July 26th 2017: Company Day at Two Newport Mansions

I had a company outing today at the Newport Mansions in Rhode Island, but before that, I started out in the town of Warren RI,

Imagine Gift Store

St. Jean Baptiste Church

Baptist Church in Warren

Warren Fire Rescue

Firemen's Museum, 38 Baker Street

First United Methodist Church

Warren Common, 26 State Street 

Tavares Building, 486 Main Street

Town Hall, 514 Main Street

George Hail Library

Armory Hall

St. Mary of the Bay Church

Radiant Christian Assembly of God

going to Bristol RI,

Rockwell School

Mr. Potato Head, 1020 Hope Street

VFW Post 237

Guiteras School

Bank of America

Andrews School

Colt School

Stone Harbour Condominiums

St. Michael's Episcopal Church

Bristol War Veterans Honor Roll Garden

Bristol Visitors Center, 400 Hope Street

Union Street Beach,
Union Street and Hope Street

Walley Park,
Walley Street and Hope Street

Roger Williams University

Mount Hope Bridge

Bristol Ferry Light

Mount Hope Bay, End of Old Ferry Road

visiting Thomas Park

and Independence Park, which I was at a long time ago after cycling the East Bay Bike Path, along the way.

Next, it was the town of Portsmouth RI,

Hog Island Shoal Light

King's Grant Fellowship

St. Barnabas Church

Mr. Potato Head, 2575 East Main Road

Mr. Potato Head, 2575 East Main Road

then Middletown RI,

Middletown Baptist Church

Church of the Holy Cross

St. Lucy's Church

Town Hall, 350 East Main Road

finally hitting up Newport RI itself,

Easton Pond, 155 Old Beach Road

Jesus Saviour Church

Exploration Center and Aquarium

Chateau Sur Mer

St. Peter's Lutheran Church

including Salve Regina University,

before meeting up with everyone else at The Breakers, our first mansion for the day.

Pretty large place, wonder how much it costs today.

From here, we headed to lunch at 22 Bowens Wine Bar and Grille, a pretty upscale restaurant in the downtown area.

We got a lot of stuff for food and drink, like the Lambic, a fruity beer that doesn't taste at all like one,

the Field Greens (Cucumber, Carrot, Radish, Grape Tomato, Red Onion, House Vinaigrette),

the 22B Clam Chowder (Potato, Bacon, Light Cream, Dill),

the 22B Filet Mignon (Lyonnaise Potatoes, Asparagus, Sauce Bordelaise, Great Hill Blue Cheese),

the Roasted Tomato Flatbread (Mascarpone Cheese, Roasted Tomatoes, Caramelized Onions, Arugula, Aged Balsamic)

and the Atlantic Salmon Filet (Spinach & Fennel Cous Cous, Cauliflower Puree, Marjoram Pistou, Pickled Green Tomato & Roasted Corn Relish).

The soup was pretty good, although the ingredients for the fish tasted a little weird, despite the fish being cooked just right.

For dessert, we got the Chocolate Brownie (chocolate raspberry sauce, Brown Butter Crumb, Fresh Raspberries, Vanilla Whipped Cream),

while I got to try the Lemon Cake (Lemon Sugar Glaze, blackberry coulis, toasted coconut, Vanilla Whipped Cream).

Pretty good dessert. Overall, a pretty good meal with my colleagues.

The next mansion we visited was the Marble House,

This place is much smaller than the Breakers, but the Chinese Tea House in the backyard more than made up for it.

With that, we were done for the day, so I headed back to Middletown to get some BBQ from Becky's BBQ. This place is pretty small with not much place for sitting.

With my coupon, I got the 1/4 slab Ribs, Becky's Three Bean Bake, Cornbread,

Chicken Thigh and Leg, Beef Brisket, Pulled Pork

and Ritz Pecan Pie.

The meats and dessert were just alright, although the baked beans were pretty unique being cooked with onions as well, and the cornbread was tasty too. Not sure why this place is one of the top in Rhode Island though. Guess I am not much of a BBQ connoisseur.