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Article: ON THE VINEYARD A seaside haven's famous lure
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- June 22, 2003
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Scripps Howard News ServiceIF YOU GO
This place is cute," I thought, moments after driving off the
ferry in Vineyard Haven. "Cute, cute, cute."Catherine Watson
This place is cute," I thought, moments after driving off the
ferry in Vineyard Haven. "Cute, cute, cute."
That first-glance assessment stayed valid through my visit to the
Massa-chusetts island called Martha's Vine-yard last fall, though I
immediately began adding adjectives: historic, interesting,
complicated.
Martha's Vineyard is an expensive getaway, a handsome haven for
the rich and nearly rich, as pretty as a well-composed postcard, as
quaint as a Disney-designed Main Street.
But beneath its polished surface--beyond the art ...