Get Lit: Get a dose of holiday magic with these holiday light displays
By Caitlin Howle For those of you looking for safe holiday fun this year, why not head to one of the brilliant holiday displays around our great state. These are the displays where you typically sit in...
View ArticleThe Gif That Keeps on Giving: Find the true meaning of the holiday season...
By Motif Contributor This holiday season, we can give thoughtful and touching gifts without touching either our loved ones or our pockets. We just have to get creative and sentimental. Humans are...
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In Providence: Up on the Housetop
By Kevin Broccoli If you drove by a house on the South Side of Providence a few years ago around the holidays, you might have seen a family standing outside trying to figure out how to rescue Santa....
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Advice with Spyce: Filtering on dating apps and avoiding red flags
By Spyce Hi Spyce, I find that I get overwhelmed really quickly on dating apps, so I’m looking for tips on filtering people out. On the one hand, I feel like I can’t tell much from people’s profiles,...
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In Providence: It takes a village
By Kevin Broccoli If you’re walking around Providence on a chilly December night, you might pass by a house with quite an impressive window display. While the lights on the outside won’t be that...
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In Providence: We’ll pick you up
By Kevin Broccoli “I’ll tell you the story, but it’s not that good of a story. “This was– This was 11 or 12 years ago. I’m coming up 95 — I’m coming home for Christmas. I hadn’t been home in two or...
View ArticlePandemic Dating: Working on yourself and disclosing underemployment
By Spyce Dear Spyce, I have recently come out of a toxic relationship and while I know it is for the best that we split up, I am so lonely. All my friends are coupled up and with this never-ending...
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In Providence: A new night
By Kevin Broccoli If you’re the type that goes out on New Year’s Eve, you’ve probably noticed the rotating assortment of events that have occupied the city as it moves into a new chapter. It seems like...
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In Providence: The Vig
By Kevin Broccoli If you were walking by the Hilton downtown one night a few years ago, you may have looked up at The Vig and saw two friends trying to catch up. One had moved away months before and...
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Dog Dance Parties, K9 Civil Disobedience, and Dog Island: An interview with...
By Erica Laros Photo credit: Peaceful Pack The Peaceful Pack is an animal boarding service located in Johnston that advertises itself as more of a home than a kennel. It is owned and operated by Ashly...
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In Providence: A Wedding at the Library
By Kevin Broccoli If you walked by the library the night of the wedding, you would have seen a woman in a bridesmaid outfit having a cigarette on the steps overlooking the bus stop. It was her sister’s...
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In Providence: And Away You Go
By Kevin Broccoli If you were driving down the street, you would have seen the people trying to help. That special kind of huddle that forms around a tragedy. A body on the ground. You would have seen...
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In Providence: Tag Me Next Time
By Kevin Broccoli “I think every woman’s dated that guy. He’s– I can’t believe I dated him for as long as I did. That’s the thing. Every woman dates a guy like that, but I date them twice as long as...
View ArticleIn Providence: The Pod Problem
By Kevin Broccoli If you’re in the Fox Point neighborhood these days, you should know there’s somebody on the lookout for a new pod. “Dating was hard enough before you had to find someone worthy of...
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In Providence: Falling in Love on Thayer Street
By Kevin Broccoli If you love someone, it’s romantic to say that you’d stand outside in the cold for them, but when put to the test, he really was willing to freeze. “The thing you have to understand...
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Advice with Spyce: What’s a poor single to do on Valentine’s Day?
By Spyce Spyyyyyyyyccccccceeeeee!!!!!!! It’s Valentine’s day and I’m single!!!!! It’s that stupid age old question: What do I do???? Signed, OMFG VDAY You poor soul! It’s difficult to be exactly what...
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From the Land: An interview with local herbalist Susan Clements
By Caitlin Howle Motif writer Caitlin Howle recently sat down with Susan Clements, who owns Earth and Ocean in Narragansett Bay. Susan is an herbalist who coaches her clients how to work with herbs,...
View ArticleIn Providence: Falling in love on Federal Hill
By Kevin Broccoli If you took the chance to walk down Federal Hill on a cold February night a few years ago, you might have seen her showing him how to change a tire. “He wanted to go out on our first...
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In Providence: Falling in love on Smith Street
By Kevin Broccoli When I was in high school, I used to walk up Smith Street to my dad’s office. I’d start at LaSalle Academy and make my way past the houses, law offices, gas stations and plazas. I’d...
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In Providence: An Atlantic Avenue Proposal
By Kevin Broccoli If you go over to their house on a Saturday night, he’ll fix dinner and she’ll tell you the story about how he lost the engagement ring. “He’s the type where I’m always telling him...
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