I first saw the add for the Roger Williams Park Zoo’s Jack O’Lantern Spectacular in Motif Magazine’s Halloween issue. I was looking up activities for high schoolers (as part of my job), and when I did a Google search to find out more details, I found THE COOLEST PICTURES EVER IN THE WORLD. I’ve always had … Continue reading The Coolest Pumpkin Display You’ll Ever See
Public transportation is a weird thing. I use it regularly whenever the weather is not conducive to walking to work, or I’m in a hurry. (Now that I moved to my current apartment and I’m farther from my office, the four-mile walk is –perhaps— a bit excessive, but WALKING IS AWESOME. And someday I can … Continue reading Public Transportation Isn’t ALL Bad
KITCHEN. This is the spot where Ruth and I chose to have brunch this past Sunday during her visit from New Hampshire. Ruth and I go back to my grad school days. We worked together at Jessie’s Restaurant in Hanover, and I haven’t seen her since my ex-boyfriend and I tried to sneak her into Happy Hour at Murphy’s and they … Continue reading Once Upon a Brunch
Bus stations are great fodder for writing because the strangest human beings are there. In fact, it was near the Providence city center bus station that I had an awkward exchange a few weeks ago. I was with a girl I know from Roswell. She attends graduate school at Harvard and came to visit Providence, … Continue reading Travel Diaries Begin Again
Ten Confessions 1) I keep hearing pitter-pattering above my head, and I’m hoping it’s squirrels on the roof and not a family of mice inside the ceiling (this is not a “confession” as much as a current event.) 2) I went to Barnes and Noble today with the intention of buying gifts for … Continue reading Ten Confessions
They Call Me Fushilou 