The veteran population of Rhode Island is just over 70,000, a sizeable community for a state with just over 1 million residents. But according to the Housing Assistance Council, approximately 13,000 of those veterans live in what the council describes as, “homes with one or more major problems of quality, crowding or cost.” And that […]
If you were downtown this Saturday night, you may have noticed that the roaring post-pandemic times we were promised seem to have arrived in Providence. Correction. We are not post-pandemic. We may never be post-pandemic. But with the weather reaching summer highs and restrictions falling by the wayside, this weekend seemed to invite everyone to […]
Hi Spyce, I work for a company with offices all over the country, and since the pandemic and Zoom meetings, I have been meeting people in other offices who aren’t in my area. I really hit it off with one of my co-workers who lives about 1,500 miles away, and we have started chatting outside […]
If you were downtown this weekend, you may have noticed her walking through Kennedy Plaza wearing a dress worth thousands of dollars. The dress was inherited. Her mother had it in a closet for years, and she told me that it was never intended to be worn. “You know what an heirloom is? It’s an […]
If you drove by an accident in Providence on a chilly Saturday night a few weeks ago, you might not realize it was caused by a squirrel. “They’re all over the neighborhood. I don’t know what’s going on. I don’t know if they’re multiplying more because of the pandemic or what, but something’s gotta be […]
If you read this column every week, you might have the same question they had for me: “So how much of it is real?” My first in-person interview in a while was taking place outdoors during one of the warmer nights of the month with a fellow creative writer. The bar was busy. The rapid […]
If you’ve looked at my social media recently, then I should probably apologize to you. Just, you know, in general. But if you went looking for photos of ice cream and bubble waffles, then I probably didn’t let you down. Like just about everybody else in the state, I have found myself addicted to Kow […]
If you had asked me when I was younger what my least favorite thing to do on a Saturday was, it would be the day, every other month, when my mother would force my stepfather to take me to get a haircut. We would go to a place in Providence that was something like Purgatory, […]
One of my favorite things about Rhode Island is simply this: We all know each other. Whenever I’m telling someone from out-of-state what it’s like, I always say, the usual, great food, so many things to do, beautiful, and of course that when it comes to social circles, we’re basically one great big game of […]
If you get invited to one of their get-togethers, it’s a good idea to bring something that’ll keep you occupied. “It’s not that you’re not allowed to talk, we just don’t require it.” The idea came to them in a group text. A joke about what it’s like being introverts who still crave socialization and […]