The results are in… Providence scores HIGH!
October 7, 2009 by Mike Ritz
Filed under Art & Culture, Food & Drink, Places
The people have voted and Travel + Leisure has published the results. Providence scored high in many categories. It probably comes as no surprise that our food and airport are getting top ranks.
I HEART PROVIDENCE: The People’s Confessions
March 29, 2009 by Mike Ritz
Filed under Art & Culture, Events, Family, Government, Organizations, People, Places
I HEART PROVIDENCE: The People’s Confessions from Mike Ritz on Vimeo.
Those of us who live in Providence already know how great our capitol is. Now is the time to share that love with the rest of the world…to attract others who understand our creative will, friendly community, and appreciation for personal liberty and independent thought. Showing others our great city will bring opportunity. We welcome newcomers who share our vision and bring ingenuity and innovative ideas that meld into our community consciousness. We are the smallest state in the country, but we have the BIGGEST heart.
“The People’s Confessions” is a free online video that we encourage everyone to link to and upload to as many websites and online forums as possible. Saturate the internet with our Providence love. Have visitors coming from out-of-state? Send them our video. Have co-workers, family, and friends around the world? Send them our video. “The People’s Confessions” is Providence’s business card – distribute it.
WE HEART PROVIDENCE!
Owen Johnson & Mike Ritz
Message from Mayor Cicilline on March 10, 2009
March 10, 2009 by Mike Ritz
Filed under Government, People
“In these particularly difficult economic times, I am more certain than ever that it [my decision] is the right one. Today I am declaring my candidacy for reelection as Mayor of our great city.”
“We have achieved a great deal in the past six years – maybe more than many of us expected — but the job is not done and we are in the midst of a serious financial crisis. It is not a time to change focus. I hope you will take a few minutes to review the statement I recorded about my decision by clicking the link or image below. As always, thank you for your devotion to our important work on behalf of Providence.”
On Being Outdoors in Wintry Providence
January 25, 2009 by Susan Korte
Filed under Environment
January 20, 2009, more than two million people spent the day in 20-degree weather and lived to tell the tale ~ and what a tale! What a day! What a sight, to see about twice the population of the state of Rhode Island standing on or near the National Mall during the inauguration of President Obama. No one minded, or at least, folks put the cold out of mind and let their hearts and bodies be warmed by the day’s events. Did anyone get frostbite? Aren’t they glad they were there? Isn’t the memory of that day and their presence in Washington, DC, worth standing for hours in the cold? Two million people would say yes.
So what are we doing inside TODAY? We don’t need a special event or invitation to get outside and enjoy the day. It may even be a bit warmer than yesterday in DC. Are you going for a walk? I’m reluctant to get out there when it’s so icy on the city sidewalks, but the roads in the parks are clear and not too distant. Why don’t I just go over to Roger Willliams Park and take a walk? There are 10 miles of roads there. North Burial Ground is a Providence Parks Department responsibility and it’s closer to me. I can walk there, and it also has 10 miles of roads within it. Cemeteries often have cleared their roads of snow and are beautiful places to walk.
By the way, THANK YOU to all my wonderful neighbors who help me shovel the snow and who shovel their own walks! Way to Go!
And with all this snow there’s sledding! We have lots more snow today than when I took this photo of sledders in Roger Williams Park last week, so it could be even more fun than these folks were having. Make your own memories and have a great time! There’s cross-country skiing, there’s ice skating if the ponds freeze hard enough. RI DEM provides ice safety information for Lincoln Woods, Goddard and Meshanticut State Parks on its 24-hour Ice Information telephone line, 222-2632. They advise us to contact local recreation departments for skating opportunities and conditions in individual communities since DEM does not monitor ice conditions in local communities.
If you do want an invitation to the outdoors, though, check the Outdoors Calendar on the unfinished redesign of What Grows On in Rhode Island! I have been working on a reorganization of the information in The Providential Gardener and What Grows On in Rhode Island to make them more useful, but there’s still a lot to do. It’s keeping me from writing posts for the Providential Gardener. Other Rhode Islanders are writing on other websites, though. You can see there are some news feeds on my test website from various local and national environmental groups…. This aggregated set of feeds is incomplete, to say the least, but it gives a taste of what’s to come.
[Originally published on The Providential Gardener]
Tini Review
December 28, 2008 by Mike Ritz
Filed under Food & Drink, Restaurants
Staff friendly. Food good. Drinks good. Place: Tini’s.
Tini’s
200 Washington Street
Providence, RI 02909
401.383.3400