Tag: newport
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December 04, 2009 03:26 PM EST --
As many of you know, my family and I went to the Oregon coast for summer vacation... How I took my family on vacation for FREE!
We had a wonderful time, spent lots of time on the beach and even . . .
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October 25, 2007 05:26 PM EDT --
The Point is one of the oldest sections of Newport, going right back to the 1640s. Most of the houses on the lower end of the Point are restored colonials going back into the 1700s. Farther up Shingle . . .
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June 13, 2007 09:48 PM EDT --
A little while back I posted some pictures of my favorite graveyard, the Clifton Burying Ground, and Barb W had asked how old those graves were. As I told her then, most of the graves are from the 1700s, . . .
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June 24, 2007 09:54 PM EDT --
Brenton Point in Newport is where Narragansett Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean. There's a state park there, with a memorial to the Potuguese explorers (there's a large Portuguese population in the . . .
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August 29, 2007 09:34 PM EDT --
"When the ocean surges,
don't let me just hear it.
Let it splash inside my chest!"
- Rumí
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October 14, 2007 05:43 PM EDT --
As I've noted before, because of the effect of the Atlantic Ocean, and especially the Gulf Stream, on Newport, we don't get the magnificent Fall foliage that they get inland. We do get some color, . . .
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January 02, 2010 05:15 PM EST --
I woke up to find that 4 more inches of light, fluffy snow had fallen overnight, and the forecast is for about that much more in light snow before the front finally moves off Sunday afternoon. This is . . .
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October 30, 2007 09:28 PM EDT --
No, this isn't about haunted houses in Newport, although I'm sure there are quite a bit more than a few. It's just that every year around Samhain I go on a photo safari through Newport's . . .
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November 22, 2007 04:27 PM EST --
I went out for a walk down to my favorite hangouts in the south end of Newport this morning, and I discovered that the Beeches have finally changed color. Hooray! Of course, the Maples have been changing . . .
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February 02, 2008 04:26 PM EST --
I was on my way down to First Beach just to do a beachcombing stroll and maybe stop in Save the Bay's information center/museum under the carousel on the boardwalk (since they re-opened for their Winter . . .
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March 09, 2008 08:56 PM EDT --
After I walked through Ballard Park I figured I'd head down Ruggles Ave. towards the Cliff Walk. We had a storm yesterday and there was still a good breeze blowing, so I just knew the surf was up and . . .
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March 14, 2008 05:04 PM EDT --
...to paraphrase Mr. Zimmerman.
Watching the clouds roll through off Easton's Beach this morning.
And for all that it never did rain!
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March 25, 2008 07:00 PM EDT --
After a library visit this morning I went around the Spring St. and Bellevue Ave. area with the camera looking for interesting architectural details, the idea coming from the patina-ed bronze spire on . . .
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January 31, 2008 06:46 PM EST --
Ah, yes! Today was another duck day. It started out on Gooseneck Cove with the usual Mallards, and ended up on the Cliff Walk once again.
The guy from AAA was taking a break in his truck on Hazard . . .
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December 29, 2009 05:54 PM EST --
It's not easy being a pedestrian in Newport, RI. Part of the problem is that we're a tourist resort, and visitors from elsewhere seem to have that typical tourist attitude that local traffic laws . . .
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December 27, 2009 06:54 PM EST --
Some shots taken on the Cliff Walk this afternoon.
© 2009 by A. Roy Hilbinger
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January 01, 2010 07:09 PM EST --
I took the scenic route to the grocery store today, walking down the Cliff Walk, cutting through the Salve Regina University campus, and walking up Bellevue Ave. to Stop & Shop. I took a few pictures . . .
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August 20, 2008 07:13 PM EDT --
Okay, this photo essay is pure eye candy. Today was absolutely gorgeous; we had a front come through yesterday evening, so today was sunny and dry (meaning NOT HUMID) with a beautiful 7 knot breeze out . . .
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June 27, 2007 11:53 PM EDT --
As I said in my previous article, the City of Newport, RI is hosting the Tall Ships Festival of 2007. I was all over the place taking the pictures you saw in the other article, and while waiting for the . . .
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October 04, 2007 07:25 PM EDT --
My day off and I head right for my old stomping grounds to shake off the stress of the week. Here are some of the pictures I took on my walk.
In Ballard Park the main path in the northern part of the . . .
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