People & Businesses
Zen and the Art of Landscape
With almost four decades of experience under his feet, Paul Miskovsky has coaxed the natural world into a state of enlightenment. After almost 40 years of working in the dirt,…
Where Beauty Abides
The pandemic plants the seeds for Terra Coastal, a flourishing new floral design business for customized Cape home décor. Beth Johnson is a true flower lover. The gardens surrounding her…
Meryl Gartside of Blue Lobster Flower Farm
What made you want to get into this business? It’s definitely a passion. When I retired from my real job, I had the energy and passion to explore this opportunity.…
Checking Inn at the End of the World
Tucked away in the gallery district on the eastern side of Provincetown, nestled between hedges and a white picket fence, sits the buttercream-colored Inn at Cook Street. Originally built and…
Showing Your Style With Tile
The enduring nature of tile, not to mention the untold scope of styles lends it to all aspects of a home. What makes one’s home their own? The particular selection…
Shorethings: Michelle Itzkowitz
Owner of innerglow yoga and Cape Cod Yoga School, Michelle Itzkowitz has been practicing yoga and studying nutrition for over 30 years, “It really started after I became a vegetarian,”…
Focus On: Light & Living
Lighting is the jewelry to your space. When you walk into a kitchen what is the first thing that is at eye level? Lighting. “It’s the first thing you are…
Spotlight: Vermont Pure, Cape Cod Quality Service
At JMJ Beverage, customer service is the family business. For over 20 years, JMJ Beverages has been providing Southeastern Massachusetts with fresh, clean drinking water. Vermont Pure water is bottled…
This Magic Moment
A Cape couple’s love for their community and each other kept their seaside wedding bright and breezy despite pandemic challenges. Jen Villa just naturally has the kind of star power that…
She Said Yes!
Things have always seemed to work out just right for Erin Ricciardi and Connor Schmitt. Connor reconnected with his former army platoon buddy, Kyle when they discovered they lived across…
Big Day On The Farm
A long engagement, a COVID delay, and a year of planning bring the community and one special couple together for a day to remember. “We just decided to go BIG,”…
Day Trip: Buzzards Bay
Bourne’s Downtown: A surge of growth and new business is making Buzzards Bay a destination for those looking for an unforgettable day. When you think about it, the village of…
New Beginnings: A Wedding Planning Guide
The Big Day! It may seem at first glance to just be one day, but really it is so much more. A wedding day is a mix of lifetimes: parents, grandparents,…
Demon Tide Rising
In “Demon Tide” Chatham author Matt Fitzpatrick’s third novel, a once idyllic fishing town on the North Shore is drowning in the poison of opiates. For lawyer-assassin Justin McGee and…
Good Reads in LIFE: Finding Your Zen
“I’ve had a windy path and it has been largely shaped around mindfulness–that’s the core of what I do.” “I have always been a writer, so the dream was to…
Mutual Muses
Since we met all those years ago your friendship has been a precious thread – refining, enriching and strengthening the fabric of my life. ~ Maya Angelou If we rewind…
Service Before Self Through Art
Cape-based photographer Kim Roderiques has made a name for herself through her portraits and published works. Now, she’s using a new medium to help deserving nonprofit organizations across the region. If you’ve spent even just…
Driving Back in Time
In a society steeped in information and digital imagery, it can be easy to forget that humans coexisted for thousands of years before Nicéphore Niépce invented photography in 1826 or…