Tag: rhode island

  • Zelda’s 8 Favorite New (to her) Podcasts

    Zelda’s 8 Favorite New (to her) Podcasts

    We here are at Zelda and Scout are big fans of the pod, as a medium. We spend a good chunk of our lives in transit, you see — on trains, on buses, walking to and fro — and so our lives are rife with opportunities to delve into the wonderful world of on-demand radio…

  • So Here’s the Spiel

    So Here’s the Spiel

    There’s an episode in the first season of “Girls” when Hannah Horvath/Lena Dunham goes home to Michigan for a weekend. The ostensive purpose of the trip is to see her parents (if I recall correctly, an anniversary is involved), but our favorite would-be Voice of a Generation manages to squeeze in a date with her mother’s…

  • Hey, New York, Quit Harshin’ My Vibe

    Hey, New York, Quit Harshin’ My Vibe

    I went to Providence a couple weeks ago. I spent four very happy college years there and still have a lively cohort of friends who have stayed on for one reason or another, so with my first weekend day off in many moons I decided to pop up for a visit. October in Providence is…

  • Kentucky Seven (My Southern Heritage)

    Kentucky Seven (My Southern Heritage)

    Memphis, TN. 1998. Mom and I have just come back from a trip to Costco and are unloading the back of her fire engine red Suburban or, as my daddy calls it, the tank. Arms full of paper towels and blueberries, she asks me to grab some forgotten item. Laundry detergent, I think. I’m already…