Hey, that’s us! Thank you Providence Phoenix for your kind remarks — and a super party — and big thanks to those of you who took the time to vote for us. There are many excellent blogs covering the local scene so this is truly an honor. The party at Fête last night was great …
Thank you loyal Dose readers. We have been experiencing some vexing technical difficulties recently but have just migrated to a new server and all should be right with the world. Thank you for your patience and Happy Halloween! (This image is from this year’s Street Painting Festival.)
Last week, our neighbors to the north got to celebrate Super Tuesday, while we remain booth-free until April 24th. However, we do get a vote of sorts: the Providence Phoenix has extended voting of its “Best of ’12” until Friday, March 16th. Go here to pick your favorite foods, bars, shops, arts, and more. The …
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But if you came to the Providence Daily Dose looking for restaurant deals, sorry. A piece in the Friday ‘Weekend Travel’ section of New York magazine — “Eat Your Way Through Providence” — gives the Providence Daily Dose a nod and a link (screen grab above) so that’s very exciting. However, we have no deals …
How to send us your information/tips. Look over to the column on the left side of our front page. Under the title ‘Daily Dose Team’ is a link that says ‘Tip Your Editors’. Simply click on this, and send us the details of your event in that email. There is no particular contact person here. …
[Great Turnout! Let’s do it again next year!] Hey! We’re teaming up with the Geeks, GCPVD, RIFuture, Not for Nothing, On Politics, and maybe some others, for what we think is the second annual blog holiday(ish) get-together. It’s at The Salon, the new bar downtown behind City Hall (57 Eddy St.). More details and wittier …
Get your annual fill of animals, music, bingo, doughboys and pie at the Foster Fair, a.k.a. Foster Old Home Days. Events include a bunny race, rooster crowing contest, lots of meals with baked beans, an old-fashioned tractor pull, “Foster Idol,” and the most historic Rhode Island tradition of all: daily martial arts demonstrations. Performances include …
I can’t get a handle on the tone I should take here at all, but here goes. Apparently I missed one of the most important categories in my recent post about The Providence Phoenix 2010 ‘Best of’ poll — that being ‘Best Politician’. Because frankly . . . who would even think to look for …
There’s a certain bloke who keeps posting comments that haven’t made it onto the big board, and then posts further comments to excoriate us for not letting the first ones slip through. So it seems like a fine time to remind him, and whoever else might care, that we have a terms of use policy, …
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Here’s the info. And there was an owl in tree outside of the Hospital Trust tower all day on Thursday. Long Description of Sighting Report: Let me describe my rather short encounter with something I couldn’t explain. I work 3rd shift doing security at an apartment complex in downtown Providence. It was 5am, at which …
RI.gov is tippity tops: The state of Rhode Island announced today that official Web site www.RI.gov has earned top honors in the Interactive Media Awards, an international competition for excellence in Web site design and development. The site – a joint effort between the State of Rhode Island and Rhode Island Interactive – was named …
Sunday night will be the first showing of a documentary about Rhode Island’s notorious sex industry. “Happy Endings?” follows the life of “Heather” over three years as she works in a massage parlor, while the Rhode Island legislators debate over the “loophole” in a law that allows prostitution behind closed doors. Happy Endings? will also …
Anybody wanna see Star Trek this weekend? We (some of us, anyway) are super freaking psyched. [youtube]7w4vk5OZmn8[/youtube] Who’s in?
Despite our best efforts, people keep on reading — and perhaps even enjoying — this here blog. We’d like to do a better job of giving them their minute-and-forty-two-second’s worth. And we’d love for you to help us help them: If you want to write, or sell ads (for a hefty commission), or even edit …
A new site called Porn SFW has (ahem) sprung up and it’s hilarious. Imagine previously smutty images re-worked via cheap MS Paint and such to become totally innocuous and even cute. One of my favorites, pictured, is clearly about the wonders of discovering the traditions and customs of a strange and foreign land and its …