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Dining harborside at the Dip Net
A Guide to the Best of Everything in the Ocean State and Beyond
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Your guide to RI
Katherine Imbrie
- Katherine Imbrie
- has been exploring and writing about every corner of Rhode Island for more than 25 years as a Features writer for the Providence Journal. She is the author of An Explorer's Guide to Rhode Island, the definitive guidebook to the state. Here on this site, she'll show you where to find the Best of the Best in the "Biggest Little" and beyond, taking you all over New England to find the special spots that make every day feel like a vacation day.
INSTANT EXPLORER. . . Just CLICK on any Category to go directly to posts on that topic
- antiques (1)
- beaches (3)
- bicycling (1)
- breakfast (5)
- Bretton (1)
- CITY SCENE (6)
- connecticut (1)
- cross country (1)
- east bay area (5)
- explorer's guide (1)
- farms (2)
- ferry (1)
- festivals (1)
- gardens (4)
- Haines (1)
- highways (1)
- history (4)
- ice cream (1)
- kayaking (3)
- local foods (6)
- lunch (2)
- massachusetts (4)
- minis (9)
- museums (1)
- music (2)
- new england travel (4)
- new hampshire (3)
- newport area (5)
- NH (1)
- nightlife (2)
- OFF BEAT (5)
- outdoor concerts (2)
- parks (2)
- photographs (1)
- providence (31)
- providence attractions (2)
- providence hotels (6)
- providence restaurants (13)
- pulaski (1)
- RATED GREAT (2)
- recipes (1)
- restaurants (11)
- shopping (6)
- skiing (3)
- snowshoe (1)
- south county (4)
- typos (3)
- Wachusett (1)
- waterfront restaurants (2)
- winter (1)
PROVIDENCE
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Photographs
Unless credited to another source, all photographs on Rhode Island Explorer are by Katherine Imbrie.
Local Websites
- New England Bites (local food blog)
- Daytrippers Guide (town-by-town guide to coastal access)
- PROJO (RI's newspaper)
- RI MONTHLY (lifestyle magazine)
- Visit Rhode Island (state tourism site)
- Go Providence (city tourism site)
- Northern RI tourism council
- Southern RI tourism council
- Go Newport (city tourism site)
- Newport Life (magazine)
- Block Island Times (weekly newspaper)
- Providence Daily Dose (news blog)
- Quahog (RI oddities)
Click on the state flag for complete Providence weather . . .
PHOTOGRAPHS OF RHODE ISLAND
Click on the sailboat to see more beautiful Richard Benjamin photos of Rhode Island.
New England Websites
Port Clyde, Maine
Dining harborside at the Dip Net
LINKS GALLERY
- TEAL (Typo Eradication League Road Trip)
- CHOWHOUND (brutally honest restaurant recommendations by diners)
- TRIP ADVISOR (brutally honest travel recommendations by travelers
- PRICELINE (make yourself a travel deal)
- ANTIQUES AND THE ARTS (upcoming shows and auctions)
- LUXURY RI REAL ESTATE (Gustave White's site)
- MINI COOPER (build yourself a Mini)
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RI Explorer archives
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- Newport not-so-fast, and bachelorettes galore
- Out Of Office Reply Day
- Catching some rays at Green Hill Beach
- Micro cars at Larz Anderson Museum
- Summer night: Cruising in South County
- In season: Free outdoor concerts
- March of the strawberries: '08s are history
- Kayaking on Brickyard Pond
- Pick your own (damn) strawberries
- Mini Nation: Fun and games in NH
- Mini vacation: 215 Mini Coopers climb Mount Washin...
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