Tennis Anyone?

Saturday was off to a beautiful start, with a request from a young boy who never asks for anything.
"May I please get a new tennis racquet today? "
"One that I pick out all by myself?"

This request was enormous because it represented a new level of independence, empowerment and passion for a sport that up until Saturday seemed as though it was just a fun thing to do during the summer.

We stopped by the International Tennis Hall of Fame a few doors away from our Lila Delman Real Estate office and picked out a nice new red racquet and learned that The Champions Cup was about to start.

The next request, "Can we stay and watch the match?" made me realize that my budding young tennis player was really interested not only in his new racquet, but in learning the game by watching the champions of the sport play on center court.

When you live in Newport to experience the unusual is usual.

Being there to witness the stuff dreams are made of is a beautiful thing, and any encouragement along the way stays with you for life.

When John McEnroe stopped and said hello that was a kind gesture, which will leave a lasting impression.

Tree Weather

When the weather is perfectly heavenly, we walk in clouds and listen to the long deep bellow of the fog horns.

No ocean in sight, no coastal vistas to behold, just the sound of the ocean coming ashore, this is the Newport that I adore.

So many things to do on a gray rainy day, when the sun goes under cover, that's the time to explore!


"I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree", the poet Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) maintained a summer residence here in Newport. He may have walked under a canopy of magnificent trees similar to these at The Elms and was inspired to write this beautiful poem. Newport is an arborists paradise, a playground for the tree enthusiast, the mature elm, copper beech, weeping beech, tulip trees take on even more romantic form, when silhouetted against a background of white.



Walk, and walk and walk, take any side street in Newport, and see a doorway, a gate, a gable, a stable! Perhaps you will even find a home you did not know you knew, but something has moved you to take a closer look and once inside you'll feel like settling in and reading a book. A gray day has the power to make a house a home.





And when you are ready for a rest from your adventures afoot, take a stroll to the Aquidneck Lobster Company for lobster or the day's catch, unloaded right here at the dock, and take it home, perhaps even, to enjoy in the warmth of your new home.