![]() ![]() ![]() Kathy put me in touch with Stan Mickus, whose family owns and operates the Block Island Express. ![]() With Peter’s article in hand, I contacted Kathy Szabo, executive director of the Block Island Chamber of Commerce. I wanted to see, firsthand, each corner of the island I wanted to find something fresh and evocative, something our readers might not have seen before: something that spoke to summer on this island, and those secret spots that only the locals know about. Our article, written by Peter Voskamp, was a great starting point for inspiration. I set out to find the hidden spots that best embody the spirit of an island in summer and the spirit of Block Island in particular. I knew, without question, that we’d be able to obtain several stunning options for our cover. I have a few close friends who grew up on Block Island, none of whom could believe I still hadn’t visited, and all of whom recommended I do just that as soon as possible. But I knew we hadn’t featured Rhode Island on a cover in quite some time we like to spread the love among all six states as much as we can. We were planning a special feature on “6 of New England’s Best Island Daytrips.” The story included Block Island, Monhegan Island, Peaks Island, Star Island, Nantucket, and Martha’s Vineyard, all of which we knew could provide awesome cover images (and we tried variations of a number of them). The goal was to generate ideas for a cover that would best suit our “Islands” theme for the May/June 2013 Travel Guide (on newsstands now - we work a year out to capture the seasons authentically). Last summer, I went on a scouting trip to Block Island - that lovely little locale some 13 miles out to sea off the Rhode Island coast. ![]()
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