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As we sat in the flying bridge aboard his 46-foot fishing boat, the Snappa, Charlie Donilan told me about the olden days. He began fishing here in Narrangansett Bay in 1971. “Back then, jeez, you wouldn’t believe what we’d catch. We’d come back with 200 stripers, and hundreds and hundreds […]

When Perry Raso was in high school, he discovered a way to always have walking around money. It  came from below the wet sand near his home in South Kingstown, RI. Digging clams was the way he kept his car running and his wallet full back then. Today Raso is […]

Pippi is an exotic dancer who has run away from her magic-marker sniffin’, gun totin’ beer swillin’ ex-boyfriend.  She finds refuge in Stark Florida, where a collection of trailer park characters reside, ‘on the other side of the tracks’ in Armadillo Acres. Last night I enjoyed a ribald, rauchy ride […]

“Look at that ass!  And those big hind legs!”  We were out in the middle of a grassy cowfield, pockmarked with cowpies, and farm manager Jeff Farrell was eying the merchandise, thinking of what would end up on some lucky Rhode Islander’s plates. We were  getting a close-up view of […]

Some times writers challenge us with destination stories about questionable places. Dicey places that really don’t deserve to be considered as travel destinations, but they make their case and we take a look.  I’ve been emailing with a writer from DC named Lisa Singh for a while now…her topic definitely […]

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I asked an website usability testing guru to give me her thoughts on GoNOMAD’s design. She called one section ‘A Winchester House,’ which of course led me to look up just what she meant. And it made perfect sense.  In 1830 Leonard and Sarah Pardee of New Haven had a baby […]

Peter Cancro started a sub franchise in Jersey when he was only 17. The former boy wonder was profiled today by Eileen Zimmerman in the NY Times.  I love his practical, no nonsense way of doing business. For starters, these tips… “I learned how critical the right location is for […]

A family arrives at a border crossing from Canada. “We’re on holiday,” the dad tells the daughters, while the border agent looks around the back seat of the overstuffed station wagon.  After a bit of tenseness when the older daughter remains stoic and silent, it’s ‘welcome to America,’ and we […]

I’m sitting on my deck watching our flock of chickens do what they love best….take dirt baths and  fluff all of that dirt into their feathers. Oh, the joys of country living.  These are the best composters in the world!  This week I was pleased to hear from a good […]