Blog Where Fiction Meets Life: A Trip to the Breakers LRR, February 15, 2019February 8, 2025 Lilia Shen, Managing Editor If I’m remembering correctly, the Vanderbilts called it the “Breakers” because when you stand on the balcony, looking over the cliff the mansion is nestled on, you can hear the sound of the ocean waves breaking on the stone walls in the distance. The sound is… Continue Reading