With one week until Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of Summer for many, several local favorite restaurants are opening their doors this weekend, so we can enjoy these places before it gets to crazy on the Island.  Here are four favs opening their doors this weekend. Kennebec Ave in Oak Bluffs, A Mini Restaurant Row ...

    Last week I was able to share with you a brief history about Island jewelry designer, Stefanie Wolf.  Now I am excited to talk more about her fabulous jewelry, all of which is made on Martha’s Vineyard.  If you don’t have any Stefanie Wolf pieces, this is the season to stop on by her studio in Oak Bluffs, an...

Okay all you shoppers!  PIKNIK is open in Edgartown.  If you’re out and about, head to Winter Street and stop in.  PIKNIK is open Thursday – Sunday.  Also, remember that this Sunday is Mother’s Day.  She should have something new and fabulous for her special day, and I bet you can find something at PIKNIK.&...

I first saw Stefanie Wolf’s jewelry at an Art Stroll during the Summer, in the Arts District in Oak Bluffs three years ago. Immediately, I fell in love with the glass bead jewelry she made.  I got my first piece at that event and now have several.  Over the years, I have gotten to know Stefanie, but just recently, I ...

After closing for renovations, The Art Cliff Diner in Vineyard Haven is open again.  Don’t worry all you Art Cliff enthusiasts!   It is still The Art Cliff we know and love, but there have been a number of changes made.  The diner is almost 70 years old, and with that big anniversary coming up, owner Gina Stanely tho...

Expect Anything…..the mantra for PIKNIK, and it is so true. PIKNIK has been a fixture in the Arts District of Oak Bluffs for over 15 years.  It is the kind of store that makes you long for things they carry. Owner Michael Hunter has an innate ability to find the extraordinary for home and self. Simply walk in the sto...

When I had heard about Not Your Sugar Mamas and the raw chocolate they made, I was skeptical.  How could chocolate made from cacao and just a couple other natural ingredients be any good and actually good for you?  Isn’t it all that refined sugar and words I can’t pronounce that make chocolate so yummy? Curiosity pea...

Waiting is the hardest part As many of you may know, I was pregnant with my second child.  If you’ve seen any of the real estate video house tours I did with Point B Realty, you’ll know I kept busy until the very end.  What woman doesn’t want to see herself  on video when she’s 39 weeks pregnant?  Not I, but ...

Bowl & Board building is getting a makeover as the new home of Bunch of Grapes I had been hearing a little buzz here and there about Bunch of Grapes moving into the old Bowl and Board space, right across the street from their current location, and I, along with many others, didn’t necessarily believe it.  I really thoug...

Nestled behind Cottle’s Lumber in West Tisbury, you’ll find a working farm and a hidden gem, Lambert’s Cove Glass, which a friend of mine, Russell Carson, has been working at during the off-season.  The more we talked about it, the more I wanted to know about it.  So, I was happy to have the opportunity to write abou...