We had a blast at Provincetown's Carnival parade.  The weather was excellent and everyone was in the mood to party.  You really have to be here to experience it but here are a couple of videos to give you the flavor of the event.

Carnival 007.MOV (14.68 mb)

Carnival 009.MOV (14.27 mb)

We're having a busy summer at 3Harbors.  Lots of rentals and sales and lots of running around.  But we also like to play - be it at the beach, the theatre, art galleries or at the newest sensation.... the new French bakery.  Not only has it added to our girths but it's a great place to practice your French accent!  Now that the New York Times has written an article about the place the lines are sure to get even longer!

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/the-great-wellfleet-croissant-invasion/?hpw

Here are some photos of the anniversary party we recently had here at 3Harbors.  After a year in business we are happy to report that we have had strong successes.  Not only are we tied for being the highest grossing office in Truro, we have had strong numbers for Wellfleet and Provincetown.  Our party was also a great success: a raw bar, terrific wine and our own Sue Larkin showed off her expertise on the grill.  The weather was terrific and the mosquitos held off until the very last minute (thanks to Philip's fogger).  Addison Art Gallery graciously re-hung our walls and many of the artists were also in attendance, as were the beneficiaries of our arts organization giving (Castle Hill Center for the Arts, Provincetown's Fine Arts Work Center and Wellfleet Preservation Hall).  Thanks to everyone for making this such great fun! We just may have to make this an annual event.......

The folks at Castle Hill invited us to lunch today to celebrate our commitmnet to the arts - and to Castle Hill Center for the Arts.  Everytime we have a sale in Truro we donate a portion of the proceeds to Castle Hill and we're proud to say we have become one of their biggest givers.  We had a great time with Cherie and the rest of the folks at the center and we really enjoyed getting a personal tour of the grounds.  Thanks Castle Hill - you make the Outer Cape an even better place to call home!

Check out this wonderful post from The Boston Globe about the community effort to renovate an old downtown church and turn it into Wellfleet's Preservation Hall.  3Harbors donates to Preservation Hall with every sale we have in Wellfleet and we're thrilled to be part of this community building effort!

http://www.boston.com/travel/blog/2010/05/reasons_to_head.html?s_campaign=83

Our team of riders collected over $1,000 in pledges to assist Helping Our Women (HOW) in their efforts to assist our area residents who are living with cancer.  It was certainly an eventful day.  We started with sunshine and good cheer (much of that courtesy of the very exuberant Miss Richfield) but we were quickly riding our bicycles through heavy rains, thunder and lightning.  We ended up wet and cold but we all had a lot of fun and it was great to help such a terrific organization.  We can't wait to do it again next year!

Recently we employed an aerial photgrapher to fly his plane out over the Cape to take photos of some of our listings.  We're thrilled with the photos we got and thought we'd share some of them with you!

Here's Hatch Road in Truro:

Lt. Island in Wellfleet:

Pamet River, looking out to the Bay:

Here's Chatham:

Griffin's Island in Wellfleet looking out to Great Island:

Okay, one last one of the Pamet looking out towards our office!

There's a great article in the New York Times about how to buy property in today's real estate market.  Although the article is primarily focused on buyers in the city much of the information still applies to us here on the Cape.  Check out the article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/realestate/23cov.html?hpw

Mark your calendars for the upcoming Helping Our Women 10th Annual By the Sea Bike Trek.  Saturday, June 5th, 2010.  Join our team of riders and have fun for a great cause while getting in shape for summer.  Call Sue Larkin at 508/349 2600 for a 3Harbors Registration form and we'll set you up with a tee sirt and all the info.  Check out the HOW website at http://www.helpingourwomen.org/bike.html

 Our friend and client, Paul Wisotzky, was a star at this past week's Pamet Plunge." It's a great video and shows off what a great town Truro is!