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MAGAZINE 2016/2017 INSIDE LARK DESIGN EAST COAST ADVENTURES • FOODIE FINDS • LAKE STREET DIVE Q&A • INSIDER TIPS2016/2017 1 on a lark ISSUE ONE • 2016/2017 from the nest FEATURES Publisher DAWN HAGIN 2016/2017 Editor-in-Chief AMANDA FLANAGAN WALLACE 10 East Coast Adventures From dogsledding to welcome! Features Editor EMILY GOLIN surfing, we’ve got the Art Director ADAM POLICKY goods on some incredible Lead Designer SOFIJA RAZGAITIS outdoor experiences. Contributors KATE MCCARTY, 16 Foodie Finds DANNY ALLISON, Four chefs in Lark ELIZABETH DOUGHERTY, destinations on food MARISA SOLÍS, that moves them. AND BAILEY 20 Lake Street Dive A Q&A with the busy, jazzy rock band on how to keep it real on the road. 25 Inside Lark Design Lark Hotels partners: Rob Blood, Dawn Hagin, and Rachel Reider Chief Executive Officer ROB BLOOD A look at the design Chief Inspiration Officer DAWN HAGIN process behind Lark “Traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns Director of Design RACHEL REIDER Hotels’ boutique-chic 25 16 you into a storyteller.” guest rooms. Director of Operations LEIGH BLOOD – Ibn Battuta, 14th-century adventure traveler Director of Digital ADAM POLICKY Marketing hile the idea of travel is always inspiring, life often gets Director of Human ELLEN BLOOD 20 Win the way. Our schedules become too busy to take a Resources trip or even explore our own backyards. Operations Coordinator MEGAN BUTCHER We founded Lark Hotels to help our guests change that and Regional Managers BRAD BUTCHER AND add more larks into their lives. When you book a stay with JED THOMAS us, our entire crew strives to make your getaway easy, fun, Revenue and ALANA BUIE and meaningful. Reservations Manager 33 This brand-new On a Lark magazine will also help you go Controller JEFFREY HOLIHAN beneath the surface of our destinations. Discover restaurants Assistant Controller NICOLE BENSON that are locally driven, beers that are locally brewed, and adventures that are unique to each area. In this issue, we en- Content Marketing EMILY GOLIN Manager deavor to not only highlight products, places, and ideas but 10 also to share the stories of people who inhabit and visit Lark Marketing Accounts AMANDA FLANAGAN WALLACE locales. Turn the page and find out why a certain jazzy rock Manager DEPARTMENTS band loves to play in Newport and how a Mendocino whale Graphic Design SOFIJA RAZGAITIS watching captain embraces a life at sea. Associate 03 Destination Spotlight Find These Lark Destinations in This Issue: We hope that you enjoy reading these stories and that they Public Relations ALL HEART PR 04 Ingredient Intrigue inspire you to plan another lark. CAMDEN, ME 4, 5, 9, 19, 30, 35, 47, 48 NASHVILLE, TN 4, 20–24, 30, 46 KENNEBUNKPORT, ME 5, 6, 8, 13–14, 30, 34, 47 NEWPORT, RI 5, 9, 20–24, 25–29, 31, 37, 47 05 #onalark Cheers to your next great story! Please direct any ad sales inquiries to: [email protected] MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MA 3, 5, 8, 19, 31, 40, 41, 47 PLUM ISLAND, MA 6, 8, 19, 46 06 Adventure MENDOCINO, CA 4, 5, 6–7, 8, 19, 24, 44, 47 PORTLAND, ME 5, 8, 16–18, 20–24, 30, 34, 47 larkhotels.com 47 NANTUCKET, MA 5, 6, 18–19, 30, 39, 47, 48 PORTSMOUTH, NH 5, 6–7, 8, 17–18, 30, 36, 47 08 Lark Roundup © Lark Hotels, 2016 NAPA, CA 5, 8, 18–19, 30, 45, 47, 48 SALEM, MA 4, 5, 9, 25–29, 30, 31, 43, 47 30 Local Libations 29 Main Street, NARRAGANSETT, RI 4, 5, 6, 9, 14–15, 19, 30, 38, STOWE, VT 5, 9, 12–13, 25–29, 31, 42, 47, 48 Amesbury, MA 01913 47, 4 8 33 Lark Hotel Guide Cover photo by Adam Policky: 47 Shopping Entry wallpaper at Gilded (see “Inside Lark Design.” p. 25) 48 Details 2 ON A LARK MAGAZINE 2016/2017 1 DESTINATION SPOTLIGHT Martha’s Vineyard NATIVE NAME: Noepe, meaning “land amid the streams” 7 Stroll the Gardens Catch the “On Time to Chappy” (trans- NICKNAMES: The Vineyard, The Rock lation: the ferry to Chappaquiddick) and saunter through the Mytoi Japanese SQUARE MILES: 96 Gardens (41 Dike Road, Edgartown). MILES OUT TO SEA: 7 Winding footpaths guide you through a birch walk, camellia dell, and stone YEAR-ROUND POPULATION: 16,535 garden, and along a serene pond full of 1 Ride the Carousel SUMMER POPULATION: 100,000 turtles, frogs, and koi. Be a kid again on the Flying Horses Carousel (15 Oak Bluffs Avenue, Oak Bluffs). Housed in SUMMERCAMP a dark red building near the Steamship Authority's Oak Bluffs terminal, and a short stroll from Summercamp, it’s the oldest oper- 1 ating platform carousel in the United States. Reach for the brass ring to win a free ride! THE SYDNEY THE CHRISTOPHER 4 See a Well-Mannered House Emily Post, the famous etiquette advocate, summered in Edgartown from 1927 until her death in 1960. She wrote often of her 4 garden (34 Fuller Street, Edgartown), 5 especially her dahlias, which are still lovingly tended by the current owners. 7 What started 16 years ago as a line of olive oil soaps 2 3 6 scented with the purest essential oils, has turned into a celebrated 3 Tour the Cliffs Hop on the brightly painted Martha’s line of botanically-based skin and hair care products, a string of Vineyard Sightseeing Bus for a 2½-hour tour of the island with a ½-hour stop at the unique retail boutiques and exclusive partnerships with the Aquinnah Cliffs and Gay Head Lighthouse. The Cliffs are a protected National Historic world’s finest hotels and spas. Landmark, and the lighthouse was made from clay bricks culled from the site. 2 Sunset in Menemsha Picnic in the party scene and waning light of Menemsha Beach at dusk. Impromptu jam ses- 6 Feed Your Sweet Tooth sions, volleyball games, and squealing children Trek to the cottage that houses one of the Island’s add to the atmosphere. Ask our hotel staff to call sweetest secrets. Chilmark Chocolates (19 State ahead to Larsen’s Fish Market (56 Basin Road, Road, Chilmark) are highly addictive and available Chilmark) to arrange a take-out New England only at this tiny store and a few other island loca- Clambake of lobster, clams, corn on the cob, and tions. Queue up (there’s always a line) and shuffle all the fixin’s. through to make your selections and assuage your Pasadena, CA Atlanta, GA Honolulu, HI Scottsdale, AZ Fairfax, VA inner raging chocoholic. 5 Go Jaws Groupie LATHER® “You’re gonna need a bigger boat!” One of the most quotable—not to mention hair-raising—movies in Hollywood history was filmed on Martha’s Vineyard in ® DISCOVER more of Martha’s Vineyard: clean skin for a radiant life 1974. You’ll view Edgartown, which doubled as “Amity,” in a whole new light as larkhotels.com/city/marthas-vineyard you discover locations that haven’t changed a bit in 40 years. www.lather.com Edgartown Tour Company, edgartowntours.com 2 ON A LARK MAGAZINE OF THETRUSTEES.ORG POST COURTESY INSTITUTE; GARDENS: OF THE EMILY MYTOI COURTESY ADAM POLICKY POST: EMILY PHOTOGRAPHS: (CAROUSEL, CLIFFS); 2016/2017 3 INGREDIENT INTRIGUE #ONALARK Red. Hot. Chili. Peppers! Lark Hotels takes a look at what some great south-of-the-border (Canadian border, that is) chefs and companies are doing with this fiery but tasty gem. The results may surprise you! MENDOCINO, CA NARRAGANSETT, RI Carol Hall’s Hot Pepper Jelly Chef Basil Yu has created a Company is a Mendocino staple. Rhode Island update on the Her first two products have ubiquitous Asian-style rooster grown into a line of over 40 sauce produced in California. #onalark items sold nationwide. We He adds honey, garlic, especially love her original red tomatoes, and fish sauce to and jalapeño pepper jellies. replicate the fermented flavors of the original and serves it with twitter facebookinstagram menu items like grilled oysters and @larkhotels hand-cut fries. ALL INSTA-LOVE: We love this photo-friendly medium, and so do our properties. Here’s a quick snapshot of our hotels and local happenings LOCATIONS (clockwise from top left): Luxe lounge details @fieldguidestowe | Nantucket’s Great Point at first light @21broad | Well-dressed mantel CAMDEN, ME We often give @thehotelportsmouth | Beautiful blooming buds @whitehousenapa | Magical Mendocino cliffs @bluedoorgroup | Schooner sets sail near Pig + Poet’s Hot Poet Sauce is top guests a Lark Fine secret. So much so that all we @whitehallmaine | Friendship finds a home in the harbor nearby @themerchantsalem | Pattern play @thechristophermv | Morning glow after the snow Foods treat (we adore the company can tell you is that it includes @gildedhotel | Small-plates breakfast bounty @pomegranate_inn | Take a two-wheel tour @alehouseinn. For more sneak peeks, find all of our name, of course, but love the award- multiple types of hot peppers, properties’ handles starting on p. 34, and don’t forget to follow @larkhotels. winning Cookies for Grown-Ups™ tons of vinegar, and the just- even more). The Cha-Chas rank right amount of garlic. among our faves. Thanks to hot peppers in the mix, these spicy, rich chocolate cookies are really STAY IN TOUCH larkhotels.com/travel something special. For up-to-date information on where to sip, shop, sightsee, and so much more, visit our online travel blog, which we update regularly with the latest insider info to help you plan your next lark. NASHVILLE, TN “Hot chicken” is a regional obsession BEHIND THE FRONT DESK SUMMER SIPPERS “C” IS FOR COOKIE in Nashville, home to The Bridge Hotel.