Blogs from Providence, Rhode Island, United States, North America

I generally do not post a travel blog when we are at home, however, this is the exception that makes the rule. Providence has a long art history and one of the unique events that is held every year is called Waterfire. Because of Covid they were unable to have the annual lighting last year. This year they were able to bring it back. Waterfire is best described as a moving art exhibit. The main lighting happens in the water plaza where there is a small stadium built into the landscape. From there it is a series of cauldrons filled with cedar and lit on fire. This is all done along a stretch of the river that runs through Providence. Music is also piped along the way. We watched the main lighting then walked along the ... read more

This will again be a short entry, not much to blog about when your looking at apartments most of the day. It will be so short, I am actually typing this directly into the blog. My normal pattern is to type the entry in Word, so I can spell check and get my formatting the way I want it. This is the first time since I started blogging in Thailand that I have done it in this free hand way. The day began the same as yesterday, breakfast at the hotel, (eggs didn't need salt and the potatoes were not overly salty). From there it was off to the first of our two apartments for the day. All I really need to say, is that we have found the place we want to live. A great ... read more

The day started early, first alarm when off at 6 the second at 6:30. But we were both awake before then, not because we couldn’t sleep, as the bed was very comfortable, just because we thought it was much later when we did wake. Also, once Tarragon senses any chance you might be a wake, it becomes all about him and needing to be paid attention to. Not that he did not spend most of the night stretched out between us at the end of the king (Tarragon) sized bed. First order of business was a shower then making some coffee. Since we are at a Homewood Suites, they all have mini kitchen’s so you have pretty much everything you need at your fingertips. After showers and coffee, and much petting of Tarragon we went down ... read more

We had the hotel breakfast buffet again and then left Vivian with Nana and Grandpa at the hotel since they wanted to do some laundry. It worked out great because Steve and Tory could goto Brown again and take Nathan and Rosie. They first went to Brown St. Park and met up with Steve’s old football friend, Jarrod Lynn, and 2 of his boys that were age 2 and 4. Jarrod stayed at Brown after graduating and has been running AIA, Athletes In Action, the Christian Ministry for the Sports at Brown University for around 15 years. Next, everyone went over to the Atheltic Complex and Jarrod's 4-year old Wesley and Nathan had a blast running circles around the big green area. Jarrod with familiar with the sports complex, so he helped show us the new ... read more

A very early morning For Rosie allowed Steve and Grandpa to take her out of the room and down for breakfast so her loud excitement would not wake up Tory and Nathan. After breakfast, Rosie went back and played with Nana in the other room, which was a huge lifesaver several times during the trip. This allowed Steve to go back to bed as he, Tory, and Nathan caught up on sleep until about 9:30. Since Rosie woke up so early she was able to an early nap, so Steve, Tory, Vivian, and Nathan decided it would be a great day to go out and visit Brown, Steve’s old college alma mater. Before heading to Brown the group stopped to get Tory some breakfast at Wendy’s and some beach toys at The Dollar Tree store for ... read more