Do you have a nickname? Yes! Most people call me Creeps. It comes with the territory when you scare all your friends, photo bomb everyone in existence, and build monsters/gags for a living. We have to know more about this job! I am a freelance makeup artist/costume builder. I do a lot of beauty and […]
Aries: You’re entering a busy period where you find yourself dealing with troublesome neighbors, talkative friends and disruptions in your routine. Throw that plan or schedule out the window and go with the flow. Expect some opposition to your new and innovative ideas. Use charm and diplomacy to get your point across. Taurus: The big question […]
After a number of years as part of the August Foo Fest, the Rhode Island Mini-Maker Faire (MMF) is moving to the June PVD Fest, still in close collaboration with local arts collective AS220. Among other changes, the move allows MMF to expand its hours; the event now runs from 1 – 8pm on Saturday, June […]
Shosha, a hip, urban clothing company from Providence, is run by a 28-year-old who goes by the name of Lex Effects. Her company creates strictly comfy, everyday wear for youths and young adults who are going after their goals. Lex learned graphic design in college, but was always into designing. Even in high school she […]
Ethan Plante’s passion is to educate people to help them lead healthy lives through mind, body and (especially) spirit. His massage roller, the P-Knot, is his tool. Massage rollers have become a popular staple at the gym (it’s rare that I don’t see someone using a roller while I’m there), and there are all sorts […]
Let’s address the elephant in the cabana. Pasta Beach is a … peculiar name. Pasta Beach opened its long-awaited Wayland Square location in August 2016 and, for more than a year beforehand, I puzzled at the paper signs covering the upcoming restaurant’s windows: “Pasta Beach.” They weren’t two words I’d ever thought to pair together […]
aquarianrants.blogspot.com Forecast Period: May 4, 2017 to May 17, 2017 Aries: A challenge to your belief system surfaces when what you thought was written in stone was actually written in sand. Someone enters your life providing answers to some big questions. You’re equipped now to juggle a lot of new ideas. From the inner world […]
Opened: Juice’d Cafe has squeezed open a second location on Thames St in Newport. fb.com/juicedcafe “A new Greek concept in heart of downcity, from the owners of Rosalina,” has opened at 250 Westminster St PVD. We’re sure this place will have a name – and a review – soon. fb.com/kleospvd A new […]
Wind energy is all it’s blown up to be. States like Texas and Oklahoma know wind to be a viable and powerful source of renewable energy, and have been tapping into it on their plains and prairies for decades. Rhode Island, being a bit short on plains and prairies inventory, took the best route […]
Simply reading the 77-page decision by the Rhode Island Supreme Court provides a thorough and authoritative tutorial to the exercise in backroom politics that lies behind the approval of the Deepwater Wind “demonstration project” off Block Island. It’s all there: how the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) initially found that the agreement to sell wind power […]