what the noreaster?

travis and i have a list. it's a list of things we want to do while we are here in boston living on the east coast. one of those things is to make a trip down to NYC for a weekend. well, thanks to Patriots Day-a holiday i think only celebrated in massachusetts-travis doesn't have to go to school today. so, earlier last week we started planning our trip. we had been hearing about a possible storm coming our way but as the week went on it turned into "the biggest storm in 10 years". so, we decided that it didn't sound like much fun to walk around with a 5 month old in a downpour of rain, sleet, and hail with 70 mph winds! but, the storm wasn't supposed to start until saturday night.


so, we chose something else from our list. we decided to make a day trip down to newport, rhode island. a little rundown on newport: it's a cute, tiny little beach town. in this town is an old-fashioned street of dreams. here are the old mansions of a lot of the richest families in America's history. we took one tour through the breaker house. this is the summer home of the vanderbilts, a family who built a shipping and railroad company that made cornelius vanderbilt one the wealthiest men in the world. it was very interesting and we really enjoyed our day there. and, after seeing our weather here yesterday and today, i think we made a good decision!

a few facts: this house is 138,000 sq feet. it has 70 rooms. built in late 1800's. has been a museum since the end of world war II.