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Martha’s Vineyard & Newport Booming

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The Black Dog

On Saturday afternoon downtown Newport, RI was packed. Cars were bumper to bumper and as Becky and I were preparing our boat, a 31 foot Grady White Canyon, for departure from the Newport Yachting Center, we both agreed that “summer’s here.” And after the winter we had in New England, it’s not a second too early.

As we passed Castle Hill off to our portside we set our course for a beautiful afternoon cruise through Buzzards Bay to Mattapoisett, MA—where I grew up—for a cookout at my sister’s house. Our children arrived by land thanks to generous grandparents offering to drive them over by car—a beautiful afternoon on the boat can be two and a half hours of boredom to a kid.

Over some ribs and burgers the adults decided that on Sunday morning we would head over to Martha’s Vineyard for breakfast at The Black Dog.

We left Mattapoisett around 9:30 cruising over a dead flat Buzzards Bay, Woods Hole, and Vineyard Sound arriving in Vineyard Haven just after 10:00. After tying up at the Black Dog Wharf we walked down the pier to put our name in for breakfast. Anyone who’s been knows to expect a wait. Ours was 45 minutes—great news for the local economy.

My Newport and Vineyard weekend is anecdotal evidence but it certainly feels like a better economy than what’s being reported. My guess is that most people just don’t go to the Vineyard on a whim. It’s a summer vacation destination. It takes planning. And those like us that do come over on a whim could not have had better weather. At any rate, families were out enjoying themselves both on the Vineyard and in Newport this weekend.

That’s a great start to the summer on many fronts.

 

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E.J. Smith

Editor-in-Chief
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@youngresearch.com.