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The weather was cloudy, rainy, and dreary the day I dined at Viva Mexico! Cantina & Grill, a new Mexican cuisine restaurant located in downtown Providence. Once I stepped inside Viva Mexico, however, the atmosphere changed. The festive Mexican music, the whimsical starburst chandeliers, and the lovely, soothing earth tones of terra cotta and [Continue]

I’ve dined at many Asian cuisine restaurants in my life but I must admit that I was curiously anticipating my dining experience at Gourmet House, located on the eastside. I was curious because of my familiarity with the cuisine at Apsara and by the fact that both restaurants are owned and operated by the same [Continue]

Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making It Work by Tim Gunn Simon & Schuster $15 paperback Tim Gunn, best known for his role on the television show Project Runway, dares to lead us out of this dark age of bad behavior. Even if he doesn’t much care for parties, he certainly knows how [Continue]

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach Little Brown $25.99 hardcover Let me first say that I am not a huge fan of books of a certain length. For one, I have these reviews to turn in every month, so I tend not to pick up books that weigh a ton that might take more [Continue]

  Cuttyhunk: Life on the Rock by Margo Solod  |  Solod  |  $19.95 paperback   This self-published memoir is a real hoot. Margo Solod is a real character and Cuttyhunk is where she made her home after deciding to give up on the theatre scene in Providence where she was a theatrical lighting technician. Her [Continue]

2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America by Albert Brooks  |  St. Martins Press  |  $25.99 hardcover Don’t mess around waiting for this to come out in paperback in a year or two! It’s too funny, savvy, wise, and wonderful to wait for that long! Short chapters from different characters’ points of view [Continue]

THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT by Jon Jon Goulian | Random House | $25 hardcover Jon Jon Goulian is unabashed enough to share his fears and faux pas and high fashion sense in a memoir. I was at times impatient with him, hoping he would ultimately sort something out and get to the [Continue]

It’s July and there are many awesome shows coming up to keep the summer cooking! These are just a few, but I only have so much space. There are some “don’t misses” and some crap shoots. We get started nice and early on the 2nd with the singer on many great tunes by the Guess [Continue]

THE FINKLER QUESTION by Howard Jacobson Bloomsbury | $15 paperback Okay, so a best-selling book that won the 2010 Man Booker Prize doesn’t need much more praise, but I’ve been poring over this novel for a month and it’s really grown on me. I was unsure if I was going to even finish it during [Continue]

Welcome to the sunny month of June! The summer concert season is (almost) in full swing. We get things started nice and early with the master George Clinton who brings his cosmic funk and theatrical presentation to the Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun on the 3rd. On the 5th, its the “girl power” rock and [Continue]