Friday, September 30, 2011

Boston, MA

Happy Octoberfest! Tonight we welcomed the month by celebrating at Harpoon Brewery's Harpoon Fest. Theirs is my favorite autumn beer!


My good friend Jenna and me.


Ein Prosit!



Thursday, September 29, 2011

Newport, RI

After three years of walking by, and gawking at, the Newport Mansions, I finally decided to tour The Breakers - the largest, most impressive of the vacation homes of the Gilded Age.  Cornelius Vanderbilt II's summer shack certainly was gilded!

The Breakers

Cornelius Vanderbilt II - The guy who had this place built.





Foggy day overlooking the Atlantic.
Magnificent ovens and stoves in the kitchen.