Category Archives: Exploring

Brimfield food vendors

Pawtucket: 1, Brimfield: 0.

I spent a morning at the Brimfield Antique Fairs this week. Weekdays are the days to go, I’m thinking. The crowds were manage­able, the parking wasn’t completely sold out, and the booths were notice­ably more full than when we went on the last day of the … Read More

Headstone closeup

More images of the Granary Burying Ground

As promised in my earlier blog post, I’ve uploaded the rest of my pictures from the Granary Burying Ground. My favorites were the ones where the stone­mason has left his guides visible, so you can see the under­lying struc­ture of the text. This one is … Read More

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Brimfield is coming!

Earlier this summer, a few of us hopped into a car and drove to western Massachusetts to attend the largest outdoor antique show in country: the Brimfield Antique Shows. A bit of back­ground: For three weeks a year, the fine town of Brimfield, Massachusetts, plays host to 5,000 antique … Read More

Tremont Street, Boston

Accidental discovery: Granary Burying Ground

I stum­bled on the Granary Burying Ground this weekend, after an ill-fated attempt to catch a ferry from the Long Wharf out to one of the many harbor islands around the Boston shore­line. Its one of those places that a tourist might know about from their guide­book, … Read More

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Somerville ArtBeat 2010

I spent an after­noon in my future neigh­bor­hood a while back, and encoun­tered the Somerville ArtBeat festival by acci­dent. Most of Davis Square was blocked off, and the streets were jam packed with food and craft vendors. One jewelry booth really caught my eye, and only partly … Read More

Lake Charles

Lake Charles

I spent a fantastic five days in Lake Charles, LA, visiting my grand­par­ents for Thanksgiving. One of the days we hopped in the car (cars, rather, since there were six of us) and drove around down­town and the lake­front area to see how the city is … Read More

Spring Break!

Well, its finally Spring Break here at RISD. My last spring break for the fore­see­able future, unless I become a professor some­where! Thesis year people are “strongly encour­aged” to stay in town for the week, which really means there will be hell to pay if we attempt … Read More

Headed down South

I am writing this blog post from the airport, waiting for general boarding to begin for my flight to Dallas for the holi­days. What a whirl­wind semester its been! I have one semester of grad­uate school left, and the combi­na­tion of finishing my thesis and starting my … Read More

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Brown 27, Cornell 7

Today I attended a good old fash­ioned ivy league foot­ball game, and luckily Brown beat Cornell at home 27 to 7, in front of a spir­ited crowd. The weather was crisp, the hot dogs deli­cious, and the foot­ball was fast-paced and enter­taining! The photo above is a panorama I made … Read More

Summer Recap: Cape Cod

I had a quin­tes­sen­tially American expe­ri­ence this summer: spending the Fourth of July on the beach in Cape Cod. I went to spend a week with the Scoobs at Cris’ family beach house, and it was a blast! As usual, we spent most of our time in a circle of … Read More

BBQ in Austin on the river

Feels like three summers already

I’ve been out of school for two months so far, and yet it feels like more than one summer’s worth of excite­ment has taken place! There was a month of recu­per­a­tion in Providence: getting back on a decent sleep schedule and hanging out with the surprising number of … Read More

Beach toy

A friend of mine was getting rid of this little beauty before she moved to a new apart­ment, and I offered to give it a new home. I am currently packing up my car to drive out to Cape Cod tomorrow morning to spend the Fourth of July with … Read More