HOW MANY days ’til Summer?

Too many! But we’ll be ready for you!
Princess Diana once said “Everywhere I go, I smell fresh paint.”
That’s the mood here now.
Off-in-the-distance, you hear hammering, and power tools.
There are more trucks on the ferry.

Almost every day, some shop or restaurant awakens from winter hibernation.
See you here sooooon…
And so you’re ready for us, a quick Rhode Island-to-English tutorial:
6 tips for deciphering the way we tawk:

1. “AL” is pronounced “AW.” Examples: “Talk” = “tawk;” “call” = “cawl.”
2. If there’s an “R” at the end of a word, drop it. If there isn’t, add one. Quick quiz: How would a local pronounce “soda?” or “pizza?”
3. “R” at-the-beginning-of-a-word is often “V” in “Vode Island.” “Tell “Vichud.”
4. Often, “T” is silent. Example: “Written” is pronounced “wrih-en.”
5. Years ago, “Warwick” was pronounced “Wark.” Now, it’s “Wo-wick.”
6. The Presumed Possessive: “Nordstrom” becomes “Nordstrom’s.”

Think the water’s cold in JUNE?

Imagine taking THIS plunge???
Over a hundred do, at EXACTLY 12 noon, on January 1:

Labor Day “Moon Shot”

Again this year, a tradition as old and quaint as The Block Itself:

Were YOU here?

If you were on The Block for The Fourth, LOOK HERE for your photo, and download it, FREE.
Block Island’s parade is a hoot; and, again this year, we show you the best part of it…YOU. Our biggest street team yet took LOTS of crowd shots. So see if you’re among the funsters in the several hundred shots we uploaded.

FREE poster: “Block Island FAQ”

Click it, then stick-it-up in your cubicle at work…and stare at it when you’re starting to feel like Dilbert.

WHY PAY for parking?

For less than you might pay to park at Point Judith — then spend an hour on the ferry — you could fly-to-B.I., in just 12 minutes, and PARK FREE at Westerly Airport. Call 800-243-2460 for reservations.