This is the time of year when I start thinking about how short the summers are on Cape Cod, mainly because spring is always a big rip-off. Everyone else in New England has leaves on their trees, and ...

Cape Cod wears its contradictions well. On one hand, it’s mythic: presidential compounds, maritime research outposts, artisanal glassmakers with lineage and legitimacy. On the other, it’s disarmingly ...