The Providence Business News has an excellent article with Nanda Head, the new organizer of the merchant’s association for the Hope Street shopes near the Rochambeau intersection. She says they would like to turn...
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Bret AncowitzYay! Craftland!
Photo © if’n books from Craftland’s Flickr Pool Craftland is back, opening next Friday, December 5th. Craftland is an annual holiday sale in downtown Providence, RI that celebrates all kinds of sparkly...
Jef NickersonI didn’t know you could get THAT at the Flea Market!
View Larger Map Image of the Valley St Flea Market in reference to the two alleged criminal rings based there reported by the Projo The Providence Journal’s front page today had a story about 18 arrests made in an...
Matthew CoolidgeTrader Joe’s Excitement… In Warwick…
While furniture shopping, my wife and I drove by the new Trader Joe’s on Route 2 in Warwick and, if we hadn’t decided to cut our time losses and leave, we otherwise might still be in the checkout line two...
Curves Closes on Hope (and closes, and closes)
The “Curves for Women” exercise storefront on Hope Street near Lippett Park is now for rent. I’m not sure how long that’s been the case, but it got me to thinking about the types of retail we all...
Why is no one dining outside?
Why is no one eating at sidewalk tables on this beautiful spring afternoon (well aside from the fact that Broadway Bistro isn’t open for lunch, I didn’t feel like walking further down the block to illustrate...
Craftland!
Craftland is back, running December 1st though 22nd with an Opening Party November 30th. Craftland is an annual holiday sale in Providence, RI that celebrates all kinds of handmade objects and the people who make them...
