Yesterday morning we left Sarah's mother's house—oh, earlier, she got up and took Chris to the train station to catch a train to the airport. Then Sarah and Steve and I drove to Providence—which took all day, but not a bad drive, really, except when we got to Rhode Island and a huge traffic jam for road construction. Then we got to the Motel 6 and the trouble began. The corporate Fuel Tour American Express card wouldn't go through, the motel was full (fortunately Sarah had called ahead) and it took us two hours to get checked in. Meanwhile, we ate at the hotel Country Restaurant—breakfast all day, at least. I had greasy corned beef hash. The hotel was OK, then, and I called Heather, and Elissa, too.
This morning we drove into
Providence—found the theater—which is really nice, with couch
seats and a full cafe, some of which Steve spilled on my notebook.
Then we went to Louis Diner, which Heather recommended, and it was
great—really cheap—$2.65 breakfast with good hash browns, a good
waitress, and old Louis himself, a great old weirdo talking to us,
telling us the waitress likes to “listen” too much!
Then we walked around Brown and RISD
and looked for papers and flyers, and looked at the waterfront and
found the theater where the talk is tomorrow, and then found the
faculty member at RISD who was coordinating it. We were in his office
and I looked out the door and there was Jonathan Highfield, who I
knew from Iowa City—I had no idea he was in Providence—he's
teaching English at RISD and is remarried and has a little girl named
Emma. It was really nice to see him. Me and Jonathan and Steve went
walking around and he gave us somewhat of a tour, and then bought us
coffee and nachos. We met back up with Sarah and back to the hotel
and then ate at a Thai restaurant. Then to the theater, and watched
both Alchemy and Arresting Gina. Now back at the motel
watching a Janis Joplin special on VH1. Good nite!
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