From Vineyard Gazette editions of July and August 1888:

Edgartown is now entertaining quite a number of summer visitors at hotels and private residences. Every train brings the stranger and returning Vineyarder, all rejoicing in the prospect of a week’s outing at this charming seaport town. All in all, Edgartown is enjoying a fair share of the Island’s prosperity, and the visitors always depart with a reluctance that speaks well for the hospitality and attractions to which the town has treated them.

In my 26 years of summer visits to the Vineyard, the same memories seem to stick with me all year long: eating a steamed lobster from Betsy Larsen’s fish market, the breathtaking beaches in Chilmark, strolling the streets of Edgartown, maybe even a cup of coffee from Back Alley’s in West Tisbury. Visiting the emergency room at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital is something I never thought I’d add to that list.

Thank you to Mark Lovewell for the article in the Gazette on Rocket Day, lost rockets and the cub scouts. Scouting on Martha’s Vineyard is one of the best programs for young boys that I have seen and that is why I am so committed to helping bring the kids new and fun experiences.

Deborah Jaffe Yeomans welcomed me at her cottage near Menemsha in 2010. We had a few days of rain and walked into little shops she had not seen.

Summer vacation on Martha’s Vineyard. Who couldn’t look at this time as anything but pure relaxation? Warm, fresh, salty air that just cleans out all the other weeks of the year from your lungs. You feel an extra spring in your step as you walk the sidewalks of the towns. There is a slight smile on your face that you just can’t seem to lose everywhere you go. All those other weeks of the year there is regular day-in, day-out time, and then there is Vineyard time, when everything runs just a little bit slower.