Mahon About Town Nantucket Blog

This month’s issue (April 0 of Travel & Leisure magazine has a two page article on Nantucket entitled “Nantucket Today” by Nina Willdorf, saying “On this tradition-rich island, old meets new - from classic hotels to just-opened restaurants”. By chance, I met Nina at Cinco one night while she was here researching the article, and had a delightful discussion with her about the island.

Mentioned in the piece are the ‘Sconset Post Office, jeeps with beach permit stickers, Wendy Schmidt’s purchase of Mitchell’s Book Corner, Linda Loring’s sale of 270 acres to the Nantucket Land Council, Amanda Lydon and Gabriel Frasca of Straight Wharf Restaurant, The Wauwinet, Wade Cottages, The White Elephant, Legends, Mister, Nantucket Stock Exchange, Black-Eyed Susan’s, The Club Car, Something Natural, and Yesterday’s Island.

Then the best part: “Gene Mahon, Nantucket’s unofficial mayor and 38-year full-time resident, offers photographs and inside information about the island’s best events and openings on his blog, Mahon About Town (mahonabouttown.com)”.

For the full article, pick up the current issue on newsstands now, or click here and here.

Holly Finigan, bartender at the Brant Point Grill wrote me this:

Hey Gene!!
Love getting the Newsletters over here in New Zealand! It’s like our own little slice of nantucket gossip while we’re away! I’ve started this blog called the “Kiwi Chronicles” and I would love it if you would share it as a link on your next Mahon About Town Newsletter. www.kiwi-chronicles.blogspot.com.

Holly is traveling around New Zealand for several months with Caitlin, Annie, and Freddie, bartender at Cinco. From her posts:

Top 5 things I’ve gotten used to:
5. Sleeping on a bunk bed in a room the size of a closet.
4. The fact that we’re 17 hours ahead of everyone in the states.
3. Putting on SPF 30 everyday, regardless if there are blue skies or a cyclone outside.
2. Not having a cell phone. (And loving it!)
1. Realizing that the limerick “There once was a man from Nantucket” is world famous.

Top 5 Things I have NOT gotten used to:
5. Looking right and then left before crossing the street. (I’ve almost gotten hit by about 10 cars.)
4. Mohawks on (otherwise) good looking Kiwi men. (NOT a good trend, guys!)
3. Why no one can just make a regular ice coffee over here!
2. What time it is. I never have a clue. (Nor the ambition to buy a watch!)
1. Why everyone goes barefoot around here. (Haven’t any of these people had a splinter before!?!)

Saw Ian from the Lobster Trap in Nantucket… he’s working at a great restaurant in downtown Russell…It’s been four days, and I already consider this place my home. You can now refer to me as Holly the Kiwi. Honestly, this island feels like home to us Nantucketer’s. We got a ride to the beach from a kind older island native who told us a little about this rock. 8500 year round residents with a population of 50,000 in the summer…. The island is 15 miles long and one to eight miles wide depending on where you are. It has this adorable little town and 90% of the natives live on 10% of the island…. Sounds familiar? It’s like our very own ACK! If we weren’t already Nantucket girls, we could definetly make a home for ourselves here! In the old Nantucket mantra…. Life is good.

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If you’ll be flying Island Airlines, Nantucket Airlines, or Cape Air to New Bedford or the Vineyard, you will depart from the Annex building adjacent to the Main Terminal until further notice. Travelers to Boston, New York, or passengers on the Nantucket Shuttle should continue to use the Main Terminal. All arrivals continue to come through the Main Terminal.

The SSA fast boat will not run again now until the end of March.

If you plan to be in NYC for New Year’s Eve, island resident Tony Messina will be performing his tribute to Dean Martin at Dillon’s on 245 West 54th Street. For reservations, call call 646.491.0987.

Jet Blue is the first U.S. airline to provide WiFi access for passangers to send emails and instant messages through their laptops or BlackBerrys. It’s a test on a few flights now, but if it goes well, it will be rolled out to all airplanes. American, Virgin America and Alaska airlines say they will provide the same plus internet access sometime in 2008. So far no one is planning to allow cell phone calls. Source: Boston Globe

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