Archive 2014

MV Ocean Sports is the place to go for adventurous water activities on the Island. Located right on the Oak Bluffs Harbor at the Dockside Marina, MV Ocean Sports offers guided jet ski tours, parasailing, wakeboarding, water skiing, knee boarding, tubing and boat rentals. A unique and exhilarating activity now offered is flyboarding. Jetpacks are no longer just within the realms of the Jetsons! Basically anything you’d like to do in the water, you’re covered at Martha’s Vineyard Ocean Sports. I recommend trying jetskiing, the thrill will whisk you away!

Danny Segal doesn’t want your arm or your leg. Most people visit the Vineyard with the expectation of spending substantial money, and this makes island life difficult for those on a budget. Dinner can cost upwards of $30 a plate in some places. Unlike other restaurants on the Vineyard, Edgartown Pizza doesn’t require you to surrender your favorite limb or take out a second mortgage to pay for lunch.With value, variety, and quality, Edgartown Pizza is always a welcome surprise.

Few activities on the Vineyard can claim to be purely ‘island.’ Among them, the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair sits as a proud testament to island life in its most distilled form. Held at the Agricultural Society’s headquarters in West Tisbury, the four day event is an island staple. The fair, lasting four days, will be open for its 153rd year this summer, and is sure to provide delightful times to all that attend. The fair represents the meshing of two different sides of an island split by cultures, seasons,and backgrounds. A summer resident and a year-round settler both come to the same , the tourist and the farmer both see the same cattle, and the summer and winter are both represented as the late summer heat points toward autumn, and with it, thoughts of frost and winter.

Off the Beaten Path and into a Culinary Adventure There is no love more sincere than the love for food.” The simple chalkboard encapsulates the two most organic aspects of the Aquinnah Shop—the top notch food and the sublime view. The Aquinnah Shop is currently operated by father and son, the business having been passed down through generations. Jacob Vanderhoop, the son in the equation and also head chef, sat down with This Week to discuss his involvement in the business.

Knock knock. Who’s there? Orange. Orange who? Orange you excited for the Martha’s Vineyard Comedy Fest? Join a line-up of seasoned veterans and up-and-coming talents for six full nights of hilarious humor at the Martha’s Vineyard Comedy Fest! The HBO sponsored event will be taking over the Lampost in the heart of Oak Bluffs for its fourth season of multi-night comedy. Tickets are only $30 per night, and are available online at marthasvineyardcomedy.com. The festival will run from August 11th to the 13th and August 18th to the 20th.

Sing Out At The Ritz in Oak Bluffs Sing it loud and sing it proud. Every Monday night at the newly renovated Ritz Café is Karaoke night and the talent is crawling out of the woodworks. This week’s theme is Elvis so bring on the hair gel and your blue suede shoes. Afraid of the spotlight? Ease into the tunes by joining one of the group sing-a-longs. Plus, a little liquid courage from one of the many talented bartenders won’t hurt your cause.

The Oak Bluffs’ harbor is the perfect place to spend an afternoon, rain or shine. You can stroll down the sidewalk and breathe in the salty air. You can rest on a park bench while you snap pictures of the sailboats waving in the ocean breeze. And you can find that perfect Vineyard keepsake that you’ve been after since you first stepped off the ferry. Appropriately named after its location, Dockside Jewelers has stood on the Oak Bluffs’ harbor for 28 years, in which time it has earned a reputation for offering some of the most iconic island souvenirs.

Rocco’s was an accidental island fixture. The owners planned on opening a pizza shop in Florida but found that real estate was more viable on the Vineyard. Owner Chris Pantalone says, “We opened on December 13th during a blizzard and we have been busy ever since.” It is easy to understand the appeal of Rocco’s. The atmosphere is charming, with seating both outside and indoors with views of the water, the prices are extremely reasonable for entrées like pastas and sandwiches, and the thin crust, freshly baked pizzas simply cannot be beat.

Vineyard Isle Limo Service is the way to go by Kendra Mills The beach-going, seafood, and sand of island living isn’t often associated with luxury transportation,...

by Chaiel Schaffel So Tequila has a reputation for being the life of the party. More exotic than whiskey, sunnier than vodka, and stronger than...