#Nantucket Inn

[the-most-sublime-fool]

obsessed with the fact that ishmael and queequeg are looking for this particular inn in nantucket specifically bc they heard the chowder is good

...and then when they find it, and the landlady tries to get them to pick their chowder flavours, ishmael somehow has no idea what's going on

like he really thinks the landlady is going to serve both him and queequeg a single cold clam for dinner?

the "mystery" is explained when the chowder comes out. at the place they tracked down specifically for the chowder.

oh ishmael. you sweet simple soul.

in fact, given his self-description as "broad-shouldered",

...i am forced to conclude that ishmael is a himbo.

no wonder queequeg locked that shit down on the spot. wife material.

[saranilssonbooks]

Ishmael: *Spends about halft an hour at the Spouter Inn staring at and analyzing Bulkington*

Bulkington, to himself: That weird but cute sailor over there keeps making eyes at me. He's a total weirdo, but I guess it's still kinda flattering.

Bulkington: *Attempts to return gaze* Wait, why isn't he responing all of a sudden? Well have it your way then, tease! *Leaves in disappointment*

The following evening.

Bulkington: Fuck, I simply can't get that cute weirdo sailor off my mind. Guess I might as well head back just to have a peek if he's still there.

Bulkington: *Returns to the Spouter Inn and spots Ishmael and Queequeg* Noooooo!

Bulkington for the next couple of days, finally failing at denying his own sore heart* Ugh! Better not risk running into him again. Might as well head over to Nantucket, that should be just as good of a place to find a ship.

Bulkington: *Arrives in Nantucket and spots Ishmael and Queequeg* Noooooooooooo!!

Christmas Day

Bulkington, aboard the Pequod: Off to sea again, I guess. Everything back to usual. *Turns around and spots Ishmael and Queequeg* NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

And thus due to Bulkington's dedicated avoidance, this became the reason for him never being mentioned again.

[imsorryimlate]

when do you think ishmael and queequeg had sex for the first time? i think it was their second night at the spouter inn, which might seem a bit hasty, but keep in mind that they had already “gotten married” at this point so it was technically their wedding night, and the whole “he throws his thigh over mine and we roll around for a bit” would suggest such activities. but it’s entirely possible that they waited until they were on nantucket and waiting to be called onboard

[popculturelib]

Haunted States of America: Massachusetts

Haunted Island: True Ghost Stories from Martha's Vineyard (1994) by Holly Mascott Nadler

Martha's Vineyard is, truly, a haunted island, as many residents can attest. Haunted Island presents a fascinating selection of their firsthand encounters with the supernatural side of this fabled island. There are the ghostly entities of Chappaquiddick that just may have played a part in the notorious 1969 car accident that resulted in a tragic drowning and a firestorm of scandal. And the spirit of an empty house who incessantly murmured a prayer for the dead (in French) in the ear of a terrified young woman. The ghost of aristocratic Desire Coffin, called by from the Other Side by the power of music and the memory of lost love. Mysterious Room 8 at one haunted inn, accessibly only by way of a cramped hidden staircase, and the focus of many unexplained events...including the total disappearance of one guest. There stories are not fiction. They are intriguing, sometimes disturbing, accounts that always ring true--as colorful and fascinating as Martha's Vineyard itself.

For more books about haunted places along the coast of Massachusetts, check out

Ghosts & Legends of Lynn (1980s) by Alison Gifford

Nantucket Hauntings: Twenty-One Firsthand Encounters with the Supernatural (1990) by Blue Balliett

Haunted Cape Cod & The Islands (2002) by Mark Jasper

The Browne Popular Culture Library (BPCL), founded in 1969, is the most comprehensive archive of its kind in the United States.  Our focus and mission is to acquire and preserve research materials on American Popular Culture (post 1876) for curricular and research use. Visit our website at https://www.bgsu.edu/library/pcl.html.

[nogoodninny]

I want a Gilmore Girls reboot that follows Rory and her baby. Here are 64 points on my predictions for what is to come for the next generation of Stars Hollow…

Rory will have a baby boy

The baby will be part wookie

She will name him after her grandfather, they will call him Ricky Gilmore

Rory will get her book published and come back to run the Stars Hollow Gazette

Ricky will love spending time with his Grandpa Luke and hanging out at his Diner

Kirk and Lulu will have a kid who is surprisingly well adjusted

Ricky wants to go to Chilton

Ricky wants to go to Yale

Great Grandma will spoil the crap out of little Ricky

Ricky will NOT like coffee

Rory will eventually have a daughter that she names Lorelai

Ricky and Baby Kirk will be best friends

Ricky will LOVE the snow, and can smell it coming, just like his Grandma

Ricky will often wear a backwards baseball cap, just like grandpa

Davey will work at the inn and Martha will work with her daddy

Rory is going to write a biography for Patty, and it’s going to be a best seller

Rory is going to settle down and become an actual decent person. Think more Chilton Rory than Yale Rory

As Ricky gets older Luke and Lorelai move out of the house and back into the space above the diner, so Rory and Ricky can live there

Either that or they all move into the Twikem House like Luke wanted

Ricky will be a lot like Luke, personality wise

Taylor will absolutely adore Ricky, and is the only person in town who doesn’t realize that he’s basically a mini Luke

Naomi Shropshire will actually write that book about the whale and the rabbit/mouse

It’s one of Ricky’s favorite books

It wins a Pulitzer

GG has a baby and wants her big sister in their lives

Ricky loves his baby cousin

When Ricky gets his first phone, Luke thinks it’s too soon

Ricky is the only person who finds it weird that their town still has a troubadour

Ricky is indifferent to town events, he participates, but it’s not like he counts down the days

He loves town meetings though, he thinks they are hilarious

Patty gets a pet monkey

Emily still employs Berta and her family

Ricky gives out the WiFi password at Luke’s once, as a joke, which results in the router being ripped out, and Ricky losing all WiFi privileges

Lorelai found this hilarious and was very proud

Ricky can understand Berta

Every time someone asks Baby Kirk what he wants to be when he grow up, he gives a different answer

Christopher loves Ricky, but hates the idea that he’s a grandpa now, it makes him feel old

Guy Fieri gets a cameo where he comes to Luke’s for his show Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives

Luke is grumpy about the camera crew, but Lorelai and Sookie are so excited that he puts up with it

Both Patty and Babette flirt with Guy

Kirk asks him how to have a career on Food Network

Liz and TJ have multiple kids, just as weird as they are

Rory hasn’t been in contact with Mr. Wookie since that night, until she randomly runs into him at that collectibles store in NY while shopping for a birthday gift for Ricky

She doesn’t recognise him at first, but he does immediately

She tells him that she’s shopping for her son’s birthday, then tells him all about Ricky

She explains everything and brings him home to Stars Hollow to meet her family

Luke doesn’t like him

Neither does Christopher

Ricky isn’t quite sure what to think, because he’s still pretty young, but he can sense how tense everyone is

Mr. Wookie asks if he can visit occasionally, on birthdays and around the holidays

He takes Ricky to Comic Con each year

I don’t know who or how, but somebody in Stars Hollow is going to be involved in a murder somehow

The kids love hearing stories about the Life and Death Brigade

Ricky even tried to start his own kiddie version of it in Stars Hollow

Luke and Lorelai like visiting Nantucket every year and actually look forward to it

April will have a baby at some point

a third film by Kirk

another beloved pet will die and the entire town will gather for the funeral

Emily Gilmore will sadly pass away

At leash one flashback episode

TJ and Liz get lost while camping or something and Luke has to go find them

Lorelai meets Taylor Swift

At some point during the final season she decides to write a sequel to her book, this one is about raising Ricky

The last scene of the entire series will be Rory revealing that they are thinking about making her book into a tv series.

[stain-glass]

Chapter 15 - Chowder

Peter coffin, the landlord of Spouter Inn, recommended an inn and great chowder spot for them to stay at when in Nantucket. It is run by his cousin (so same crazy energy). He gives them instructions that they immediately argue about upon landing (like an old married couple) and end up asking locals for navigation help.

When they find the inn, ishmael sees a death omen and fears what it could mean but then shakes the fear away.

The inn is just like spouter inn, except a lady in charge and she does everything and very competent (feminist representation?). Things are decorated with lots of fish bones and clam shells (even the jewelry).

The lady, Mrs. Hussey, is busy and ask clam or cod and I swear, with no ounce of sarcasm or joking, Ishmael literally thinks that she is going to serve them cold clams for dinner and freaks out if it will be enough to feed them and if a cold dinner is even okay.

Lucky he smells the soup and they enjoy delicious chowder of both kinds.

They, of course, share a room/bed (even though this place definitely has extra rooms if they wanted) but Queequeg's harpoon has to stay in the supplie closet due to a suicide incident that happened before.

[paroliro]

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[primabeecbd]

Paul Borde: CBD on Cape Cod with Primabee

Primabee Founder Lives Out Company’s Mission Of Wellness

CHATHAM – For many people on the Cape, the jury is still out on cannabis-based products. Paul Borde gets it.

“I was that guy,” he said.

He was, that is, until a golf injury in 2018 led him to Cannabidiol, more commonly known as CBD. The pain was excruciating, he recalled, and Tylenol, Advil and other pain relieving medicines weren’t working.

Borde eventually found that he had a slipped disc. By the time a chiropractor recommended that he try CBD, he was ready to try just about anything. The pain went away, and the experience has since led Borde, a Chatham resident, down a whole new path not only in business, but in life.

It’s been two years since Borde and his partner, Stephen Crane, launched Primabee, which sells CBD products including oils, creams, gummies and tinctures aimed at improving people’s wellness. The company even has an oil for dogs.

“CBD has so many wellness qualities to it,” Borde said. “It supports anxiety, pain, sleep. It supports a million things.”

Borde and his wife have had a home in Chatham for 25 years, where they now live full time. Before relocating permanently to the Cape, he worked in the restaurant and hospitality industry in Greenwich, Conn. But his experience with CBD encouraged him to get more active in what he sees as a significant movement in the field of health and wellness.

“I was really, super interested in what positive impact this was having on my body,” he said.

The passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, also known as the Farm Bill, opened the doors for the legalization of marijuana and hemp-based products nationally. But Massachusetts and other New England states have been slower adopters than others. By the time Borde reached out to Crane, who lives in Southern California, THC and CBD products had already long become the norm in other parts of the country.

“We just started chipping away,” he said. “Maybe there was an opportunity here in New England.”

Borde said he looked at purchasing a CBD company in Michigan, but that he and Crane opted instead to start their own business. Motivated by what he saw as less-than-honest companies selling dodgy products at stores such as CVS, Borde and Crane sought to use Primabee in part to serve as a platform for educating customers about CBD and its benefits, as well as what to look out for when shopping for CBD products.

The Primabee website includes a page for consumer education, including a blog that is updated weekly with the latest news on what’s happening in the industry. Borde also gives talks and presentations directly to people interested in learning more about the company and the wellness benefits of CBD. He’s spoken at senior centers, libraries, retirement communities and other venues across the Cape as well as on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. Last week, Borde had two talks, in Osterville and Hyannis.

“We decided to lead with one word: Education,” he said. “Like I did in my previous life, earning trust one person at a time, we decided to take that same philosophy.”

That process of educating consumers has been slow but steady, but Borde said he regularly hears from people about how Primabee and other CBD products have helped them on their wellness journey. The most common uses of Primabee products are for pain, anxiety and sleep, he said.

Primabee’s top selling product is its topical sports cream, Borde said.

“The menthol, it dilates the blood vessel,” he said. “It opens it up and lets the CBD get right to the inflammation. That’s the big thing, the disruption of the inflammation.”

Unlike THC-based products derived from marijuana, which are restricted to being sold in dispensaries, Primabee’s hemp-based CBD products can be sold more broadly. Locally, they can be found at locations including the Chatham Bars Inn. Primabee products are also sold at some chiropractor offices in the region, Borde said.

The company’s newest product is its PrimaBuzz CBD gummies, which also include some THC (the product is comprised of five milligrams of THC and 25 milligrams of CBD). Borde said he initially anticipated that the gummies, also called “Buzzies,” would be most popular among younger people in their 20s. To his surprise, they’ve been most popular among seniors.

“In a million years, I never would have thought that older people would be using it for sleep.”

The materials used in Primabee products are all harvested and manufactured in Colorado, where the company also works with a lab that tests all products before they are shipped to Chatham. The company, which has 10 employees, fills online orders locally.

The extra steps involved with ensuring his products’ efficacy are worth it, Borde said, especially in a region of the country where CBD and THC products are still relatively new. In the end, Borde said he wants to build a brand that people can trust so that his products can help others the same way they’ve helped him.

Now 57, Borde said it’s been two years since he’s last reached for a Tylenol or Advil bottle, medications he used to take daily. These days, he takes about 100 milligrams of CBD a day as a substitute.

“It’s changing lives,” he said. “I don’t want to sound dramatic, but it profoundly changed my life.”

To learn more about Primabee or to shop the company's products, visit www.primabee.com

[michaeljfoy]

I, Introvert

The week before Memorial Day, before the island got too crazy with holiday-weekend crowds, my wife and I stayed at an inn on Nantucket. We pretty much had the island to ourselves. For an introvert that was great.

Having been there many times before, we hit up our favorite walking-tour sites. I was also prepared to do the picturesque bike ride out to Madaket, but if the temperature is below 60 degrees, I don’t bike. That’s my Brrr Rule.  So more walking, dining, and – gasp! – shopping, as I tagged along with my wife. The only saving grace for that activity was the bookstores.

We stayed at an inn that’s supposed to be haunted. But you’d be hard-pressed to find a dwelling that isn’t haunted in town. Those old whaling captains don’t give up their old accommodations easily.

The innkeeper, a girl in her early 20s, was incredibly adept at making one feel welcome. I was impressed with her manner at so young an age. I’m many, many years her senior, and I am still trying to master the art of dealing with people. In my defense, I studied engineering in school, so I got off to a slow start socially.

In my second career, as a recruiter, I had to draw on people skills that had long been lying dormant. No more sitting in a corner, solving equations and designing things, for me. A whole new world opened, and it was kind of exciting, meeting new people and learning about them.

However, I’m still a natural introvert. Oddly, I don’t fear public speaking, and I can make small talk with strangers; but after a few hours, I crave the comfort of my own thoughts, or being with familiar people.

A friend and I were talking about this recently. I cited a documentary I’d seen, where certain people are buoyed by those parties with lots of glad-handing strangers. An introvert, on the other hand, might be fine with that for a while, but then will crave quiet time to recharge their social batteries.

Now, that’s me for sure, I thought.

I admire and envy people like the young innkeeper, because of her extroverted personality. That trait seems like a superpower to me. (That, and dancing).

So far in 2023, I’ve survived two weddings, where I acquitted myself fairly well as a living, breathing, social being. There are three more events on my 2023 calendar, with some Canadian in-laws, my Irish cousins, and longtime local friends — in that order.

Healthy, restorative quiet time for this introvert in Canada could be scarce, if history is any guide. But helpfully, Canadian beer has a higher alcohol content than its American counterparts.

Irish cousins will be fine, because … well … they’re my relatives.

And last, but not least, our local friends’ son is getting married on Cape Cod. We’ve known them forever, and we’ll be comfortable, even with other strangers there.

So maybe after this exciting year, I’ll finally be over my shyness.

Or hopefully not if you can believe the article in the shyness link.

The End

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[thejajoftravel]

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[art-i-generated]

Okay, I'm supposed to read this book for English class. What's it called again? Oh yeah, Moby Dick. Sounds like a stupid name for a book. But whatever, I'll give it a chance. Let's see... "Call me Ishmael." Who's Ishmael? Is he the whale? No, that can't be right. Wait, this is just talking about whales for like, a whole chapter? That's boring as hell. Why does my teacher think we need to read this? I don't even like the ocean. And who cares about some old-timey sailors? This is so stupid. I'm never going to finish this book. Maybe I can just find a summary online or something. Ugh, why do I have to do this?

Okay, I guess I gotta keep reading this stupid book. Let's see... "The Carpet-Bag." What kind of title is that? Whatever, let's just get this over with. Blah blah blah, Ishmael is going to Nantucket, blah blah blah, he's staying at an inn, blah blah blah, some weird guy named Queequeg shows up. Wait, what? Queequeg? Is that even a real name? And why does he have tattoos all over his face? This is so weird. And why is Ishmael sharing a bed with him? That's kind of creepy, isn't it? Oh great, now they're talking about a harpoon. This is so boring. Why do I care about harpoons? I don't even know what they're for. Ugh, I'm never going to finish this book. I'd rather be playing video games or something. Why did my teacher assign us this? It's not even modern English. This is torture.

Whoa, what's going on here? They're talking about this guy Ahab and how he's obsessed with this white whale. This is getting interesting. Wait, they're going on this big voyage to try and find the whale? And Ahab's going to kill it? That's crazy. But kind of cool. I mean, at least something's happening now. And they're talking about all these different types of whales and how they hunt them. I never knew this stuff. It's kind of fascinating. And now they're describing the crew and what they do on the ship. This is actually kind of cool. I can see why this book is famous. It's like a whole different world. But why is Ahab so obsessed with the whale? And why does he have a peg leg? Oh man, this is getting intense. I want to know what happens next. Maybe this book isn't so bad after all. I'll have to keep reading and see what happens to this Ahab guy and the whale.

What the heck? This whole chapter is just about cutting up a whale? Why do I care about this? I mean, I get that they caught a whale and now they have to do something with it, but this is so boring. Why do I need to know how to cut up a whale? And why does the author keep using all these weird words for the different parts? I'm so confused. I don't even know what a "case-knife" or a "monkey-rope" is. And why do they need to use so many different tools? Can't they just use a saw or something? This is so gross. I don't want to hear about blubber and guts and all that. Why did the author even include this chapter? It's not like it's advancing the plot or anything. This is so stupid. I don't even want to finish this book anymore. It's just a bunch of nonsense about whales and sailing and cutting things up. Maybe I can just read the SparkNotes and get the gist of it. Ugh, I hate this book.

Okay, I'm almost done with this stupid book. Let's see what happens in the end. Whoa, they finally found the whale! And Ahab's going after it with his harpoon. This is so intense. I can't believe he's doing this. And the way the author describes the whale, it's like it's some kind of monster or something. This is so cool. But wait, what's happening? The ship is starting to sink? Why is that happening? And now Ahab's tangled up in the ropes? This is not good. Oh my God, the whale just dragged him down with him. Ahab's dead? That's insane. And the way the author describes it, it's like it's this epic battle between good and evil or something. This is crazy. And now the rest of the crew is trying to survive on these little boats? That's so scary!

Wait, what? The book is over? That's it? That's the ending? I feel like there should be more. Like, what happened to Ishmael? Did he survive? And what about the rest of the crew? And the whale? Did they really kill it? I have so many questions. But I guess that's the end. And now the author is talking about how the whale represents something deeper, something symbolic. I don't really get it, but I guess it's kind of deep. And the way he ends it with that line, "And I only am escaped alone to tell thee," it's like he's saying that he's the only one who made it out alive to tell the story. That's kind of cool. But I still wish there was more. I feel like I need closure or something. This book was so intense, and now it's just over. I don't know how to feel about it. But I guess that's the point. This book was about the struggle between man and nature, and how sometimes nature wins. And maybe that's all there is to it. I'm glad I read this book. It was kind of weird and boring at times, but in the end, it was pretty cool.

Wait, what? The book is over? That's it? That's the ending? I feel like there should be more. Like, what happened to Ishmael? Did he survive? And what about the rest of the crew? And the whale? Did they really kill it? I have so many questions. But I guess that's the end. And now the author is talking about how the whale represents something deeper, something symbolic. I don't really get it, but I guess it's kind of deep. And the way he ends it with that line, "And I only am escaped alone to tell thee," it's like he's saying that he's the only one who made it out alive to tell the story. That's kind of cool. But I still wish there was more. I feel like I need closure or something. This book was so intense, and now it's just over. I don't know how to feel about it. But I guess that's the point. This book was about the struggle between man and nature, and how sometimes nature wins. And maybe that's all there is to it. I'm glad I read this book. It was kind of weird and boring at times, but in the end, it was pretty cool.

[luckytreecomputer]

You think I'm joking, but I'm not.

WARNING: LONG POST

"Upon waking next morning about daylight, I found Queequeg's arm thrown over me in the most loving and affectionate manner. You had almost thought I had been his wife." Pg 50 chpt 4

Then

"For though I tried to move his arm—unlock his bridegroom grasp—yet, sleeping as he was, he still hugged me tightly, as though naught but death should part us twain."

Literally 2 pages later. Mind you, they've just met.

"My bedfellow" page 54. Literally wtf.

also "these bashful bears, these timid warrior whalemen" PLEASE

He described Queequeg as having "large, deep eyes, firey black and bold" and "his head was phonologically an excellent one" and "sublime". Also this man totally had a crush on George Washington as a kid.

"A very sight of sights to see; yet I began to feel myself mysteriously drawn to him." I cannot make this shit up, it's gayer than a fanfic.

"He made out to ask me whether we were again to be bedfellows. I told him yes; whereat I thought he looked pleased, perhaps a little complimented."

"he seemed to take to me quite as naturally and unbiddenly as I to him; and when our smoke was over, he pressed his forehead against min, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married;meaning, in his country's phrase, that we were bosom friends" ah yes. "Friends". I get it.

Then they shared finances. They're literally married now, the text said so.

Also this whole paragraph:

And "be it said, that though I had felt such a strong repungance to his smoking in bed, yet how elastic our stiff prejudices grow when love once comes to bend them. For now I loved nothing better that to have Queequeg smoking by me, even in bed, because he seemed to be full of such serene household joy." Strangers to lovers speedrun what?

"The grinning landlord, as well as all the boarders, seemed amazingly tickled at the sudden friendship which had sprung up between me and Queequeg" they ship it.

Also, look at how domestic these two are:

LOOK AT THEM!!!

also when they reach the inn in Nantucket they decide to share a room again and also end up sharing a plate. Holy shit these bitches gay.

Also how worried he was when he thought Queequeg was in danger, he cares about his husband so much 😭😭😭

Anyways, that's all I've collected so far, but I'm sure there will be much more. Keep a lookout for more of these long posts

[bargainsleuthbooks]

Sunday Audio & Kindle Deals

Sunday Audio & Kindle Deals

Once again, I’ve scrounged up some audio book deals; generally speaking, the Kindle price is also really good if you don’t have Audible, so you can get those books either way for a great price. And take a look at the awesome Kindle deals on three books that I’ve already reviewed:

Churchill: Walking with Destiny Kindle Edition $1.99 Read my review here. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of The Wall…

[stain-glass]

Chapter 2 - The Carpetbag

Ishmael packs his bag and makes it to the port town of New Bedford, only to find that the ship he was going to sail on to Nantucket has already left. Nantucket, of course, being the place to go to when wanting a sailing gig and whaling.

With nowhere to go he finds a cheap place to stay for the night, finally finding Spouter Inn.

[carolearlycooney]

The Nantucket Beachfront Inn by Ainsley Keaton

The Nantucket Beachfront Inn by Ainsley Keaton

I wish I was on a beach reading! Dear Fellow Reader, It is only mid-January, and I am ready for winter to LEAVE. I am just over it. There is something about the cold and the dark days that are bothering me this year. Okay, let’s be honest, it bothers me almost every year. I suppose with Covid, it is just worse. I want to be back in the yard. Back digging up the garden. But there is something…