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Holiday


9 Inspiring Holiday Mantles

12 / 7 / 177 / 27 / 20

I may not start decorating for Christmas until mid-December, but early on I am gathering ideas from the beautiful sources available to us in Newport. Even I, who have seen… Read More

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Spicing up your Holidays with Pomanders

12 / 5 / 177 / 27 / 20

Blithewold Gardens and Arboretum is an exceptional historic mansion in Bristol, Rhode Island. Overlooking the Narragansett Bay, it is of the same period as Newport’s Gilded Age “cottages” but with… Read More

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The Private Newport Bar, at Home

11 / 28 / 177 / 27 / 20

As we head into the most festive of holiday seasons, invitations are being readied and entertaining accoutrements are being assembled. This is the time of the year when “the bar”… Read More

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Happy Thanksgiving!

11 / 23 / 177 / 27 / 20

Over the years, celebrating this wonderful season… Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

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Making Thanksgiving Memorable

11 / 16 / 177 / 27 / 20

Yet again, it was that stop by the pumpkin stand that inspired a Thanksgiving centerpiece which in turn inspired the look of the entire table. The mustard yellow pumpkin (“Tonda… Read More

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A Weekend in the Country: Millbrook, New York

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Please join me behind the scenes for a Christmas weekend that surely must be the Millbrook, New York version of updated Downton Abbey (just not quite so over the top).… Read More

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Toasting the Memories of 2016

12 / 29 / 167 / 17 / 20

It’s been a really great year! We’re breaking out the champagne and hope you’ll join us as we reflect upon some of our most iconic pictures of 2016. Happy 2017!

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Newport’s Holiday Doorways

12 / 27 / 167 / 17 / 20

Our “City by the Sea” was founded in 1639, so the Colonial influence looms large in our history. Known as Newport’s “Golden Age” (as opposed to the “Gilded Age” of… Read More

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There’s Snow Place Like Home for the Holidays

12 / 22 / 167 / 17 / 20

Whimsical, childlike, nostalgic…a holiday collection of old and not-so-old snow scenes…curated by a dear friend’s husband. Working for weeks on assembling the details down to the last dusting of snow,… Read More

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Last Minute Gift Wrapping Ideas

12 / 20 / 167 / 17 / 20

So many people think that beautifully wrapped gifts are only found under someone else’s Christmas tree — or in a window on Fifth Avenue designed by some highly paid professional.… Read More

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