Get to Know Chatham

Chatham was arguably the first town on Cape Cod to realize that its setting as a picturesque, prosperous fishing village — complete with shingled houses, a working lighthouse, and pretty beaches — could position it as the perfect seaside getaway for weary Bostonians. In 1914, Chatham Bars Inn, an early luxury resort on the Cape, opened. The Inn, complete with on-site gardens providing farm-to-table cuisine, spa treatments, tennis courts, and golf courses, is still in operation today, boasting many of the same amenities as the day it opened. With the steady success of Chatham Bars Inn, more and more city dwellers began looking to Chatham for their summer retreats, enticed to stay with a slew of high-end shops and eateries on Main Street. Today, about half of the town’s population lives in Chatham year-round, with the population doubling in the summer.

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Living in Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket

Cape Cod and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket have been synonymous with summer for generations, the epitome of a New England escape. The siren call of this region has beckoned to a wide swath of visitors, from day trippers to Presidents, with the promise of relaxed days and nights spent in a magical world of beaches, lighthouses, and shingled cottages both big and small. There’s space for everyone here: Kids ride the same valiant steeds as their grandparents did at the carousel in Oak Bluffs, while boldfaced names, wealthy financiers, and first-time visitors all pile into local clam shacks for deep-fried seafood and just caught lobster. There’s also a significantly smaller population that lives here year-round — these are the residents that pride themselves on knowing all the secret spots when the highways and beaches clear out and the Cape and the islands return to their meditative, foggy, winter selves.