Providence, Rhode Island

The State House.

The anti-view from my hotel window.

En route to RISD.

Inside the RISD Museum.

Landscape from a RISD Museum window.

First Baptist Church in America

Governor Stephen Hopkins House 

Narragansett Electric Plant, Manchester Street Powerhouse

Dunkin' Donuts (one of A LOT)

Last week, I was in Providence to attend ICON7. I explored the area on my free day and walked to RISD in the drizzle. I was told that the RISD Museum is a nice place to visit so I went thinking it was an art school gallery; I was wrong. It was a good-sized museum packed to the brim with textiles, antiquity, paintings, and art of all media. As a sampling, the collection included two sarcophagi, a piece of the Babylonian wall, a huge Buddha, a Chihuly chandelier, and Warhol wallpapers. Eclectic huh?!

I never been in New England before, so its landscape was very exciting to me. The architecture, colors, and flora are definitely different than Southern California. Tired from walking, I took a red trolley tour in the afternoon. The trolley driver-guide was able to give names and history to the places I saw and affirm I was not mistaken in thinking that there were a lot of Dunkin' Donuts in the city. A day to tour Providence just wasn't enough.