The former United States Embassy is a magical property neighboring “Bellevue Beach House.” Its fantastic moon gate provides a dramatic passage between estate and sea. Made from “Bermuda” stone – a limestone that grays when exposed to the elements – this select material is used in all of the finest Bermudian gardens. Moon gates were [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2009’
Beauty Inside and Out
The beauty of “Bellevue Beach House” continues…. Pristine white stucco walls and ceilings provide the perfect backdrop for my dear friend Lindsay’s collection of outrageous antiques and handsome family portraits. Fine English antiques placed among down filled sofas and chairs covered in a variety of semi-tropical chintz, rare Bermuda cypress furniture, exotic indigenous flower arrangements [...]
Bellevue Beach House
While in Bermuda, Scott McBee and I were the guests of the very stylish Lindsay Anderson – a designer, artist, bon vivant, world traveler, and hostess extraordinaire. Lindsay’s family owns a beautiful house called “Bellevue Beach House” which was originally part of her family’s Bellevue estate. Over the years the beach house has been added [...]
Tankfield
Taking a pre-dinner stroll to find inspiration in the fabulous Bermudian architecture, I found myself on the grounds of the “Tankfield” estate. A wonderfully elegant home, it was considered the most fabulous house in Bermuda when it was built in the early 1700′s. Its stair case embraces visitors as they ascend to the grand entrance, [...]
The Coral Beach Club
A trip to Bermuda is not complete without a gorgeous lunch at the creme de la creme of beach clubs, the Coral Beach Club. Having changed very little since its 1948 incarnation, the Coral Beach is a wonderfully well preserved piece of a bygone era – a membership, let alone an invite, is indeed a [...]
The Queen of Bermuda
My recent trip to Bermuda centered upon a recent museum placement of Scott McBee’s large painted work “Queen of Bermuda.” The Gala opening of “We are Sailing” held by the Masterworks Foundation Museum commenced a stunning exhibition showing Bermuda’s relationship to the sea, and provides the perfect opportunity for the museum to prominently display their [...]
