The town of Oak Bluffs is home to Gingerbread houses Caribbean inspired food and live music – WCVB Boston

The town of Oak Bluffs is home to gingerbread houses, Caribbean-inspired food, and live music

Shayna Seymour visits the town of Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard, where she tours a gingerbread house and warms up with a bowl of conch chowder

Updated: 8:10 PM EDT Apr 4, 2022

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>> THIS LITTLE VILLAGE IN SHADES OF RAINBOW CANDY IS A VINEYARD MUST SEE .THE GINGERBREAD HOUSES IN OAK BLUFFS ARE NOT INHABITED BY GNOMES AND FAIRIES. REAL PEOPLE LIVE HERE INCLUDING RICHARD ANDEN JNIFER MICHAELSON WHO DISCOVERED THIS COMMUNITYN I THE 1970'S >> I TOLD JEIFERNN SOMEDAY I WILL BUY YOU ONE OF THESE LITTLE COTTESAG AND ICAM THROUGH ON MY PROMISE. >> TT HASWA IN 2008 TODAY, THERE ARE 960 SQREUA FOOT COTTAGE IS A COZY GETAWAY. I>> WASNE O OF THE FEWO T WINTERIZE ALTHOUGH WE WERE MOSTLY HERE IN THE SUMMER OR THE SPRING. >> THE MICHELSONS ALSO LIVE IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS WHERE JENNIFER IS A YOGA TEACHER AND INTERFAITH MINISTER. RICHARD IS AN AWARD-WINNING POET AND WRITER OF CHILDRENS BOOKS. MANY OF THEM ABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE. >> THIS HAS BEEN A GRE PATLACE FOR ME TO COME AND GET AWAY. I DO A LOT OF WRITING WHILE I AM HERE. >> JUST WALK INTO HERE AND THERE IS A SSE OENF PEACE A QUIETNESS AND ENERGY THAT IS RELYAL LOVELY. >> THE CAMPGROUND AS THE CUTE IT CAEDLL AGAIN IN THE 1830S AS A RELIGIOUS RETREAT FOR METHODISTS. MEMBERS PITCHED TENTS ON THE PROPERTY. >> SOMEWHERE AROUND THE 1870'S THEY STARTED TO BUILD THESE GINGERBREAD COTTAGESN I THE CARPENTER GOTHIC STYLE. >> THE MICHELSONS BELIE EVTHIS PHOTO SHOWS MEMBERS OF A MUSICAL TROUPE AT THEIR COTTA. >> WE BELIEVE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WERE STAYING HERE.>> TODAY, 10% ARE OCCUPIED YEAR ROUND. A PERFORMANCE HALL IS AN ISLDAN WEDNESDAY. THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE, THE UPKEEP. >> IT IS PRETTCONSY TANT UPKEEP. >> OAK BLUFFS IS ALSO HOME TO A CHEF WHO WHIPS UP A FEASTT ATHE LOCAL VFW. NEW YORK TRAINED YOUNG THOMAS HAS HIS OWN RESTAURANTS ON MARTHAS VINEYARD. ONE WAS DESTROYED IN A FIRE. SHI OTHER RESTAURANTS ON THE CARIBBNEA ISLAND WHERE HE GREW UP WERE LOST TO HURRICANES. >> I WAS A CHEF WITHOUT A HOME SO I CAME TO THE VFW. IT HAS BEEN 11 YEARS I HAVE BEEN HERE. >> CHEF DION KEPT HISOO DRS OPEN FOR TAKE THROUGH COVID-19. HIS DISHES ARE PACKED WITH CARIBBEANLA FVOR. >> IF YOU WANT SOMETHING FROM TRINIDAD OR HAITI OR BARBADOS, JAMAICA, I CAN MAKE IT. >> LOCAL SEAFOOD IS ALSO A SPECIALTY. IN PARTICULAR, CHANNEL WELCOME. IT CAN TASTE LIKE SCALLOPSF I COOKED CORRECTLY. >> I STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH IT AND THAT LED ME TO WRITING A BOOK. TO THISAY D IM THE ONLY PERSON SERVING IT IN THE RESTAURAN.TS >> CAN I POUND ONE? >> CERTAINLY. >> ON THE NUME TODAY, CCHON FRITTERS AND CHOWD.ER >> THIS IS HOW WE MAKE IT IN THE CARIBBEAN. IT IS GLUTEN-FREE AND I USE ORGANIC VEGETABLES. >> IM GOING TO MASSAGE IT. CONCH CAN ALSO BE GRILLED. IT IS GOING TO BGOE OD. JERK CHICKEN WITH FRIED PLAN TAINTS IS ANOTHER CLASSIC. >> WE DO A TABLESPOON OF JERK SAUCE TO A POUND OF CHICKEN. GOINING AT 350. 25 MINUTES. THE CHICKEN WILL BE READY. >> CHEF DION ALSO HAS A CATERING BUSINESS WORKING ALONE IN THE OFF-SEASON. HIS CUSTOMERS ARE LOYAL AND APPRECIATIVE. >> I NEVER SHUT THE DOOR. PEOPLE REMEMBER. >> MAYBE YOUR FRUIT IS GOOD. >> MAYBE THE FOOD IS GOO--D MAYBE YOUR FOOD IS GOOD. >> MAYBE THE FOOD IS GOOD. >>AK O BLUSFF SHOPPING SCENE IS STARTING TO HEAT UP. >> IT HAS A HEARTBEAT OF ITS OWN. >> THE RITZ HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 14.94 ONCE A GRIZZLED DIVE B,AR IT IS NOW A PREMIER VENUE FOR LIVE MUSIC. >> THE LIVE MUSIC IS LIKE NO OTHER. COLLECTS THE OWNS --ER> > THE OWNERS SHOULD NOTE HERE THEY HAIL FROM TEXAS WHERE THEY OWN SEVERAL BARS AND RESTAURANTS. >> WE HAVE BEEN COMING TO THE ISLAND SINCE 1997. WE ALWAYS CAME FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY. THERE WAS A FOR SALE SIGN IN THE WINDOW. >> SHE SAYS THIS SUMMER WILLE B A TRUE TEST FOR BUSINESSES NEEDING A POST-PANDEMIC BOOM.

The town of Oak Bluffs is home to gingerbread houses, Caribbean-inspired food, and live music

Shayna Seymour visits the town of Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard, where she tours a gingerbread house and warms up with a bowl of conch chowder

Updated: 8:10 PM EDT Apr 4, 2022

The owner of a gingerbread house in Oak Bluffs lets us take a peek inside his writers retreat: Richard Michelson Poet and Children's Book AuthorA New York-trained chef from Anguilla is cooking up a storm at the VFW in Oak Bluffs: Chef Deon. Owner Jackie Stallings is hoping the summer is going to be hopping at her historic bar: HOME | Mysite (theritzmv.com)

The owner of a gingerbread house in Oak Bluffs lets us take a peek inside his writers retreat: Richard Michelson Poet and Children's Book Author

A New York-trained chef from Anguilla is cooking up a storm at the VFW in Oak Bluffs: Chef Deon.

Owner Jackie Stallings is hoping the summer is going to be hopping at her historic bar: HOME | Mysite (theritzmv.com)

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