Where do I start? It doesn't get any better than this. Perfect weather for perfect beach days,time with friends and family and margaritas at night.
This is the beach at Edgartown. It was perfect for my MIL. We could park along the edge of the road and walk right on to the beach without climbing up over any dunes. The surf was calm here too because this side of the island faces Cape Cod.
I knew I'd never be able to go a week without the computer. We were driving into Vineyard Haven when my friend Barbara spotted this neat cafe. I wish I had time to take pics of the inside. It had free wifi, great music and great iced lattes!
I wanted to take pics of the whole building too but there was someone painting the fences around the cafe....he'd been painting them all week. I guess they don't do things in a hurry in Vineyard Haven.
We decided to do a really cool sunset sail on the Mad Maxx catamaran. It was really great. There was lots of wind and the boat was really moving along. It was a BYO food and snacks which gave the opportunity to have a margarita!
You can imagine the size of the sail when it's all the way open! We decided to take the sunset sail in order to be able to combine it with dinner out at one of our favorite spots. It was a clear enough night that we could get to see the sunset, but it was a little hazy. This isn't the most perfect shot but it's not easy taking pictures on a sailboat!
The Seafood Shanty has always been a fav of ours. We always cook at home all week and then take one night to go out for dinner. We had friends with us and it was their first time on the Vineyard. They liked the food at the restaruant but we had the waitress from hell which is a little embarrassing when you've given a place a 5 star rating!
It really is a great place to eat, so if you're ever on the Vineyard and go to Edgartown you should consider eating here. Casual dress, competitive pricing, sushi, a raw bar. A great New England eatery for sure.
Oak Bluffs is a great place for shopping. There's a great artsy store that is totally my most favorite store on the island. It's called Craftworks. It has the most amazing hand crafted items I have ever seen. Everything is so cool. It's an awesome store. Check out these neat things...jewelry, a jewelry box, a rocking chair and a life sized mermaid!
How cool is she? She's more like a Diva than a mermaid!
We had some time to stop by here at Midnight Farm. It's Carly Simon's store in Vineyard Haven. Everything in here is really beautiful-furniture, linens, glassware. So eclectic, so elegant. I think if someone asked me if I wanted to go to an antiques shop or here, I'd choose here for sure!
We also got to stop and check out the Monster Shark Tournament in Oak Bluffs. I didn't stick around here for too long...too much testosterone for me.....
This was one of the first brought in. It's a Thresher or Thrasher or something like that...Bob said it weighed in at about 339 lbs. The tournament lasted 2 days and was actually taped for ESPN...great, now another reason I won't be able to wrestle the remote from Bob!
WHEW! I think that's about it...my vacation in a single post, and a long post at that! I feel rejuvenated and ready to finish my MMM '09 entry this week as well as tackle some old projects and get them finished. I'm also going to be revisiting my "everyday but not so mundane" theory of scrapping and get my LO's finished for Debbie Hodge's "Scrap Your Everyday Life". First I have to unpack and get the house back in order....I left my 22 year old son here for a week and I'm almos afraid to investigate that smell in the refridgerator!
Thanks for stopping by!
