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Summer Suds with Views
Outdoor dining at The Beach House courtesy of the eatery. I am usually advising you on what beers to drink, aren’t I? Now, I am advising you on where to go to enjoy one. There are a lot of local spots...
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Is New England Ready to Beat the Heat?: The past, present, and future of AC...
Photo by Jason Eppink. In April 2024, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released their temperature predictions for this coming summer. Currently, there is a 50-60% chance that...
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Strutting in the Sun: Summer fashion in Rhode Island
Ahh yes, summer in Rhode Island. Providence, specifically. The city that is home to Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design is unsurprisingly a fashionable one. The feeling of art and...
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Why Leave?: Stay local and tour RI
Narragansett Beach Everything has become way too expensive lately, including travel. Beside the cost, airports are a hassle and the potential of flight cancellations or getting stuck at an airport...
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Save the Bay: Dive into protecting Narragansett Bay
Eelgrass, the primary seagrass found in Narragansett Bay. (Photo courtesy of Save the Bay) I am the type of person who is constantly looking for an adventure. So, in the summer of 2022, I decided to...
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Two Feet, Two Bucks: Summer fun by bus
Suppose your world shrank to only places you could walk to with the assistance of public transit. After despairing over this newfound limitation, you would eventually explore this contained world and...
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Peace and Plenty of It
Tucked inland and surrounded by the city of Providence, the Peace and Plenty Community Garden lives up to its name. While it is a sanctuary for the peace-seekers, it is also a pollinator corridor that...
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Ocean State of the Arts: Art communities past, present, and future in East...
Dinner Table (detail), by Jungil Hong. (Photo: Gina Lerman) On a gloomy Sunday in late May, lovers of art had not just one – but two – reasons to leave their cozy homes and head to East Providence....
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Summer Happenings
Waterfire (Illustration: Sophie Foulkes) WATERFIRE Various Dates Apr – NovA fixture of Rhode Island summers, WaterFire presents a series of lightings in downtown PVD along the Providence River. For...
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Two Feet, Two Bucks: Miles and miles of beach to walk in northern Portsmouth
Suppose your world shrank to only places you could walk to with the assistance of public transit. After despairing over this newfound limitation, you would eventually explore this contained world and...
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Dog Days of Summer
As summer quickly approaches, excitement grows: beach and adventure weather is upon us, and the good vibes brought along with the sun are soon to be in full swing. Humans are not the only group...
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Two Feet, Two Bucks: Melville Park
So far, Two Feet, Two Bucks has introduced a very accessible Audubon wildlife sanctuary, as well as a walk through a park to a lifeguarded beach and miles of adventure along bay shores. Yet, we have...
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Cape Verdean History: The 49th Annual Cape Verdean Independence Festival
Rhode Island is home to one of the largest populations of Cape Verdean Americans in the country. An estimated 18,000 Cape Verdeans call the Ocean State home, a population second only to Massachusetts,...
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ROMANCE IN RI: A Review of Riss M. Nelson’s A Love Like the Sun
The debut adult romance novel A Love Like the Sun, by Providence writer Riss M. Nelson, is the quintessential social media love story. Released on June 11, the novel deals with relationships in the...
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Two Feet, Two Bucks: Pawtuxet Village
Next time a visitor to Providence with less than a day to spare wants to see as much as they can of Rhode Island in one little outof-town trip, send them on this Two Feet Two Bucks excursion to...
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Modern Watering Holes: The Herds at Open Mics, Part 2
Hello everyone, I’m David Attleborough, and welcome to Modern Watering Holes. A column where, each week, we explore the culture, habits, and environment of the various herds of people that gather in...
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Two Feet, Two Bucks: Just take me to the beach, Uncle RIPTA!
Two Feet Two Bucks loves places where a scenic walk from the bus stop is a feature, not a bug, and takes pride in field-checking every excursion before publishing. But in hot weather the question is...
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A Beautiful Noise Live at Providence Performing Arts Center
Okee dokee folks … I am VERY tempted to start off my review with the refrain, “So Good, So Good,” heard many times throughout the jukebox musical, A Beautiful Noise, but I am not that corny, or am I?...
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Two Feet, Two Bucks: Osamequin Nature Preserve/ Walker Farm kayaks
City dwellers with occasional need for a convenient-yet-genuine dose of nature take note: Nineteen minutes from Fox Point, door-to-door, RIPTA #60 brings you to Osamequin Nature Preserve, 42 acres of...
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2 Feet, 2 Bucks: Take me to fall foliage, uncle RIPTA
Gazing at trees as they change color is a mainstay of New England sightseeing for residents and visitors. Few of us need to go far from home to enjoy the season. It’s impossible to list all the places...
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