The White Whale Blog

Here we are on a rainy Friday pre-winefest. The downpour is reminiscent of the 2005 debacle, however the skies are “supposed” to clear for the festivites tomorrow. The Whale is open and the island is starting to come to life. I’ve been busy ordering new products to fill up 18 Broad and sell through our site www.whitewhale.com. Stop in or check it out when you have a chance. Countdown to Figawi is 8 days!

Take care everyone and see you all soon-er or later

Bill

Hey all,

Checking in here on a rainy Thrusday night. The island is thorougly soaked! I’ve posted a few classified ads for help this summer. Sadly, we won’t have Alexis back this summer, last I checked she will be moving out west - to Idaho I think - and we wish her the best. You will be missed. Also, Jessalyn moved to South Carolina to take a nursing job. She too, will be missed. So unless I want to work 84 hr weeks, I best find some help. Obviously I’d like to hire people I know, so if any of you know someone who will be out here for the summer and looking for work, send them my way. Even if it is only part-time. Tell them to check out www.whitewhale.com to see if it is something that would interest them! Much appreciated.

Until next time,
Go Mets!

Bill

April 3. 2007.

I’m happy to report the RMG Paddleboard tournament was a success. Friday night, tournament chairmen Matt Sanford and Brian Fogerty held a meet and greet out at the courts where players got to practice a little bit while enjoying some pizza from Pi and a beer from Cisco. I found out that I would be playing around 10:40 am the following day. I’ve never played Paddle before, so I was a true beginner, and let me tell you it showed the next day. The tournament was going to be run in a round robin format and games were won by whichever team reached 8 games first. I lost my first game 3-8, but went on two win my next 2 games 8-3 and 8-4 (this was in large part due to the play of my partners!)

The White Whale was happy to donate four $100 gift certificates and hats to both the top two male and female performers. The winners were Dalton Frazier, Allan Bell,Sarah Maneikis, and Margaretta Andrews. Congrats guys!

The after party was held at the Starlight Theater. The staff there put out a really great buffet spread and the bar was open for the first hour or so. After a short awards ceremony, Matt got into the auction where everything from tennis lessons to Red Sox tickets were being bought with all the proceeds going to the Nantucket Boys and Girls Club. Thanks to everyone who opened up their wallets for such a great cause. Being a coach myself over at the club, I saw every day how important it is to the community. Overall, we raised over $4000 for the club! It was a phenomenal event - and one which The White Whale will be participating in for years to come.

We’re into April now and counting down the days to a full time opening. As always, if you find any good pictures of the Whale gear send em my way bill@whitewhale.com so I can post them in the photo gallery at www.whitewhale.com.

Also, I’ll be looking for help in the store this summer if any of you know someone who will be on island for the summer.

Until next time, enjoy the Easter Holiday, The Masters, and the new Modest Mouse album.

Also, big congratulations to my old roommate from Loyola Captain Tim Miller as he welcomed his first child this week! Stay safe Tim.

Later on,
Bill

Although as many of you know, the weather on Nantucket tends to lag behind a bit. We are a little more than a month from Daffodil Festival! I wanted to give you all a quick recap of what went down this Winter!

After Stroll we kept the store open through the Christmas holiday. During that time we were able to introduce our new Scallop Shell Lights made by our good friend Captain Scallopini (actually my Dad, haha) If you haven’t had the pleasure of stopping by to speak with “The Capt” (as he playfully refers to himself as) try to think of it next time you are walking down Broad St. On top of being beautiful, you might even get a quick lesson from the Captain himself on how to make your own lights! Just ask Gordon from Plum TV.

Afterwards we kept the store open on weekends - mainly just Saturdays. We met some really great folks who live on the island and want to thank them for stopping by to chat during those cold afternoons. It was also during this time that I began working on updating our online site www.whitewhale.com. It is still an ongoing process but I’m very happy with the early results. I’ve decided to create and maintain this blog so many of you on our mailing list will be up to date with any new sales or products that will be introduced this summer!

Speaking of new products, this summer you can expect to see a plethora of new items as well as many of the items you’ve seen in the past. We are excited to introduce jackets, vests, polos, and oxford button downs all with the exclusive White Whale of Nantucket label! Also, many of you who are reading this have given me some great thoughts on new White Whale logo’d products. You know who you are! So stay tuned.

We are shooting for a mid to late April full-time opening, which means one of us from the Farley gang will be in the store 7 days a week.

A few more notes:
1. Remember to send me any photos of you or your friends in the White Whale gear. If you check out the “Photo Gallery” you’ll see I’ve begun accumulating photos!
2. Also, The White Whale will be sponsoring and participating (yikes) in the RMG Charity Platform Tennis Tournament on March 30th. This is a fun filled weekend for all and it benefits The Nantucket Boys and Girls Club. So if you happen to be around feel free to email me for information.

Okay, that about does it for now.

Later on!
Bill

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