Tag: rhode
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March 09, 2008 12:01 AM EST --
When he was growing up, my son, Gabe, always requested the same dinner on his birthday: lasagna and mashed potatoes. These days we skip the mashed potatoes, but still honor the tradition.Forget the gifts; . . . more
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July 31, 2007 10:54 PM EDT --
Today I went off the island (Newport is on an island in Narragansett Bay called Aquidneck Island) to go walk the East Bay Bike Path. This was built on an old abandoned local short rail railroad, and it . . . more
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February 23, 2008 08:54 PM EST --
The other day when I was with Roy Hilbinger, on our way back from Sekonnet Point Lighthouse, we chanced to stop at a tiny, quaint coffee house, The Coastal Roasters , in Tiverton, Rhode Island. . . . more
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March 29, 2008 04:02 PM EDT --
On Tuesday, March 4, I traveled with another woman, Becky and her daughter, Premay, to Rhode Island to help with the primary campaign of Sen. Obama. We arrived after a 1 & 1/2 hour drive to . . . more
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May 02, 2006 04:47 PM EDT --
Teri Hatcher is on Oprah, talking about her uncle, Richard Stone, who molested her when she was a child.
This is not Teri's first discussion of the sexual abuse. She came forward in Vanity Fair . . . more
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October 25, 2006 04:06 PM EDT --
While I was fixing up my coffee in the work cafeteria today I saw something I have not seen in years. In the big refrigerated milk/cream dispenser sat a little half pint of Coffee Milk. I think this may . . . more
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March 14, 2007 10:04 AM EDT --
Recently in a New Bedford purse factory, 300+ illegal immigrants were detained and shipped out. Many of them have children in this area. WPRI, Rhode Island has been running an interactive story, and . . . more
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September 29, 2007 10:45 PM EDT --
Today at the Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown, Rhode Island we went to the Annual Fall Festival with fellow Gatherite Roy Hilbinger. Last night when I got home from school I found an email from . . . more
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February 24, 2008 04:48 PM EST --
"Roy, shit, right now I could do with a nice hot cup of java to warm this old body!" my teeth chattered as we drove away from Sakonnet Point Lighthouse. It was a frigid, windy day in February…. . . . more
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June 12, 2008 01:12 PM EDT --
I will be staying home for the most part. I will be doing a few free/lowcost toddler friendly activities. We're broke right now and I'm home with my one year old. I'm . . . more
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July 06, 2006 03:20 PM EDT --
Last night I was able to explore Newport for the first time in many years. We were looking for a place that my parents and my grandmother would all be happy with eating at. It was only 5pm and most of . . . more
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November 26, 2006 12:09 PM EST --
An interesting conundrum for states that border Mass that I first read about on cnn.com. If a couple is married there and your state has been silent on gay marriage, how do you handle a gay divorce? . . . more
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May 08, 2006 05:52 AM EDT --
Last Thursday night, Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy ran through a police barricade at 3am in Washington DC. He claims no recognition of the events that happened. Police officers on the scene . . . more
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July 22, 2006 01:24 PM EDT --
On February 20, 2003, Great White was performing at a club called The Station in Warwick, R.I. At 11 p.m., Great White took the stage. Shortly thereafter, the band's tour manager, Daniel . . . more
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May 02, 2007 11:49 AM EDT --
Have you ever wished you had help doing work that you really didn't want to do and not have to pay the people who helped? In some places you can actually do that. In Lynn, Massachusetts . . . more
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August 19, 2007 06:36 AM EDT --
On Thursday Papa, Nick, my lifelong friend from college and myself ventured down to Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge in Middletown, R.I. to do some hiking by the sea. When we arrived we were surprised . . . more
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March 05, 2008 10:07 AM EST --
Last night (March 4, 2008) voters were out in force in Vermont, Rhode Island, Texas and Ohio. Although the official numbers barely budged, Senator Clinton is claiming a victorious night. The delegate . . . more
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June 11, 2008 01:46 PM EDT --
Have any of you just had a mystery plant appear in your garden? It is the only one and has been for awhile now, so it doesn't readily seed out. This grass is not something I have noticed . . . more
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May 28, 2007 12:05 PM EDT --
What happens in Newpolo Beach, stays in Newpolo Beach. Muffy opened the hotel window and popped the champagne cork out to the harbor, clear to the Atlantic.
Muffy took Lenora aside, knowing Lenora had . . . more
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March 11, 2008 04:15 PM EDT --
This analogy is one of the many ways Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations used to describe the community of religious freedom and tolerance he founded. Williams, . . . more
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