What is going on this year??? I think I'm going to do all this stuff during my one week of vacation and what did I do? I pretty much took a lot of naps. My last three weeks before vacation were pretty much pure hell (I say this as an excuse). Today, finally on my way home, I visited Peter Pots Pottery. This was pretty cool. I bought a pitcher. This place is hidden in the woods of RI. There was a water wheel! It was an old stone and wood barn kind of place next to a brook. I think its been there forever, but this was my first visit. Their stuff is lovely and made right there. Do a google search. They have a website.

Other notable things from vacation...I walked on the beach 5 days out of 6; once with Brian, once with Joseph, and once with Mike. I found tons of sea glass and I finally used some resolve on that rug from my mother. These are my only accomplishments. I read a book "Run" by Ann Patchett. She's one of my favorites and this book was good. Just the right size, too. We had rootbeer floats at Iggy's and also fried clams (very very good). Brian and I checked out the bluebird cafe for lunch one day. This was very good. We also had a fancy lunch in Wakefield (not as good). Two visits to Brickleys and one to the candy store at the Pier shops. This morning we stopped for sweets and cold drinks at Sweet Cakes (a favorite). All in all it was a good week. [Apparently we ate a lot]

The things I meant to do and didn't: we forgot to go to Block Island and we also forgot about Roger Williams Park. We never went to Newport. Unbelievably we never went to the Spain or The Coastguard House. Also, we used to always get our first beer at Arturo Joes. What happened to that??? I think their fire through us off.