A Notable Newport Estate, The Orchard Part 2

In a town of many old mansions, most have become house museums or condominiums or have been turned into dormitories and classrooms for a local university. Only a special few,… Read More

A Notable Newport Estate, The Orchard. Part 1

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Memorial Day reminds us that summer is just around the corner, when friends return from all parts of the country and houses are “opened for the season.” One of those… Read More

It’s a Beautiful Day in The Neighborhood

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This perfect early fall weather (and a calmer pace after the freneticism of summer) has prompted many walks around my favorite neighborhoods, each route including one architectural treasure after another.… Read More

Coaching Weekend, Starring Rosecliff

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And just like “that”, Coaching took over the island the weekend of August 15-17. With 2 separate “drives” on Friday and Saturday and one Sunday morn, the number of people enjoying… Read More

Reliving the Gilded Age: Coaching comes to Newport

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Living in Newport, with its many exceptional homes, gate houses, stables and carriage houses, complemented by grand specimen trees on manicured landscapes, gives one the sense of existing in another… Read More

Newport’s Vistas and Viewscapes

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This is a follow-on to last week’s post on “Evening at Home,” with its views and landscapes that are at the heart of the success of the Aquidneck Island Land… Read More

“Flora,” a New Culinary Destination for Newport

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There’s always a good story in Newport! And our town’s new boutique waterfront hotel, Gardiner House, is handsomely wrapped in its homage to noted Newport painter Howard Gardiner Cushing and… Read More

Summer ’24 Happenings

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The “Newport Season” officially starts with the Newport Flower Show the third week in June…but really picks up momentum in July! So much so, that August, which used to be… Read More

Convivial Oakwood: Gathering in the Garden

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This summer of ’24 is dedicated to Newport in all its many manifestations from entertaining to interiors to gardens to “happenings.” All coming under the nostalgic name, My Newport Diary…bringing… Read More

A Mid Summer Night’s Party

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A “mid-summer’s night” has such a ring for what Newport is all about! And for July 17th my inspiration was to “bring on the color” as I planned last week’s… Read More