The Blonde Excuse: Martha's Vineyard

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June 04, 2006

Martha's Vineyard

Last Wednesday, I drove all the way up to New Bedford, MA (a 3 hour drive from Greenwich) to take the ferry over to Martha's Vineyard to see Brent until yesterday! I had an amazing time and took a bunch of pictures to show everyone.

View from the ferry in New Bedford:

The ferry's navigational system on a plasma screen so that we could see where we were:

When I got to the Vineyard, Brent was there waiting for me with Murdick's Fudge:

Brent's family has a beautiful summer home on the water in East Chop which is a part of Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard. We got to his house where we picked up his dog, Beamer, to take her for a walk.

Brent and Beamer:

Don't they have a beautiful view?

We took a walk along the water which was absolutely gorgeous:

Brent and Beamer:

There were snails all over:

Brent's house:

The water in Oak Bluffs:

Brent and Me:

That night, Brent and I saw X-Men 3 which was very good. We saw it at this theater...

...after eating dinner here, where we had delicious paninis:

Thursday afternoon, we couldn't decide what to do so Brent and I made fishing poles and went fishing out on the jetty by his house. We made our fishing poles out of dowels, fishing line, and safety pins for hooks. We used gum and pieces of carrot for bait... and didn't catch anything. I don't think we really expected to catch anything, but we still had a great time picnicking out on the rocks while we waited for the fish to not come.

Our fishing equipment:

After fishing, we used our poles to have sword fights on the deck. Some people walked by and laughed at us:

Throughout my stay at the Vineyard, Brent and I were frequently in and out of the local arcade playing the Fast and the Furious racing game. I know, we're huge losers... but it gets worse. Before we even attempted the racing game, we beat Time Crisis and got the 6th highest score! We are so cool.

Arcade:

We did branch out from our video games to some other arcade games as well, the kind that give out tickets for prizes:

Too many tokens:

We used the tickets we won to buy Tootsie Pops:

At some point on Thursday, Brent and I tried to go to Long Point, a big beach nearby, but it was closed so we ended up getting lost and filling up the grill tank instead.

Brent with the grill tank:

I really like this gas station picture a lot:

Oak Bluffs:

Brent driving us around:

Someone was kite boarding:

Vineyard Gazette:

Shark Week protest:

Brent actually lives down the street from where the movie Jaws was filmed, so I get nervous that he's going to get eaten by a shark every time he goes to the beach.

Back by Brent's house we saw this cute bunny:

And an osprey nest:

Beamer on the deck:

A couple random pictures in Oak Bluffs:

Brent back at his house running up the stairs:

Thursday afternoon, Brent and I went to Edgartown to check out some of the stores, and then came back to Brent's house to cook dinner with his mom. Brent's mom certainly did the majority of the cooking, but Brent and I cooked a box of couscous together. We made Mediterranean chicken couscous and it was delicious!

That night, Brent and I watched a movie while wearing our new matching pajama shirts that Brent got us for free from Black Dog, where he works. This is, perhaps, one of the worst pictures ever taken of me, but I had to put it up anyway since Brent looks so cute:

Friday, Brent and I woke up relatively early and went on a bike ride to Vineyard Haven where we had sushi at The Net Result again (we had had it along with our fudge the first day there). The sushi was so fresh and delicious!! During our bike ride, we saw something really sad, though. A seagull had broken its wing and was stuck in the middle of a busy street. We ran over to try to help it, but luckily right as we got there, he made his way into the water where he could float around.

Friday night, Brent's dad got to the Vineyard right in time for dinner at Lambert's Cove Inn and Restaurant. The food was delicious, but even if it hadn't been, it would be worth going just for the decor. The inn is so beautiful, make sure you check out the web site to see some pictures.

Saturday morning I had to leave to come back home, but not before taking a few more pictures around town with Brent.

Brent and Me: