Ah, so nice to retire to the summer cottage! It's got a great view of the ocean. In fact it overlooks it. You can sorta see the reflection of it in the windows I think. Ok, so it's not my summer home. Any guesses who's it is? Ok I'll tell you. It was the Vanderbuilts' (I think that's how ya spell it). This quaint little cottage is in Newport, RI. It's called The Breakers. The family—and a skeleton staff of about 40—only lived in the house for 6 weeks out of the year! The whole thing took only 19 months to build. Now it's a museum, open to the public, pretty much year round. One more interesting fact: those fancy chimneys go to 17 fireplaces. The house was built with central heat. These fireplaces were only used in the summer. Any guesses why? I'll put the answer in a later post, unless someone can answer in the comments... :-)
Friday, June 22, 2007
The Summer Cottage
Ah, so nice to retire to the summer cottage! It's got a great view of the ocean. In fact it overlooks it. You can sorta see the reflection of it in the windows I think. Ok, so it's not my summer home. Any guesses who's it is? Ok I'll tell you. It was the Vanderbuilts' (I think that's how ya spell it). This quaint little cottage is in Newport, RI. It's called The Breakers. The family—and a skeleton staff of about 40—only lived in the house for 6 weeks out of the year! The whole thing took only 19 months to build. Now it's a museum, open to the public, pretty much year round. One more interesting fact: those fancy chimneys go to 17 fireplaces. The house was built with central heat. These fireplaces were only used in the summer. Any guesses why? I'll put the answer in a later post, unless someone can answer in the comments... :-)
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