Day of the Dead

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday that has been gaining popularity outside of Mexico in recent years. </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dia de los Muertos </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(November 1 - November 2) is </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">not a grim or sad occasion - d</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">espite the omnipresent images of skeletons and skulls</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Celebrants of this holiday accept the fact that death is an inescapable part of life, so they choose to remember family and friends through laughter and joy.  </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMM2Zv5aOjgn5iIfDTRdZEFA1clmKLNVGMaDb-chaa-5ds8VnkCM2VpmNFIR07mKsnE8BzDIhwSmMavdpTb14zrqC4SxUFBJL24KAvnng8mP0RoUdZEUwt7UszPSBDvXRDFR05TWZEd-I/s1600/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMM2Zv5aOjgn5iIfDTRdZEFA1clmKLNVGMaDb-chaa-5ds8VnkCM2VpmNFIR07mKsnE8BzDIhwSmMavdpTb14zrqC4SxUFBJL24KAvnng8mP0RoUdZEUwt7UszPSBDvXRDFR05TWZEd-I/s1600/download.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"My aesthetic is completely attributed to growing up in Texas with a heavy Mexican influence. The Día de los Muertos skull was an easy find on Congress Avenue in my old hometown of Austin, Texas. Notice Eleanor portrait number two behind it. She’s flattered to have so many representations of herself around." - Barbara Bush</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographed by Jeremy Allen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.vogue.com/slideshow/755368/apt-with-lsd-barbara-bush-maggie-betts-and-elliott-merck-photos/#7" target="_blank">APT with LSD: Barbara Bush, Maggie Betts and Elliott Merck’s Shared New York City Townhouse</a>" </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">edited by Lauren Santo Domingo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.vogue.com/" target="_blank">Vogue</a> (November 19, 2013).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8LuX8N9rReVAyTxEAmck5RV4VB92d-EBoRRBso_MaOh-HgTtC2WHjCjDxEDTxTbnNqotKYxHO26EAFiDjWvBQCm4PzrSGgzDc77FljXpyus8E6eErSJGKLCfwwdgT6PFYYHA9AUjYaOI/s1600/enhanced-buzz-1485-1383164153-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8LuX8N9rReVAyTxEAmck5RV4VB92d-EBoRRBso_MaOh-HgTtC2WHjCjDxEDTxTbnNqotKYxHO26EAFiDjWvBQCm4PzrSGgzDc77FljXpyus8E6eErSJGKLCfwwdgT6PFYYHA9AUjYaOI/s1600/enhanced-buzz-1485-1383164153-11.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via diadelosmuertosmask.tumblr.com.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarrasquillo/35-breathtaking-dia-de-los-muertos-photos?sub=2715299_1890846#29xlqtn" target="_blank">29 Breathtaking Día De Los Muertos Photos</a>" by Adrian Carrasquillo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/" target="_blank">BuzzFeed</a> (October 31, 2013).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3prCZ-iJ4CcJ7YrKbzMtetC_crTcPN29xgHMuVJj4_t3YiL-Frou57mOaKfj2AssstSJNpBrXOb7xAd5h1ZbyrOFzYFDXHn1MJCBzOqFWax9r03DlRW90ECV8UilQ70exbigV9fkbas4/s1600/enhanced-buzz-3961-1383164771-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3prCZ-iJ4CcJ7YrKbzMtetC_crTcPN29xgHMuVJj4_t3YiL-Frou57mOaKfj2AssstSJNpBrXOb7xAd5h1ZbyrOFzYFDXHn1MJCBzOqFWax9r03DlRW90ECV8UilQ70exbigV9fkbas4/s1600/enhanced-buzz-3961-1383164771-10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "The symbol of the skull has been around since beginning of the holiday. La Calavera Catrina, or Daper Skeleton by Jose Guadalupe Posada has become the most iconic image associated with the celebration. However, the drawing was actually intended to be a parody of upper-class women in Mexico."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Image: José Guadalupe Posada / via en.wikipedia.org.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/jarritos/things-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-day-of-the-dead?sub=2355054_1293524#29xlqtn" target="_blank">13 Things You May Not Have Known About The Day Of The Dead</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/" target="_blank">BuzzFeed</a> (July 23, 2013).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46AWxvz4WvibXCK8KpA5HEhwkobdNwG5BKrMqNoinIZj778C8wexKVGgRe-sQCf_qzJ2uekM6FJHtHD7aiH6XBcpfVuxMs9FfluJic3tTiEkP6akoiWNimO7Q1u_Cw4louxq46Fpceao/s1600/enhanced-buzz-4858-1383238269-29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46AWxvz4WvibXCK8KpA5HEhwkobdNwG5BKrMqNoinIZj778C8wexKVGgRe-sQCf_qzJ2uekM6FJHtHD7aiH6XBcpfVuxMs9FfluJic3tTiEkP6akoiWNimO7Q1u_Cw4louxq46Fpceao/s1600/enhanced-buzz-4858-1383238269-29.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via diadelosmuertosmask.tumblr.com.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarrasquillo/35-breathtaking-dia-de-los-muertos-photos?sub=2715299_1890846#29xlqtn" target="_blank">29 Breathtaking Día De Los Muertos Photos</a>" by Adrian Carrasquillo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/" target="_blank">BuzzFeed</a> (October 31, 2013).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjudMenPeqOWseIr-oERDDdFBY9o54JkqDyV1F-xx3V89VHPgkx0hyphenhyphen5GhkKLbuXDvICJW4pDgDwT5OwBdvM10Bmjk6j0nvmAQpHewJZeFAQNG6i96yBhDtBjrt8ikfa_hBXawHzJWaq0/s1600/enhanced-buzz-16950-1374592468-20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjudMenPeqOWseIr-oERDDdFBY9o54JkqDyV1F-xx3V89VHPgkx0hyphenhyphen5GhkKLbuXDvICJW4pDgDwT5OwBdvM10Bmjk6j0nvmAQpHewJZeFAQNG6i96yBhDtBjrt8ikfa_hBXawHzJWaq0/s1600/enhanced-buzz-16950-1374592468-20.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"One popular tradition is to make colorful candy made skulls out of sugar. Often they are decorated with the names of the deceased on the forehead of the skull."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo:  Marcie Gonzalez / Getty Images.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/jarritos/things-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-day-of-the-dead?sub=2355054_1293524#29xlqtn" target="_blank">13 Things You May Not Have Known About The Day Of The Dead</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/" target="_blank">BuzzFeed</a> (July 23, 2013).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcSLp9pXq9P5_ywz4BSKQ6NBdK8cPWuUfF11fEG7SC4UzbaVIl1G7_UMxz7AaiR6Zf0eeO543w55O-y1taBrTjU3kYkMIAlbJAIp1fDdTzkCbZYtz-NHtJXdSZyqgxU1yodr2KLB5mHQ/s1600/enhanced-buzz-17583-1383241310-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcSLp9pXq9P5_ywz4BSKQ6NBdK8cPWuUfF11fEG7SC4UzbaVIl1G7_UMxz7AaiR6Zf0eeO543w55O-y1taBrTjU3kYkMIAlbJAIp1fDdTzkCbZYtz-NHtJXdSZyqgxU1yodr2KLB5mHQ/s1600/enhanced-buzz-17583-1383241310-5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Offerings, or ofrendas — usually in the form of altars — can feature marigolds along with favorite items."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via Via neodowns.tumblr.com</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarrasquillo/35-breathtaking-dia-de-los-muertos-photos?sub=2715299_1890846#29xlqtn" target="_blank">29 Breathtaking Día De Los Muertos Photos</a>" by Adrian Carrasquillo.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/" target="_blank">BuzzFeed</a> (October 31, 2013).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNZ23OQ-6kzJtxwF6-AvGD5dLo7Rx6m07DG1p3pOKd-gEutc0Rb8ncxTXAiGr5fP5E4PBWbNV8Ai5ikeKXLJ1-sjy3aqUti-SwskfvBkvsRB8cbGimZV4XoHhxcPgAiJYXJkL0y-vs1Y/s1600/GraveCherub375.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="556" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNZ23OQ-6kzJtxwF6-AvGD5dLo7Rx6m07DG1p3pOKd-gEutc0Rb8ncxTXAiGr5fP5E4PBWbNV8Ai5ikeKXLJ1-sjy3aqUti-SwskfvBkvsRB8cbGimZV4XoHhxcPgAiJYXJkL0y-vs1Y/s1600/GraveCherub375.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This sweet angel grave marker is nestled amongst thousands of candles which illuminate the cemetery in Xoxocotlan, Oaxaca. Here, family members sit vigil in the cemetery throughout the night of October 31, so as to welcome the "angelitos" or dead children's spirits the moment they are released from heaven to come home to visit their parents."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/support/dodhistory.html" target="_blank">History of Day of the Dead - Dia de los Muertos</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This history is © Reign Trading Co. All rights reserved. Via </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mexicansugarskull.com/">MexicanSugarSkull.com</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggypTWyDCx32QkhxftUOVGh2B87KvPVAFmOhUSS__1ZDBzmbcnrJ9lYkXv8OPidytPvd-V4ft6gNtOrXvXqQ9baBywF1SeGhye8bNVXcPRCja2B8loXYXzoqiXrtEU-oKC8VZV7MfVHPA/s1600/grid-cell-25595-1383231891-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggypTWyDCx32QkhxftUOVGh2B87KvPVAFmOhUSS__1ZDBzmbcnrJ9lYkXv8OPidytPvd-V4ft6gNtOrXvXqQ9baBywF1SeGhye8bNVXcPRCja2B8loXYXzoqiXrtEU-oKC8VZV7MfVHPA/s1600/grid-cell-25595-1383231891-13.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: makeupbee.com</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarrasquillo/35-breathtaking-dia-de-los-muertos-photos?sub=2715299_1890846#29xlqtn" target="_blank">29 Breathtaking Día De Los Muertos Photos</a>" by Adrian Carrasquillo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/" target="_blank">BuzzFeed</a> (October 31, 2013).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjldjxGwFnAuXOrbX2b8zVd_N1-tjAgyPu8cPLrCNrTv2qbq4AS44M9xhyZKMNHAo9R8qcBxolcdoYb6alItJ8hzRQ0tcvnJILUdGXgqfsjutP2qumetDsC5vAKM5SQ58vGZkvPHUyiI4/s1600/img9c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjldjxGwFnAuXOrbX2b8zVd_N1-tjAgyPu8cPLrCNrTv2qbq4AS44M9xhyZKMNHAo9R8qcBxolcdoYb6alItJ8hzRQ0tcvnJILUdGXgqfsjutP2qumetDsC5vAKM5SQ58vGZkvPHUyiI4/s1600/img9c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Embellished with ornate icing and fiesta colors, our lively cookies celebrate the Day of the Dead, which takes place in Mexico around Halloween. Lovingly decorated calaveras, or sugar skulls, are always part of the festivities, and ours are made from freshly baked vanilla sugar cookies and hand decorated with royal icing. Prepared from scratch by the Monaco Baking Company using a traditional recipe, each generously sized cookie is an edible work of art."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/day-of-the-dead-cookies/" target="_blank">Giant Day of the Dead Cookies</a>," Willams-Sonoma.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyM-EwxTH5EoS2PyniEFLojN3gipSjGJUsjhCRuq6Z07mGyiEAdodX2rWYv8lwAE9ytjvFGvA9zxFfQXhxyupDkr0j-Wol9eKbZSEbIcz_iys7SFAyHbkpWhUfkdGmCaKXOwg9AwmIrqE/s1600/ofrenda-patzcuaro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyM-EwxTH5EoS2PyniEFLojN3gipSjGJUsjhCRuq6Z07mGyiEAdodX2rWYv8lwAE9ytjvFGvA9zxFfQXhxyupDkr0j-Wol9eKbZSEbIcz_iys7SFAyHbkpWhUfkdGmCaKXOwg9AwmIrqE/s1600/ofrenda-patzcuaro.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This woman artisan was busy decorating her home ofrenda with candles, copal, fruits, cempasuchil (wild marigolds), cock's comb and saint's images. Later, when the home cooking is done, she'll bring big plates of food to offer to the spirits of her returning loved ones! Note the beautiful cross-point cloths she made."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/support/dodhistory.html" target="_blank">History of Day of the Dead - Dia de los Muertos</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This history is © Reign Trading Co. All rights reserved. Via </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://mexicansugarskull.com/">MexicanSugarSkull.com</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgG6toGMSdE-1ROOwAt9iFIIAPs5KxwELtAzQO5dx18KUV9KIVEmnIfbEuiwIyMnjyR3b5hKExWlnoets0Ij_QYwsToSIKKS2Ilx0wEyN8n_PURBxupCvBhCvUWHAeqXvfsYtJuUdLxA/s1600/527159b4697ab01c6d0022a2._w.540_s.fit_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgG6toGMSdE-1ROOwAt9iFIIAPs5KxwELtAzQO5dx18KUV9KIVEmnIfbEuiwIyMnjyR3b5hKExWlnoets0Ij_QYwsToSIKKS2Ilx0wEyN8n_PURBxupCvBhCvUWHAeqXvfsYtJuUdLxA/s1600/527159b4697ab01c6d0022a2._w.540_s.fit_.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Why should Halloween have all the fun? The Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, is primarily a Mexican holiday, but many people in the United States have begun to acknowledge it, if not celebrate it outright. It's a celebration of those who we've lost, but it's not a sad holiday; in fact, traditional rituals include lots of music and color. Observing some kind of simple Day of the Dead tradition can add a more thoughtful component to the festivities at this time of year. Here are a few fun Día de los Muertos crafts that you can do with your kids to introduce this cultural holiday."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://scrumdillydo.blogspot.com/2010/10/make-paper-plate-calaveras-masks.html" target="_blank">Paper Plate Calaveras Masks</a>" - Scrumdilly-do! blog via Apartment Therapy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/day-of-the-dead-crafts-for-kids-196709" target="_blank">Day of the Dead Crafts for Kids</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/" target="_blank">Apartment Therapy</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAch9lnrZhYgLxIAZ5TaQi5t0qkeU8_CYjv-yZbix5Ac4cpzBBMJHTb-y0r35d97VVBjGbZFvpbJfHAlcHb37nyEvv-97XAtR7API17xvI4PTAqW_XYLC-xW3tAUog0fE7XJvEjITl7s/s1600/31633.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAch9lnrZhYgLxIAZ5TaQi5t0qkeU8_CYjv-yZbix5Ac4cpzBBMJHTb-y0r35d97VVBjGbZFvpbJfHAlcHb37nyEvv-97XAtR7API17xvI4PTAqW_XYLC-xW3tAUog0fE7XJvEjITl7s/s1600/31633.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Dia de los Muertos has its origins in both Aztec tradition and Catholic observance of All Saints Day (November 1) and All Souls Day (November 2). Representations of calacas (skeletons) and calaveras (skulls) are common. These women are celebrating in Oaxaca, Mexico."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photograph by Nelda Costner, MyShot.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/dia-de-los-muertos/?ar_a=1" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Dia de los Muertos</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">National Geographic.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgx2s8fC-Hujd7S5PdWP30KneePgPltFw_42mdk-wL0Tj74IxDyOshjAP1dJ052xvllDT6VyLACauK4LBIAt-qWG2md2rjm_1MfOBv5XMvR15-n0v4ugpuc6pG6VdmVwN51vNCE5IYMmo/s1600/31634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgx2s8fC-Hujd7S5PdWP30KneePgPltFw_42mdk-wL0Tj74IxDyOshjAP1dJ052xvllDT6VyLACauK4LBIAt-qWG2md2rjm_1MfOBv5XMvR15-n0v4ugpuc6pG6VdmVwN51vNCE5IYMmo/s1600/31634.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Catrinas are a specific type of calavera: well-dressed, wealthy women of the early 20th century. Here, a group of catrinas pose on Dia de los Muertos in Merida, Mexico."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photograph by Ellen Fields, MyShot.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/dia-de-los-muertos/?ar_a=1" target="_blank">Dia de los Muertos</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">National Geographic.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3b7-eSlxRATdVsxFcOGGF_h-wkUKQ3JNRrRCeqHPy8K-SEJgB-wTAdoGkwQonJA-yg1TeTtP2PzKX4YiDPyOpj6qUTDXwyHlKwZhbyuRnaxE6r0Z7bbC9kKtj7JGulnfcvN7xJMJsiXo/s1600/31635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3b7-eSlxRATdVsxFcOGGF_h-wkUKQ3JNRrRCeqHPy8K-SEJgB-wTAdoGkwQonJA-yg1TeTtP2PzKX4YiDPyOpj6qUTDXwyHlKwZhbyuRnaxE6r0Z7bbC9kKtj7JGulnfcvN7xJMJsiXo/s1600/31635.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Although trick-or-treating has become more common on Dia de los Muertos, the holiday actually has nothing to do with Halloween, which is a Northern European tradition."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photograph by Michael Allen, MyShot.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/dia-de-los-muertos/?ar_a=1" target="_blank">Dia de los Muertos</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">National Geographic.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7TD18K3ABq-rme11gHip03pfweK1hoChFOX-ScU0d3QaP8WQsGP1Zjr-hUPkwEdutVVq8ttXWrdnAXDTX5-0524j80YAVqVsWR87HqJyLOq75wYENwrqE1Byk9r4G3cYp3jNhs2_2sU/s1600/31636.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7TD18K3ABq-rme11gHip03pfweK1hoChFOX-ScU0d3QaP8WQsGP1Zjr-hUPkwEdutVVq8ttXWrdnAXDTX5-0524j80YAVqVsWR87HqJyLOq75wYENwrqE1Byk9r4G3cYp3jNhs2_2sU/s1600/31636.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Calacas and calaveras are everywhere on Dia de los Muertos: masks, makeup, posters, and decorative figurines like these catrinas."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photograph by Tomas Castelazo, MyShot.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/dia-de-los-muertos/?ar_a=1" target="_blank">Dia de los Muertos</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">National Geographic.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgra2ANNZNPfRkMpdElwD40e_NTMzcx5K77tnWT_27UqdsWHeZ7GK1EVc3g-CazC3XZyTD2tSx8fwBDrvzcuMzNm8c8IlV8sWCZY3BOth0LoLLBUu_da0Eh38zeFuNoiLOKSrzFAqXeKyk/s1600/31637.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgra2ANNZNPfRkMpdElwD40e_NTMzcx5K77tnWT_27UqdsWHeZ7GK1EVc3g-CazC3XZyTD2tSx8fwBDrvzcuMzNm8c8IlV8sWCZY3BOth0LoLLBUu_da0Eh38zeFuNoiLOKSrzFAqXeKyk/s1600/31637.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sweets, such as pan de muertos (bread of the dead) and these spun-sugar mariachi musicians, are common treats for Dia de los Muertos. The sweet candy is a balance to the bitterness of death."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photograph by Alejandra Gonzalez Ruiz, MyShot.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/dia-de-los-muertos/?ar_a=1" target="_blank">Dia de los Muertos</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">National Geographic.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOF8cWTn1AZtzrqGzUfLuWg5IIyFxx8eqHIoJuUSZnWHP2I9dgfZSYD4tOQtfUHRcq9VujN-Jg19sxqhDxVl8DYUexKTLPMGDiRf0l2bPOyEYQicKAjIcgJdflFdxyKxkrLDxEkCkiCcg/s1600/31638.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOF8cWTn1AZtzrqGzUfLuWg5IIyFxx8eqHIoJuUSZnWHP2I9dgfZSYD4tOQtfUHRcq9VujN-Jg19sxqhDxVl8DYUexKTLPMGDiRf0l2bPOyEYQicKAjIcgJdflFdxyKxkrLDxEkCkiCcg/s1600/31638.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Calaveras de azucar are "sugar skulls", often decorated in bright colors like these in Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico. These tiny candies are eaten or left for the dead in ofrendas (small, personal altars) or gravesites."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photograph by Roberta Garza, MyShot.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/dia-de-los-muertos/?ar_a=1" target="_blank">Dia de los Muertos</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">National Geographic.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz57Td_zys92SdFrIUMq_nwepV8-YPnlhQ23gm_3xoq9uJnzu2uB4NqBjJPHc7goJUYMz9ABtvfxZAPz6qBvxjVK7QxdQhMJzWyFE5t5bI7QTDJjwXnUteU8Y4wj9Cw6NCPqcKqyMKqjI/s1600/31639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz57Td_zys92SdFrIUMq_nwepV8-YPnlhQ23gm_3xoq9uJnzu2uB4NqBjJPHc7goJUYMz9ABtvfxZAPz6qBvxjVK7QxdQhMJzWyFE5t5bI7QTDJjwXnUteU8Y4wj9Cw6NCPqcKqyMKqjI/s1600/31639.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Dia de los Muertos celebrates death as a part of the human experience. Tradition holds that the dead (here rising from their candy coffins) would be offended by grieving and sadness, so festivities honor them with laughter and joy."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photograph by George Olney, MyShot.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/dia-de-los-muertos/?ar_a=1" target="_blank">Dia de los Muertos</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">National Geographic.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfBaDRICuzF6078mc-IWxRiBggwWOq0Dju39LWA-dwmn8tXIiAks_y2o2NfbEpm-TG-79j7HeupWkUr0gbBbjwIdsP0U7oMIgxX_Hq_7652poP0ZfL8xIfGcP_IPKzbbOMr6LPY1WJp4/s1600/31640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEfBaDRICuzF6078mc-IWxRiBggwWOq0Dju39LWA-dwmn8tXIiAks_y2o2NfbEpm-TG-79j7HeupWkUr0gbBbjwIdsP0U7oMIgxX_Hq_7652poP0ZfL8xIfGcP_IPKzbbOMr6LPY1WJp4/s1600/31640.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Part of Dia de los Muertos often involves cleaning and decorating the graves of loved ones. Adult graves are marked with orange marigolds, while white orchids are left at children's graves."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photograph by Sisse Brimberg.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/dia-de-los-muertos/?ar_a=1" target="_blank">Dia de los Muertos</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">National Geographic.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdafmDF0jaE3TpOoSkdC19En49u1qR2i_FPP9MAGm6TkTczrowxh_WLbY_fk2SG9mZm6B_kAXzPtT2ae5Wv0rBF0FDM5Mx9BAbQg4KM_s2Bfw9R20um9XhA4ai_WGi8WrFYgA6V_Faee4/s1600/31642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdafmDF0jaE3TpOoSkdC19En49u1qR2i_FPP9MAGm6TkTczrowxh_WLbY_fk2SG9mZm6B_kAXzPtT2ae5Wv0rBF0FDM5Mx9BAbQg4KM_s2Bfw9R20um9XhA4ai_WGi8WrFYgA6V_Faee4/s1600/31642.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Although the celebration is bittersweet and its symbols macabre, Dia de los Muertos usually maintains a happy atmosphere well into the evening. Family members recall departed loved ones, sharing humorous and endearing stories around graves (here in Oaxaca) or ofrendas."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photograph by Tom Dietrich, MyShot.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "<a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/dia-de-los-muertos/?ar_a=1" target="_blank">Dia de los Muertos</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">National Geographic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCpNn3016cr4EZlKOnz85OH2gcEEyCJsjrR5s7X7uFjcAW4_MTZJsHPajTezKIMAP9xwfEcVLKTPL6MIIwjshV1bV1ulzvp1H3hRk9GXoyCWKmcIUSrASibB1ASw1DLD24CyLa_y1nCs/s1600/dayofthedead-skeletonpeople-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCpNn3016cr4EZlKOnz85OH2gcEEyCJsjrR5s7X7uFjcAW4_MTZJsHPajTezKIMAP9xwfEcVLKTPL6MIIwjshV1bV1ulzvp1H3hRk9GXoyCWKmcIUSrASibB1ASw1DLD24CyLa_y1nCs/s1600/dayofthedead-skeletonpeople-01.jpg" width="620" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Dressed as a Calavera for the Day of the Dead celebrations."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Photo: Michael Emery.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.mexonline.com/dayofthedead.htm" target="_blank">Mexico's Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead Holiday)</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> mexonline.com</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRfne11Y67DCcAh7Ajb0VLsBMTnU34OxQNiKChFw1PG9tXUdprFpaS15CYZO0PQtOqNnbp15Y_1CbiivcrdXTV8vFtF5UwtFrqbxxmC-j_643F5EeCv0m8vsRmTxTQlCdxDfx1eVsRRU/s1600/dayofthedead_ornelas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRfne11Y67DCcAh7Ajb0VLsBMTnU34OxQNiKChFw1PG9tXUdprFpaS15CYZO0PQtOqNnbp15Y_1CbiivcrdXTV8vFtF5UwtFrqbxxmC-j_643F5EeCv0m8vsRmTxTQlCdxDfx1eVsRRU/s1600/dayofthedead_ornelas.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">  Photo: Edward Ornellas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.mexonline.com/dayofthedead.htm" target="_blank">Mexico's Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead Holiday)</a>"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> mexonline.com</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMt_QevLebZnIXfLHT4Y2Tpt8Ovmrq77lgo-cIx9Akg06QHZHvEIWafyDnp9tGwSrvhyWkgLY4h4wTUsu3-t5oWDXRCMuuuEdiIrC5UYuYGY-mam5hllfpOXOtx-RTfr8h7iO2M3zVrvU/s1600/31632.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMt_QevLebZnIXfLHT4Y2Tpt8Ovmrq77lgo-cIx9Akg06QHZHvEIWafyDnp9tGwSrvhyWkgLY4h4wTUsu3-t5oWDXRCMuuuEdiIrC5UYuYGY-mam5hllfpOXOtx-RTfr8h7iO2M3zVrvU/s1600/31632.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a two-day festival that takes place every November 1 and 2. Although most strongly identified with Mexico, Dia de los Muertos is celebrated throughout Latin America and everywhere with a Latino population, including Los Angeles, California, above."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photograph by Laura Hasbun, MyShot.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/dia-de-los-muertos/?ar_a=1" target="_blank">Dia de los Muertos</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">National Geographic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday that has been gaining popularity outside of Mexico in recent years. Dia de los Muertos (November 1 - November 2) is not a grim or sad occasion - despite the omnipresent images of skeletons and skulls. Celebrants of this holiday accept the fact that death is an in…

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Grey Gardens

<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ben Bradlee, legendary <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ben-bradlee-legendary-washington-post-editor-dies-at-93/2014/10/21/3e4cc1fc-c59c-11df-8dce-7a7dc354d1b1_story.html" target="_blank">Washington Post</a> editor, died October 21st at his Washington, D.C. home of natural causes. News of his death reminded me of Grey Gardens, the Hamptons home that Mr. Bradlee and his wife Sally Quinn bought and restored.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Few homes evoke as much fascination as Grey Gardens . . .  [T]he current owners, Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn, summer at the East Hampton, New York, house. Bradlee and Quinn purchased the home in 1979 from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s impoverished but colorful cousin, Little Edie Bouvier Beale, who had lived there since 1923 and was the subject, along with her mother, Big Edie, of Albert and David Maysles’ haunting 1975 documentary, Grey Gardens. Over the decades Bradlee and Quinn, both distinguished journalists (he is a former executive editor of the Washington Post and an upcoming recipient of the presidential medal of freedom, and she is a celebrated author and veteran Washington Post columnist), managed to return the run­down landmark to its former WASP grandeur.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/inquisitive-guest/2013/08/grey-gardens-cocktails-alec-baldwin-sally-quinn-ben-bradlee-article" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaU1DJUDJGcPKxgqW0JFNGJX1Yo0DXXLVl0Qid17BetNro8h6aL8hYFAn6QCdEAwYlX6a_KtbqNygsorg7P-yxX0v-ZiTUAEBIobymZC2SBu6jeXSYa701fSGewGPKY-aDtPsWmxHOS2w/s1600/greygardens8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaU1DJUDJGcPKxgqW0JFNGJX1Yo0DXXLVl0Qid17BetNro8h6aL8hYFAn6QCdEAwYlX6a_KtbqNygsorg7P-yxX0v-ZiTUAEBIobymZC2SBu6jeXSYa701fSGewGPKY-aDtPsWmxHOS2w/s1600/greygardens8.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Little Edie Beale in front of Grey Gardens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-morgan/staunch-characters-grey-g_b_188519.html" target="_blank">Staunch Characters: 'Grey Gardens</a>' " by Kim Morgan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_906459271"></span>Huffington Post<span id="goog_906459272"></span></a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqiqiKC4kvoyFb7sZ5F5kE9mvpxyKAPcyd3LUWg4ECoL0vaYGzy8y1GMAW5JhX2AeTGFJSkPzoDg8yrmJicqikdbXXUjhbgLC1aS2StmMiNqxCenyxjnG7rI_hlf8opIbDji6_-XEqHQY/s1600/image+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqiqiKC4kvoyFb7sZ5F5kE9mvpxyKAPcyd3LUWg4ECoL0vaYGzy8y1GMAW5JhX2AeTGFJSkPzoDg8yrmJicqikdbXXUjhbgLC1aS2StmMiNqxCenyxjnG7rI_hlf8opIbDji6_-XEqHQY/s1600/image+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A shingled, rose-bowered and privet-hedge-enclosed Arts-and-Crafts style house by the sea, it was designed by local architect and aesthete Joseph Greenleaf Thorp and completed in 1897."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grey Gardens was the Hamptons home of Big Edie Beale, an aunt of Jacqueline Kennedy, and her daughter little Edie Beale. The pair lived in eccentric squalor in the house after Big Edie's divorce and disinheritance left her unable to sustain the privileged lifestyle to which they were accustomed. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-henry-adams/meeting-the-maysles-grey_b_216549.html" target="_blank">Meeting the Maysles: Grey Gardens Comes to Harlem</a>" by Michael Henry Adams.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/" target="_blank">The Huffington Post</a> (July 17, 2009).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCnmGrzvH8k82fc91BdZkQB-7EJmkeJLJQDblS2kLnKZKQ3z6f7fKuCfAcH5aL_y_BLty-ac3mELihNW3_I7sqW07xLTldgvHaafKu4vDxlJy_sQ-w2GzmkcgAGxVVBKZm2JJt3euaqY/s1600/greygardens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCnmGrzvH8k82fc91BdZkQB-7EJmkeJLJQDblS2kLnKZKQ3z6f7fKuCfAcH5aL_y_BLty-ac3mELihNW3_I7sqW07xLTldgvHaafKu4vDxlJy_sQ-w2GzmkcgAGxVVBKZm2JJt3euaqY/s1600/greygardens.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Little Edie Beale.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-morgan/staunch-characters-grey-g_b_188519.html" target="_blank">Staunch Characters: 'Grey Gardens</a>' " by Kim Morgan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/">The Huffington Post</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVlo9k4xmE3Hw0_9FZ72cfS_1j5Cbnylc2EgqBbfmx5OOj7OrIwxGse5ex44UEZ4R7Hd2EwRCMlYMlUntVpXc6xQwf5_Zk4uW_KA38cR75rcWtbObuiG_IVy_8qfkZHkts8ep7lLj5-A/s1600/2009-06-16-edithbouvierbealechild.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVlo9k4xmE3Hw0_9FZ72cfS_1j5Cbnylc2EgqBbfmx5OOj7OrIwxGse5ex44UEZ4R7Hd2EwRCMlYMlUntVpXc6xQwf5_Zk4uW_KA38cR75rcWtbObuiG_IVy_8qfkZHkts8ep7lLj5-A/s1600/2009-06-16-edithbouvierbealechild.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Little Edie Beale.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-henry-adams/meeting-the-maysles-grey_b_216549.html" target="_blank">Meeting the Maysles: Grey Gardens Comes to Harlem</a>" by Michael Henry Adams.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/" target="_blank">The Huffington Post</a> (July 17, 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DFrPUoktxexrX-tPLHMKUxc8Z4fcoyyMMLHIcCy8Bx7VW0QoLmVo8MyjX8zclLbC6SXNFjSeCmcntazIbzDybciiL2Wb1Rw_2dp4RD-iZdOJreasCGycgJM4qkdDe_TuDe44o2bmjVc/s1600/2009-06-16-greygardens01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DFrPUoktxexrX-tPLHMKUxc8Z4fcoyyMMLHIcCy8Bx7VW0QoLmVo8MyjX8zclLbC6SXNFjSeCmcntazIbzDybciiL2Wb1Rw_2dp4RD-iZdOJreasCGycgJM4qkdDe_TuDe44o2bmjVc/s1600/2009-06-16-greygardens01.jpg" width="578" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Big Edie Beale.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-henry-adams/meeting-the-maysles-grey_b_216549.html" target="_blank">Meeting the Maysles: Grey Gardens Comes to Harlem</a>" by Michael Henry Adams.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/" target="_blank">The Huffington Post</a> (July 17, 2009).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqnmtbjo0ywiljjTBvTksNPffQK6OXHNNOD1LUL6-A5AStEJ3ZZxg1NNESeUX_KuMEudh2EI9aDpjrQA59PjWxchqYZIl2ctqT9z6rQ8W2RCDp3CflqCRa8xb6UND0rNnPUWwusdmSmk/s1600/greygardens3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqnmtbjo0ywiljjTBvTksNPffQK6OXHNNOD1LUL6-A5AStEJ3ZZxg1NNESeUX_KuMEudh2EI9aDpjrQA59PjWxchqYZIl2ctqT9z6rQ8W2RCDp3CflqCRa8xb6UND0rNnPUWwusdmSmk/s1600/greygardens3.jpg" width="542" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Big Edie Beale.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-morgan/staunch-characters-grey-g_b_188519.html" target="_blank">Staunch Characters: 'Grey Gardens</a>' " by Kim Morgan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/">The Huffington Post</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56439d8qGlfYyrqMdVFwGvVI6FMZyOIcCKPTyvhbf2VQBpPEVif-mHjLPK10nMI_LxN_6nuraa-BKH11rd-CTSkYfH0ZBDbTdIyRXsfkFvqVUtp83RztaUUQTJnUSGCkmQuC-TkWABzc/s1600/27789268.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56439d8qGlfYyrqMdVFwGvVI6FMZyOIcCKPTyvhbf2VQBpPEVif-mHjLPK10nMI_LxN_6nuraa-BKH11rd-CTSkYfH0ZBDbTdIyRXsfkFvqVUtp83RztaUUQTJnUSGCkmQuC-TkWABzc/s1600/27789268.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Ms. Quinn said she fell in love with the house as soon as she entered it. 'There's something magical about this house. You couldn't walk into it without putting a handkerchief over your nose, but I thought it was just beautiful,' she said. 'It just absolutely gripped me. I looked at it and I saw what the house could be like, saw what the garden could be.' . . .  the main staircase as seen from the second floor."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Courtesy of Sally Quinn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/04/17/garden/20090417-insidegreygardens_5.html?_r=0" target="_blank">Reinventing Grey Gardens: A Drawn-Out Drama in Itself</a>" by Julie Scelfo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 15, 2009).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtjTbcYsq-WPZmblhRoomjHV9QDIWjU_Y14kk7iWwFhzBQlQusfSW-U3ip4f7AKTKjusyPVpygKAlCgzb8aOX1QXmiVBCL6vaVUWOW9iI9ZuUXCHUTXcARAbsjxEThcMWkMlXjbXqA1Xg/s1600/27789258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtjTbcYsq-WPZmblhRoomjHV9QDIWjU_Y14kk7iWwFhzBQlQusfSW-U3ip4f7AKTKjusyPVpygKAlCgzb8aOX1QXmiVBCL6vaVUWOW9iI9ZuUXCHUTXcARAbsjxEThcMWkMlXjbXqA1Xg/s1600/27789258.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Among the debris Ms. Quinn and Mr. Bradlee found in their house were the corpses of cats and skulls of raccoons. Here, scattered seashells and piles of books occupy one of the ten bedrooms."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Courtesy of Sally Quinn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/04/17/garden/20090417-insidegreygardens_4.html" target="_blank">Reinventing Grey Gardens: A Drawn-Out Drama in Itself</a>" by Julie Scelfo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 15, 2009).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQimUDwE0JEVLSmYjSy_9PqboT5O_BY5w2NrR6Ybl5DJ5h68rlnSWlOA_6opJlWo2ixZ4Y4g2N3c5SiDgBisdYXqw_pRT78Wdi3e5IIUmVJ-dJHK86L_vTkz2p_ayty-eKn8UDRcEMH8M/s1600/27789252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQimUDwE0JEVLSmYjSy_9PqboT5O_BY5w2NrR6Ybl5DJ5h68rlnSWlOA_6opJlWo2ixZ4Y4g2N3c5SiDgBisdYXqw_pRT78Wdi3e5IIUmVJ-dJHK86L_vTkz2p_ayty-eKn8UDRcEMH8M/s1600/27789252.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Quinn Bradlee, the couple's adult son, says he and his mother sometimes joke that they will end up like Big Edie and Little Edie. 'My mom and I, we do argue a lot. But I think the way [the Beales] argued was due more to their craziness than love. The way my mom and I argue, it's because we care about each other so much and love each other so much,' Mr. Bradlee said. At left, the bedroom used by Little Edie after her mother died. A single light bulb hangs in a bird cage above the bed."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Courtesy of Sally Quinn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/04/17/garden/20090417-insidegreygardens_8.html" target="_blank">Reinventing Grey Gardens: A Drawn-Out Drama in Itself</a>" by Julie Scelfo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 15, 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QZxQT4t8frC5XRRE9izC3YQZMU-1tIGU1zVFn2JQrKn5FZRklTIzJAUsGE_JGGT_bscHr_lt85Fwpw3dgCvtSTbpfAjOfnaYT3iEDVD917OALyI68xny2xX1MeLmB6i0syiDFfz-nx0/s1600/27789244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QZxQT4t8frC5XRRE9izC3YQZMU-1tIGU1zVFn2JQrKn5FZRklTIzJAUsGE_JGGT_bscHr_lt85Fwpw3dgCvtSTbpfAjOfnaYT3iEDVD917OALyI68xny2xX1MeLmB6i0syiDFfz-nx0/s1600/27789244.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" 'I wasn't sure I wanted to buy the house,' Mr. Bradlee said. 'There were 52 dead cats in it, and funeral arrangements had to be made for each one.' At left, the master bedroom, which had been used by Big Edie."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Courtesy of Sally Quinn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/04/17/garden/20090417-insidegreygardens_6.html" target="_blank">Reinventing Grey Gardens: A Drawn-Out Drama in Itself</a>" by Julie Scelfo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 15, 2009).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55fYQw4jheNSQC8LqOJ0Ai9s1q269GdW5z0p1nLnjrWCyqRGncsGijwi9Tg6Z-FRff6pSgn-eiMK-Df0H0v3x0kJezf92qL9MJracFP9l_ivqYD7iA1RiJSjzPsTbwrY2pOxs7v3rbEs/s1600/27789254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55fYQw4jheNSQC8LqOJ0Ai9s1q269GdW5z0p1nLnjrWCyqRGncsGijwi9Tg6Z-FRff6pSgn-eiMK-Df0H0v3x0kJezf92qL9MJracFP9l_ivqYD7iA1RiJSjzPsTbwrY2pOxs7v3rbEs/s1600/27789254.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When Ms. Quinn touched a key on this piano in the living room, the while thing collapsed and fell through the floor."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Courtesy of Sally Quinn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/garden/16greygardens.html?_r=1&" target="_blank">Reinventing Grey Gardens: A Drawn-Out Drama in Itself</a>" by Julie Scelfo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 15, 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSptpjn3zeC8mcL_gqtvc24-PN9yL3zKhYdgfRRPMauDifUiyouPV4BQbfyRG0Qg7lacXr-RwSMpVCCzcKfb0CU3A6gZKhToBMTvWeTPbn3CUgvfw4JWTkZHXwJS_Mik6Q2OpaXCZmUJs/s1600/27789272.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSptpjn3zeC8mcL_gqtvc24-PN9yL3zKhYdgfRRPMauDifUiyouPV4BQbfyRG0Qg7lacXr-RwSMpVCCzcKfb0CU3A6gZKhToBMTvWeTPbn3CUgvfw4JWTkZHXwJS_Mik6Q2OpaXCZmUJs/s1600/27789272.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Nora Ephron, a friend of the Bradlees, says Grey Gardens is a sight to behold. 'It's quite a fabulous restoration because they didn't tear the house down, they rebuilt it,' she said. 'All the original bones are there. All the grace of the original house is exactly as it was.' At left, a small bedroom with a porch that has views of the ocean. Ms. Quinn had all of the furniture seen here restored, and it is still in use."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Courtesy of Sally Quinn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/04/17/garden/20090417-insidegreygardens_9.html" target="_blank">Reinventing Grey Gardens: A Drawn-Out Drama in Itself</a>" by Julie Scelfo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 15, 2009).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHx5dWKI1PRms91hC2R50XKSLoquNi-lx2c8BOpJHFFcgHNVr-7A6UND1H9Clqu0C3uHeChhS24xE15MBviPaC3TkH0BO7asyB0jDQHEXMugA3kOJ1bRx15a8rSapFZZdkG5t7YyP-p1A/s1600/27789276.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHx5dWKI1PRms91hC2R50XKSLoquNi-lx2c8BOpJHFFcgHNVr-7A6UND1H9Clqu0C3uHeChhS24xE15MBviPaC3TkH0BO7asyB0jDQHEXMugA3kOJ1bRx15a8rSapFZZdkG5t7YyP-p1A/s1600/27789276.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A detail from the master bedroom used by Big Edie. Today, the home is a summer residence for Ms. Quinn and Mr. Bradlee and has become a destination that guests routinely describe as 'magical.' Lauren Bacall, a friend of the Bradlees, says she has many fond memories. 'It is a happy house,' Ms. Bacall said. 'There is life there.' "</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Courtesy of Sally Quinn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/garden/16greygardens.html?_r=1&" target="_blank">Reinventing Grey Gardens: A Drawn-Out Drama in Itself</a>" by Julie Scelfo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 15, 2009).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mdkLWXVzmNyHfj1F8aOG_cvirxlX-pirYe6Vib4saiN45iTWdEXkqQma0cdmB6SRUbhv2VcgTiccLjxym7CUn9wO_4-wC-rKs5LBHxV2jkbKjP-o7JiIEoiA0PsCr2S8GzMXreZ3-SI/s1600/cn_image.size.grey-gardens-ben-bradlee-sally-quinn-party-h545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mdkLWXVzmNyHfj1F8aOG_cvirxlX-pirYe6Vib4saiN45iTWdEXkqQma0cdmB6SRUbhv2VcgTiccLjxym7CUn9wO_4-wC-rKs5LBHxV2jkbKjP-o7JiIEoiA0PsCr2S8GzMXreZ3-SI/s1600/cn_image.size.grey-gardens-ben-bradlee-sally-quinn-party-h545.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"East Hampton’s Grey Gardens, now the home of renowned journalists Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn, was recently the setting of a cocktail party celebrating an upcoming Sackler Gallery benefit."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gregory Partanio/Manhattan Society.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jeffrey Slonim.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/inquisitive-guest/2013/08/grey-gardens-cocktails-alec-baldwin-sally-quinn-ben-bradlee-article" target="_blank">The Inquisitive Guest: Cocktails at Grey Gardens</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (August 15, 2013).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8M61uuiMw-PqPlaxg9q1bRIEp3O-vDxhdKhXWOE42AwiME0S-oH20gqSyxF4VRVdPKmaNChfmsKFYr_I4IzmTaPyYyMWKFcgdouDaGn86gXj8CK6pJLkEBQjJDHhdLnb1H-yfZOxjuQ/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.grey-gardens-01-jeannie-lars-sally-quinn-dame-jillian-sackler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8M61uuiMw-PqPlaxg9q1bRIEp3O-vDxhdKhXWOE42AwiME0S-oH20gqSyxF4VRVdPKmaNChfmsKFYr_I4IzmTaPyYyMWKFcgdouDaGn86gXj8CK6pJLkEBQjJDHhdLnb1H-yfZOxjuQ/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.grey-gardens-01-jeannie-lars-sally-quinn-dame-jillian-sackler.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The Inquisitive Guest had last interviewed Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn at the Pierre hotel during a dinner for the New York premiere of HBO’s 2009 Grey Gardens adaptation, starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange. They had described the sad state of the property when they purchased it. 'After Jackie restored it, [the Edies] let it go back to where it was before,' said Quinn at that time.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'Jackie didn’t really restore it,' clarified Bradlee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'She put on a new roof, and they cleaned [the house] out,' Quinn explained. 'And I think they added some plumbing, but then they let it go again. So when we bought it, the floors were rotted, but the piano was still there. You’d go into the living room, touch the wall, and it would move out 12 inches, as if it were on a hinge from the second floor.'</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quinn then noted that a crucial part of the restoration was the rehabilitation of the gardens. 'We found the perfect gardener who understood what we wanted, which is for them to be sort of mysterious and slightly overgrown.' ”</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quinn (center) is seen here with Jeannie Lars (left) and Dame Jillian Sackler.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gregory Partanio/Manhattan Society.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jeffrey Slonim.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/inquisitive-guest/2013/08/grey-gardens-cocktails-alec-baldwin-sally-quinn-ben-bradlee-slideshow" target="_blank">The Inquisitive Guest: Cocktails at Grey Gardens</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (August 15, 2013).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBXgFq_3jsK01noaXsaUqQgRmqffqClrUWGY-9gIKiUsh39OdsOjJZtiCobO3cAHI2Obrkhx6JbMzUYgAm4TMy4L1DZkIKV7mCf9OxOznIwKU21Qa-S9dTV6Mto2tri7XCzl4RJKibyA/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowVertical.grey-gardens-02-cocktail-party-ben-bradlee-anne-nitze.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBXgFq_3jsK01noaXsaUqQgRmqffqClrUWGY-9gIKiUsh39OdsOjJZtiCobO3cAHI2Obrkhx6JbMzUYgAm4TMy4L1DZkIKV7mCf9OxOznIwKU21Qa-S9dTV6Mto2tri7XCzl4RJKibyA/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowVertical.grey-gardens-02-cocktail-party-ben-bradlee-anne-nitze.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Bradlee, seen here with art collector Ann Nitze, echoed his wife’s sentiments from years earlier, 'The gardens are unbelievable.' ”</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gregory Partanio/Manhattan Society.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jeffrey Slonim.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/inquisitive-guest/2013/08/grey-gardens-cocktails-alec-baldwin-sally-quinn-ben-bradlee-slideshow_slideshow_item1_2" target="_blank">The Inquisitive Guest: Cocktails at Grey Gardens</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (August 15, 2013).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1d1RkX1aCL2PwaQLTlvO078-JfoiOSXgorxqtttAjFcJcmshyKU6ggT0hRBxRF3kJ9TqJ_BixvDfLuiaXbVyvA0LpyyDHrKH91CHXQXBATEtV58jIAabRVGclsyYEsQ4UMN6wqUzljD0/s1600/2009-06-16-greygardens2a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1d1RkX1aCL2PwaQLTlvO078-JfoiOSXgorxqtttAjFcJcmshyKU6ggT0hRBxRF3kJ9TqJ_BixvDfLuiaXbVyvA0LpyyDHrKH91CHXQXBATEtV58jIAabRVGclsyYEsQ4UMN6wqUzljD0/s1600/2009-06-16-greygardens2a.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grey Gardens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-henry-adams/meeting-the-maysles-grey_b_216549.html" target="_blank">Meeting the Maysles: Grey Gardens Comes to Harlem</a>" by Michael Henry Adams.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/" target="_blank">The Huffington Post</a> (July 17, 2009).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrLCIg05w6rWc0nt8UwoMMQXyVwmA07xlxqkiq09MC73UJBBklaQHa2iY5f0M4sVVI-jw-6fze2ab4wJDALyzk4IcrQdi8nFyeLRrCig9dy7RTmpofdG3F1Fu9Q_PY79_kFR4OROvLcM/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.grey-gardens-03-grey-gardens-home-original-wicker-furniture.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrLCIg05w6rWc0nt8UwoMMQXyVwmA07xlxqkiq09MC73UJBBklaQHa2iY5f0M4sVVI-jw-6fze2ab4wJDALyzk4IcrQdi8nFyeLRrCig9dy7RTmpofdG3F1Fu9Q_PY79_kFR4OROvLcM/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.grey-gardens-03-grey-gardens-home-original-wicker-furniture.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In a sunny living room decorated with the home’s original wicker furniture, Quinn explained, 'I was in such a state of excitement when I went up to the attic and found the furniture. Almost all of it was original to the house. It had to be restored, but I was just shaking.' ”</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Gregory Partanio/Manhattan Society.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Jeffrey Slonim.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/inquisitive-guest/2013/08/grey-gardens-cocktails-alec-baldwin-sally-quinn-ben-bradlee-slideshow_slideshow_item2_3" target="_blank">The Inquisitive Guest: Cocktails at Grey Gardens</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (August 15, 2013).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglckY54fmvrYj4-Qdfiq7Lg2ajbGw02V4UdZRTlFY72ZkH8GuE_yQUApCjvq3A6mP_8nsmDmMGutJ0oGo1Z7Z8rm0gQLdzceoqUtfAUlATfeWj9mxogQ0zy-CiCaHXKBdv6YbruKx89_A/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.01_grey_gardens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglckY54fmvrYj4-Qdfiq7Lg2ajbGw02V4UdZRTlFY72ZkH8GuE_yQUApCjvq3A6mP_8nsmDmMGutJ0oGo1Z7Z8rm0gQLdzceoqUtfAUlATfeWj9mxogQ0zy-CiCaHXKBdv6YbruKx89_A/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.01_grey_gardens.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "In acquiring long-neglected Grey Gardens, on Long Island, journalist/writer Sally Quinn and her husband, Ben Bradlee, executive editor of the <i>Washington Post</i>, took on a major challenge. Their intensive restoration of the turn-of-the-century house was abetted by architect E. L. Futterman and builder Robert Langman."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sally Quinn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2009-05/grey_gardens_article" target="_blank">Clues From the Past</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (December 1984).</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_ZmB5x5zWOlmj1qwa5S_4Ak-tQZ-91GTNLTUckfdG6cwB35q8rcx2RfO1foFXhVnA4h-kxkJ1Qmis8tw6JP25-GQqrS05JcvGRIEWzNVfvjTZk4qFefm16g1m7bym_ZMsi8s6IlCNSM/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowVertical.02_grey_gardens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1_ZmB5x5zWOlmj1qwa5S_4Ak-tQZ-91GTNLTUckfdG6cwB35q8rcx2RfO1foFXhVnA4h-kxkJ1Qmis8tw6JP25-GQqrS05JcvGRIEWzNVfvjTZk4qFefm16g1m7bym_ZMsi8s6IlCNSM/s1600/item1.rendition.slideshowVertical.02_grey_gardens.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Sally Quinn opens a gate to the secret garden."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sally Quinn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2009-05/grey_gardens_article" target="_blank">Clues From the Past</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: start;"></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (December 1984).</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SQpioRHhmTxuJPUSWQwgsbrhdDc6GIRBJptsCczFxf6m-UJOXtn_VCbA0vK8MmxcsBpZqSBXCXojmjEqV3G3z6d4yWOifEeKM7LNATGnvhrYvIedWCu0U-Pa_tVucJaygyZx-hKeH94/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.03_grey_gardens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SQpioRHhmTxuJPUSWQwgsbrhdDc6GIRBJptsCczFxf6m-UJOXtn_VCbA0vK8MmxcsBpZqSBXCXojmjEqV3G3z6d4yWOifEeKM7LNATGnvhrYvIedWCu0U-Pa_tVucJaygyZx-hKeH94/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.03_grey_gardens.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Flowers now blossom in lieu of tangled weeds and vines."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sally Quinn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2009-05/grey_gardens_article" target="_blank">Clues From the Past</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (December 1984).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfx0NNzASxgNwJC3f_lVwfBRsCc98HIrysHuEeB56g6GL3lpd_MiyxZnvtxoemcNZR6QGJseR3xHJFduEI3xXOJvGls-FhDJ6hXpgU0gI6Ih3HwFmbUhoykMKenZabA7w72zfY4YgXCo/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.04_grey_gardens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpfx0NNzASxgNwJC3f_lVwfBRsCc98HIrysHuEeB56g6GL3lpd_MiyxZnvtxoemcNZR6QGJseR3xHJFduEI3xXOJvGls-FhDJ6hXpgU0gI6Ih3HwFmbUhoykMKenZabA7w72zfY4YgXCo/s1600/item3.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.04_grey_gardens.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The light, fresh atmosphere of the house is evident in the entrance hall, with its hemp floor matting and Cowtan and Tout wallpaper. Like much of the furniture throughout, the table and side chair were among the treasures found in the attic. The pencil drawing depicts Grey Gardens years ago."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sally Quinn.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2009-05/grey_gardens_article" target="_blank">Clues From the Past</a>"</span></div><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (December 1984).</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmSfloA8wV4U0yaMqh1vDvakizApCq1UAjzARqgsqTLZ3m_D9S3KNIUJBr6J1fCOI5B7nLjro1qXg_3hjearRbXPS4tTwFD6mzaKvHILFf7P9uQGA1GUlt_0zVgUn-sVArtWqczewl5pw/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.05_grey_gardens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmSfloA8wV4U0yaMqh1vDvakizApCq1UAjzARqgsqTLZ3m_D9S3KNIUJBr6J1fCOI5B7nLjro1qXg_3hjearRbXPS4tTwFD6mzaKvHILFf7P9uQGA1GUlt_0zVgUn-sVArtWqczewl5pw/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.05_grey_gardens.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Other attic finds included the chaise longues, brass lamps and wicker tables and chairs in the living room."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sally Quinn.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2009-05/grey_gardens_article" target="_blank">Clues From the Past</a>"</span></div><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (December 1984).</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJRCmS3BZi0doxJhayK8W8LQXVbZFNmIPXFsr-12-WndbsNfnzuHAYc6zUVhp3AIac_sydlIMdliA6f6o-PhklMGktUg75bo1utOqUA-mUKlH6RT1a5YMv0rMXglTNOd-qWc9HCXTB7A/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.06_grey_gardens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJRCmS3BZi0doxJhayK8W8LQXVbZFNmIPXFsr-12-WndbsNfnzuHAYc6zUVhp3AIac_sydlIMdliA6f6o-PhklMGktUg75bo1utOqUA-mUKlH6RT1a5YMv0rMXglTNOd-qWc9HCXTB7A/s1600/item5.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.06_grey_gardens.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Explaining the predominance of the rose motif, Sally Quinn comments, 'All of the colors and chintzes I chose were to complement the garden, since it was the garden I used as the theme for my decorating scheme.' ”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sally Quinn.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2009-05/grey_gardens_article" target="_blank">Clues From the Past</a>"</span></div><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (December 1984).</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMcSHEO6clkNpN6qggw88kan_Ahk1P-ET7wcfBOdJZ7CKiBAZaMFzE6xGxicy9MUMDd5bZwg2FG4raFh6wkLafT8lWcmnDxn5HwvCYmM96VKFELQkzJw4npWA3NBHtIINlvXXRC7c_5-Q/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowVertical.07_grey_gardens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMcSHEO6clkNpN6qggw88kan_Ahk1P-ET7wcfBOdJZ7CKiBAZaMFzE6xGxicy9MUMDd5bZwg2FG4raFh6wkLafT8lWcmnDxn5HwvCYmM96VKFELQkzJw4npWA3NBHtIINlvXXRC7c_5-Q/s1600/item6.rendition.slideshowVertical.07_grey_gardens.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Appropriately, the Bradlees collect old newspaper posters, one of which, in the living room, is a turn-of-the-century French example."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sally Quinn.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2009-05/grey_gardens_article" target="_blank">Clues From the Past</a>"</span></div><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (December 1984).</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhylY-tcWTmDHwxJNnFkPTBeynmcKijerqeWL_8pmC2DzuFpr1zchbvB1gSTCwkrCADnHIM4h_L5lUjC1LpVYM2_aHc9ciNGdDFiuxEFQCrmXIJu9wb0-9D0D-yFq3srG8uGjmJLIxtLA/s1600/item7.rendition.slideshowVertical.08_grey_gardens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhylY-tcWTmDHwxJNnFkPTBeynmcKijerqeWL_8pmC2DzuFpr1zchbvB1gSTCwkrCADnHIM4h_L5lUjC1LpVYM2_aHc9ciNGdDFiuxEFQCrmXIJu9wb0-9D0D-yFq3srG8uGjmJLIxtLA/s1600/item7.rendition.slideshowVertical.08_grey_gardens.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In its simple cheerfulness the dining room ideally suits the very informal entertaining preferred by the Bradlees."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sally Quinn.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2009-05/grey_gardens_article" target="_blank">Clues From the Past</a>"</span></div><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (December 1984).</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjztAQYk53yx0xCCWKcOJCb4UUJogMdyvQpi-cH1besx_2HWcqd3AJ2qJ3QMOkiKQuKBzc-RSDkGpePfKypixg6JmHBpKuKMwjCRzJwIAJLja26T6j3hAxR4VN9VN5QhH9XMIAIZuGGluc/s1600/item8.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.09_grey_gardens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjztAQYk53yx0xCCWKcOJCb4UUJogMdyvQpi-cH1besx_2HWcqd3AJ2qJ3QMOkiKQuKBzc-RSDkGpePfKypixg6JmHBpKuKMwjCRzJwIAJLja26T6j3hAxR4VN9VN5QhH9XMIAIZuGGluc/s1600/item8.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.09_grey_gardens.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A part of the large kitchen is given over to a sitting area, comfortably appointed with a trio of sofas upholstered in Brunschwig and Fils fabric. Pillows wrapped in Cowtan and Tout flowered cotton, and in patchwork, lend contrast. The stove—a new one—resembles the antique version it replaced."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sally Quinn.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2009-05/grey_gardens_article" target="_blank">Clues From the Past</a>"</span></div><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (December 1984).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbNE70pVz43sHEPRkis05BdnOuSdy_32rs7cHO0daUSk85oZl6s0lL5MthIpt4whqR0N78vBMO7c3vZfiZo9T5o14DNGCgOKaqGzwxlT5ko4O0MI1UcZSQDv9-gc_vbEDryR_NtE3vtQ/s1600/27789250.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIbNE70pVz43sHEPRkis05BdnOuSdy_32rs7cHO0daUSk85oZl6s0lL5MthIpt4whqR0N78vBMO7c3vZfiZo9T5o14DNGCgOKaqGzwxlT5ko4O0MI1UcZSQDv9-gc_vbEDryR_NtE3vtQ/s1600/27789250.JPG" width="430" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Ms. Quinn recalled that after Little Edie put the house on the market for $220,000, she turned down several potential buyers, fearing they would tear it down and build something new. 'I walked in and said "this is the most beautiful house I've ever seen," And she said, 'it's yours,' Ms. Quinn said. Then she did this little pirouette in the hall of the house, put her hands up in the air and said 'All it needs is a coat of paint!' " </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo: Courtesy of Sally Quinn.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/04/17/garden/20090417-insidegreygardens_3.html" target="_blank">Reinventing Grey Gardens: A Drawn-Out Drama in Itself</a>" by Julie Scelfo.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 15, 2009).</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrStrYIBSMDCWmgHWuieqXkYlNT4-kemlCVUIiLeYHr4Z2AljCJVRD2YarZuCnzmc0JvWRzIB8LDafT3CSgpgcvbeXZg85gZ6xvzdae9XSEjPSf4CLSORyn4Zbx3BsTJuWdtCZj1ZCCWo/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.10_grey_gardens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrStrYIBSMDCWmgHWuieqXkYlNT4-kemlCVUIiLeYHr4Z2AljCJVRD2YarZuCnzmc0JvWRzIB8LDafT3CSgpgcvbeXZg85gZ6xvzdae9XSEjPSf4CLSORyn4Zbx3BsTJuWdtCZj1ZCCWo/s1600/item9.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.10_grey_gardens.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The master bedroom is brightened by quilts from Sally Quinn’s extensive collection. The bed—from the attic."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sally Quinn.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<span id="goog_989610699"></span><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2009-05/grey_gardens_article" target="_blank">Clues From the Past</a><span id="goog_989610700"></span>"</span></div><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (December 1984).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6f_jb8eA-U3xEfvgtZoIruFPFFsOW3c8v8f0BwEOrGNCnCg7TV9FiqCNsJhKRPglCZ-SXieMTMTvz3xBymBdGVv8eyZmjlsXViWKE7_h44Dz1MLfEmjq39jqw2hRTqeDFj4K6p2Mblo/s1600/2009-06-16-greygardens3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6f_jb8eA-U3xEfvgtZoIruFPFFsOW3c8v8f0BwEOrGNCnCg7TV9FiqCNsJhKRPglCZ-SXieMTMTvz3xBymBdGVv8eyZmjlsXViWKE7_h44Dz1MLfEmjq39jqw2hRTqeDFj4K6p2Mblo/s1600/2009-06-16-greygardens3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grey Gardens.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-henry-adams/meeting-the-maysles-grey_b_216549.html" target="_blank">Meeting the Maysles: Grey Gardens Comes to Harlem</a>" by Michael Henry Adams.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Huffington Post (July 17, 2009).</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05uvYvfpIF1SAQ1rD7ODtK_MRmDtuUgFbO344HBJo9KlyIl5kFEMREdTLigwkW2p5N25sZKcrQTLs4l6JNFbJ2q-5abMaNC9obrIf-Ah3xGAj_cZl2XTsjm7sVLrnjQHaPEAsV_nNZJg/s1600/item10.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.11_grey_gardens+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh05uvYvfpIF1SAQ1rD7ODtK_MRmDtuUgFbO344HBJo9KlyIl5kFEMREdTLigwkW2p5N25sZKcrQTLs4l6JNFbJ2q-5abMaNC9obrIf-Ah3xGAj_cZl2XTsjm7sVLrnjQHaPEAsV_nNZJg/s1600/item10.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.11_grey_gardens+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"When the secret garden was finally cleared of debris, it revealed, says Sally Quinn, 'wonderful zany stucco Italianate walls, with a rotting pergola and a crumbling thatch-roofed cottage.' ”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sally Quinn.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2009-05/grey_gardens_article" target="_blank">Clues From the Past</a>"</span></div><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (December 1984).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1C_IpN3StQm6WZGleIhVeh0UX77Vy-cTip1VUcsuM6eJVDcEpOVcbKOYyTLcX2iuOLfa6fquBymrksSZ3v_F8CO0C1TgxM6IkKtwmXaAcY9BFh8pLhJ8H8x7eXzl66eMx06fGsKKDaI/s1600/2009-06-16-grey_gardens1920s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1C_IpN3StQm6WZGleIhVeh0UX77Vy-cTip1VUcsuM6eJVDcEpOVcbKOYyTLcX2iuOLfa6fquBymrksSZ3v_F8CO0C1TgxM6IkKtwmXaAcY9BFh8pLhJ8H8x7eXzl66eMx06fGsKKDaI/s1600/2009-06-16-grey_gardens1920s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grey Gardens.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-henry-adams/meeting-the-maysles-grey_b_216549.html" target="_blank">Meeting the Maysles: Grey Gardens Comes to Harlem</a>" by Michael Henry Adams.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/" target="_blank">The Huffington Post</a> (July 17, 2009).</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk34bTKuiiZ059NIZy4NvXagNwNK2lzhxFHoYksFydnkIv_7ThTex0-ZOVnQ2v0INjaPAuOGrYBDNZTE-3oLlHy8CxmBoZU16DbZLVs9KOLrtJ7RJTaYBlP2FH_NHiJBWMKnZjXCdHJ9c/s1600/item11.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.12_grey_gardens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk34bTKuiiZ059NIZy4NvXagNwNK2lzhxFHoYksFydnkIv_7ThTex0-ZOVnQ2v0INjaPAuOGrYBDNZTE-3oLlHy8CxmBoZU16DbZLVs9KOLrtJ7RJTaYBlP2FH_NHiJBWMKnZjXCdHJ9c/s1600/item11.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.12_grey_gardens.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“ 'It took cranes to lift bulldozers inside the wall—once we found it—to accomplish the clearing,' says Quinn. 'The garden, of course, was the whole point of the house, the reason for its name, even though we have to take the previous owner’s word for it that it even existed.' ”</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sally Quinn.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2009-05/grey_gardens_article" target="_blank">Clues From the Past</a>"</span></div><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (December 1984).</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQo2V6f4rBhXh2AufCNdw8Io3d-7eEy1NTLXQHUwBHCPlhDhJreDA38DqVMvnZTbLihawghFXIH_3C1mBprkSnKIU_rFBian1rC9Z-rynPeradp5Ah4bd7LaIVA0O-3Ta4C2qbNuFd0g/s1600/item12.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.13_grey_gardens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQo2V6f4rBhXh2AufCNdw8Io3d-7eEy1NTLXQHUwBHCPlhDhJreDA38DqVMvnZTbLihawghFXIH_3C1mBprkSnKIU_rFBian1rC9Z-rynPeradp5Ah4bd7LaIVA0O-3Ta4C2qbNuFd0g/s1600/item12.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.13_grey_gardens.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Now, years later, the garden flourishes; the pergola is a pleasant refuge, and the rebuilt thatch-roofed cottage is a child’s playhouse." </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Peter Vitale.</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Sally Quinn.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2009-05/grey_gardens_article" target="_blank">Clues From the Past</a>"</span></div><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (December 1984).</span><br /><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjx0Uc2FZUR_fy4ukLzBVIqRVld6kq8Qf7zm52KLFgHEU_TqwCSqTGIw-c8VBmw-3E6uP5mSB7Ohcps_JuS-8xb_SyxTNPLxiWqDVxo0KFwJVH9t0bFeismh_oA6a2An44o62645DD4M/s1600/16grey-600+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjx0Uc2FZUR_fy4ukLzBVIqRVld6kq8Qf7zm52KLFgHEU_TqwCSqTGIw-c8VBmw-3E6uP5mSB7Ohcps_JuS-8xb_SyxTNPLxiWqDVxo0KFwJVH9t0bFeismh_oA6a2An44o62645DD4M/s1600/16grey-600+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Grey Gardens, in views from the house to the ocean, has come far since Benjamin C. Bradlee and Sally Quinn bought it in 1979. They added a pool, and after overgrowth was cleared, hired Victoria Fensterer who planted hydrangea and juniper."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/garden/16greygardens.html?_r=1&" target="_blank">Reinventing Grey Gardens: A Drawn-Out Drama in Itself</a>" by Julie Scelfo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> (April 15, 2009).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitEP62ogcKSJOhJyQwEENpoJJzdWrEW9csgim3IZjtuSoq4yn1n78GTlZ_3FCP2zAW6kZTbp0Ttcqk34ljYtxbm0248jxPJN0OJ3XRMTLlVGc85De7NrodoN90rskgF3ZxtvGS_Y4xul0/s1600/81f19a04e56ba9c40929452ef3d2afd8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitEP62ogcKSJOhJyQwEENpoJJzdWrEW9csgim3IZjtuSoq4yn1n78GTlZ_3FCP2zAW6kZTbp0Ttcqk34ljYtxbm0248jxPJN0OJ3XRMTLlVGc85De7NrodoN90rskgF3ZxtvGS_Y4xul0/s1600/81f19a04e56ba9c40929452ef3d2afd8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As of February 1, 2013, Grey Gardens was available for rent for the months of June and July for $125,000. The Bradlees spent each August at the Hamptons home. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grey Gardens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via "<a href="http://hamptons.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/01/enjoy_another_summer_in_a_summer_town_at_grey_gardens.php" target="_blank">Enjoy Another Summer in a Summer Town at Grey Gardens</a>" by Nick Leighton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://hamptons.curbed.com/" target="_blank">Curbed Hamptons</a> (February 1, 2013).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Qz0YbDo4vKMQSJAuCbnFS1BVrkBoY_gNw768GF5tqKSKsMVOCV-HOvCBo5Dlh-TUVcf4cynMoEf_3Di_avNFq_yEkQWAYtBYvcy5OeXp-N4y2tSKEFnFyxG967URbiPOhyphenhyphen0XluSHjMI/s1600/ebede097c787c53127a24cd0c40a399a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Qz0YbDo4vKMQSJAuCbnFS1BVrkBoY_gNw768GF5tqKSKsMVOCV-HOvCBo5Dlh-TUVcf4cynMoEf_3Di_avNFq_yEkQWAYtBYvcy5OeXp-N4y2tSKEFnFyxG967URbiPOhyphenhyphen0XluSHjMI/s1600/ebede097c787c53127a24cd0c40a399a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As of February 1, 2013, Grey Gardens was available for rent for the months of June and July for $125,000. The Bradlees spent each August at the Hamptons home. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grey Gardens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grey Gardens.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via "<a href="http://hamptons.curbed.com/archives/2013/02/01/enjoy_another_summer_in_a_summer_town_at_grey_gardens.php" target="_blank">Enjoy Another Summer in a Summer Town at Grey Gardens</a>" by Nick Leighton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://hamptons.curbed.com/" target="_blank">Curbed Hamptons</a> (February 1, 2013).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO7R_Y1JoI6UvNbfz0iaDfMVs4H_R6OKhWFZy60IqUt7MEaiDt-wkHSizODaWQDAL2n00U9tn6dthyWxsVBYFW70HY2_v09fuTczhiJHPRn6AAp57DnpGerI2Ne37LyngXtezbAANbnBk/s1600/86ff2a02cc088a23c32ab391bc3bfc0e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO7R_Y1JoI6UvNbfz0iaDfMVs4H_R6OKhWFZy60IqUt7MEaiDt-wkHSizODaWQDAL2n00U9tn6dthyWxsVBYFW70HY2_v09fuTczhiJHPRn6AAp57DnpGerI2Ne37LyngXtezbAANbnBk/s1600/86ff2a02cc088a23c32ab391bc3bfc0e.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ben Bradlee - sitting on what appears to be the wicker furniture of his Hamptons home, Grey Gardens.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo via <i>The Washington Post</i>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ben-bradlee-legendary-washington-post-editor-dies-at-93/2014/10/21/3e4cc1fc-c59c-11df-8dce-7a7dc354d1b1_story.html" target="_blank">Ben Bradlee, Legendary Washington Post Editor, Dies at 93</a>" by Robert G. Kaiser.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/" target="_blank">The Washington Post</a> (October 21, 2014).</span></div>

Grey Gardens

Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, died October 21st at his Washington, D.C. home of natural causes. News of his death reminded me of Grey Gardens, the Hamptons home that Mr. Bradlee and his wife Sally Quinn bought and restored.Few homes evoke as much fascination as Grey Gardens . . .  […

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