My father often goes to Providence, Rhode Island to visit my sister who lives in the area. Every time he comes back he raves about this thing called “WaterFire.” So when Jane and I visited my sister and explored the historic town of Newport, we knew we had to head into Providence Saturday night to see WaterFire. WaterFire is a …
Walking in the Footsteps of the Vanderbilts – The Newport Mansions Tour
Imagine this… You put on your fancy new fringed dress to match your “marcelled” hair that you spent hours perfecting. You walk down your fancy marble staircase to meet your husband dressed in coat-tails and a bow tie and take his arm. You arrive in the Grand Ballroom where your colorful guests are dancing the Charleston and sipping on Champagne and …
Horsing Around with Newport Polo
Newport, Rhode Island is a classic New England summer resort town of the rich and famous. Some of the wealthiest families in America owned summer “cottages” in Newport in the early 1900s. It was once known as the city of “Summer White Houses” during the administrations of Presidents Dwight D Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy. In 1953, John F. Kennedy …
Green Animals Topiary Garden – Newport, RI
The Green Animals Topiary Garden house is located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island not far from the mega-mansions of Newport. The Green Animal estate is nothing like the historical marble homes of the Vanderbilts and Astors, but offers something unique – the lust and colorful gardens. The small estate overlooking Narragansett Bay was purchased by Thomas E. Brayton in 1877. The estate contained a …