Hate to be the bearer of warm weather, but hello from sunny California! Still sending you, my dear readers, as much sunshine as New England will allow me to. Do not think I am gloating –– I am just soaking up the sunshine to bring home for you all, I promise.
Let’s start with hoping you all had a lovely Valentine’s Day and President’s Day weekend. A capitalism-forward holiday paired with a historically admirable holiday always make for good conversation, so here I am wondering out loud: I know my love language (words of affirmation, of course), but I wonder what George Washington’s was? Any guesses? I’m thinking it was acts of service. If you have a different answer, always feel free to start a conversation with me via email at marnely@gmail.com, and we can discuss further.
Now, what’s coming this week to Edgartown is a lot of having kids at home for February school vacation soon, and as someone who is childfree by choice but chooses to be friends with plenty of parents, I offer my three suggestions as the cool aunt: Take them to the Edgartown library and have them explore books and activities; take them to a restaurant and practice indoor voices while eating delicious food; and last but not least, ask them to clean the house. Oh, kids don’t do that? Oh, well. Jokes aside, this is a slow week of events in town, and that’s why I’m making silly little jokes to try to hit my word count.
When events are slow during a season, it tells me that this might be the best time to remind you that the slowest times are the best times to support locally owned businesses –– whether it’s shopping for a gift in town at Edgartown Books (rumor has it their new floors are fantastic!), grabbing breakfast at Rosewater Market (I know for a fact that their breakfast burrito with ham is a spectacular way to start the day), buying ingredients for dinner at Morning Glory Farm (their annual winter sale takes place Feb. 20 to 22, don’t miss it), browsing for art at North Water Gallery (and say hello to Robin for me!), or tempting yourself with a stop at Soigne (another fact I’m sure about is that those brownies are the best in town!). However you choose to spend your hard-earned money, if it’s locally spent, it’s fine by me!
Happy birthday to Kristin MacLean on Feb. 23, Amy Kurth on Feb. 24, and Cathy Walthers on Feb. 25 –– may your days be filled with joy and warmth!