This year so far has given us snow, rain, more rain and grey skies. RI doesn’t get the promised four seasons. Growing up, it was a joke that our seasons are autumn, winter, half winter, roadwork, summer. Really though, it’s all just roadwork. In the hopes that summer weather will soon be here, I have compiled […]
Congratulations! You have survived another long, cold winter and wet, rainy spring. Now it’s festival season! RI offers an abundance of festivals, for all ages and interests. Family fun, music, foodies, cultural – RI has it all! Providence’s art, culture and culinary communities come together each year to kick off summer with PVDFest. Hosted by […]
Goodbye – and Good Riddance Phillipe and Jorge were sad to see that Newport’s most famous gigolo, Claus von Bulow, popped his clogs the other day at age 96. Not because if there was a God, the alleged murdering s.o.b. should have died long ago, but because he was a source of vast entertainment and […]
We conducted an informal poll of the kids in our lives to find out what they plan to do with what will be, as one child assured us with fists raised triumphantly, “The best. Summer. Ever!!” Surprisingly, 41% of those who responded to our poll also stated their belief that Elmo should be impeached. Check out […]
Nostalgia for the lazy days of childhood. Fear that summer brain drain will put your kid at the end of the class come September. Theories conflict, heart and mind clashes — what’s an overworked, stressed out parent madly in love with their brood to do to make the most of one of 18 short summers […]
Humans are capable creatures, our purpose a hell-bent need for creation. We crave progress, we strive for prosperity, we work for success, we live for today. Yet along our journey, we make mistakes, have regrets, bump up against the inevitable. But this is the beautiful part of being alive – it’s not what was or […]
We Rhode Islanders proudly boast of our home when talking to out-of-staters, and one of our favorite things to talk about is the multitude of culinary options in the state. This year, CVS will once again help us celebrate RI’s many restaurants and food businesses. The CVS Health Charity Classic, which includes a golf tournament, is […]
Aries: A very busy period for you with much running around, multi-tasking and gaining knowledge that exposes you to experiences that are new, different and have a foreign flavor. You find romance and money-making opportunities in your immediate neighborhood. Conversation veers toward the argumentative at times. Taurus: Temptation arrives in the form of something beautiful, and […]
“Already, though, she understood the difference between being a child and being an adult. The difference is when someone says he can keep the bad things away, a child believes him.” Joe Hill, NOS4A2 AMC, known as the launching pad for TV series like “The Walking Dead,” “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad,” is airing a […]
Rhode Island’s Harry Allen is considered one of America’s finest tenor saxophone players. Although he was born in Washington D.C., he grew up in Rhode Island, where he became an All-State Baseball player. His father, Maurice, was a big band drummer who taught his son the American Songbook and the secrets of the entertainment world. […]