"Marie wasn’t cowed. In a June article in the New York Post’s “Page Six” about her plans to expand her empire with a “huge concept store” full of antiques and jewelry, Eiffel mentioned making a run for town supervisor in three years. In the Shelter Island Facebook group, reactions varied from “Soon the island will be renamed Eiffel Island” to “As long as the Pear-Almond Tarts keep coming and the canalé are fresh she can appoint herself Admiral of the North Ferry for all I care.”" - Ezra Marcus