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Friday Five Favorite Finds VIII

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   11 Comments
Friday Favorite - the Weaving Room
This week’s Friday Five Favorite Finds starts with a discovery that truly deserves its own post. But with many articles simmering on the back burner, this favorite find will lead off the group today. I’m not quite sure how I have never known about the Weaving Room, Anna Lynn Bender’s enticing Nantucket studio.…
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Friday Five Favorite Finds VI

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   12 Comments
Chanticleer Nantucket rose garden
This installment of Friday Five Favorite Finds starts at an all time favorite island restaurant. While Chanticleer may be a new and different iteration from the classical French gastronomic experience it once was, it is still a delicious and charming culinary destination.…
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Nashville Travels with Jonathan Savage

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   16 Comments
Jonathan Savage Belle Meade home
The first time I became acquainted with Nashville designer Jonathan Savage was several years ago on the stylish shopping site Taigan, where he maintains an online shop featuring a chic mix of coveted global finds from furniture to accessories. Fast forward to this past spring when I was in Nashville to moderate a panel at the Antiques & Garden Show.…
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Visiting Italy with Trust & Travel

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   12 Comments
Trust and Travel Villa Spada in Tuscany
It’s August, the official vacation month of the year. So as I think of future travel and its infinite possibilities, high on my list would be a languorous stay in Italy. What better way to experience a place than to be a homeowner, even if temporarily.…
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Friday Five Favorite Finds V

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   5 Comments
Favorite Finds Flowers on Chestnut entry
Today’s first pick of our Friday Five Favorite Finds is Flowers on Chestnut. The place to go on Nantucket for beautiful flowers is housed in a charming house at 1 Chestnut Street in the heart of downtown. Five Favorite Finds Flowers on Chestnut entryFlowers on Chestnut side yardWhether you are looking for a single bouquet for your island home, rental or boat or multiple floral arrangements for a wedding (see what they did for my niece’s Nantucket nuptials) or major event, the selection at this charming shop is consistently stunning.…
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ReMain Nantucket

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   11 Comments
Nantucket Main Street
Behind the charm of the cobblestone streets and rose covered cottages, Nantucket is a real-life, year round community that has not only the same considerations of any small town but also the additional challenges of island life, an iconic historic district and a seasonal tourist trade.…
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Friday Five Favorite Finds IV

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   10 Comments
Nantucket Unitarian Church
This week’s Friday Five Favorite Finds starts off with a bit of Nantucket history. In the early 18th century, the island was made up primarily of Quaker and Congregational worshippers, a century later adding a second Congregational Churches on island, with the original “north church” on Centre Street and the “south church” on Orange Street.…
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At Home with Susanna Salk and Liz Lange at Grey Gardens

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   18 Comments
Grey Gardens today
Few homes elicit the same obsessive intrigue as Grey Gardens. Made famous by the late David and Albert Maysles’ 1975 documentary, the house was subsequently featured in an HBO remake with Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange, as well as endless parodies, most recently Fred Armisen and Bill Hader’s hysterical Sandy Gardens.…
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Friday Five Favorite Finds III

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   3 Comments
Favorite finds Nantucket Looms
Today’s Friday Five Favorite Finds starts with a pick from an iconic Nantucket institution. Founded in the 1950s by artist and master weaver Andy Oates and businessman Bill Euler, what is now the Nantucket Looms started as a small textile operation.…
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Friday Five Favorite Finds 2

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Stacey Bewkes   •   5 Comments
Wauwinet Inn - five favorite finds
For the second installment of my Friday Five Favorite Finds from Nantucket, we start by visiting the far northeast end of the island. Wauwinet is where the island narrows and curves around with Nantucket bay on one side and the Atlantic a short walk away on the other.…
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