Catching the Drift
The Rhode Island Mentality and the Magical Land of Route 114
One woman decides to take a whole new route.
If you should find yourself lost in Rhode Island, I suggest you call my father. He’s retired, but if he had a resume I’m sure ‘Rainman-like ability for maps and directions’ would be listed as a skill. (Other skills would include 'Unlikely use of pipe cleaners to repair things,’ 'Fashioning musical instruments from toilet paper tubes,’ and ‘Reinventing leftovers such as "tuna can juice soup" and "spaghetti pizza."') My father has a deep love of efficiency and, apparently, getting from Point A to Point B is always best by taking a route. I, on the other hand, prefer visuals and landmarks. Mainly, because my brain and numbers are enemies. Therefore, this is pretty much how every conversation with my father starts when I am lost: Me: “I took …
Pamela M Fernandes
9:02 am on Wednesday, January 19, 2011
136 faster? Ha Ha. I love that mindset.. good keep all those fast paced and fast minded folks up there on Rt136.. cuz it frees up the more beautiful passageway of Rt 114 for the rest of us who like to take our time and see the world in all it's beauty! (BTW.. 114 is much quicker.. love the article!) more ›