Trip to Nantucket, Pt. 1

Good evening, everyone!

How was your Fourth of July weekend?

Mine was relaxed and enjoyable; went to a friend's

birthday party on Friday at a restaurant on the Sound,

walked around Port Jefferson (adorable seafaring town)

on Saturday, and had a delicious BBQ on Sunday with my family.

Overall, not too shabby!

Be that I finished sharing with you my photographs of Cape
Cod the other day, I'll now move on to my photos
of my first day in Nantucket . . .

Leaving Hyannis on the High-Speed Ferry

(someone evidently created a replica of the 
Brant Point Lighthouse on Nantucket here!)

Approaching the island after 

exactly one hour and fifteen minutes...

The *real* Brant Point Lighthouse!

Beautiful Nantucket!

Nearing the station...

On land!

The Centre Street Inn, where we resided.

Now, what can I possibly say about this inn, other

than never to stay in it? On arrival, we were 

greeted, not by the innkeepers, but by their housekeepers

(three hospitable Russian college students), and showed

into an extremely drab second floor room; it was cheaply

decorated, extremely small, and quite depressing. So, being my

perfectionist-self, I requested another room of which I fortunately

was granted. That room we stayed in was beautiful-- which 

was probably the only reason I wasn't completely devestated with
my experience (not to mention, the rates were really reasonable.)

Just to make a long story short of it, the innkeepers were absent 

for our entire trip; I met the husband for a split second (one gruff 

shake-of-the-hand), but never met the wife once; we also were never

given any information about the inn, and literally had to figure out

everything ourselves. Oh, and the "breakfast"? What breakfast?

For lack of a better word, our "breakfast" consisted of (the same)
pre-packaged loaf of raisin bread and two boxes of Special K, of
which we had to prepare ourselves every morning. And would you
like to know how their misleading brochure described this breakfast?
Read for yourself:

Yeah, I don't think so.

It was a very upsetting, disappointing experience,

particularly because there were so many other 

B&B's to choose from on this little island, and
I got stuck with the absolute worst of the bunch!

But, as I mentioned earlier, the room was beautiful

(as you'll soon see), the rates were cheap, and our trip, in and of
itself, overshadowed the shameful neglect from our innkeepers.

Alright, with all complaints aside now, I shift to

 the POSITIVE side of our wonderful trip! . . .

Sign out front

View from the inn

 The living space

 Lovely tiled fireplace

Our room, "New Year's Day"

(they're all named after holidays)

The gorgeous bed

Sitting area

See? It is really charming!...

View from our front window

onto another B&B

(Martin's House Inn)

View of the bed and fireplace

So cute

Monogrammed toiletries

All this traveling worked up our appetite--

time for lunch! . . .

Lovely house on our walk

to Even Keel Cafe

 Another one!

The Even Keel Cafe on Main Street

The outrageously delicious "Keel Pizza" which was

topped with spinach, roasted tomatoes, goat cheese,

and mozzarella. One of my favorites on the trip!

Walking back to the inn . . .

The Athenium,

Nantucket's historic library

The Jared Coffin House

Lovely rose-covered guest house (?)

First Congregational Church in the distance

After settling in our room for a couple of

hours, we set off for a short walk

before our first dinner at the

Brotherhood of Thieves! . . .

Mom posing in front

Picturesque little nook...

One feature of Nantucket that made 

the most profound impression on me 

were their lush abundance of roses--

they were everywhere! Their sweet,

perfumed scent permeated the

air wherever you stepped... ♥

View from the walkway of 

the First Congregational Church

Cute house

 

Interesting plaque!

Quintessentially Nantucket!

Mitchell's Book Corner

Main Street

The Nantucket Pharmacy

which we frequented often throughout

our stay (it even had an old-

fashioned soda fountain!)

The Starlight Theater

The renowned Juice Bar

(more on that later!)

Festive home

So gracious!

Absolutely lovely...

The Brotherhood of Thieves

This was, without a doubt, the best dining

experience on our trip. We loved it so much,

we ended up going on our last night as well!

Sampling the local beer...

Fried Point Judith Calamari

tossed with honey-chili glaze and garlic aioli

(we RAVED over this dish! My mom said this

was the best calamari she's ever eaten in her life,

and I'd easily have to concur with her!)

 Local Littlenecks and Gulf Shrimp Saute

with fettucini pasta, roasted garlics,

onions, roasted tomatoes, spinach,

and Parmesan cheese

....mmmm!

After dinner, more stuffed

than we've ever been!

- - - - - - - - - - 

*Photos of our first evening stroll,

climbing the First Congregational church

tower, and more beautiful sights... next post!*

♥ . . .  T o   b e   c o n t i n u e d  . . . ♥