May 23rd 2026: Eating after Visiting Roger Williams Park, Providence RI

 Today, after passing through Cranston RI,

Saint Matthew Church

we visited the Roger Williams Park Zoo, the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center and the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, all located within Roger Williams Park in Providence RI, then headed to the Providence Place mall in town for the rest of the day.

First, we got some food from Night Shift Tap and Kitchen,

located within the arcade Level99,

getting the Baked Mac + Cheese (four cheese blend, garlic and herb panko crust),

the Hand-breaded Chicken Dunks (buttermik-brined, garlic aioli)

and the Nashville Hot Fried Chicken (nueske's bacon, mike's hot honey, pickles, mayo, brioche).

Not bad, although the chicken was on the verge of being burnt.

At the food court, we got the Nutella Cheese Bread Waffle from Terra Nossa Brazilian Grill

and the Today's Special (California Roll, Shrimp Tempura Roll, Spicy Tuna Roll, Salmon Avocado Roll) from Sushi Cafe.

Nothing special about either though. Glad my little one enjoyed the museums today, though.

March 11th 2022: A Few Hours in Rhode Island

Today, with the snow still melting, I decided to head south to Johnston RI,

Antioch Chapel,
2117 Plainfield Pike

Cranston RI,

Dhamagosnaram Buddhist Temple,
2870 Plainfield Pike

Holy Apostles Catholic Church

Cranston Bible Chapel

Scituate RI,

Hope Village Green,
88 Main Street

Stillwater Christian Fellowship

Hope Elementary School

Hope Library

Coventry RI,

Rick and Dee's

Knotty Oak Baptist Church

Lofts at Anthony Mill

St. Vincent de Paul Church

Quidnick Baptist Church

Coventry Fire District,
571 Washington Street

Trestle Park,
Washington Street and Edward Street

Our Lady of Czestochowa Church

and finally West Warwick RI.

Centreville Mill

Christ the King Church

Church of St. Therese of Lisieux

Emanuel Lutheran Church

West Warwick Police Memorial,
New London Avenue and New London Turnpike

First Baptist Church

15 Nestor Street

Old St. Mary's Church

Christian Hill Community Church

Before leaving West Warwick, I stopped by Fresh Homemade Donuts in town for a quick bite, getting a Red Velvet Donut, which was actually pretty good, especially with the frosting, and crispy too.

After finally leaving Rhode Island for the day, we decided to head to Dah Mee, a Korean restaurant in Natick serving Thai and Japanese food as well.

We got the Momokawa Silver (Oregon), which was alright for a Japanese drink,

the Dok Bok Ki (stir fried spicy rice cakes, fish cakes and scallions),

the Duk Man Du Guk (homemade dumpling soup with rice cake, egg, scallion and mushroom),

the Thai Noodle Soup (Thai style noodle soup, beansprout, fried onion and garlic)

and the Bul Go Ki (marinated sliced beef and Dah Mee special sauce).

The Korean dishes were not bad, although the Thai noodles were nothing to speak of. Overall, I think there are better Korean places around.

For dessert, we decided to head to Acai Dot Com, a small cafe serving acai bowls in a sketchy part of Framingham at 102 Irving Street.

We got our Acai Bowl with strawberries and pineapples.

Nice presentation, and pretty good acai too. Won't come back again due to the limited menu though.

August 7th 2019: Company Outing at the Roger Williams Park Zoo, Providence RI

I started out early this morning in the town of Johnston RI,

Hawkins Pond, 38 Winsor Avenue

Greater Rhode Island Baptist Temple

Old Belknap School

The King's Tabernacle Church

Saint Robert Bellarmine Church

Lighting and Design by J and K Electric

heading into Providence RI,

Murphy Trainor Memorial Park,
8 Molter Street

Unification Church

Save the Bay Center

Rhode Island Historical Society Library

checking out the Harborside campus of Johnson and Wales University,

The beach at Fields Point,

exploring all of Roger Williams Park before the start of the outing.

The Roger Williams Park Zoo itself is not too bad in size, but not much in terms of animals. No lions or tigers either.

After leaving the zoo, I went to check out the nearby Museum of Natural History and Planetarium.

After finally leaving the area, I headed into Cranston RI,

Church of the Transfiguration

St. Paul Church

Edgewood Congregational Church

William Hall Library

Edgewood Yacht Club

Stillhouse Cove Park

Trinity Church

Pawtuxet Baptist Church

Rosedale Apartments

then Warwick RI,

Pawtuxet Park, 2 East View Street

Salter Grove State Park

St. Peter's Church

Lakewood Baptist Church

checking out the Warwick Historical Society.

From here, I headed to East Providence RI,

St. Martha's Church

Hope Congregtional United Church of Christ 

Fire Station #4, 66 Wampanoag Trail

James Dennis House

Riverside Congregational Church

Bullocks Cove Access Park

going on a hike at the Boyden Heights Conservation Area, where the path I took is shown below in pink.

Nice views from the observation deck area,

and from the area past the East Bay Bike Path.

Sabin Point Park,

Rose Larisa Memorial Park

and Crescent Park

are some nice parks in the area I explored today.

Next, it was on to Barrington RI,

Haines Memorial State Park

Latham Park, End of Latham Avenue

Barrington United Methodist Church

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church

Allins Cove Beach

Mussachuck Beach

Rhode Island Country Club

Holy Angels Catholic Church,
341 Maple Avenue

Town Hall, 283 County Road

where I was lucky enough to get to check out the RISD Beach area. I still do not know if this is a private beach or not.

From here, I went on a hike to find Brickyard Pond from the end of Legion Way. Extremely overgrown path, but somehow I found my way to the pond.

My last place to visit for the day was the Barrington Preservation Society, a small museum

located in the basement of the Public Library

With that, I called it a day after my company outing to the Roger Williams Park Zoo.