{"id":1015,"date":"2019-10-23T21:45:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T21:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2021-01-29T14:55:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T14:55:59","slug":"the-idyllic-south-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artfoodsoul.com\/?p=1015","title":{"rendered":"The Idyllic South Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Saturday, October 19, probably around the same time, my niece got married on a beach in Kitty Hawk, NC while Jennifer Lawrence married in a mansion in Newport, RI. Needless, to say, my niece was the star in my story. She looked like a Greco-Roman goddess, and as a Helen, she was definitely one who would have launched a thousand ships. Most of our family were there, with a few exceptions, us being two of them. Before the wedding, I had lots of mixed feelings about not going, but I loved how everyone kept me in a texting loop so I could feel a part of things, and what with photos and everyone\u2019s updates, I thoroughly enjoyed it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

So, what did we do instead to celebrate her day up North here? We took off for Westport Vineyards, one of our favorite destinations. On the way, we stopped off in Padanaram<\/a>, a sweet little hamlet in South Dartmouth, that\u2019s part of the town of Dartmouth. Less than ten years ago, Padanaram was a shell of what it is now. Rather abandoned and forlorn. Not anymore, it is experiencing a fabulous revival, a bit upscale, and while not totally to my taste (I like a little more grit and diversity), I appreciate it, and I wouldn\u2019t turn my nose up at a chance to live there.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

One unexpected delight on this venture was happening upon the newly opened shop of Shara Porter Designs<\/a>. We were thrilled to stumble upon her here \u2014 to me she\u2019s one of the original trailblazing artists of the New Bedford<\/a> Artists and Lofts Renaissance. Once upon a time, we had a wee store in downtown Hyannis, and Shara\u2019s was one of the lines we carried, along with one of her earliest studio mates, Moontide Dyers. <\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n