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Nantucket Diaries

08/20/2009 by Jason Oliver Nixon

Never one to sit still, I zipped over to Nantucket after my sojourn in Little Compton, Rhode Island, for a little R&R in what I like to call the “Yankee Riviera.”

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This past weekend, we discovered a magical escape for a romantic weekend! The just-opened Stone House in Little Compton is an impressive, historic hostelry hugging the coastline in this charming Rhode Island town. Little Compton is a revelation, a glorious mix of shingle-style cottages and agricultural fields that spill down to the seashore. We are reminded of the Hamptons 20 years ago, back when that resort community’s vibe was relaxed—before the see-and-be-seen restaurants and nightspots dominated.

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Beachy Keen

08/03/2009 by Jason Oliver Nixon

I was feeling a bit downtrodden, a tad maudlin and trampled, so I zipped down to South Florida for a night of R and R by the shore. My destination was the fabled Boca Raton Resort & Club, the pink palace crafted by architect Addison Mizner back in the 1920s—all crenellated gables and sandcastle-like turrets overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway.

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What’s Cooking in the Catskills?

07/30/2009 by Jason Oliver Nixon

I am just back from my glorious sojourn in England, but since this jet setter doesn’t like to put down roots for too long, I zipped up to New York’s Catskills Mountains for a weekend of bosky bliss. I have an 1840s-era schoolhouse tucked away in a vest pocket-sized town high in the hills, and, when not gardening wildly, I love nothing more than getting out and exploring.

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Bye-bye, London

07/27/2009 by Jason Oliver Nixon

Dear readers, my trip across the pond has drawn to an end, and I am headed back to our fair shores refreshed, renewed and reinvigorated. I lived in England as a child, so my frequent jaunts to Britannia return me to my jeunesse dorée and work wonders for the system when New York’s daily grind gets me down.

As I review my notes from the past ten days, here are some further highlights from a terrific trip:

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Floral Fantasia

07/20/2009 by Jason Oliver Nixon

As my devoted blog-o-philes know, nothing gets me more hot and bothered than a good garden. Better yet, a good garden show where they exhibit all sorts of new plants and whip up vignettes with blooms scattered hither and yon.

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Chatsworth Charm

07/17/2009 by Jason Oliver Nixon

I have long been semi-obsessed with Chatsworth, the ancestral home of the Dukes of Devonshire located smack in the heart of Derbyshire’s Peaks District. Why, you might ask?

I think my obsession is two-fold:

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Anglo Mania

07/13/2009 by Jason Oliver Nixon

Oh, how I adore London . . .

The past few days have been super spiffy: From a gorgeous picnic on the grass in the confines of Queen Mary’s gated garden within Regent’s Park (It’s amazing what you can purchase for ten pounds at Marks & Spencer’s food hall—why don’t American department stores offer glorious crab salad and Sauvignon Blanc in mid-size bottles for picnics?) to an amazing dinner at the very luxe Ritz hotel (the last time I dined here I sat just across from Maggie Thatcher, and I nearly fell into her lap on my way back from the loo).

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Market Watch

07/10/2009 by Jason Oliver Nixon

On my frequent visits across the pond (that’s London, folks), I like to pack it in and try out—and see—as much as possible. Hence, I usually stay in a neighborhood that I haven’t explored, or at least one I haven’t visited in a while. This go-around, I decided to check out East London, a neighborhood that I spent quite a bit of time in seven years ago.

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When in London . . .

07/06/2009 by Jason Oliver Nixon

Dearest readers:

I am off to London for ten glorious days, so get ready for some inside dirt on my most favorite city. From a visit to the Sunday morning Columbia Road Flower Market to the Baroque exhibit at the Victoria & Albert to an evening under the stars at Regent Park whilst watching The Importance of Being Earnest al fresco, my Brit-wit dance card is full, full, full. And you will be able to get in on the action.

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Bye-bye, London

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