Just my world of dreams, music and thoughts. Author of two books, one a novel of Love stories set in Framingham, Mass, Secrets of the Heart the 2nd book an autobiography of growing up in Framingham, Mass. Small Town America, Framingham My generation was the first teenage generation, that was when the word was coined. Ours was the generation that started cruising through town and to the drive in theater and drive in restaurant. In our area, Ernie Kampersal,from Holliston, drove his bucking car through town, picking up girls. It rose in the air, like a stallion! We went to the soda shops and played the juke boxes. It was a different town, a different time, and it belonged to us!
The music, the group, the individuals, they ruled our world. I loved Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Paul and the rest of the Beatles, Rod Stewart........ the boys from England, they swept the world with wonderful music.
Laurie Ossman, Ph.D. has been named Director of MuseumAffairs for The Preservation Society of Newport County.
Dr. Ossman is currently a Research Historian for the Smithsonian Institution's forthcoming "History of America in 101 Objects" in Washington D.C. She has previously served as Director of Woodlawn and Frank Lloyd Wright's Pope-Leighey House, Historic Sites of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Alexandria, VA. She has also held curatorial positions at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, and the Henry Morrison Flagler Museum in Florida, and the Maryland Historical Society. Laurie graduated from Brown University, and received her Master's and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
Green Animals & Kingscote Open This Weekend; Plant Sale at Green Animals
TheNewport Mansions®operating schedule expands this Saturday, with the opening of Kingscote (1841) and Green Animals Topiary Garden (c. 1860) for daily tours. Make time to see one of America's greatest dining rooms at Kingscote, with its Tiffany glass and a unique cork ceiling. And of course, a visit to one of North America's oldest topiary gardens is always a treat!
As an added incentive, our annual plant sale takes place at Green Animals starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Find a special gift for Mom or the perfect plant for your garden. Our experts will be on hand too to help you with gardening tips.
Gallery Tour: 20th Century Fashion
Sign up now for a special behind-the-scenes look at our current costume exhibit at Rosecliff,20th Century Fashion. The tour takes place Thursday, May 16 at 11 a.m., led by exhibition consultant Mary Elizabeth Corrigan. Participants will view and discuss pieces by Givenchy, Chanel and Halston, among others, and learn about the history and construction of textiles in the Preservation Society's collection. Admission is $5 for Preservation Society members and $10 for the general public, but space is limited, so register now online forGallery Tour: 20th Century Fashion, or call (401) 847-1000 ext. 154.
Make Plans for the Newport Flower Show
June 21-23
Take an exotic tour of Far Eastern traditions and beauty at the 2013 Newport Flower Show,Jade-Eastern Obsessions, at Rosecliff. Enjoy informative lectures and demonstrations, shopping, exotic outdoor garden displays, and design, horticulture and photography exhibits inspired by the Far East. Kick off Newport's summer season at our Opening Night Party on Friday, June 21 and enjoy a cocktail buffet and entertainment.
The Presenting Sponsor of the Newport Flower Show is Bartlett Tree Experts. Supporting sponsors include National Trust Insurance Services, Northern Trust, Brooks Brothers, Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Southern New England, Atria Senior Living, United Airlines, BankNewport, Porsche of Warwick, and Aardvark Antiques.
Two renowned culinary stars will headline the 8th annual Festival, September 20-22. Food Network "Iron Chef" Alex Guarnaschelli (left) and James Beard Award winner Michel Richard (below) will host cooking demonstrations at the weekend Grand Tastings at Marble House. The weekend will also include the Wine & Rosecliff gala, a Collectible Wine Dinner at The Elms, seminars, book signings, auctions, and exclusive dining opportunities.
The Presenting Sponsor of the
Newport Mansions®Wine & Food Festival isFood & Wine. Additional sponsors include National Trust Insurance Services, Jenn Air Appliances, Alex & Ani, United Airlines, Stella Artois, Dasani, Dave's Fresh Marketplace, Wines of South Africa, Marchesi Antinori and Hyatt Regency Newport.
Accessorize Mom for Mother's Day. These colorful woven bags are fun and stylish. Made with Ata grass, their rich, warm color results from smoking them over a mixture of honey and coconut! Shop for these high quality bags and other accessories for Mom atwww.NewportStyle.net.
In addition the Venetian Ball is Saturday , August 3, to welcome the Venetian paintings back to the Elms. go to Newport Mansions if you want more details...
Headlines of the Week From the Desk of Trudy Coxe
This Week's Highlight of the Collection:
First published in the 1880s, Ladies Home Journal was one of the most popular publications of the 20th century and continues to be printed today. This May, 1891 issue included an article from "Mrs. Vanderbilt's Kitchen," as well as poetry, articles on housekeeping, knitting and crochet patterns, clothing suggestions for women at their school graduations, and editorials on women's issues.
John Tschirch was a good sport during the tribute we paid to him during his final Symposium dinner at The Breakers. Overall, the Symposium was a great success.
Don & Susan Ross, Nancy Wilson Richard Ford, Gene & Lynn Roberts
TC, John Tschirch & David Dangremond Angela Fischer & Mary Riggs
Congratulations to International Council member Nancy Dubuc, who has just been promoted to President and CEO of the A+E Networks. She'll oversee day-to-day operations of the company, which includes the History, Lifetime and A&E channels, as well as 500 employees and about $3.5 billion in annual revenue! Read more about Nancy's amazing career.
Speaking of television, we've been visited in the last two weeks by TV crews from Boston, Providence and Springfield news stations, working on features about our houses. That's Caitlin Emery being interviewed by Channel 10's R.J. Heim in The Elms dining room. We're also working with a producer from Wealth TV to feature a couple of our houses on a new program called "Castles of the Ages," as well as a French documentary filmmaker for a series called "Secrets d'Histoire."
We were so happy this week to see the incredibly supportive editorial in the Providence Journal about our plans for the welcome center at The Breakers. In case you missed it, you can read the ProJo editorial here.
We're also grateful to our friend Evan Smith, CEO of Discover Newport, for his public support. You can read Evan's Letter to the Editor here.
We have secured two amazing, nationally-renowned chefs for our Wine and Food Festival in September. Food Network "Iron Chef" Alex Guarnaschelli (left) and James Beard Award winner Michel Richard will headline the Grand Tastings on September 21 and 22.
Congratulations to Terry Dickinson on his election as Chairman of the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County last night. It's a feather in the cap for both Terry and the PS. The Alliance is the premier organization that promotes and advances arts and culture in the region.
Many thanks to Angela Moore and Nancy Roy for helping to inspire the troops at the Educational Sales Department's kickoff meeting this week. Nancy shared the following quote with our staff which is worth thinking about when we do our jobs: "A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependent on us; we are dependent on him. He is not an interruption to our work;he is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business; he is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him; he is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so." Mahatma Gandhi
The tree that we had to take down outside the children's cottage at The Breakers put up quite a fight. Here's the massive stump being hauled away today. Getting it out of the ground without damaging the adjacent driveway proved to be quite the challenge!
International Council members Richard Guy Wilson and Pauline Metcalf gave great lectures about Ogden Codman and Edith Wharton at a conference held by the Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday. The Codman rooms at The Breakers were on tour.
Huge week ahead. Green Animals and Kingscote open on Saturday, May 11. May you have a productive week.
Where in the U.S. can you find the the biggest bibliophiles? Online e-tailer Amazon just reached into its mammoth pool of purchasing data to pull out its third annual list of cities in the U.S. where the “most well-read” among us apparently reside.
This is great material...if you need something old/new to spice up your playing...it is just a fantastic song...Carly Simon does it just right too! Her heartbeat is in her songs, have you ever noticed...???
http://youtu.be/yMu8dHdThBQ Looking for a song....this is a beauty from long ago.....there was another recording that was even better than Sarah....I think it was Billie Eckstine....
Like the sound of his accordion ..and of course jo Stafford
Wow is this apropos ..I have it on my order list...It can only be exciting if its by Badacci
Book Description
Release date: April 23, 2013
From David Baldacci--#1 bestselling author and one of the world's most popular, widely read storytellers--comes the most thrilling novel of the year.
THE HIT
Will Robie is a master of killing.
A highly skilled assassin, Robie is the man the U.S. government calls on to eliminate the worst of the worst-enemies of the state, monsters committed to harming untold numbers of innocent victims.
No one else can match Robie's talents as a hitman...no one, except Jessica Reel. A fellow assassin, equally professional and dangerous, Reel is every bit as lethal as Robie. And now, she's gone rogue, turning her gun sights on other members of their agency.
To stop one of their own, the government looks again to Will Robie. His mission: bring in Reel, dead or alive. Only a killer can catch another killer, they tell him.
But as Robie pursues Reel, he quickly finds that there is more to her betrayal than meets the eye. Her attacks on the agency conceal a larger threat, a threat that could send shockwaves through the U.S. government and around the world.
Affairs for The Preservation Society of Newport County.
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Take an exotic tour of Far Eastern traditions and beauty at the 2013 Newport Flower Show,
Two renowned culinary stars will headline the 8th annual Festival, September 20-22. Food Network "Iron Chef" Alex Guarnaschelli (left) and James Beard Award winner Michel Richard (below) will host cooking demonstrations at the weekend Grand Tastings at Marble House. The weekend will also include the Wine & Rosecliff gala, a Collectible Wine Dinner at The Elms, seminars, book signings, auctions, and exclusive dining opportunities.
The Presenting Sponsor of the
Accessorize Mom for Mother's Day. These colorful woven bags are fun and stylish. Made with Ata grass, their rich, warm color results from smoking them over a mixture of honey and coconut! Shop for these high quality bags and other accessories for Mom at
Speaking of television, we've been visited in the last two weeks by TV crews from Boston, Providence and Springfield news stations, working on features about our houses. That's Caitlin Emery being interviewed by Channel 10's R.J. Heim in The Elms dining room. We're also working with a producer from Wealth TV to feature a couple of our houses on a new program called "Castles of the Ages," as well as a French documentary filmmaker for a series called "Secrets d'Histoire."
We have secured two amazing, nationally-renowned chefs for our Wine and Food Festival in September. Food Network "Iron Chef" Alex Guarnaschelli (left) and James Beard Award winner Michel Richard will headline the Grand Tastings on September 21 and 22.
Congratulations to Terry Dickinson on his election as Chairman of the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County last night. It's a feather in the cap for both Terry and the PS. The Alliance is the premier organization that promotes and advances arts and culture in the region.
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Wow is this apropos ..I have it on my order list...It can only be exciting if its by Badacci