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Oct 11 2012

Along with the gorgeous slanting light and awesome pumpkin beer, Fall on The Vineyard means saving money.

Discounts displayed in Edgartown retail store window — Edgartown is awash with “end of season” sales!

Not only in the lower rates (and super specials!) here at The Square, but also all over Edgartown.

Retail stores are rocking their “end of season” savings and YOU could be the beneficiary. In fact, you can get a discounted leg up on the 2013 summer season with these dangerously good deals.Most clothing stores are featuring warm weather styles for as much as 75% off.

Plus, Fall fashions and even jewelry and handcrafted items (such as sandals made in Turkey!) are marked way down, as well. Check out some of the smoking specials we spied around town:

50% off everything at Shirt Tales
20-50% off at Saffron and Hannah B
Up to 50% off at In the Pink
10-40% off at Vintage Jewelry
50% off the Entire Store at Sheila Allen Styles

Come, stay, shop and save!

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Oct 03 2012

Martha's vineyard fall beers — Fall beers with the flavors of pumpkin and spice

Sure a cold beer refreshes in summertime, but the staff at the Square has a special affinity for Fall’s heavier microbrews and seasonal ales. These richer, often spicier, beers simply taste like autumn — with hints of cinnamon, chocolate, pumpkin, and pear. Check out these staff favorites from the Vineyard’s own Offshore Ale Company:

Hops Farm Road Pale Ale: Super crisp and less sweet than Offshore’s regular IPA, this beer is made from island-grown hops.

The Great Pumpkin: Offshore uses 150 pounds of fresh pumpkin roasted in the brewery’s wood-fired oven then tossed in their mash tun where it is lightly hopped and spiced.

Octoberfest: A classic lager with slightly sweet malt note balanced with hops

Steeprock Stout: Although offered year-round, this inky stout is a great dark, full-flavored beer for cooler autumn nights.

Tip from GM, Joanne Sardini: “While I like The Great Pumpkin alone, I prefer ‘The Charlie Brown’ – half pumpkin, half stout. YUM!”

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Sep 18 2012

By Rick Conti

This is slowdown time. The crowds are thinner and the restaurant and hotel workers are taking their first deep breaths since mid-June. Never mind the fact that September and October might be the best months to be on the Vineyard!

The quieter months give us time to relax and consider important issues like how to pronounce the various names one encounters on the Island. Chiefly due to their Native American etymology, place names on Martha’s Vineyard can be challenging, especially to mainlanders, whose numbers, I am loathe to admit, include me.

Among the ones that have tripped up more than one visitor over the years:

Sengekontacket Pond has got to be the worst. The length alone is daunting to most, but the informal short-form that is sometimes used, Senge, is no help at all. Is that a soft or hard “g”? I’ve given up and simply refer to it as that pond behind State Beach. That I can say!
It’s hard to settle on a pronunciation for Cape Pogue since there doesn’t even appear to be unanimity on how to spell it (anyone for Poge?). I’ve always settled for “poe-ghee” and no one has hit me yet.
Wasque Point? I’ll excuse you if your weren’t aware that it’s spoken as “way-skwee”. I wasn’t either.
Katama is short enough and shouldn’t be a problem, but it trips up plenty of people. The main source of confusion is on which syllable to put the emphasis. Here’s a lesson to all: The accent is on the second syllable where also lives an “a” that is long, not short as in cat. Which reminds us that the “Kat” part is also unlike “cat”. It’s Kuh-tay’-muh. To be instantly labeled a newbie landlubber, go ahead and say, “Cat’-uh-muh. You might as well call Mad Max a Katamaran.
Chappaquiddick gets a free pass because of its prominence in popular culture based on one infamous incident there. Otherwise, who knows how the average tourist would screw it up.
The worst pronunciation I’ve run into, believe it or not, is for Edgartown. Some persist in referring to it as “Edgarton”. These are the same folks who ride their mopeds the wrong way on Main Street. I don’t even want to think about what they’d do with the original Native American name of Nunnepog.
Arguably the simplest town name on the island is Oak Bluffs. Two common one-syllable words. How can anyone go wrong? But they do. I’ve heard more people than I can count call the place “Oaks Bluff” as if some guy named Oak was trying to win a poker game with a pair of deuces. Free meal at Subway for you.
Mytoi Garden leaves you off the hook, since it can be pronounced either “my toy” or “mee toy”.
Menemsha, Squibnocket, and Aquinnah are all straightforward enough, but I’d wager they’ve been the victims of unwarranted verbal violence at the hands of the linguistically challenged.

There are many other tongue-twisters, not just in place names, but for restaurants, people, and more. No matter how you say it, though, the Vineyard in the fall is pulchritudinous. (Look that one up in your Funk and Wagnall’s.)

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Sep 12 2012

Get your Vogue on this month! Vineyard Fashion Week kicks into gear next week, and this year, we’re joining in the fun! Don’t miss our September 20th Trunk Show. Jeanne Mulholland of Buddha Kanuddha will display her gorgeous handmade and hand-stamped pieces (her sea glass wrap bracelet is show here) inspired by the mountains and beach.

Fashion Week on Martha's Vineyard — Gorgeous sea glass wrap bracelet from Buddha Kanuddha.

Rebeccah J will show her leather accessories spanning from a variety of leather wrap bracelets in different colors and styles (wildly popular here on the Vineyard and show here) to hand-studded leather belts, earrings, wallets, bags, and more.

And, Libby Ellis Design, a Vineyard-based artist and brilliant textile designer will unveil her first line of graphic print scarves.

Click here to read more about these three, talented designing women!

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Aug 23 2012

by Rick Conti

In my last post, I espoused the abundant virtues of the sun. It’s one of the reasons we all flock to the Vineyard, on or off-season. The fact that it is a necessity of life is just icing on the proverbial cake.

Even the most die-hard sun worshipers need a break from time to time. When the perspiration epoxies your Black Dog T-shirt to your back, a solar headache flares, or your face takes on the hue of a bin of Macintosh apples at Morning Glory Farm, it’s time to seek shelter: shade. Though it seems like a precious commodity on some sweaty summer days in August, it’s there as your reward if you know where to look.

As I see it, there are two valid ways to escape the relentless panini-press of the summer sun: trees and porches. (Did you say air-conditioning? Go directly to Woods Hole, do not pass “Go”, do not collect Steamship tickets!)

My favorite of the non-porch variety is described in a previous post from a few years back. That all still applies. For my money (since it’s free) it’s the gold standard for Edgartown, but there are plenty of other options all over the island.

Though geographically near the baked earth of Ocean Park in Oak Bluffs, the MV Camp Meeting grounds couldn’t be further away climatically. Beyond the obvious charm of the homes there, the area seems to be zoned to exclude the overbearing heat and sun just a block away. Find a bench under its leafy canopy (or even inside the tabernacle itself) for a while and you’ll soon be sufficiently revived to brave the mobs of Circuit Ave once more.

The interior of the island overflows with au natural options, from the State Forest to Polly Hill Arboretum. Just get off the main drags and you’re likely to drive right into a suitable respite.

The great thing about the porch option is that those structures are invariably connected to something cool, temperature and vibe-wise. It could be a retail/food outlet such as Alley’s or the Chilmark General store or lodging like Vineyard Square or the Harborview (am I allowed to say that?). Such haunts are spread far and wide over MV, allowing you to chill while you chill.

Beyond shade, porches offer a community ambiance that is without parallel. Where else can you converse with friends and not-yet-friends, wave greetings to passersby, and consume a drink or slice of pizza all at the same time?

So have your choice: sun, shade, or a zebra-striped smattering of both. Since you’re on the Vineyard, you can’t lose either way.

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