Time Flies...

I can't believe it has been 10 days since my last process posting. The good news is, I have been busy writing. I really enjoy writing Ask Tazi!, and have been making time in my busy schedule to write it six days a week. For the first time since As the Tummy Turns I am enjoying writing a regular blog.

In addition to writing Tazi-Kat's column, I have been researching a Wikitravel project for class. To start, I really should point out that I F!!!!!!!!ING HATE WIKIPEDIA!!!!! Seriously, the idea of a site that anybody can log-on and edit goes against every professional fiber of my being; so the idea that I have to write an article for a Wiki site really gnaws at me. On the other hand, I suppose it is an opportunity to re-visit an old haunt; and to share what I find so fascinating.

Once upon a time, I did a lot of traveling; for both work and pleasure, so I have seen a great deal of America...yet, like Dorothy Gale discovered during her trip to Oz, there's no place like home. Like I said to an out of state classmate this morning, as we walked through downtown Providence to the CCE building, "Rhode Island is quirky, but it grows on you". I find one of the quirkiest places in RI to be the East-Side/Fox Point corridor, which runs from Thayer Street to Wickenden Street. For this reason, I decided to write about this area for my Wikitravel article...and so, in a roundabout way, I return to my blogging roots: My late friend Jimmy (co-founder of Tummy) is the one who introduced me this area.

Currently, I spend a lot of time on Wickenden since my boyfriend works on that street and I stop by frequently to say hello; bring him coffee; and shop. Now that Autumn is here, I am looking forward to spending the day strolling through the area and reconnecting with all the area has to offer - things like Rory Raven's annual Ghost Walk tours (I still hope to see Edgar Allen Poe's ghost one of these days!); followed by an early dinner at Andrea's on Thayer Street or pizza at Fellini's on Wickenden.

I suppose one of the best things about travel writing is the first-person research that goes along with it.