News and Events for Nantucket Island
• by Julianne Adams • It’s amazing how scent can transport you—a whiff of waffle cone and you’re back on island for the summer. Scent is an extremely powerful and often very personal sense. Years disappear and emotions can fly up when a single fragrance is unleashed. The image of […]
Tiny Baskets Made of Gold Pageo, the exclusive jeweler on Nantucket’s Main Street, is bringing golden lightship baskets back to our island. In 1977, Glenaan Elliott Robbins designed the first gold Nantucket Lightship Basket in miniature. It was an oval lidded basket with hand-etched scrimshaw and a tiny penny inside. […]
Making the move uptown from the wharves was a blessing for Emilly Brooke Rubin, and a well-deserved one. At the end of last season she packed up her two stores on Old South Wharf, Sweet Liddle and her jewelry shop, and moved them both into the current 40 Centre Street […]
• by Sarah Morneau • As the mornings get cooler and the days draw shorter, our minds start to drift towards thoughts of retiring our sandals and shorts for the season and wrapping ourselves in soft sweaters, cozy shawls, and warm jackets. The day I stopped into Island Cashmere the […]
With wedding season upon us, it’s the perfect time to see what’s happening on the Real Nantucket Weddings page of the newly redesigned website devoted to island weddings: NantucketWeddings.com. Nantucket Island is a beautiful place to hold your wedding, but there are some extra hurdles to jump and careful planning […]
Whenever I am walking or driving past the boutique, Skirtin Around’s window display catches my eye. I am known to have a slight obsession with unique fabrics and bold patterns, so their shop really stands out to me. Much like a piece of artwork, their clothes have a distinct styling […]
A Place to Keep Nantucket Memories Sweet Inspirations, Nantucket’s artisan chocolatier at 26 Centre Street, has just introduced a new creative indulgence: their Nantucket Memories tin. Showcasing art by Nantucket Artist Barbara Capizzo, this American-made keepsake tin comes filled with sweet treats. The Nantucket Memories tin can be filled with […]
