Showing posts with label nantucket. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nantucket. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Nicotine.

The island of Nantucket has three zip codes.

Nantucket's best burgers are at the Brotherhood, but watch your head on the way in.

In 2001, Nantucket won the Best Island award from the readers of Travel and Leisure.

Nantucket has the highest number of rare species anywhere in Massachusetts.

Nantucket is 20 miles off the coast of Hyannis, Massachusetts.

The "Turkey Terrific" sandwich from Provisions on Nantucket has become an island tradition for lunch.

Nantucket sea captains displayed pineapples on their homes to announce their return from long voyages.

Nantucket's newspaper, The Inquirer and Mirror, was founded in 1821 and sold for 4 cents a copy in 1900.

Nantucket's Straight Wharf was built in 1723 and was the focal marina for the whaling industry.

The song, "Summer Wind" is played nightly to signify last call at the Straight Wharf Bar & Restaurant.

There are over 1,000 acres of farmland on Nantucket.

The most famous of Nantucket's hidden forests is off Polpis Road.

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Many years ago I overhauled one of the Two Toms' Dad's super-nice road bike.

My Mom's cousin is married to the same Tom's sister.