I’m not sure who had more fun, the adults or the kids! This home is truly lovely and the pictures just don’t do it justice. It accommodated our two families (7 in all) perfectly with two masters (each with it’s own king-thanks!) and all four bedrooms with a private bath—which by the way are all newly renovated. The kitchen (also newly renovated and fully stocked) was a large and fun gathering place for our crowd to cook and socialize. It opens to one of the loveliest family rooms I’ve ever seen with cathedral ceilings, fully lined on both sides of the room with french doors--one side overlooking the pool, the other a private courtyard…so tasteful, so warm and inviting.
A huge thank you to Amy, who was delightful to work with and very accommodating. She arranged for our memberships to the Cloisters, a must, and made her family bikes available to us as well. Her home is so close to the beach and a short bike ride to the resort. Our daily caravan of seven, bike riding along the flat wide paths under a canopy of live oaks was a true highlight for us all (especially one star lit night, it was like watching a movie in the sky).
As for the resort, it is unparalleled. We lounged by the heated pools, ate lunch by the sea, had drinks on the covered veranda at the Lodge as the bag piper played at sunset, watched the kids roast s’mores, went horseback riding on the beach one morning, the kids sailed one afternoon, then air rifle shooting another, had a grown up dinner at the Georgian Room, a family dinner at Tavola on the terrace as the sun set over the water turning the sky pink, then purple, then blue as the kids played bocce ball and horse shoe while we lingered at the table on a beautiful night, played “formal bingo”,a hoot, and relaxed...
As my mother says, “sweetie you know, the daily grind, without a little s’omethin special…is just the daily grind.” This is truly s’omethin special...