Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Greetings From A Wellfleet Newbie

Hi everyone, this is Stephanie Stiavetti. As Sandy mentioned recently, I'll be staying here at Chez Sven for January and some of February while she and Sven are away in Cambridge, tending to matters there. While I'm here in town, I'll be posting to the Chez Sven blog about what it's like to be a new person in Wellfleet (especially during a time when half the business are closed)! I'm excited about visiting, and who knows? Maybe I'll fall in love and stick around forever like a few of the locals I've met so far.

A bit about me:
  • I'm a freelance food writer hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area.
  • I'm also a freelance web developer and SEO consultant, but that's not really what I love to do.
  • I dabble in public radio, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite things in the world. Do you write or produce radio? Then we should talk.
  • I'm 33 years old.
  • I love to cook and spend most of my waking hours thinking about, preparing, or eating delicious things.
  • I've got purple hair (yes, you read that right).
  • City life doesn't suit me and my interests tend more towards rural permaculture, including gardening, farming, foraging, etc.
  • I'm shy at first, but once my personality takes over, I'm bubbly and love to talk.
  • I like bullet-point lists. ;)

If you want to learn more about me, you can find me at my food blog Wasabimon - though one of the projects I'm working on while I'm here is to move my site to a new domain over at The Culinary Life. You can also find me online at The Huffington Post, Bay Area Bites, and on Facebook and Twitter. Considering my interests, you'll most likely run into me at the grocery store or library, where I'll probably spend most of my time. If you see a gal walking around with purple hair, please stop and say hello!

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Looking forward to your posts, Stephanie!
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Stephanie S. · 741 weeks ago

I'm looking forward to meeting you too!
Hi Stephanie... Welcome to Wellfleet. I believe you'll find our little town is a suburb of heaven, even in the dead of winter. While most restaurants in Wellfleet may be closed for the season, there are still plenty open in nearby communities, especially Ptown and Orleans. If you check out the calendar at my website, Wellfleetian.com, you'll be blown away by the sheer number and wide range of activities happening on the Outer & Lower Cape this time of year. There are hikes every Wednesday ( Eastham Hiking club and Connie Bryce), plus movies galore, especially with the National Seashore celebrating its 50th anniversary. Besides the Wellfleet Drive-In Cinemas, you'll find terrific films showing at CinemaWHAT, Whalers Wharf in Ptown, free nightly movies at the Cape Inn in Ptown, plus free movies at local libraries. Indeed, libraries, especially Wellfleet's, are the center of the community. You will also find lots of live stage productions and live music still going on. Just browse through the calendar listings (http://wellfleetian.com/wellfleetian/index.cfm?page=calendar).

Have fun. Explore the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary and enjoy the Cape Cod National Seashore. Some find it's even more beautiful around here during winter time when there are so few people around.
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I noticed that the link doesn't work properly. To access the calendar, just go to wellfleetian.com and click on the Calendar tab (that's Wellfleet with an ian suffix -- Wellfleetian is to Wellfleet as Bostonian is to Boston)
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Stephanie S. · 741 weeks ago

Hi Jeff, Thanks for the tips! Sadly I am without vehicular transport, so I am at the mercy of buses for now. I'll be visiting Ptown and Orleans in the very near future, depending on weather and transpo conditions. :)
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Lynn Van Dine · 741 weeks ago

Only HALF the businesses in Well fleet are closed???? I thought it would be more...
Seriously, Stephanie, I look forward to reading your posts!
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Thanks, Lynn! If there are any open businesses that I absolutely need to check out, please do share. :)
My recent post Keeping Carrots
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sarah henry · 740 weeks ago

Are you the only gal with purple hair in town?
My recent post Kitchen Cookware- Culling and Curating for the New Year
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I AM! Funny how that happens. ;)
My recent post Oysters Rockefeller Recipe
Always fun to see familiar surroundings through new eyes; looking forward to your thoughts and observations on Wellfleet !
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Thanks, Stan! If you see me around town, do say hi.
My recent post Oysters Rockefeller Recipe

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