Thanks to the efforts of many folks, The ban on public charter schools in Rhode Island is over.
Mayors in the state of Rhode Island will now be able to apply to open public charter schools in partnership with non-profit organizations such as Democracy Prep, KIPP, Achievement First, and others.
Read more about this historic event […]

Thanx to the Journal of the Red Chicken Jet Set for providing to all us underlings the news of the Concierge Condos in the Westin. I was especially happy to learn of the superlative services offered to our well healed Westinites – maid service, valet, you name it! But you’ll have to excuse […]

Or, maybe he just loves RISD Students.
A series of photobooks is available from Todd sometime in June and the Prov-centric-Home Studio Home  has an Essay written by Amy Sedaris. From the AMMO books site (where it is available for pre-order for a mere $19.95 in case you don’t know any real life RISD students well enough to take photos […]

In June of 1772 brave colonists from Rhode Island burned the British revenue schooner, HMS Gaspee, in what has become recognized as the first overt action leading to the American Revolutionary War. For the past 43 years the village of Pawtuxet, RI has commemorated this act with the annual Gaspee Days Celebration. Celebrate America’s ‘First […]

Sometimes, after a long, stress-filled week, you just need to go somewhere dark and cave-like, order a strong drink, and listen to some live, unrefined aggression, preferably while standing close enough to the amps that you can feel the bass vibrate in your sternum.
When those moments strike, you will be lucky if SweatLodge happens […]