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Our Staycation in Newport, Rhode Island Part 2

February 5, 2012

Hello and welcome back to the Newport staycation report. When we left off, we had retired for the evening after a fantastic experience at Perro Salado. When we got up Sunday, we headed to the Hungry Monkey. I mean honestly, there is no way I could not go eat at a restaurant with that name – [...]

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Our Staycation in Newport, Rhode Island Part 1

January 17, 2012

We are home from a fun and romantic weekend. You read that correctly: Dom and I went away for a long overdue weekend together. My sweet husband surprised me a week ago by saying ‘Why don’t just the two of us go away for the long weekend?’. I got right to work thinking about where [...]

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A Day with Friends at Dave’s Coffee & Fantastic Umbrella Factory

July 7, 2011

Sometimes I just want to lasso our friends, wrap them up in a soft blankie and cuddle up with them until I decide they can go home. Today we spent some time with such friends at Dave’s Coffee Shop followed by the Fantastic Umbrella Factory and some time in the pool. First stop today as Dave’s [...]

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Snacks and Stories at Peek-A-Bootique

January 26, 2011

This past Saturday my family and I spent time at Peek-A-Bootique in downtown Westerly, RI. Peek-A-Bootique is a children’s boutique that carries Children’s Clothes, Christening Outfits, Shoes, Reusable Snack Bags and more. They hosted children’ book author Leslie Tryon and myself to expose the children and parents to the joy of reading and healthier snack options. I made Sweet [...]

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Ice Skating at URI and The Tower of Sticks

December 30, 2010

After being couped up thanks to the blizzard (see, see, see), we were ready for some adventure and exercise so first up was ice skating. Actually, it was my daughter and husband that wanted to ice skate and so I got to run after my son as he ran up and down all the bleachers. [...]

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