Vernal Newport
May 16, 2022
MAY 16, 2022 Vernal Newport Let’s face it, spring comes slowly to New England. We must take encouragement in the unfolding of every early-blooming flower. […]
Sweet and Savory
April 1, 2022
APRIL 1, 2022 Food is love and perhaps you would agree that no foods say love better than pay-str-ee. At Castle Hill, we strive to […]
Belcourt of Newport, Rhode Island
March 11, 2022
Our theme, as always, is Rhode Island. Is Rhode Island an island? Well, it was, when the name referred to just our island (Aquidneck), and […]
Mansion Hopping at Christmas
November 22, 2021
NOVEMBER 22 2021 The outlandish Gilded Age mansions of Newport, Rhode Island were elaborate summer cottages and were, for the most part, unoccupied in winter. Though demure […]
City by the Sea Syllabus
October 18, 2021
OCTOBER 18 2021As the sun sets earlier and the winds begin to blow in a chillier aspect, perhaps it puts you in the mood to settle down […]
The Land that is Ours
August 27, 2021
AUGUST 27 2021 The land that is Castle Hill has been known as such for centuries, perhaps due to an earthwork that was built here by Native […]
Admiring Hydrangeas at Castle Hill Inn
August 6, 2021
AUGUST 6 2021By horticulturist, Leita Lord For those visiting southern Rhode Island mid-summer, the recurrent displays of hydrangeas are a major attention grabber. There are few flowering […]
A Healing Garden
June 30, 2021
JUNE 30 2021 by Leita Lord, Horticulturist All plants have a purpose, and many include beneficial traits for human health. In the new Healing Garden at Castle Hill […]
Beacons on the Bay
April 9, 2021
APRIL 9 2021 In the novel, Theophilus North by Thornton Wilder, a semi-autobiographical tale set in Newport in the 1920s, the main character describes “a pentagonal room in a […]
Bellevue Avenue and Ocean Drive Historic Districts
February 5, 2021
February 5, 2021The Bellevue Avenue and Ocean Drive Historic Districts are indeed not that old. They have almost no colonial aspect, as you find Downtown, on Historic Hill, […]