Back to Providence...

My youngest and I were off on the road to Rhode Island early Saturday morning, for a whirlwind visit with Ellen. It was a beautiful weekend, bright blue skies, temperatures in the low 70s and most importantly, the traffic wasn't too heavy! It took us about five and a half hours to get to Providence and it was worth every minute. We spent Saturday walking around the city and spent some time at the Art Museum at RISD, looking at the Chihuly glass exhibit. It was amazing. The pyres you see in this photo are for WaterFire, which is a unique event in Providence. These pyres are up and down the canal and are lit at night, while music is playing. I've never seen anything quite like it! It draws huge crowds and since Saturday night was the last WaterFire of the season and was a breast cancer fundraiser, they expected about 100,000 people to attend. It was beautiful.One of the highlights of the trip was meeting Ellen's boyfriend. He's a great guy and I really enjoyed spending time with him. He was game for anything...wandering around the art museum, walking miles through the city, keeping me company while Ellen and Grace ran to Old Navy for a sweatshirt. It was a pleasure to meet him.

On Sunday morning, Ellen met us at the hotel and we wandered down to The Cheesecake Factory for breakfast. It was another gorgeous day and we sat outside and enjoyed the weather and the company for a long time. But then it was time to head back to Jersey, so we dropped Ellen at her dorm and stopped long enough for one last picture...

It was a great weekend!