Chatham Coffee Tour

From Good Morning America to editor-in-chief of Chatham Living by the Sea: Sonja Bartlett on Chatham Coffee Tour.

Barb Garside welcomes Sonja Bartlett, editor-in-chief of Chatham Living by the Sea, to talk about growing up in Chatham summers, the family inn, and the journalism career that brought her back to tell the town's stories.

Sonja shares how she landed at the magazine, what is in the fall issue, and why Monomoy Island is her favorite place to get away.

⏳ Chapters:

00:00 Meet Sonja Bartlett and Running Home: three generations in Chatham

04:21 Growing up in Chatham: the Orpheum and the band concerts

09:54 From summer jobs to ABC News and CNN

12:52 Keeping a sense of wonder in a small town

18:47 The oar that led to the magazine

23:11 Photo shoots and a preview of the fall issue

28:33 From TV to print: staying curious

31:26 Monomoy Island and Stage Harbor Light

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🎧 HOSTED BY: Barb Garside | Chatham Coffee Tour

👤 GUEST: Sonja Bartlett | Editor-in-Chief, Chatham Living by the Sea

👉🏻 CONNECT WITH BARB GARSIDE:

• Website: https://barbaragarside.exprealty.com/

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoYq8CXlz7XwscYHFbURJeQ

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coastalchatham/

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-garside-a78a554/

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Jill Meyer spent years running two Chatham inns before writing Finding Scarlett, a Cape Cod novel set on Pleasant Bay. On this episode of Chatham Coffee Tour, host Barb Garside, a Broker Associate with eXp Realty Luxury and Coastal Chatham, talks with Jill about buying a bed and breakfast at 23, hiring student interns from the UK, and the sprinkler call that interrupted a Florida vacation.

Jill also shares how a New York literary agency offered her representation, why she decided to self-publish, and what she has learned officiating weddings across Cape Cod.

Chapters:

• From a Boston Desk Job to a Chatham Bed and Breakfast

• Moving Up to a 16-Room, Four-Diamond Inn

• Seasons, Vacations and Never Being Off

• Running an Inn With Five Kids and Why They Sold

• Adopting Their Son From Ethiopia

• Turning Inn Stories Into a Novel

• Getting an Agent and Choosing to Self-Publish

• Wedding Officiant Life and Writing Vows

Favorite Spot: Chatham Light Beach at Sunrise

🎧 HOSTED BY: Barb Garside | Chatham Coffee Tour

👤 GUEST: Jill Meyer | Author of Finding Scarlett and Former Cape Cod Innkeeper

👉🏻 CONNECT WITH JILL MEYER:

• Website: https://www.authorjillmeyer.com/

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorjillmeyer

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorjillmeyer

👉🏻 FOLLOW BARB GARSIDE:

• Website: https://barbaragarside.exprealty.com/

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coastalchatham/

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-garside-a78a554/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoYq8CXlz7XwscYHFbURJeQ

#ChathamCoffeeTour #BarbGarside #JillMeyer #FindingScarlett #CapeCod #ChathamMA

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Susan Dimm has operated Barnhill Pottery in West Chatham for more than 30 years, building her craft business by hand and raising her son right in the studio. On this episode of Chatham Coffee Tour, host Barb Garside, a Broker Associate with eXp Realty Luxury and Coastal Chatham, talks with Susan about the high-touch retail model that has kept her studio thriving and why tactile pottery cannot be replaced by online shopping.

You'll learn why handmade pottery requires physical touch before buying, how a home studio can provide a creative solution to childcare, and what West Chatham's community evolution has meant for local business owners.

Susan shares her journey creating pottery for over three decades, the evolution of Cape Cod, and her perspective on the housing challenges facing the next generation of locals.

From handmade craft to small-business resilience, this episode explores what it takes to build something meaningful that lasts.

⏳ Timestamps:

• 0:00 - Introducing Susan Dimm, Barnhill Pottery & The Studio Open Flag Rule

• 2:30 - Growing Up on Cape Cod: Summer Camps & Arey's Pond

• 4:30 - Founding Barnhill Pottery: 30+ Years of Handcrafted Cape Cod Ceramics

• 6:45 - Raising a Toddler in the Studio: The Day He Squished the Pots

• 10:14 - Coastal Glazes, Signatures, and Functional Pieces Built to Last

• 13:13 - The In-Person Retail Model Behind Barnhill Pottery

• 15:45 - Cape Cod's Housing Crisis: Airbnb & Workforce Housing

• 19:38 - West Chatham’s Evolution Into a Community Hub

• 24:35 - Cape Cod Traditions: Art in the Park, Candy Manor & Local Memories

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🎧 HOSTED BY: Barb Garside | Chatham Coffee Tour

👤 GUEST: Susan Dimm | Owner, Barnhill Pottery

👉🏻 CONNECT WITH SUSAN DIMM:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barnhillpotterychatham/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barnhillpottery/

• Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/market/barn_hill_pottery

👉🏻 CONNECT WITH BARB GARSIDE:

• Website: https://barbaragarside.exprealty.com/ 

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coastalchatham/ 

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-garside-a78a554/ 

#ChathamCoffeeTour #BarbGarside #SusanDimm #CapeCodRealEstate #BarnhillPottery #ChathamMA

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How did two longtime Chatham friends build thriving careers in coastal real estate and lifestyle branding through 35 years of market shifts, coastal erosion, and technological change?

Host Barb Garside turns the tables on Chatham Coffee Tour as guest interviewer Jessica Metzler, Compass real estate advisor and co-founder of coastal lifestyle brand White Marlie, puts Barb in the hot seat to uncover the untold stories of Chatham real estate. With deep Cape Cod roots dating back nine generations, Barb transitioned from Wall Street equity sales to Chatham Bars Inn before launching her real estate career in 1990. Together, they share what it was really like selling luxury coastal properties before cell phones and digital listings, using printed MLS books, fax machines, and Saturday rental key handoffs.

Beyond transaction war stories, Barb and Jessica explore the dramatic transformation of Chatham after the historic 1987 North Beach break, the post-2020 shift from a seasonal summer colony to a thriving year-round entrepreneurial community, and the secret local rituals that make Chatham home.

About Barb Garside: Barb Garside is the host of Chatham Coffee Tour and a Broker Associate with eXp Realty Luxury & Coastal Chatham, bringing over 35 years of local market insight.

About Jessica Metzler: Jessica Metzler is a seasoned Compass real estate advisor and co-founder of White Marlie, a coastal lifestyle apparel brand established in 2002.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Pivoting from high finance to coastal real estate: Leaving Wall Street to build a 35-year advisory career in Chatham.

• Selling luxury real estate before the internet: Closing multimillion-dollar sales with printed paper MLS books and fax machines.

• Coastal navigation and shifting inlets: How the historic 1987 Chatham Break reshaped beaches and waterways.

• Chatham's year-round transformation: How remote work turned a summer colony into a vibrant full-time community.

• Cape Cod off-season rituals: Secret sunrise rowing routines and winter surf coffee watching.

HOSTED BY: Barb Garside | Chatham Coffee Tour

GUEST INTERVIEWER: Jessica Metzler, Compass Real Estate & Co-Founder of White Marlie

CONNECT WITH JESSICA METZLER (WHITE MARLIE & COMPASS):

• Compass: https://www.compass.com/agents/jessica-metzler/

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicametzler_realtor/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessica.metzler.970139/

CONNECT WITH BARB GARSIDE:

• Website: https://barbaragarside.exprealty.com/

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbgarside_realtor/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barbgarsiderealestate/

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbaragarside/

#ChathamCoffeeTour #BarbGarside #JessicaMetzler #WhiteMarlie #ChathamMA #CapeCodRealEstate #LuxuryCoastalLiving #CompassRealEstate #eXpLuxury

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Can high-tech fabrics fix everyday women's underwear? Discover how Lisa Mullan disrupted intimate apparel with knitted silk and sustainable design. Frustrated by unsupportive, uncomfortable options dominating the market, Lisa partnered with fashion industry veteran Natalia Martorell to engineer comfort-first base layers designed for real women's daily routines.

About Barb Garside: Barb Garside is the host of Chatham Coffee Tour and a Broker Associate with eXp Realty Luxury and Coastal Chatham, a founding member of eXp Sports & Entertainment specializing in luxury coastal real estate on Cape Cod. On this episode, Barb sits down with Lisa Mullan, founder of Uwila Warrior, to talk about building a comfort-first loungewear brand from a Chatham summer home and the surprise Free People order that took it into national retail. Drawing on her background in Cornell hospitality, real estate finance at Columbia, 20 years in tech equity analysis, and helping lead HubSpot through its IPO, Lisa shares how systems thinking and technical fabrics transformed an everyday wardrobe staple into an innovative retail brand.

Listeners will discover actionable strategies for navigating corporate career pivots, scaling retail manufacturing from home, and embracing sustainable textile innovations like Ciclo and 3D knitting.

🎙 In this episode, you'll learn:

✔️ Overcoming Market Saturation with Uncomfortable Synthetics: engineered temperature-regulating knitted silk and seamless underwear that wick moisture naturally.

✔️ Managing High SKU Counts in Bra Production: developing 3D knitting technology to craft wire-free, customized support.

✔️ Tackling Non-Biodegradable Landfill Waste: Ciclo technology lets synthetic nylon and elastane fabrics break down in 12 years instead of 200.

✔️ Validating Early Product-Market Fit: early Shopify e-commerce infrastructure led to an unexpected wholesale order from Free People (Urban Outfitters).

✔️ Navigating Supply Chain and Fulfillment Bottlenecks: managing direct-to-consumer fulfillment from a Chatham front porch during COVID-19 lockdowns.

✔️ Bootstrapping Retail Growth Without Paid Ads: push-bike pop-ups in Nantucket and a Charles Street boutique in Beacon Hill drove organic word-of-mouth.

✔️ Balancing Fast-Growth Business with Chatham Lifestyle: investing in Chatham MA real estate on Cotchpinicut Beach as a long-term family foundation.

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🎧 HOSTED BY: Barb Garside

👤 GUEST: Lisa Mullan – Founder and CEO, Uwila Warrior

Barb Garside is a Broker Associate with eXp Realty Luxury and Coastal Chatham, specializing in luxury coastal real estate on Cape Cod. She is also a founding member of eXp Sports & Entertainment, serving clients in the sports, entertainment, and luxury property space. Barb is the host of the Chatham Coffee Tour podcast, where she sits down with local entrepreneurs, community leaders, and notable personalities to explore their stories and connection to the Chatham lifestyle.  

👉🏻 CONNECT WITH LISA MULLAN:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-mullan-02621b87/

• Website: https://www.uwilawarrior.com/

👉🏻 FOLLOW BARBARA GARSIDE:

• Website: https://barbaragarside.exprealty.com/

#ChathamCoffeeTour #BarbaraGarside #LisaMullan #UwilaWarrior #Chatham #WomenInBusiness #SmallBusiness

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Jackie Wilson found the place she would host her first yoga retreat three years before she had a yoga business to host it for.

She was between London and India, taking a month in Sri Lanka to surf and reset, when she wandered into an Ayurvedic retreat center in the middle of the jungle. No studio, no students, no plan. She stood there and decided that was where she would bring people one day. This January she brings them.

Barb Garside is a Broker Associate with Coastal Chatham at eXp Realty Luxury, selling luxury coastal real estate on Cape Cod, and she has known plenty of people who came back to Chatham and had to invent their own reason to stay. Jackie learned to swim at Oyster Pond, taught lessons there, then lifeguarded. Her parents have owned the family home more than 40 years. She left for Fordham, Hong Kong, New York, London. When she finally came home she noticed there was no yoga studio in town, called the Chatham Community Center, and left a voicemail for Sue, her old boss from lifeguard days. Chatham Yoga turns two in September. When the Sri Lanka trip opened for booking, the first people to sign up were a couple who started with her back when a class cost less than a coffee.

Hosted by: Barb Garside

Guest: Jackie Wilson

Jackie Wilson is the founder of Chatham Yoga, which has run year round at the Chatham Community Center since September 2024 with Hatha on Mondays and Yin on Thursdays. She studied art history and cultural anthropology at Fordham University, spent four years in Hong Kong and several in London working in business development across the art and design industry, and completed her yoga teacher training in India. She now works in e-commerce with The Expert and supports an art gallery at international fairs.

What You'll Learn

• Coming home to Cape Cod without walking away from the career that funds it

• Starting something by noticing the one thing your town is missing

• Pricing a class so money stops being the reason people stop showing up

• Practicing stillness when everything around you is asking to be counted

• Teaching a beach class where half the room has never tried yoga

• Building a Chatham lifestyle out of the water, the weather, and whoever turns up

• Trusting a decision made three years before you were ready for it

• Finding the corner of Chatham where you go to hear nothing at all

Pull up a chair for the Chatham Coffee Tour and hear where a lifelong Oyster Pond kid goes to get quiet.

Connect with Jackie Wilson

Website: http://chatham-yoga.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chathamyoga/

Connect with Barb Garside

Website: https://barbaragarside.exprealty.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coastalchatham

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-garside-a78a554

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BarbGarside

#ChathamCoffeeTour #BarbaraGarside #CapeCodRealEstate #ChathamMA #LuxuryCoastalHomes #CoastalChatham #eXpLuxury #NewEnglandRealEstate #CapeCodLifestyle #RealEstatePodcast

David Eldredge sat on one question through his whole time at Cornell and finally asked it on his last day: how did I get into this school?

His advisor told him the truth. Every person on the hotel school admissions committee gets one wild card, one applicant who is in with no questions asked. He was hers. The kid from a Chatham graduating class of 52 who started doing odd jobs at 11, got hired at the Chatham Beach and Tennis Club at the end of the summer of 1978, and stayed five summers, got into the top hotel school in the world on somebody's gut feeling about him.

Barb Garside is a Broker Associate with Coastal Chatham at eXp Realty Luxury and sells luxury coastal real estate on Cape Cod, and her own kids worked for David at that same beach club. He came back to run it and stayed 23 years, then left at 59 to open Elwood's Raw Bars with his sister Tanya. He put it in North Chatham, off the beaten track, and let word of mouth carry it. His line on downtown is short: he does not want to be on Main Street, and out where he is, you always get a parking spot.

Hosted by: Barb Garside

Guest: David Eldredge

David Eldredge is a 12th-generation Chatham native and a seasoned hospitality operator. With over four decades of experience managing premier local venues, including 23 years at the Chatham Beach and Tennis Club, he co-founded Elwood’s Raw Bars, expanding the popular catering business into a dedicated brick-and-mortar raw bar in North Chatham. 

What You'll Learn

• Seeing the Chatham that exists after Labor Day, when the town used to shut down completely

• Turning a teenage summer job into a 23-year career in the same building

• Asking the question you have been afraid to ask, even if you leave it until the last day

• Building a Cape Cod business away from the main drag and letting word of mouth do the work

• Walking away from a secure job at 59 because the timing will never be better than now

• Running a business with a sibling by staying out of what the other one is better at

• Giving local teenagers a first paycheck and the habits that come with it

• Finding the corner of the Chatham lifestyle where you go in February to hear nothing at all

Pull up a chair for the Chatham Coffee Tour and hear where a 12th generation local goes to disappear.

Connect with David Eldredge

Website: https://www.elwoodsrawbars.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elwoodsrawbars

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elwoodsrawbars

Connect with Barb Garside

Website: https://barbaragarside.exprealty.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coastalchatham

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-garside-a78a554

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BarbGarside

#ChathamCoffeeTour #BarbaraGarside #CapeCodRealEstate #ChathamMA #LuxuryCoastalHomes #CoastalChatham #eXpLuxury #NewEnglandRealEstate #CapeCodLifestyle #RealEstatePodcast

Leslie Schneeberger's family walked through the house she wanted and asked what had happened to her. She bought it and never moved a beam.

It was post and beam, dark brown, reading like a Vermont cabin, tucked behind the commercial block in downtown Chatham. She measured where every post sat, sized a kitchen cabinet to fit exactly between two of them, and renovated the whole house without changing a single piece of structure. Her daughters have since agreed she made a good decision.

Barb Garside sells Cape Cod real estate as a Broker Associate with Coastal Chatham at eXp Luxury, and she runs into the same argument from the buyer's side. Clients ask for the primary suite on the first floor because that is what the next buyer wants. Leslie has watched them fight that layout for months, then admit the second floor is where they actually want to sleep. She also explains tolerance, her word for how much risk a client carries when conservation marks an area do not touch and they want to ask anyway. Barb's daughter worked for Leslie for two years and summed her up as someone who puts a pop of color and a touch of whimsy into everything she designs.

Hosted by: Barb GarsideGuest: Leslie Schneeberger

Leslie Schneeberger is a licensed architect and the founder of Schneeberger Collective, which she opened in 2023 after 25 years in architecture on Cape Cod, including running her own practice and opening the Cape office for another firm. Her team is now fifteen people, working on custom homes, commercial buildings, and community projects across New England. She lives in downtown Chatham in a post and beam house she renovated entirely around the original framework.

What You'll Learn

• Designing for the life you want instead of the buyer who has not shown up yet

• Renovating a post and beam house without moving a single piece of structure

• Reading conservation boundaries and zoning off a site plan before anyone draws a line

• Knowing what the Chatham boards will approve before you spend money getting to a hearing

• Bringing your Pinterest boards and magazine tears to an architect and using them properly

• Building a hiding place for the kid who needs one

• Finding the corner of the Chatham lifestyle where you go to unwind, literally

Connect with Leslie Schneeberger Website: https://www.schneebergercollective.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslie-schneeberger-482782a1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schneebergercollective

Connect with Barb Garside Website: https://barbaragarside.exprealty.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coastalchatham LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-garside-a78a554 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BarbGarside

#ChathamCoffeeTour #BarbaraGarside #CapeCodRealEstate #ChathamMA #LuxuryCoastalHomes #CoastalChatham #eXpLuxury #NewEnglandRealEstate #CapeCodLifestyle #RealEstatePodcast

Susan Wegner arrived in Chatham at six months old, asleep in a station wagon. It took most of her life for the town to stop being a vacation.

Her parents drove overnight from Rochester because it saved them a hotel room. A week or two, then home. That held for decades, through California, law school, a husband she brought here on a New England trip, and two sons who spent every summer on the Cape.

Barb Garside sells Cape Cod real estate as a Broker Associate with Coastal Chatham at eXp Realty Luxury, and second-home buyers ask her some version of this question all the time. Susan's answer is specific. A seat on the Chatham Cultural Council, which pairs state money with town money and gives it out every December. A parade committee of five that sleeps all winter, then wakes up in February to find the parade four months out. Sunday rides with the Crush Tour, Chatham's Pan-Mass Challenge team, up to Orleans and back with a stop at the Hot Chocolate Sparrow. A byline in Chatham Living magazine. Mahjong lessons at Stage Harbor Yacht Club.

Ask her what actually changed and she goes smaller than any of it. She recognizes people now when she walks down the street.

Hosted by: Barb Garside

Guest: Susan Wegner

Susan Wegner is an environmental attorney who works part-time and remotely, splitting her year between the Washington, D.C. area and Chatham, Massachusetts. She serves on the Chatham Cultural Council and the town parade committee, where she handled communications and press releases for this year's parade. She writes for Chatham Living magazine and teaches Mahjong at Stage Harbor Yacht Club, where she has also served on the board, co-chaired the auction, and run merchandise.

What You'll Learn

• Turning a part-time address into a real place in the Chatham community

• Picking the committees and volunteer seats that connect you to a small town fastest

• Getting Cultural Council funding behind a program that would never otherwise reach Chatham

• Reading what PFOS and a drought year mean for drinking water on Cape Cod

• Running a parade on five people and eight months of quiet

• Building a network in a town you did not grow up in

• Finding the Cape Cod trails that stay empty in every season

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Connect with Susan Wegner

Email: [email protected]

Connect with Barb Garside

Website: https://barbaragarside.exprealty.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coastalchatham

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-garside-a78a554

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BarbGarside

#ChathamCoffeeTour #BarbaraGarside #CapeCodRealEstate #ChathamMA #LuxuryCoastalHomes #CoastalChatham #eXpLuxury #NewEnglandRealEstate #CapeCodLifestyle #RealEstatePodcast

Rain on a July Saturday empties Chatham's Main Street, and Shayna Ferullo's espresso bar feels it inside an hour. A mile up Route 6A, her other two locations fill up.

Barb Garside reads that same swing from the property side. She sells Cape Cod real estate as a Broker Associate with Coastal Chatham at eXp Realty Luxury, and she pushes Shayna on the numbers most operators keep quiet: what a two-year lease does to your willingness to fix a roof, why staying open year-round on Main Street never penciled out, and what happened when the phone rang right before Memorial Day 2018 with a space they opened by July 4th.

Shayna answers in a different currency. Eleven years and three locations in, she can smell a washed coffee against a natural one, and she walks Barb through exactly what gets fermented off the seed to cause it.

Hosted by: Barb GarsideGuest: Shayna Ferullo

Shayna Ferullo is the co-founder and co-owner of Snowy Owl Coffee Roasters, a Cape Cod-based specialty coffee company she launched in 2015. Leveraging her background in international trade and economic development, she seamlessly blends her passions for global sourcing, hospitality, and specialty food. Through Snowy Owl, Shayna is dedicated to fostering local partnerships, building vibrant community spaces, and connecting customers with exceptional coffees and stories from around the world.

What You'll Learn

• Reading a seasonal town well enough to know when to scale back

• Sizing up a location on parking versus foot traffic before you sign

• Trading a two-year lease for a building worth investing in

• Telling a washed coffee from a natural one by smell alone

• Tasting altitude and volcanic soil in a bean nobody has roasted yet

• Getting straight answers out of the competitor across the street

• Knowing when a kid's sport has stopped serving them

Connect with Shayna Ferullo and Snowy Owl Coffee RoastersWebsite: https://socoffee.co/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SnowyOwlCoffee/

LinkedIn: https://www.facebook.com/snowyowlcoffee

Connect with Barb Garside

Website: https://barbaragarside.exprealty.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coastalchatham

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-garside-a78a554

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BarbGarside

#ChathamCoffeeTour #BarbaraGarside #CapeCodRealEstate #ChathamMA #LuxuryCoastalHomes #CoastalChatham #eXpLuxury #NewEnglandRealEstate #CapeCodLifestyle #RealEstatePodcast