photos: Mary E. Nichols
But what they like to do most is get away from it all. While they might take in a concert at Tanglewood, which is a stone’s throw away, or meander through the town on a Sunday afternoon, they are happy sitting by the fireside putting together jigsaw puzzles, snuggling up in a window seat with a good book or lounging poolside. When they have company, after drinks at the bar, which overlooks the pool, the couple and their guests are likely to end up in the billiards room, which is appointed with an elaborate mid-19th-century pool table, or they may decide to take in a movie in their home theater, whose lounge chairs seat 14. “One of their favorite spots is the fountain behind the poolhouse,” Christofi says. “It is so serene to hear the water trickling through the rocks that you can spend hours there.”  read more >