Taylor Swift's New Neighborhood

Taylor Swift's New Digs

Celebrity sightings are not unheard of along our stretch of pricey shoreline, and the Watch Hill section of Westerly just added a big name to its list of property owners.   Pop and country sensation Taylor Swift plunked down over 17 million dollars in cold hard cash to purchase a huge beachfront mansion on five acres.    That deal was negotiated down from an asking price of $20 million, but I still would've loved to have been her realtor.    This is kind of a big deal to locals, but I have to wonder how much time many celebrities even get to enjoy a luxury home when they're so busy touring or making the gossip columns.     Although Watch Hill is slightly off the beaten path, a prominent estate like this is not likely to provide a lot of privacy in this village of small shops.    I guess if Katherine Hepburn could escape the media spotlight spending so much of her later life in Old Saybrook, then perhaps Taylor Swift can get away from the paparazzi during her time in Watch Hill... but I doubt it.