckle, Cottage City, etc. They’re such amazing and tasty bivalves. Finally, I caught up with the ma...

For the past two years, people have been telling me about this amazing husband/wife design company on the Vineyard, Bluerock Design. There are a couple Island businesses whose logos and marketing I’ve admired, that was done by Bluerock Design. Finally, after meeting with Emily from Morrice Florist, who had worked with them and gav...