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Away in Autumn

By Christina Galt   |   November 8, 2022

Enjoy your next off-season vacation or staycation at AutoCamp Cape Cod! This fall we were lucky enough to enjoy a staycation at Falmouth's newest attraction: AutoCamp Cape Cod. Upon our arrival, we were greeted by the stunning modern architecture that is their Clubhouse. As we ventured inside for check-in we received a warm welcome from friendly staff who showed us where we would be staying via their site map and got us up-to-speed on everything we would need to know to make the most of our stay. Inside the Clubhouse ...

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Beachmoor West

By Larry Lindner   |   December 7, 2022

Waaaaay West! You can take the girl away from the Cape, but… It has the trappings of so many other Cape Cod houses: glorious views out to the ocean, a wooden “Buzzards Bay” sign over the secretary, glass lamp bases filled with shells, a copy of this very magazine on a little antique chest purchased in Sandwich.… But wait! Magenta bougainvillea cascades down a wall in the side yard. Route 6A is nowhere to be found. And the sun is setting over the ocean rather than rising there. What’s going ...

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Photo Portfolio: Jon Vaughan

Local business owner, author, and award-winning photographer Jon Vaughan, has been capturing the Cape and Islands for over 40 years. 

Out of Darkness Comes The Gift of Hope

The Cape Cod Wellness Collaborative looks to the future as they continue their work to support those on Cape Cod living with cancer.

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‘Tis the season to give thanks and celebrate. gunk’holing is the art of getting a boat into any small shallow…

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The House That Jill Built

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Special Spaces: Party in the Back

Principal & founder of SAIL Architects Jessica Williams, seamlessly incorporates a modern barn into a traditional New England home’s landscape.

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Artist Profile: Debra Birtwell

“I don’t ever use black. I use the white of the paper,” Debra offers. “If you study painting with me,…

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Nauset Break • Oil on canvas, 2019 • 30″x 40″ “My brain is 90 percent visual,” explains Craig Caldwell. The…

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Curroon • Canvas • 88″ x 92″ It was an art elective that kept Yarmouth Port painter Joseph Conrad-Ferm from…

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