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Greetings from…North Brooklin, Maine • A summer sunrise illuminates rocky sentries that dot the cold, clear waters of Blue Hill Bay
Periwinkle + Leafy Green • This good-natured pair plays like a flashback to summer days on hydrangea-lined lawns
What’s in Your Beach Bag? • Travel journalist and intrepid explorer Kellee Edwards shares her beach day essentials
The Midcoast Moment
Hooked On Tonics • Summer’s most iconic stirred cocktail, the G&T, is ready for a shake-up
Reading the Caribbean • Cindy Allman is here to fill your bookshelves with authors from the region’s rich literary landscape
New Jersey’s Sweet Star
Summer Adventures 2021 • Water, sand, sun, fresh air. Repeat. Pick up your flip-flops and step thoughtfully back into the promise of summer vacation with beach getaways that embrace nature, nostalgia, and nonstop fun
Breaking Tradition • DESIGNER ASHLEY SHARPE GIVES A FAMILY’S LONGTIME CAPE COD ESCAPE A FRESH FACE WITH LIVELY FABRICS, BEACHY BLUES, AND SURPRISES ALL AROUND
Little Tug, Big Dreams • A pair of serial renovators tackle an unlikely project: transforming a 1980s Lord Nelson Victory tugboat into a blissful family retreat
Dock of the Bay • Surrounded by deep water on a wooded peninsula, this Chesapeake Bay cottage has become a family’s memory-maker and beloved summerhouse
Elin’s Island • Heading into her 29th year on Nantucket, beloved author ELIN HILDERBRAND reveals what took her offshore in the first place (and what keeps her there now)
A Tale of Two Condos • Two designers take totally different approaches—with similar blue-and-white color palettes—to breathe distinct personality and style into a pair of Florida condominiums
The Best Lighthouse Getaways in America • Built to warn ships, now they’re some of the country’s most alluring summertime escapes
Seaside Sunrise