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1. My kids catch their first wild brook trout and make me swear on my life that I will not publish the secret location! 2. You hear the first Pinkletinks (peepers) – I’m quite sure that I was the first islander to hear them on Saturday evening. 3. Local school kids are wearing shorts even [...]
It’s spring – and I just can’t stop blogging about all of the glorious places to explore the nature of Martha’s Vineyard. Today, I’m thinking about Sheriff’s Meadow – an incredible organization with beautiful properties sprinkled across the island. Some of my favorites are Sheriff’s Meadow Sanctuary, Cedar Tree Neck and Packard Preserve – don’t [...]
Have you ever heard of Plum TV? Plum is located in incredible spots around the U.S. and helps those of you who don’t live somewhere like Martha’s Vineyard, Aspen, Miami Beach or Telluride get a dynamic bite of what’s happening around town. I talked to Tina Miller, the General Manager of Plum’s Martha’s Vineyard branch [...]
This week, I decided to stroll over to the other side of our Sandpiper office and talk to my colleague, Elaine Miller, about the state of the housing marketing – buyers, sellers, on the Vineyard and across the U.S. Anne: What’s your take on the national housing market? Elaine: The housing market escalated in a [...]
Looking for something really fun to do this weekend? Friday night, March 13th, kicks off the 2009 Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival’s Winter event at the Chilmark Community Center. What could be better than renting a house in Chilmark and taking in as many cool flicks as possible while the March winds blow! Many of the [...]
While information about this recession is blaring all over the news, I wanted to give you an honest look at how our current economic situation is affecting vacation rentals on Martha’s Vineyard. The fall of ’08 lost booking momentum with the turn of the stock market. It coincided with the usual post-season slowdown, but, of [...]
Image by sgibbons While the economic forecast for 2009, has many people tightening their belts, movie ticket sales are still going strong – and so are our vacation rental bookings. What we’re seeing is that people are re-prioritizing, and for many, a summer without the Vineyard, just isn’t the summer. One of the best features [...]
