Martha's Vineyard, MA...Despite the season’s slow start, by the July 4th weekend the summer's prospects were looking up: Sun icons dominated weather.com and the rumors surrounding the August visit of President Barack Obama and other political glitterati had morphed into fact.
The change was immediately recognizable as folks flocked to stores where aisles were crowed and shelves were quickly emptied of buns, burgers and charcoal. Parking beachside was suddenly at a premium. On Friday July 3, last minute travelers were keeping the phone lines at MVOL.com buzzing.
Word of President Obama's vacation plans coupled with speculation about Caroline Kennedy's plans to vacation at her Aquinnah compound and the Clintons’ return to Edgartown just about guarantees an August replay of the Island’s glory days and the summer of 2009 may yet go down in Island record books as a late-blooming blockbuster.
