Massachusetts

The owner of the Woods Hole Inn tells us about her favorite local bookstore

(My good friend Beth Colt had done many interesting things in her life, but I don’t think anything ever impressed me so much as her decision to purchase and run an inn on the opposite side of the country from where she lives.  She does, admittedly, spend her summers on the east coast ,which is where she’s from originally, but the rest of the time she lives here in Los Angeles.  One day she was visiting family on the Cape and saw that the venerable Woods Hole Inn was for sale . . . and she went into the inn-keeping business, just like that.   So if you’re traveling on the east coast, look into staying at her beautiful place on the ocean or at least drop by her favorite local independent bookstore, which she describes below.   The rest of the post is in Beth’s own words.)

I can’t imagine a small town without an independent bookstore so while hunting to buy a bed and breakfast last year, I made “has a bookstore” one of my search criteria.

Woods Hole (on Cape Cod) is a pretty cool little village, but it no longer has a bookstore. You have to drive three miles into the metropolis of Falmouth Village to find the unique Eight Cousins bookshop. I decided that was close enough.

Owned by the same family for over two decades, Eight Cousins started as a kids bookstore but, after the other bookshop in town failed, they took over some adult categories including ordering books for people and audio books. This is a wonderful small place, with that great local vibe. It buzzes with tourists in the summer and remains vibrant with the locals during the cold New England winters.

Check it out and stay at the Woods Hole Inn. You can ride one of our loaner bikes into town on the “Shining Sea Bikepath.” They will welcome you at Eight Cousins and I recommend Laureen’s across the street for a nice lunch. There is also an amazing new Cupcapes shop next door.

See you there!