My trip to Providence turned out to be quite productive. Four dinner interviews in the space of three days. I had dinner with a design student, brunch with an abortion rights activist and another dinner with a realtor who blogs about living in Rhode Island. The fourth and final interview…
Back In The District
Ah, New Orleans. Last night I returned to DC from a brief holiday to the Big Easy and as always had a great time down there. Above is a picture I took on my iPhone sunning myself by the pool and recovering from too much enjoyment the night before. While…
Interview 19: What About Bob?
For once, I defeated laziness and wrote up the next dinner with a stranger. Click here to read about Bob Black, a realtor in Rhode Island who manages three blogs. We met during my recent weekend trip to Providence and he was kind enough to agree to an interview at…
Goin’ Back To New Orleans
I’m heading to New Orleans for a holiday next week, so let me know if you live in the city and want to do a dinner interview. I’ve got one interview lined up so far in the Big Easy but always looking for new strangers to meet. Also, I updated…
Interview 18: Addressing The “A” Word
Time for another dinner interview? Yes it is! That’s Mary Ann Sorrentino, a former director of Planned Parenthood in Rhode Island. She remains a fierce abortion rights advocate, but there is so much more to her history. She’s had more careers than most people experience in a lifetime, all of…
Mother’s Day Redux
Ah, Americans, always late to the party. Mother’s Day was two months ago in England. Nevertheless I’ll appropriate the American version of the celebration to wish my mum a great day. But I got her a gift in March, so she better not think I’m springing for two presents. Anyway,…
Interview 17: Designing Woman
A new dinner interview? Is it Christmas? No, of course not, we’re only just in May, you fool. But never mind all that. Click right here to read the 17th dinner with a stranger. This time round I was in Providence to interview graphic design student Robin Tafel.
Divine Providence
That’s a photo of me posing awkwardly with the city of Providence in the background. What a fine place Providence is. Last weekend was my first trip to Rhode Island, where I conducted four interviews for this site and enjoyed all of them. No disasters, no arguments, just good company,…
Forget It Clyde’s, It’s Chinatown
So I’ve dropped the ball on new dinner interviews the last few months. Try to ignore that and instead focus on the fact there will be new articles up in late April. Good thing I’m not on salary for this site. Meantime, by way of a site update, let me…
Rhode Island Is Famous For…You?
Next month I’ll be in Providence, Rhode Island, for a weekend break. On the off chance you’re browsing the Internet and a) stumble upon this site, 2) are from Providence and iii) want to do a dinner interview during the weekend of Friday April 23 to Sunday April 25, click…