My wife and I stayed in this little unit (that I have unofficially nicknamed “The NOOK”) for one week in mid-September, 2026. We grew up on Aquidnek Island and visit regularly from Southern California. I am 70; my wife is 68; we’re fit, active, and very familiar with all that Newport offers. The Nook is a small, very basic, perfectly located home base for visiting Newport. At first sight, it is the bare-bones approach to virtually everything you will need. In a peculiar way, this place starts to grow on you on Day 1 and is lovable in a funny kinda way by Day 2. It has a big common room that includes a tiny kitchen with a small (not tiny) very workable refrigerator, a small (very workable) oven and stove, with too few pans if you plan to cook in all week, with eating utensils that are too basic, too old, and too few (but also workable), barely enough plates at only three, but happily four wine glasses because you are on vacation. One genuinely peculiar aspect of the unit is the small bathroom’s big stand-up shower. To navigate yourself into the two-shower-head shower, think about how one traverses a narrow church pew in a 100-year-old New England church: three sideward shuffles with your back against a wall, and you’ll be in and getting wet - and by the time you’ve taken two showers, you’ll have a smirk on your face and a giggle in your head because, now, getting into the shower is a small, quirky reminder that you are not at home or in your own bathroom. Enjoy, We did.