I say this in full recognition of my privilege AND knowing this could change at any moment millisecond, but as we speak, my day-to-day has been relatively unaffected by the C word.
My job has been remote for nearly two years, we’re already big fans of takeout, and ever since a certain spawn arrived, we’ve become experts at various forms of social distancing. We LOVE showing her off visitors, but after the holidays were very much looking forward to some just-us-three time. Often cozied up at home, but I did take the liberty of dragging us out for a few weekend adventures (and now very grateful I did!!).
Last month we did a little Newport RI winter day trip, complete with creeping through not one but TWO hotel properties in search of lighthouses. Being February in a summer haven, it was near-deserted and PURE bliss, though enough stays open to make a day—or even weekend—trip more than worth it.
Like, I am not exaggerating when I say you will creep through hotel properties should you too want to do some Newport lighthouse exploring.
Castle Hill Lighthouse | I’d like to put out there that had it not been for my fear of a 7-month-old’s meltdown, I would have happily dined drank at Castle Hill Inn. Alas, I chose the hard way. If you direct yourself to the inn, you’ll come across a mini marina parking lot just before you get to the hotel. Cross Ocean Ave onto the grassy area and you’ll meet up with a path that will lead you directly to the lighthouse. The private property signs mean you’re going the right way.
Newport Harbor Lighthouse (Goat Island Light) | Like does Gurney’s Newport own this? IDK, but I definitely walked through their lobby to get to it. Here I did in fact pay my way via a mocha from their For Five Coffee cafe, which I subsequently spilled four minutes later.
It’s worth noting for winter 2021 that Gurney’s does have some adorbs winter activities open to the public, including but not limited to ice skating and influencer bait various themed heated igloos just made for your next ‘gram.
I know we’re coming up on the end of coat season (WHEW!), but everything at J.Crew is currently 40% off, meaning you can basically rob them of their beautiful already-marked down coats and be ready for next year. This Cinderella blue jacket was one of my better purchases of 2017 sadly, but I’ve included some other candy-colored coat options at the bottom of this post.
Two more lighthouses checked off my Rhode Island list, next stop: Quarantine Warwick!
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