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Discover one of the most friendly and beautiful town in the world. At weekends, what could be more agreable than a stroll to commercial street. To lunch with friends or walk with your family along the beaches.
You just have to choose where to be amused, stay, eat and shop.Explore the opportunities to indulge in an invigorating body massage or facial;  Amazing artists and art abound in museums and galleries and sumptuous, enticing dining abounds. Find serenity as you wonder the serene forests, ocean beaches,  peaceful dunes and infinite sky. It is time to reserve your stay in the authentic and charming  hotels and Inns of Provincetown.

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Three Days of Treasure Hunting and the 10th Anniversary of Marriage Equality Highlight diverse personality of America’s First Destination

An event that began 14 years ago as a small gathering for stores to liquidate last year’s merchandise has expanded to a town-wide sprawl, where vintage clothes and bric-a-brac find themselves on display alongside outrageous finds, antiques, and the bizarre – all combined with terrific bargains on new merchandise.

Free to the public, The Monumental Yard Sale is organized by the Provincetown Business Guild and has become such a success it is put on twice a year, once during the spring and again in the fall, October 13-16.
For more information on the weekend’s events, visit the Provincetown Business Guild (PBG) website. To have your Residential or Commercial Yard Sale included in the list of participants on the web Contact the PBG office at 508-487-2313.
May 17, 2014 officially marks ten years of marriage equality, and Provincetown will be celebrating throughout the weekend, adding to the appeal of visiting this seaside destination before the summer fun heats up. LGBT couples the world over will be in Ptown to commemorate such an auspicious anniversary.
It’s also a good time to start locking in plans for a relaxing getaway from Memorial Day Weekend – and where better than Ptown, which in the past year has received a trove of accolades, including top-ten best small towns in America (Smithsonian Magazine; Fodor’s Travel, Fox News); top romantic destinations (Travel +Leisure); top-twelve gay honeymoon destinations (Business Insider); Happiest Coastal Town (Coastal Living) and more!
The beautiful beaches are open for business and the town’s terrific shops, galleries, restaurants, clubs and accommodations offer a much needed respite from the hectic days of spring.

The Revere House, a Provincetown bed and breakfast located at 14 Court Street, is noted on local maps as early as 1836. The house was erected at the height of Provincetown’s reign as a thriving fishing port. Thought originally to be built as a Captain’s home, the site was owned in 1880 by J. Rogers. A directory for 1886 states Joseph Berry, a fisherman, as the home’s resident. By 1907, the house had changed hands to Mr. A. King. It is now under the proud ownership of Gary A. Palochko, a “New Englander” at heart, born and raised in Connecticut. Since the late 1960′s, the house has been operated as an Provincetown bed and breakfast inn to accommodate the many visitors that come to this historic town each year to enjoy the charming New England setting and relax in the classic, charming atmosphere.
The Revere House was totally remodeled over the winter of 2004. Throughout this renovation process, great care was made to ensure that none of the original historic nineteenth century character was lost. Today, the Provincetown bed and breakfast offers the perfect blend of historic charm and modern luxury that we’re sure you’ll want to come back to year after year. The Revere House was recently featured on “If Walls Could Talk” on HGTV Revere Guest house (click to see the video)
Hidden treasures from the 1860′s found in the walls during renovation of the Provincetown bed and breakfast give insight into the lives of the original owner. Jackson Rogers owned the house in the 1860s and 1870s. Mr. Rogers, along with his wife Mary, immigrated to Provincetown, Massachusetts from Fayal, one of the Western Islands in the Azores. For some time, Azoreans had been sailing across the Atlantic to fish the Grand Banks, and their success led ultimately to the immigration of many mariners like Jackson Rogers and countless other Portuguese fisherman to Provincetown and Cape Cod. As the Azoreans, like Rogers, were some of the first Portuguese to arrive here, they were usually the Captains of the numerous vessel-fishing boats with crews of about 24-28 men. From the census report of 1870, Jackson and Mary Rogers resided here along with their daughter Jennie (aged 7) who was “attending school” and their two sons Manuel (aged 12) and Joseph (aged 8); both of whom are listed as also having the occupation of “fishing.” Their children’s presence most likely explains the antique marble discovered along with the other things. You may interested in knowing that Jackson Rogers’ native home of Fayal is also known more commonly as the “Blue Island,” called that because of the large amounts of hydrangeas that bloom during their summer. Large hydrangea bushes have blossomed in the Revere House’s front garden for as far back as anyone can remember, possibly planted by one of the Rogers family members as a reminder of their native island. To view one of their comfortable accommodations with plenty of character, or to check availability and reserve a room please visit our web site at www.reverehouse.com or contact us at info@reverehouse.com

by M.Sebastian Araujo

Spring is starting to unfold here on Gay Olde Cape Cod. Like a Lady of old she bestowes beauty where ever she goes. It is a time of changes small and BIG; transformation seems to be the theme that is whirling around in my brain these days while tooling about this Gay Olde Towne. Recently I stopped my rusty old boneshaker when I espied with my roving eve the painter Jo Hay tending her garden ,on a Spring like day. Jo is English,and has lovely and gracious manners some of us adore. However it was her studio that intriuged me most.She has works in a dream of a space- a separate building with good light and wonderful energy.Being nosey,I had to find out just what it was that made her change from a rather prestigous life and career in Graphic Design, to come and work in this place we call home.

Painting for some is a gift,for others it is work and I think for Jo it is a life long quest. Born in Newcastle Upon Tyne,England in the 60’s,painting even as a child. Her fascination with color was the catalyst that made her pursue a career in Art. Having acquired a solid professional background in magazine design, Hay moved from London to New York City. While working in the design biz she attended classes at the Art Students League of New York. In the early 2000s she left Graphic Art designing to dedicate herself to painting full time. While living and painting in Greenwich Village she became aware of the obvious presence of androgyny represented by the transsexuals, transvestites, and transgendered men and women.Fascinated by the mysterious middle ground between the sexes,she began to probe the psychological and sexual perceptions of gender through her work. Hay’s work has been included in various group and juried shows,her most recent solo exhibition entitled “Betwixt” a series of large scaled heads that appeared to be male and female simultaneously.She explained that the series of paintings are not portraits of specific people,but are pieced together from photographs, paintings and life.She strives to make dynamic compositions with overlapping brushstrokes that weave together creating a strong anatomical forms. The patchwork nature of these compositions allows her to push some of the painting towards the abstract. Making the structure dissolve and resolve with the question of gender .Not surprisingly in November 2013 one of Hay’s recent works from the “Betwixt” series was selected as a finalist in Madonna’s « ARTFORFREEDOM » competition ( http://madonna.tumblr.com/page/2) a global initiative encouraging creative expression that bringing awareness to human rights violations.

As the late afternoon light was boucning off the various planes and angles of paintings finished and not quite finished in her studio, we chatted like magpies about many things…life,gender issues and Provincetown. Nearly teatime she invited me to tea in the charming ,rambling and colorful (why did that not surprise me too much)  old house she and her partner Carolyn Kramer share. Color and Art and Cups of good strong Tea …chatter about NYC days …lifes up’s and down’s, all the while my eyes were happily taking in the colors of each room surrounding us.More and more of her Artt flowed into my eyes including those amazing little bunnieportraits which drew me to her work and brought me here to this lovely afternoon. The future promisesto be just as colorful for this truly wonderful woman and her painting, there are new avenues to discover and many more ideas to study and expose to the rest of us. My hat is off to this genuinely creative painter who takes such care and thought with each and every flick and stroke of the brush. Find out more about whats going on in Jo Hay’s colorful world here: http://www.johay.org/

By M.Sebastian Araujo

Spring like most Great Ladies is taking her Time.The day after what hopefully was the last Winter Storm,the frigid North wind is still blowing down Commercial Street. The sun was out, trying it best to warm the early bulbs that dot the gardens around town, and warm the souls of the local charecters already sitting on the creaky benches infromt of Town Hall. Even the weathered clapboard on the buildings is heaving a sigh of relief.My old boneshaker of a bike seems to be feeling a case of the Spring Giddies,it’s rusty chain telling me Winter must be at an End! Peadling along the Street,looking for some inspiration amid the kerfuffle of shops opening and closing some new some old.The anticipation of things to come,and work to be done.Ptown like many places faces the challenges of Modern life.Big Business and other not too savory ideas,come and go. I find that individually owned businees still far out number the ones from across the Bridge as we say here on Olde Cape Cod.

Luckily! « Kiss & Make Up  » is a True Ptown success story. Begining as a small shop in the East End,it has grown into a larger new space and it is now a cosmetic retail experience for men and women. It offers an assortment of top innovative brands with an emphasis on eco-friendly, vegan and animal cruelty free product lines.Owner Christine Gero Horovitz and Staff offer a Full range of services to make you and your life a more beautiful experience.Even Paddington the Shop Mascot will make sure your feeling Beautiful! Christine has been helping people be more beautiful for many years and is a true Ptown Master at the Art of Beauty. Part of her mission is to help those who sometimes cannot help themselves.She founded « The Steven Horowitz Fund  » in memory of her Husband, to help people with substance abuse issues through the sale of Custom Designed Color Lipsticks. She has gotten some of the Luminaries of the Provincetown Theatre and « Drag Scene » to choose a color and give their Name and Lips to the campain. Luminaries such as Ryan Landry,Olive Another,Penny Champagne and many,many more STARS! Who could NOT resist buying the same lipstick worn by Dina Martina!

Find out more here; http://www.kissandmakeupptown.com/

After getting some lipbalm for my chapped lips, wrapping a scarf around my neck and setting my cap back to its jaunty pose,I headed over to the RED DOTStudio located at # 30 Conwell Street.This is a real great placein which to get just about anythng you might need to make Your Summer Rental or Ptown Home as « Gay as Balloons ». Artist /Owner Richard LaCasse has curated an amazing melange of vintage and upcycledhome goods. Anytime you pop in, you just might catch him hard at it making one of his Famous « Assembled Art Pieces ».This Queen really knows his stuff , after a long Carrer over the Bridge he is now doing what he loves best. Creating Art and Selling beautiful cool things.Museum Quality Finds at Tag Sale Prices! Open anytime you see the flag flying.Stop by and find out why everyone is talking about this Ptown Treasure Trove of Amazing Finds!.

My last foray on this Sunny Day is the Museum with the Best Collection of Ptown Art any where in the World PAAM. I am especially intrigued to see the Annual Members Open Show aptly titled « Fresh ». Here one will find new and innovative works from Museum Members that have not been shown or have available for Sale before.The exhbit is Huge with a vast array of media ,subject mattersand pricepoints. Everything from Photgraphy to Sculptured Dolls, this annual event is one of my favorties because not only are you in a World Class Museum,but you are looking at World Class Art,that you can buy.What an idea!!How often have you secretly wanted to hang the Mona Lisa on your livingroom wall and not only could you not get near it at that French place,but who could afford it? Even I couldn’t resist a certain painting by a certain Artist! Get out the red dots,I am ready to buy .These amazing pieces of Art will go fast so make sure you pop in sometime soon! Find out more about the Exhibit and Museum here; https://www.paam.org/

In this fast paced world of change and change and more change,I am truly glad that while Provincetown too has also changed,Art,Beauty and Commerce are all still thriving and survivng amid the flurry of moods swings that hit Commercial Street often this time of the year. My hat is off to you the independantly owned and operated business here in town .Not an easy task in this .com world.Glad to know some of you are still there and growing and thriving because of the uniqueness and determination in this place I call Home Provincetown….

Happy Spring!