The Nantucket Girl – Maybeth

July 18, 2013 By 5 Comments

I am constantly asked, “What is it like to live on Nantucket year-round?”  Well, I decided to answer this question in a series of blog posts called, “The Nantucket Girl.”  Every few weeks, I will feature a friend who calls this beautiful island home.  She will share with you some of her favorite things about Nantucket and also her favorite picks at Milly & Grace!  I hope this will give everyone a glimpse of what it’s like to be a girl living 30 miles out to sea.

So, I present to you.. NantucketgirllogoMeet  ­­­­­­­­­­­­­Maybeth Soverino

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Tell us a little about yourself: A true townie (13th generation Nantucket), lover of the finer things in life. Has a serious case of wanderlust. A mild obsession Ina Garten. Dream of attending pastry school in Paris. Devoted sister and friend. Believer in love!

How long have you called Nantucket home?: I was blessed to grow up on this little slice of heaven and graduated from high school here in 1997. After college, I moved to Boston where I lived until last June. It’s officially my one-year anniversary with this little island. I guess we are in a serious relationship now ;)

What do you do in Nantucket?: A little of this… a little of that! I work at the Nantucket Looms as a shop girl/social media girl. In addition, I work as a catering manager at Simply with Style Catering. Oh and in my spare time, I try to maintain my blog… A Day with May.

Hobbies:  I really will try anything once but my favorite past times include curling up with a good book and a cup of peppermint tea, exploring places near and far, trying out a new recipe, entertaining my dear friends, shopping (it’s my cardio), PINTEREST

Guilty Pleasure:  Dark chocolate

Favorite Blogger:  The sisters (Sally and Molly) behind A Piece of Toast.

Favorite Quote: “Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper than never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”  Charles Dickens

Tell us about your life on Nantucket:  I left a hectic and stressful job in Boston to return to my roots and focus on the important things in life. One of four girls, I am blessed to have my sisters a short car ride away and get to spend some quality time with two of my most favorite people, Tucker and Casey, my beloved nephews. What I love most about this little island is the sense of community. I love walking down the street and knowing almost everyone and being able to share in the creativity this place nurtures. I also love the landscape of this island. One of my favorite spots to walk is out in Squam Swamp. Almost feels like you aren’t on an island out there.

Favorite time of year:  September and October

What’s your perfect day on Nantucket?: Morning walk on the beach, followed by breakfast at Black Eyed Susan’s (Thai scramble, of course). Stroll through town to check out the shops. Run home and grab my swimsuit, call in a sandwich order to Something Natural and make my way to my favorite beach spot with cadima and InStyle in the beach bag and wrap up the night with a Grey lady, the sunset and fish tacos at Millies.

Favorite (Nantucket): 

Shops:  Milly & Grace and Nantucket Looms (of course). The Lovely, Parchment, Coastal, Atlantic, Bodega

Restaurants:  Boarding House, American Seasons, Millie’s, Black Eyed’s, Slip 14… let’s be honest, there isn’t a restaurant I don’t love on this island!

Beach:  Dune D and my hidden spot somewhere between Cisco and Madaket ;)

Nantucket Event: Nantucket Film Festival

Tell us an interesting fact about living on Nantucket:  Rumor has it that Frederick Douglas stayed in my Great Grandmother’s house on Fair Street.

What’s the hardest part about living on Nantucket?:  The best and hardest part about living on this island is its quaintness. Somedays, I just like to get lost in the shuffle and that is hard to do here.

Tell us something others may not know about this little island:  Hmmm…. Need to think about this one. Perhaps that we really do have a high school here ;)

Top Picks at Milly & Grace

Day Look

Maybeth is ready for a brunch, a shopping day or a beach picnic in this beautiful Splendid Floral Maxi Dress!

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Night Look

and she is ready to paint the town navy blue in this Parker Beaded Strappy Dress!

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Home Décor 

Lastly, she always tells her nephews that she loves them “To the Moon & Back!” so she adores this small wooden art print sold on our online store!

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Thank you Maybeth for being our very first Nantucket Girl!

Filed Under: Emily, Milly & Grace, Nantucket, The Nantucket Girl 5 Comments

A Beach Picnic

July 10, 2013 By 2 Comments

Our parents have been out of town for a couple days to celebrate a wedding of their friend’s son. So that means that us kiddos get to spend lots of time together! And to make things even more exciting…Emily’s friends from high school, Lauren and her husband Nathan, came to visit all the way from Australia!! We have loved having them around.

Anyway, the other night, we decided to have a beach picnic! We packed up our cars with lots of food, beach chairs, towels, and some of the best company and headed out to the beach.

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We had lots of fun spending time with our family and friends, catching up with Lauren and Nathan and reminiscing about our times in Australia (we even broke out in to the Australian National Anthem…which, according to our Aussie friends, sounds quite different when sung in an American accent!), and enjoying a beautiful Nantucket sunset!

Filed Under: Beach, Nantucket, Uncategorized 2 Comments

A Nantucket Fourth of July

July 6, 2013 By 6 Comments

If you follow me on twitter, you probably already know that I just LOVE spending the Fourth of July on Nantucket. In my opinion, nothing beats a small town’s Fourth of July. The day starts off with everyone ON ISLAND (read about this inside joke here) gathering in town for all of the morning festivities such as, dunk tanks, face paint, pie eating contests, watermelon eating contest, and of course the WATER FIGHT! It’s the town against the firefighters. And this year in particular…the firefighters were not letting anyone leave dry. (I tried to video as much as I could but I was afraid of getting too close cause my camera would have been soaked) Also, you may or may not have heard that I, after two years of placing 2nd in the watermelon eating contest, have finally WON Nantucket’s Annual Watermelon Eating Contest. Allie was so proud of me, she teared up…which I still can’t believe! Anyway, the day continues with either shopping in town or going to the beach. The beaches get pretty packed and crazy so we decided to stay in town. In the evening, we headed over to The Westmoor Club for a Fourth of July Barbeque! And then, usually you end the night with fireworks…but this year the fog rolled in pretty heavy just as the fireworks should have begun. (They don’t call Nantucket the Grey Lady for nothing!) So, they postponed the fireworks to July 5th. And July 5th was a beautiful clear night for watching the firewords and we enjoyed spreading out the celebrations over two days.

I decided to try out the video setting on my camera again and video how we celebrated the Fourth. (So, yes…you’ll get to see me stuff my face with watermelon. I’m in the blue shirt with the fish on it. Also, you’ll see people with their hands up before mine but either they hadn’t swallowed yet or they didn’t eat enough of the red!) Now, without further ado, I present to you A Nantucket Fourth of July…

I am so grateful to live in America and for those who fought for the freedoms that we enjoy each and every day. Happy, happy Fourth of July!

Filed Under: Caroline, Holidays, Nantucket 6 Comments