Oakland Beach is a nearby neighborhood on the water, with a beach no less! There are several restaurants and a small Warwick City Park. Every Tuesday evening a large number of old and new cars drive to Oakland Beach. They take their positions in the middle of the small park for everyone to enjoy the vehicles, the beach, listen to old music, and … [Read more...]
A Cookout and a …
Since our visit to the American Girl store for lunch, we have continued to enjoy the visit of our girls. We watched movies, they went to visit with friends to the beach, and yesterday we had a few friends for a cookout. Jim Janecek and Carol, Jim Turner and Mary, and Dennis came, unfortunately, Chris could not come with Dennis and we missed … [Read more...]
Elif and Mina in RI
The week started with the Fathers Day which greeted me with a couple of lovely roses Jan picked up for me from the back yard. In addition to their great look, the scent was delightful. The next day late afternoon Elif and Mina arrived to spend a couple of weeks with us. As is our habit, we went to Rigatoni's for supper and returned home after a … [Read more...]
Gallery Hopping In Providence
The third Thursday of every month is the Gallery Night in Providence. All the galleries stay open and open to the public for their viewing pleasure. There is free bus service to take gallery hoppers from one location to the next. They even provide docents that guide the visiting public through the galleries. It was a gallery night on May 19, 2016, … [Read more...]
Looking Into The Past
Automobiles of the past were icons of passion, admiration, and affection. My visit to the Audrain Automobile Museum in Newport confirmed and reinforced this thought; the design and lines of the cars explained the main reason behind it. The short story: They were gorgeous! They were Cars, we now drive cars, vehicles and the current crop generally … [Read more...]
Dinner and Ice Cream
Yesterday we went to Efendi's restaurant for dinner. He opened a new place a couple of years after closing the one he operated for quite some time. This one is on Atwells Avenue in Cranston and is a smaller place than the previous one. The flair of the place is still the same. We decided to share a calamari and Caprese salad with tomatoes and … [Read more...]
Summer of 2015 with Mina and Elif
Elif and Mina came for a visit on August 10, 2015 for ten days. Mina has grown quite a bit, she has shed her childish form and assumed a young girl appearance. The weather has been quite hot, so we all try to stay indoors with the AC on except for some limited outings. Our first excursion was to visit the American Girl doll store in Natick mall, … [Read more...]
Flowers of Summer
Flowers are perennial photographic subjects, I started the season a couple of weeks ago when Jim and I decided to visit the fields of lotus. While waiting for him to pick me up I started with our front yard. Stalks of Liatris had turned purple already with the rest creating a sea of texture. The most prominent flower in the yard is the huge spread … [Read more...]
Ceramica Botanica
Roger Williams Park Botanical Garden had a great exhibit, Ceramica Botanica, featuring various sized ceramic art from a gigantic Manscape to often difficult to locate gnomes in between plants. Jan and I visited the exhibit last Friday and managed to see it a few days before it closed. The largest piece was Manscape, a gigantic ceramic piece … [Read more...]
Pierced Ears
Today Mina decided to use one of the gifts Santa brought to her and get her ears pierced. She wanted all of us to go to the place, with a little apprehension but a good deal of interest. I told them I would drive them to Warwick Mall where the ear-piercing place was but wanted no part of the actual piercing. I saw them enter the mall through the … [Read more...]