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An Insider’s View of Past Newport Flower Show Highlights

“Thank Goodness It’s Friday”…and this time next week (June 23rd, to be exact) the Newport…

What to Wear to the Newport Flower Show

The Newport Flower Show at the end of June (23rd-25th) truly kicks off the “Summer…

Carriage and Gate Houses of Newport

They are charming, they are quirky, they recall romantic days gone by. Newport’s carriage houses…

14 Signature Images from Parterre’s Early Summer Garden

While spring’s newsworthy amount of rain has definitely impacted moods in Newport, the silver lining…

Florence, Il Mio Amore

“Florence, I love you.” How many of us have said that? But it has been…

“The Arthur Curtiss James” Boathouse

While the weather may not seem very summer-y, the Memorial Day weekend is (somewhat) the…

A Peek Inside Newport’s Blue Garden

Dorrance ‘Dodo’ Hamilton married vision and resources to make incalculable contributions to our Newport community.…

Exploring Wm. K. Vanderbilt’s Firehouse

Town&Country, long one of my favorite magazines, just gave Living Newport another shout out…so to…

12 Quintessential Images Capturing Newport’s Classic American Elegance

Thank you, Sam Dangremond, for once again mentioning the “twelve gorgeous pictures” that appear in…

Planning Your Summer Garden: 9 ‘Oops’ to Avoid

Spring, and its established ritual of “opening the garden,” is surely a gardener’s favorite time…

Jupiter Island Redux: The Historic Gate House

We love our friends for many reasons, but when their sensibilities incline towards preservation I…

5 Colorful Facts You’ll Love about Daffodils

Daffodils signal spring — bringing us out of the winter doldrums with their cheery yellow…

9 Lighter Takes on an Elegant Spring Luncheon

Winter is over and spring’s re-birth signals that it’s time to start entertaining  with a…

The Whitby: Experiencing New York’s Newest Hotel

A last minute business meeting for Jonathan prompted me to call in my birthday gift…

Spain’s Colorful, Whimsical Architecture

As an art major, I was always keen on the modern masters, sometimes the quirkier…