A Newport Summer Book Options:Signed With A Personal Note always ready for a roll

always ready for a roll of the dice or a well-played hand

An understated elegance and charming patina left by generations

hand-painted details—kissy lips

lies a whimsical world as imagined through Nick Mele’s lens

beach clambakes

A Newport Summer Book Options:Signed With A Personal Note always ready for a rollAn intimate love letter to summertime in Newport, Rhode Island, from photographer Nick Mele, the modern day Slim Aarons, and interior designer Ruthie Sommers. Newport, Rhode Island, is one of the last bastions of American high society. The grand Gilded Age houses that top its oceanside cliffs and line storied Bellevue Avenue are largely untouched by contemporary renovation and taste, and family heirlooms are passed down from generation to generation