Menemsha

This is Danielle shelling out for fried clams and scallops at The Bite in Menemsha.
The Bite is a shack built around a bank of fry-o-lators. A screen door opens on a front porch big enough for a picinic table full of condiments, a Coke machine and three customers.
We received a tip on the ferry over (from some guy named Joe, I think) that the best fried clams on the island were to be had at this little shack, and it turned out to be true. The place was packed, which means three things on the Vineyard:
1) A bunch of people will be standing around, in a crushed shell parking lot for example, waiting for someone to call out their name and pass them some food, in this case a greasy brown bag of fried seafood.
2) It's going to cost more than you may think fair and,
3) The Clinton's were there in 1997 and a signed picture documenting their unadulterated joy fades, endlessly, somewhere near the register.
The rest are shots of the town. I really liked it there.