Just when I thought I had experienced all the “wow moments” this little island has to offer, I unearthed a new one. I found myself giddy as a school girl last weekend as I snagged my first scallop. There’s been some friendly buzz around the island the past few weeks as recreational scallop season kicked […]
Posts Tagged: 2011
Dude, Where’s My Car?
The 2000 cult classic movie starring Ashton Kutcher is the outrageous story of 2 teens who party a little too hard one night ending up in what they describe as a “chemically induced coma.” This results in severe short term memory loss. For those of us who live and work in Nantucket full time, August […]
Destination ACK
I’m a huge fan of the phrase “it’s all about the journey.” I love a good adventure as much as the next guy (or gal as it were). However, every now and then it really is much more about the destination than the journey. Traveling to Nantucket tends to consume our thoughts with visions of that […]
Seasons Of Love
Seasons of Love, the Act 2 opening number in the Broadway blockbuster RENT poses the question “How do you measure a year in the life?” Jonathan Larson, the composer, suggests the 525,600 minutes in our year should be measured in “daylights and sunsets and midnights and cups of coffee…in inches, in miles, in laughter and strife” but […]