Awful and endless as this winter has been, it's produced at least one worthwhile natural phenomenon: "slurpee waves." Amazing photos—taken by Jonathan Nimerfroh and published in Stay Wild Magazine—show the half-frozen waves of slush cresting and crashing into the beaches of Nantucket.

Bernie Madoff may not be the only member of the family to see his property fall into the hands of new owners. The Real Deal reports Mark Madoff may be forced to sell his Nantucket "getaway" in the near future. [Real Deal]

Today we ponder a trailer for the next HBO prestige-o-palooza, The Pacific. Should we call it the The Thin Band of Brothers? Saving Private Red Line? Who knows.

Vice President-elect Smilin' Joe Biden is spending this Thanksgiving in lovely Nantucket. Just like he takes the train to work every day, he took the ferry from Hyannis. It is important to maintain your blue-collar cred when traveling to Nantucket to holiday. Biden shocked onlookers by pouring his own coffee at a local store. (How does he take his coffee? "Turns out he likes his coffee like he likes his presidents," our Gawker Nantucket Operative reports.) [Cape Cod Times]

Men's Vogue fella Hud Morgan is finally reporting in from somewhere as WASPy as his name: Murray's, on Nantucket's Main Street, where the pale people buy those heinous Nantucket Reds. But bad news!