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There are four basic food groups: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate and chocolate truffles.
You therefore can count on a square meal (of the chocolate box sort) when the fourth annual Chocolate Festival opens tonight, October 5, with a preview party at Featherstone Center for the Arts on Barnes Road in Oak Bluffs.
On Saturday, Oct. 6, everyone is invited to join the fourth annual Justin Coleman Memorial Hike-a-thon. The 10-mile hike begins at the Coleman’s house on 150 South Road in Chilmark. This year, the hike also will be in memory of Alex Cohen, a friend of Justin’s who died in an automobile accident driving from Martha’s Vineyard to Duke University at the age of 19.
Never have a manicure before beginning a major carpentry project.
Janette Vanderhoop says she cannot function without caffeine. Her addiction is recent, but, she admits, chai tea in hand, she is worried. Halfway between Aquinnah and the Gazette office in Edgartown, she realized she had not had her morning cup and found herself veering to the other side of the road. She makes a beeline for the coffee shop.
Ella Lynne Luening-Goidicke is a natural performer. She should be — the stage is in her blood. Her mother is Island singer and actress Sabrina Luening. Her uncle is local musician Erich Luening. They have lent their talent to many bands — 2nd Power, Drawn Butter, 36 Grit to name a few — and a dizzying number of theatre performances. To top it off, Ella is named for the sultry crooner Ella Fitzgerald. “She has rhythm,” Mr. Luening said recently about his niece who turns three in November. “She’s already a better dancer than I am.”
Bone Marrow
Next weekend offers two opportunities for Vineyarders to test their ability to donate bone marrow, in the Save Giovanni’s Friends Bone Marrow Drive.
A simple cheek swab procedure will be performed by Caitlin Raymond International Registry. According to state law, your health insurance must pay the donor fee, and if you don’t have health insurance, it’s free.