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Tag Archives: Newporters


Insider Travel Notes: Packing 101

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My earlier post “13 Heads Up Tips for the Savvy Traveler” works in tandem with this post to give a good overview of the state of travel today — the… Read More

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Newport’s Iconic Ocean Views

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Newport’s renown owes a great deal to its beauty. What makes it so distinctive? The rocks, the topography, the vegetation, the light, the wave action. This is a ledge island,… Read More

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Yacht Hop in Newport Harbor: The Boys & Girls Club Fundraiser

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Newport hosts some of the most scrumptious sailing vessels of the summer – sleek racing sailboats, large motor yachts the size of floating homes and America’s Cup J boats and 12… Read More

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Downton Abbey Comes to Newport: A Weekend of Coaching

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The dramatic and much-anticipated production that is Coaching Weekend returns to Newport in just a few days. For your pleasure, here is a preview, straight from the pages of my… Read More

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The Cocktail Dress – Classic Inspirations

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What makes for a perfect cocktail party dress? In the City-by-the-Sea, where there is no shortage of summertime cocktail parties, venues, vistas, galas and intimate gatherings, our calendars get jam-packed… Read More

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Perched above Dior’s Rodeo Drive boutique, Monsieur Dior by @dominiquecrenn opened last fall as an intimate Michelin-starred rooftop dining room. Designed by Peter Marino, the space blends Dior Home accoutrements with refined cuisine. A welcome treat during my brief layover to NZ ✈️🥂
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Perched above Dior’s Rodeo Drive boutique, Monsieur Dior by @dominiquecrenn opened last fall as an intimate Michelin-starred rooftop dining room. Designed by Peter Marino, the space blends Dior Home accoutrements with refined cuisine. A welcome treat during my brief layover to NZ ✈️🥂
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Dorothy, I don’t think we’re in Newport anymore..
Richard Meier’s monumental oeuvre, the @gettymuseum overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The perfect Sunday outing ☀️🌊
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Dorothy, I don’t think we’re in Newport anymore.. 
Richard Meier’s monumental oeuvre, the @gettymuseum overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The perfect Sunday outing ☀️🌊
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Through double doors at Parterre, the house reveals itself slowly - stone underfoot, hand-finished millwork, and light that settles in as if it’s always belonged.
Nothing rushed. Nothing trendy. Just rooms designed to endure💫🥀
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Through double doors at Parterre, the house reveals itself slowly - stone underfoot, hand-finished millwork, and light that settles in as if it’s always belonged.
Nothing rushed. Nothing trendy. Just rooms designed to endure💫🥀
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#privatenewport #newportri #gildedage #designinspo #architecture

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Books stacked beneath gilt consoles.
Leather spines softened with age.
Wormy chestnut floors that have seen generations pass.

There is something about a room built around literature and legacy, a softness that only time can create🕰️

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Books stacked beneath gilt consoles.
Leather spines softened with age.
Wormy chestnut floors that have seen generations pass.

There is something about a room built around literature and legacy, a softness that only time can create🕰️

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What appears timeworn is in fact intentional, walls expertly painted to evoke age, depth, and European romance. At Parterre, history is curated as carefully as comfort🗝️🕯️
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What appears timeworn is in fact intentional, walls expertly painted to evoke age, depth, and European romance. At Parterre, history is curated as carefully as comfort🗝️🕯️
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There’s a lyrical quality to this three-story antique iron bannister at Parterre, paired with painted wood finished to echo stone. It carries a sense of age and restraint, a quiet elegance around which the house was designed🗝️🕯️
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There’s a lyrical quality to this three-story antique iron bannister at Parterre, paired with painted wood finished to echo stone. It carries a sense of age and restraint, a quiet elegance around which the house was designed🗝️🕯️
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