Alisa and I will be in Rhode Island Saturday, Feb 16, through Sunday, Feb 24.
Alisa is attending the Music Library Association conference in Newport. We arrive Saturday evening and will be staying at my parents house in Smithfield until Wednesday. Tuesday night we pick up Jon Haupt from the airport (friend/neighbor/employee of Alisa's who is also attending the conference). Wednesday we're going to walk around downtown Providence to shop, eat falafel at East Side Pocket, and eat pizza at Al Forno's. From Wednesday night on, we'll be staying in Newport at a cheaper hotel near the expensive conference hotel.
Up until Wednesday, we'll be borrowing my mom's car if we need transportation. We're still undecided about renting a car after that. Probably we won't rent a car and will just hang around Newport. I'll be working on my laptop while Alisa does all her conference stuff.
Anyone for Wright's farm Sunday night?
Sunday the 17th or Sunday the 24th?
Sunday the 17th.
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My calendar looks clear. Unless Laura is hiding her plans from me, her calendar is clear to. I think we could do it.
Cool! What time would work best for you?
We can do anytime. You choose.
How about 5:30pm? We’ll meet you in waiting area.
Please give your family my regards and some big hugs, okay?
Will do. You *have* been to Wright’s Farm in the distant past, right?
It sounds very familiar… I just looked it up and decided that it isn’t terribly familiar. I do, however, have a memory of a field trip to a farm as a very very young child, maybe kindergarten or first grade. It’s spotty with only a few key images and smells attached. I certainly haven’t been there as an adult.
Would you think less of me if it turned out I’ve never been? *grin*
I do, however, have a memory of a field trip to a farm as a very very young child,
It’s not really a farm. It’s a restaurant. A very large restaurant. In fact, their waiting room is bigger than most restaurants (I do not exaggerate). They serve 2 to 3 thousand people per night.
Would you think less of me if it turned out I’ve never been? *grin*
No, but you missed out on a quintessential Rhode Island institution! I’m not sure you’d particularly care for it, but George would probably like it and Flex would love it. All-you-can-eat salad, chicken, rolls, pasta, and fries. There is no menu, they just bring you food.
The shear scale of the place is impressive.
Well, at least I am not diminished in your eyes. That’s the most important thing. *grin*
You know, I searched for the site, then I decided to map it. One thing led to another and I began to Google map the whole state and the places I lived and worked. It was crazy. There was a street view of the company I worked for as a jeweler for 10 years and it was partially demolished. I can’t even see the house I grew up in for the trees. I tried to remember the streets I used to take from home to work and the names didn’t look more than vaguely familiar. Isn’t it funny? I spent most of my life there and I’ve almost completely lost my mental mapping system of it. Crazy.