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An Impromptu Evening in September

9 / 24 / 209 / 24 / 20

This summer unofficially closed with a rare “balmy” night that prompted me to embrace the spirit of the last few months — finding a creative way to breach the stifling… Read More

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Breakfast Under the Pergola

6 / 11 / 207 / 28 / 20

Missing some much-anticipated travel this spring was offset by the sheer pleasure of being at home every day for three months. In earlier posts I’ve chronicled the glories of the… Read More

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New Beginnings at Parterre

4 / 9 / 207 / 28 / 20

Easter and new beginnings are taking on a special meaning at Parterre this year. Only a very few times in the twenty years that we’ve lived here have I ever… Read More

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A Taste of London at Christmas

12 / 26 / 197 / 28 / 20

Of course I know Newport at Christmas, and New York, for sure, but I’m not as familiar with London — so off I went, right after Thanksgiving had been celebrated,… Read More

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Christmas at Marble House

12 / 19 / 197 / 28 / 20

One of the reasons I chose to go to England in early December was to visit Blenheim Palace, home at the turn of the twentieth century to Consuelo Vanderbilt of… Read More

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Blenheim Palace: Dressed for the Holidays

12 / 12 / 197 / 28 / 20

It has been almost thirty years since I last visited Blenheim Palace, and it brought back a wonderful whirl of happy memories. Fourteen of us were ostensibly in Woodstock for… Read More

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Happy Thanksgiving!

11 / 28 / 197 / 28 / 20

From our table to yours, the very happiest of Thanksgivings!

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A Wine Cellar Supper for Halloween

10 / 31 / 197 / 28 / 20

Happy Halloween! I normally don’t give much thought to this particular fall “holiday” (other than a few years ago when I over indulged with a Venetian Masquerade Fête). But a… Read More

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A Passion for Fall Plants

10 / 24 / 197 / 28 / 20

While our gardens may already have been put to bed, there is one garden source that never seems to sleep — “The Farmer’s Daughter,” just over the Newport Bridge in… Read More

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Dressing the Library in Fall Color

10 / 17 / 197 / 28 / 20

Fall is my favorite season, though it looks like it will be very late this year (the leaves are all still happily green). So to tide me over, I’ve gathered… Read More

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