Doreen and I are sitting in front of her Connecticut home!We have been close friends since our freshman year at UCSB!
Go Gauchos!!!!
Andre Agassi is being initiated into the Hall of Fame in July! Yay! Agassi!!!Heather is his all-time best cheerleader!!!
The back of the of the Tennis Hall of Fame.
Above is a broze statue of a tennis player next to a lawn court and the outside eating area.
Ed, Doreen, and I went to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI.
Above is the view from the upstairs terrace at the Breakers which overlooks the Atlantic Ocean.
Above is the front of Cornelius Vanderbilt's summer mansion, the Breakers.
The back of the of the Tennis Hall of Fame.
Above is a broze statue of a tennis player next to a lawn court and the outside eating area.
Ed, Doreen, and I went to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI.The building was constructed as an elite men's club for the owners of the mansions.
Tennis made it debut here in the United States. This is one of the lawn courts with the club house at the end. There are four courts which are still used today.
Above is the view from the upstairs terrace at the Breakers which overlooks the Atlantic Ocean.
Above is the front of Cornelius Vanderbilt's summer mansion, the Breakers.Below is the gazebo at the far end of the lawn at the Elms.
Below is the Elms, one of the summer mansions in Newport
This is the back of the Elms. The lawn and terrace allowed for massive parties!
We visited Newport, Rhode Island and the summer mansions.
Below is the fountain at the far end of the lawn from the back of the Elms.
Below is the Elms, one of the summer mansions in NewportThis is the back of the Elms. The lawn and terrace allowed for massive parties!
Below is a wooden trunk used to transport the silver.
This was during the Gilded Age, a term coined by Mark Twain, who sarcastically
referred to the wasted spending of the ultra rich.
The owners of the mansions open their summer homes for continuous parties for six to eight weeks each summer.
We visited Newport, Rhode Island and the summer mansions.We took the "Behind the Scenes" tour at the Elms.
This is the servants' entrance so the servants would not be seen by the many guests.
Behind this structure is the servants' doorway to the laundry room.
If you looked the other way the walk would lead to the extra guest houses.
The servants changed all of the linens everyday! They washed and ironed the sheets and towels.
