Happy WEEKEND, friends!
I have some bonus blog fun for your Saturday. Thank you so much for stopping by today 🙂 .
Here we go…
I have a BIG list of places to eat on Nantucket (from breakfast to lunch, “in town”, on the beach…so many spots!) that you can see HERE, but one I forgot to include is…
…the restaurant called Town (I have since added it to my list!).
This restaurant is…”in town” and really delish! You can eat inside or out, and whether you eat there or not, you can always visit the really cool bar called the Tree Bar which is right smack next to Town’s outside dining area and super cool (it’s tucked in a tree). If you are here and looking for a unique (and delicious) spot, here you go 🙂 .
It’s Alaskan cruise season!
Did you know that we send over 100 people on Alaskan cruises every year?! Alaskan cruises are our JAM over here (mine in particular, I love them!).
If you’re thinking about seeing Alaska by boat, there are so many different ways to do it. Whether you want to go on a new, big and super amazing cruise ship or a smaller and luxurious concierge-style vessel, we can help with either and anything in between.
Alaska is gorgeous and something you don’t want to miss. Photos like these make my work day extra extra bright…
…if you’re thinking about seeing Alaska, there are a few spots left this summer, and we’re already booking for next summer too! Contact us today for more information and a free quote.
Whether you want to cruise to Alaska or anywhere else in the world, we would love to help! You can reach us HERE for all of our vacation planning services.
On Thursday, the weather was gray and chilly, and it really did feel like fall (which you know I loved!). Andrew and I got coffee and walked around town for a bit while Ashby and Madeley decided to walk on their own and document their favorite spots.
Here is a little bit of AROUND TOWN WITH ASHBY AND MADELEY (they named it 😉 )…
They love to get iced coffee and candy from Aunt Leah. She is PRECIOUS and oh so sweet any time we go inside.
How cute are these two?!
They both bought a new book from their favorite book shop!
Of course, they stopped by Barnaby’s…
…and took a selfie there too. I love how much these two sisters love Nantucket.
How cute is MY DRESS?! Guess where it’s from? ATHLETA!
You guys, it’s a tennis dress, so it comes with shorts underneath, and it’s made from the most amazing “athletic” fabric so you can actually wear it in sweaty weather and still look put together. Winning! Right now, it’s 45% off too and comes in white!
It’s super cute with my PEARL SANDALS too 🙂 .
If you’ve read my blog for a long time then you know that at one point I had subscriptions to 18 different magazines.
Eighteen.
I LOVE magazines.
Well, the more I started reading books, the less I had time to read magazines, so as of now, I only subscribe to four…
These are my four faves that I still subscribe to and still get super excited to read when they arrive.
Anyone else love reading magazines? Anyone else reducing the number they subscribe to each month? One of my favorite things to do is take a magazine outside with a cup of coffee and spend a few minutes. It’s just my happy place.
Alrighty, it’s time for another SUMMER GIVEAWAY!
This week, I’m giving away…
Because summertime is a great time to refresh your beauty faves 🙂 .
You must enter the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post in order to be eligible to win (the Rafflecopter will randomly select the name). There is only ONE requirement on the Rafflecopter and that’s “BE A POSITIVE PART OF THE MIX AND MATCH MAMA COMMUNITY THIS SUMMER”.
We’re all mature, supportive, encouraging women in this community, so this time, we’re going to go on the honor system. Enter your name one time in the Rafflecopter below if you plan on being a fun, active, happy part of this community this summer. If you only want to be fun and active today, that’s totally cool, but to enter the giveaway, I really hope you’re planning on being engaging more than one day this season. I would love it if you’re committing to the entire summer season.
That’s it. There are A LOT of ways you can be a part of our community this summer!
Maybe that means you’re commenting regularly on my blog or you’re making some of my recipes or liking/commenting on my Instagram, participating in 30 for 30, reading our book club pick…it’s just your personal contribution to this community. I just think we are all in this together, so I’m not going to ask you to jump through any hoops for the giveaway. Simply add your entry to the Rafflecopter for your name to be entered if you’re planning on being a thoughtful part of this community this summer. That’s it!
I will stop the giveaway and have the Rafflecopter randomly select a name at 4:00 PM EST on Thursday, July 10th. I will announce the winners’ names here on my blog the next morning, Friday, July 11th.
Sound like a plan?
Have the best weekend, friends! I’ll see you all back here on Monday! xx
Susan Jeffries says
You’re really making me want to visit Nantucket! I enjoy all of your summer posts!!
Jennifer Moss says
So glad you are subscribing to Southern Living! My husband is the Barbecue editor.
Mix and Match Mama says
Really?! That is so cool! I’ve had a subscription for over 20 years!
Susan McKain says
Love Around Town with Ashby and Madeley. Have a wonderful weekend.
Rosa says
We went on an Alaskan cruise last summer and it’s probably one of my favorite vacations I’ve gone on! Plus it helped up beat the summer heat in the South!
Kathy says
Oh i love the pics from the girls exploring Nantucket on their own. Those are some wonderful core memories!
Karen says
Your girls look so grownup! I have had a southern living subscription forever as well!
Lauren Gingerich says
I love Coastal Living magazine! I don’t live anywhere near the coast but it makes me want to plan vacations and decorate my house like I do!
Allison says
I love around town with Ashby and Madeley – adorable!!
Nancy Granger says
Do the girls still go to the public library?
Mix and Match Mama says
They do! We love the library!
Carrie Martens says
Thank you for making Nantucket come alive for me here in Chicago. I’ll get there some day, and then I’ll know what to do, and where to eat 😊. Loving the SUMMER SATURDAYS!!!
Brandi says
An Alaskan cruise and visiting Nantucket are both on my travel bucket list!!
Elspeth Mizner says
I love these bonus posts! They are so fun to catch up on!
http://www.elspethsdaybyday.com
Carly says
I need to unsubscribe from Coastal Living, my travel bucket list only goes up from reading! 🙃
Kelly Sites says
I LOVE MAGAZINES. I subscribe to them (for free) on Hoopla- so each month Hoopla notifies me that new editions are in. It’s not exactly as fun as reading one in person, but I love it. I love reading Prevention, Women’s Health, Good Housekeeping, and Oprah Mag. Back in the day, I’d take my kids to Barnes and Noble and they’d go look at kid books while I read magazines. 🙂 I even love a good Reader’s Digest. Such good stories in there.
Happy Saturday from chilly (thank God- we have broken the 100 degree weather streak) Michigan.
Bren says
Thanks for this great tip, Kelly! You brought back a wave of memories when mentioning Reader’s Digest, haven’t read it in so long, but oh how I enjoyed it!😊
Blake G says
I love magazines too! I only get 2 now, but when they come in the mail in feels like such a treat. I also gift a subscription every year to my mom for Mother’s Day and she really likes it. It’s a perfect “extra” to add to a gift.
I’m normally a lulu girl, but I was just looking at athleta’s dresses and rompers yesterday, so maybe this is my sign!
Lauren Palomo says
Love seeing Nantucket through your little girls. So sweet!
Katie Stewart says
The BEST four magazines to subscribe to! Coastal Living gives me all the warm and fuzzy feelings. Happy weekend!
Kristin says
I have wanted to go to Nantucket since I read Joan Aiken’s Nightbirds on Nantucket when I was a child, and you just keep making me want to go even more. I can’t decide if it would be better to visit with my husband or my mom. I enjoyed seeing it through Ashby and Madeley’s eyes. I just received my last issue of the last magazine I subscribe to. They just aren’t holding my attention anymore. I need to remember to flip through them when I’m at the library.
Ashley says
Happy weekend, Shay! I just love magazines too and used to subscribe to a bunch of them. Now I look at them online like on my Kindle. I love your Athleta dress!!
Bethany says
I still love Southern Living and Country Living!
Janice says
Have a wonderful weekend!
Erin says
I haven’t touched a magazine in probably 20 years! I didn’t miss them at all.
Angela P says
I love the dress. Looks super comfy!
Kayla says
I loved seeing Ashby and Madeley‘s adventures!!
Kathy says
The pictures of Ashby & Marley are so sweet!
Kathy says
The pictures of Ashby & Madeley are so cute!
Sarah DeWald says
We just booked our Alaskan cruise with you for next summer. I can’t wait!
Mix and Match Mama says
We are so so excited to help you!
Jaci says
Nantucket looks dreamy and relaxing!! I loved magazines because growing up my grandmother paid for all sorts of subscriptions, and I would go to her house, get my glass bottle coke she always had, and prop up in her recliner to read magazines with her! Some of my fondest memories! She always donated all her magazines to her friends that wanted them when she was done and of course offered up a few to me too!;).
Kristy says
I love Magnolia Journal. I’d like to subscribe to Coastal Living too. Ashby and Madeley are such happy sisters. It’s fun to have a built in best friend. Happy Saturday!
Bren says
For YEARS, my mother-in-law would purchase People magazine for my sister-in-law and I for Christmas. Such a fabulous gift! Every time we fly, I am all excited to visit the airport gift shop to look at and maybe purchase a magazine, a little something fun to start a vacation. Happy weekend!
Courtney Cammarano says
Going to check out that Athleta dress right now! One of my favorite retailers!
Sharon H says
Both Nantucket and Alaska are on my bucket list. Loving the Summer Saturdays.
Maria says
I read magazines thru the Flipster App using my library card. All the magazines are available. Before I discovered that, I was reading them thru Apple News. I love a magazine but have gone digital!
Dana J says
Love the around town with A+M…so cute!! The girls are getting so grown up! A fall feeling day sounds heavenly right now!!
Billie Rees says
It was so nice to run into you in Nantucket. You are as sweet and kind in person as in your writing. We enjoyed our time there very much, especially the cool weather!
Mix and Match Mama says
It was so so nice meeting YOU!!!
Katie Compton says
Do you change your magazine subscription address to Nantucket for the summer? Or just catch up when you get back to TX? Curious minds want to know! Well maybe just me. Ha!
Mix and Match Mama says
I did the first year, now I don’t. When I made my trip back to take K to camp, I brought them back with me 🙂 .
Laura says
We’re going to Alaska in October. I’m really looking forward to it. It’s also a cruise to places we haven’t been before. It should be a lot of fun.
Alyssa J says
We need more Ashby and Madeley contributions because it’s so fun to see Nantucket through their eyes!
Yvonne says
Shay, your travel agency booked my Alaskan cruise last year and it was wonderful! My husband and I had the best time! I highly recommend anyone booking a trip to use Mix and Match Travel, you take care of all the details and make vacations so effortless! Thank you for the great service!
Also love Ashby and Madeley’s tour of the town, so cute to see it from their perspective!
Mix and Match Mama says
Yay!! Thank YOU so much, Yvonne! We are so blessed to have been a part of your vacation.
Christina says
https://www.nantucketdreamland.org/events/dreamland-conversations-elin-hilderbrand-with-cnns-kaitlan-collins
Not sure if you saw this upcoming event? For all the Elin fans! Excited to read the book she is writing with her daughter, sounds like it has a September release.
Jeanne Cobianchi says
Nantucket through the littles. Adorable! Those babies don’t keep!
Vickie says
So want to visit here
Carrie says
Your posts are always my favorite ones to read! Thank you for being a positive force in this crazy little world!
Carol Stanton says
Shay, we live in Boston and because of your blog planning our first day trip to Nantucket the end of July. Suggestions on where to eat and what to do near the ferry? Thank you!
Your agency sent us to Italy in April and it was amazing!
Mix and Match Mama says
Yay! Oh Carol, you’re going to have so much fun! Email me, and I can give you specifics based on your trip! I’d be happy to do that!
Debbie Dehrer says
The around town portion of the post by the girls is adorable! What a sweet relationship.
Lori R says
I love Coastal Living magazine.
Jill L says
Your daughters are beautiful and seeing Nantucket “with” them was darling! 💎💎
Valerie says
I love magazines too, especially Country Living and Better Homes and Gardens. I may have to start getting one of them again.
Alaska is a beautiful place! I am typing this comment from my mom’s house in the Matsu Valley where I’m visiting her. June is a beautiful month!
Pam says
I love a magazine. Shorter than a book when time is short. Thank you for reminding me I should subscribe to one again and enjoy this simple pleasure.
The tour of Madeley’s and Ashby’s favorite spots was great fun.
Debbie says
Loved Ashby and Madely’s portion of this post! I’ve lived watching your kiddos grow up! You have a precious family!
Angela says
Alaska is my favorite cruise and I want to go back one day.
Marisa Patel says
I LOVE magazines! My grandmother and then my mom created my love of them! I have had to cancel my subscriptions because I never have a chance to read them but I love it when I go to my mom’s and she has her around!
Suzanne Douglass says
My kids have been documenting our family trips this summer on an old phone. It is so fun to look at pictures from their perspective.
Katie says
I still love to read magazines! Southern Living is my favorite! Happy Weekend!
Melinda Bridge says
We loved, loved our Alaskan cruise that we booked with you!!! It was absolutely amazing!!!!
Mix and Match Mama says
You guys are some of my favorite clients! I can’t wait to help you again!
Kay says
Okay, the tennis dress is cute and all, BUT, is that the new Lola starfish necklace I spy? It looks super cute! I got an email that there new pendants were out and I was so curious how they look in person!
I LOVE MAGAZINES. It brings me back to my 80s childhood where I would get so excited to sit in my attic bedroom and flip through the latest issues of my favorites. I still get a few (including GH and BHG!). One of the things I enjoy most about magazines is how seasonal they are. They always get me in the mood for whatever season we’re in!
I love Ashby and Madeley’s day out! My crew is headed to Nantucket (we live outside Boston) for a few nights mid July. My kids are 19, 17, 15 and one of my favorite things about being in Nantucket is that the kids put down their tech and roam! Spending time in nature, being by the ocean, eating good farm grown food-it’s so good for the soul! We can’t wait.
Random Nantucket question, but do you know if any of the Ubers/cabs etc will take dogs with us from the ferry to our rental house? This is the first time I’m bringing my dogs!
Mix and Match Mama says
Goodness Kay, I hope I run into YOU! Nantucket is VERY dog-friendly. I would imagine they all will take your pups 🙂 .
lee ann vicary says
I know you once said that none of your kiddos wanted to be “influencers” but I’d follow your girls just to see those smiles.
I get “Guidepost” it only comes every other month now – it has Christian inspirational stories – I have to be careful where I read it though because it can bring tears to my eyes with they God moves in peoples lives. Crying in restaurants is a bad look.
Arlene says
LOVE that Athleta dress on you!!! Are the shorts attached to the dress or can they come off separately? Have a lovely summer in Nantucket!
Mix and Match Mama says
They are attached underneath! It is so comfy!
Nicole says
This makes me want to find a few magazines to subscribe to. They would be such a better option than scrolling on my phone. 😂
Eliza says
I love Southern Living! I just re-upped my subscription last week♥️
Elizabeth says
Love the Around Town with Ashby and Madeley! Also can you send some of the cooler weather to the Midwest please? It’s been over 90 every day for over a week and while I love summer, it’s a bit much!
Maria Moreno says
Love the Ashby and Mades series!
Cori says
I sense a new weekly blog post…”Around town with Ashby and Madeley”. They would LOVE it, and it increases their independence too! Little entrepreneurs bursting forth. :0)
Dee says
I love watching you all in Nantucket and was fun to see Ashby and Madeley on their own. All your kids are growing up so fast!
Kelly Bonner says
I love magazines too! Pioneer Woman, Good Housekeeping, & People are my favorites.
Reba says
I love the photos from Around Town with Ashby and Madeley! The weather up there looks lovely!
Janna says
I love your new cute contributors. How fun that every day on Nantucket involves lots of fresh air. Summer Saturdays are a fun read!
StephC says
We loved our Alaskan cruise last summer. I’m pretty sure we’re going to go again & do a different itinerary at some point in the future!
Mix and Match Mama says
There are so many unique ways to do an Alaskan cruise! We would LOVE to help!
Ali B says
I love magazines so much! I still subscribe to around 6 or 7 and it’s so sad to see some of my favorites stop publishing :(.
Tricia says
My favourite part of today’s blog was “Around Town with Ashby and Madeley”. Just the sweetest! 💕 They looked like they were having so much fun! I would have loved to be on that same adventure!! 🩷
Laura Morrison says
I just love your blog and all you write about. I hope to get to Nantucket one of these days. Thanks for sharing all these wonderful things!! Around town with M & A was so cute!!
Ruth Swartzendruber says
Love how much your girls like to read and spend time together!
Suzanne Brown says
Love magazines too! Will look into Cottage on my Libby App.
Kim B says
I love reading a magazine! I don’t subscribe to any currently though. It was always hard for me to let them go after I read them!
Loved the girls’ feature! They are just precious 😊
Jaime says
do you ever book Disney Alaska Cruises?
Mix and Match Mama says
All the time!!
Angela S Elliott says
I absolute LOVE magazines! One of my favorite things to do is sit down with a glass of crisp white wine and flip through my shiny new magazine. In my next life I want to be a magazine editor. 🙂 Love all the ones you get. Garden and Gun is a great one too for all things southern.
Mix and Match Mama says
YES! That sounds like my idea of perfection!
M.J. says
I used to read Vogue cover to cover for over 25 years but sometimes our tastes change…. Buying a magazine for a trip is always a treat! Of course, I also have a book or two for trips but a magazine gives me a little variety!
Amanda says
You mentioned in one of your last posts about the flowers in bloom. I was on Nantucket last week for work and noticed so many of the beautiful roses. Especially out in Monomoy on one particular house where the road makes a sharp right (if you happen to be bike riding or driving or walking/running out that way). 😉
Dana P says
Aww…I missed this post! I LOVE magazines, too, but I don’t subscribe to any because international subscriptions are too expensive. I’m surprised you don’t get Magnolia though? It’s so good!
Erin Plummer says
Would absolutely love to win the rafflecopter and stock up on some makeup for my wedding festivities coming up! Love your blog!
Paula Hobbs says
The sister pics are just the sweetest!!!
V says
Love that dress! The athletic style dresses are perfect for active days and traveling!
Becky W. says
I still get Southern Living too! I just can’t let it go. I bet I would love Coastal Living now that we live on the FL Panhandle. Did I miss the monthly book post for June???
Mix and Match Mama says
You did not! It’s coming up!
Jaimee Shaffer says
I JUST told someone an Alaskan cruise is a bucket list item for me, now I know where to reach out when I’m ready to book it!
Chrissy says
I still subscribe to magazines and have been doing so since college! The 4 I’ve kept are Real Simple, Martha Stewart, Bon Appetit, and Food Network magazine. They make me so happy when they arrive!
Kristin McGeeney says
Nantucket looks like a great place to spend a summer! Added to the bucket list for me, for sure. How special to have that time with your kids!
Kristy says
An Alaskan cruise is on my bucket list!!
Ali Steele says
I love Ashby and Madeley’s photos. They are sweet. Also love the idea of reading a magazine outside with coffee 😍
SS says
I haven’t posted in quite a while, but going through a tough life transition and needed my happy corner of the internet! 🩷
Mix and Match Mama says
You have been missed!!! xx