People & Businesses
Heritage’s hydrangeas
Heritage Museums & Gardens track data & best practices with their Hydrangea Test Garden A Cape summer would not be complete without the bouncing, bouffant images of our beloved blue hydrangeas…
Farm fresh oysters at the Naked Oyster restaurant in Hyannis
Pristine waters, a good back and a big heart produce award-winning oysters for Hyannis’ Naked Oyster restaurant Chef Florence Lowell rolls up her sleeves to prepare memorable meals for diners…
Special Spaces: Chatham Beach Bar Cabana
Next up in our exploration of Special Spaces is a backyard playground for adults. The backdrop is the second home for a couple with adult children, all in the energetic…
Next Wave: Profiles on emerging building & design professionals
Profiles on emerging young professionals in the local housing industry The housing industry on Cape Cod and the Islands not only offers opportunity for financial success, but it also fosters…
Set sail this summer on a relaxing Cape Cod cruise
In this article we highlight six local on-the-water adventures Summer on Cape Cod is never short of options for outdoor activities. Whether you’re a year-round resident or a first-time visitor,…
One weekend in Wellfleet—a Cape Cod photo essay
Online only: Expanded story, plus more photos of Wellfleet! Like the menus in its many fine restaurants and the artistic creations on display in its galleries, the town of Wellfleet…
Blue Economy wave hits Cape Cod: Local companies developing marine technologies
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution provides R&D foundation for entrepreneurs Spotlight on Hydroid, Teledyne & Coastal Engineering Co. Technology and services companies that work in and around the oceans are forming…
Cape Cod & Islands Dining Guide 2017
Descriptions of 52 restaurants, including dozens of longtime favorites and a few fresh newcomers Feel like going to your favorite restaurant tonight or this weekend? You know, the one with…
Waterview Dining Guide: 110 Cape & Islands restaurants with views of ocean, bay and stream
The Cape and Islands have a reputation for superior dining. From Buzzards Bay to Provincetown and across Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, the region’s bounty of great restaurants seems never-ending. Are…
Artist Profile: Michele Poirier-Mozzone, pastel painter
For pastel painter Michele Poirier-Mozzone, water is the ultimate muse. It is her gateway to endless explorations of the human figure, color, pattern and line. It is also her physical…
Q&A: Jamie Brenner
The New York author discusses the inspiration behind her latest novel, set in Provincetown Cape Cod Life ONLINE exclusive Even on a dreary day in the middle of May, Provincetown…
Developing stories: These Cape Cod artists are just beginning their journey
Learn about Leah Bares, Tim Ellis Cole and Caroline & Olivia Brodt Spring is nature’s ultimate expression of creativity, the season of emergence, when the dormant awaken amid songs of…
Artist Profile: Robin Wessman, oil painter
As a 20-something grad student studying painting in Ohio in the 1970s, Robin Wessman missed the ocean so badly that when he drove back home to Massachusetts between semesters, he’d…
Artist Profile: Tina Trites, scratchboard artist
When an artist works small, sometimes the goal is a more intimate experience with the artwork. And sometimes, as is the case with Sandwich artist Tina Trites, there are more…
Artist Profile: Tom Stringe, watercolorist
To say that Cape Cod inspires artists does not even begin to explain Tom Stringe. How do you account for a man who, having never touched a paintbrush, moves to…
Artist Profile: Sherry Rhyno, painter
She waits for the “golden hour,” though sometimes it may last only 60 seconds. It’s that time when nature brings light and shapes and colors together, creating a magical, otherworldly…
Artist Profile: Susan O’Brien McLean, oil painter
Growing up in the 1950s, Susan O’Brien McLean recalls early family connections to working artists—all of whom were male. In New Rochelle, New York, her family lived next door to…