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Photography by Michael Cevoli
Features
22 Welcome to the Jungle
27 The Spa Issue
Learn all about the Zoo’s new rainforest exhibit and ongoing plans
A sampling of spas for an East Bay winter daycation
Plan your spa daycation this month (p. 27)
Departments The Buzz
17 RHODY GEM: The Shop at Blithewold
9 Sweet Lorraine’s Candy Shoppe stocks local confections
19 CALENDAR: Events you can’t
36 HOME: A skillful mix of colorful
44 CONNOISSEUR: Chef Eli Dunn of
art and heirlooms fill a Bristol historic
Eli’s Kitchen dishes on his Food
home with whimsy and nostalgia
Network fame
miss this month
10 Champlin Foundation recognizes East Providence’s Carter Center
Live Well
Taste 39 TREND: The Newport Burger
46 RESTAURANT GUIDE: Where to eat
11 Barrington’s Rachel Dunham au-
33 SHOP AROUND: Be pretty in pink
Bender offers another round of
Pic of the Bay
thors journal for women entrepreneurs
with jewelry from Luca + Danni
meaty creations
50 An East Bay snapshot from one of our readers
12 The Avenue Concept and RIPTA
34 WHOLE BODY: Tiverton’s Mosaic
40 EAT: Pasta to the people at Prica
collaborate on a fleet of “art buses”
Wellness Boutique offers massage,
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14 Free blood pressure screenings at Rogers Free Library in Bristol
15 VOICES OF THE BAY: Patrick
42 NEWS BITES: WINEterfest 35 STYLE CONNOISSEUR: How
Weekend livens up February at
Rumford’s own Bill Keough exudes
Newport Vineyards
effortless rockstar vibes
Flanigan and friends turn tinkering into a business
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Since its opening in July of 2008, the shop has showcased everything from packaging to product from local suppliers: Harbor Sweets, Ocean State Chocolates, Sweenors, and Anchor Toffee, to name a few. Lined up in their glass case, you can find artisan chocolates and penny candy, plus sugar-free, nut-free, and organic options for the healthand allergen-conscious. And for Valentine’s Day? You can count on plenty of heart-shaped sweets to buy for your other half – or yourself. SweetLorrainesCandy.com -Caroline Boyle
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When schools need to tighten their belts and pinch their pennies, music programs are tragically some of the first to be cut. But the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra’s Carter Center for Music Education & Performance, their community music school in East Providence, is working hard to provide for local families and music lovers of all ages. In November, the Center was recognized by the Champlin Foundation and awarded a $150,000 grant. RI Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School is the country’s oldest, and largest, combined professional orchestra and community music school, and is the only local organization of its kind that balances education and performance in equal measure. The Carter Center first opened its doors in 2008, making this past year its tenth anniversary. According to Executive Director David Beauchesne, “Rhode Island was the last state in the nation to have a community music school that qualified to be a member of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts… It was clear that unless the orchestra stepped up, young people in Rhode Island would have no
community-based music school and would face an opportunity gap relative to children growing up in other states.” Today the Carter Center is a vibrant destination for music education, with around 1,500 students in the facility each week. The majority of the programs offered are designed for children ages five through 18 and include lessons on instruments, voice, group classes, and opportunities such as youth orchestras, jazz/rock bands, wind ensembles, and chamber music. They have also established school partnership programs such as Victoria’s Dream Project and Link Up, allowing fifth graders to perform with the Philharmonic Orchestra at the VETS each year, in addition to allocating $211,000 towards financial aid. With the Champlin Foundation grant, the Center plans to invest in new technology and instruments, as well as maintenance. They will also be launching new performance collaborations – like their film to live orchestra initiative with PPAC – and are working to open a new Westerly branch of the Philharmonic School in 2020. RIPhil.org -Isabella DeLeo
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own journey as a woman entrepreneur. “It wasn’t until I finally felt good enough in my own skin and comfortable enough to present myself as the CEO and face of my business that I experienced the impact that I desired,” she recalls. The book is a DIY to help women start to clarify their business’ mission, audience, and vision – without the cost of hiring a consultant. D&B Press, a subset of Barrington’s Doodle Books Publishing focusing on fiction and nonfiction titles, published the book, which in itself is a work of art: foil stamping, cloth spine, matte stock, and satin ribbon bookmark. Since its release, the feedback has been positive. “Women are really connecting deeply with the content,” shares Dunham, who was particularly touched by a long-time mentor calling the book “significant”. She gushes, “I’ve received many heartfelt letters thanking me for creating it. The ripple effect has begun!” YourBrandTherapy.com -Megan Schmit
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Urban murals are everywhere now, and they’ve illustrated civic spaces from coast to coast. In Providence, The Avenue Concept has spearheaded 170 public art installations all over the city, most recently the colossal “Still Here” mural. Now that every brick wall can double as a public canvas, the arts organization has branched into transport as well – a partnership with the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority called MOVE RI. “MOVE RI is a natural progression of the work we’ve been doing for the past five years,” says Yarrow Thorne, founder and executive director of TAC. “Our goal is to make public art accessible to as many people as possible. Now, instead of placing it in a fixed location and waiting for
people to come to it, we’re bringing the art to them.” The project started with two designers, Myles Dumas and Colin Gillespie, who were each assigned a public bus. You’ve likely seen these buses meandering around East Providence: One vehicle is named “PRONK,” which found inspiration in the eponymous brass marching band. The other is called “Move,” and if you stand far enough away, you can see that the layered bolts of color spell out that very word. Both buses share bright, linear patterns, and the designs not only cover the buses’ shells, but their ceilings as well. The first pair of buses hit the street last fall, and more are planned. The concept has been tried before, when RIPTA
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In February, we think a lot about the heart – at least, the cutesy red or pink kind that’s plastered on everything in honor of Valentine’s Day. However, what about the real, all-important, blood-pumping heart? On the second Wednesday of every month, the Rogers Free Library in Bristol offers something you might not expect from your local library: free blood pressure screenings. Ten years ago, Visiting Nurse Home & Hospice, formerly the Visiting Nurse Service of Newport and Bristol Counties, reached out to the library when it moved to its current location on Hope Street. For one hour once a month, a nurse – currently Sister Ellen Martin – visits to check clients’ blood
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pressure. According to the library’s Assistant Director Kathy McGovern and Visiting Nurse’s Community Clinic Manager Nan Haffenreffer, Martin has a regular following of patrons that come in for the screening. “[The nurses] get to know their clients and their medications,” explains Haffenreffer. Clients will often return month after month, and the nurse will be able to keep an eye on and monitor their status, even offering referrals when needed. She describes the process as a more personal way to get informed about your health rather than simply sticking your arm in a machine at the store. “It’s a human to human interaction,” she says. This past year, the library saw 82 of those interactions – likely
from six to eight recurring individuals, guesses Haffenreffer – during the monthly screenings. Visiting Nurse hosts similar wellness clinics at other locations across the East Bay, like at the Peck Center for Adult Enrichment in Barrington, Jamestown Housing at Pemberton, and the Little Compton Wellness Center. It’s part of their mission to serve the communities for which they provide home care, says Haffenreffer, and the leaders of these clinics are incredibly dedicated. Rogers Free Library is an unexpected venue to offer these screenings, compared to an adult or senior center, she acknowledges. But this is also what makes it special. RogersFreeLibrary.org -Megan Schmit
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Tiverton teen Patrick Flanigan and friends turn tinkering into a business
In late 2017, when 18-year-old Patrick Flanigan borrowed a speaker from his Portsmouth Abbey roommate Franco for a bus ride to a hockey game, it blew out. The Tiverton resident saw two choices: buy a new one or, with his roommate’s go ahead, tinker around and fix it. Fortunately for Patrick, Franco said give it a shot. The attempt was so successful that the design started to catch the attention of other students. Realizing he was on to something, Patrick, with some longtime friends, saw an opportunity, and Sandbar Speakers was born. The friends, most of whom are high school seniors, each play a pivotal role in the company: Patrick, Chief Executive Officer; George Brown, Chief Financial Officer; Will Cabral, Chief Marketing Officer; Ben Markert, Chief Operating Officer; Marcus Smaldone, Head of Sales; and Staff Nick Flanigan, Patrick’s younger brother. SandbarSpeakers.com
When I pulled apart Franco’s speaker, the brain of the speaker was good, but the circle part called the driver that makes the noise was damaged. I ended up making a kind of Frankenstein speaker out of the brain of [the speaker] and some computer speakers I had laying around. I put it in a wooden box just because it was easy to construct. It turned out looking awesome, and it worked. Another guy asked if I could make one looking like a Bob Marley jam box. I stumbled on the design by mistake. Since then, the team spent the year on [research and development], coming up with our final product. The box, called the cabinet, is what gives the speaker its sound. You can have really nice parts inside but it’s a third of the equation. If your box is poorly constructed, it’s no good. The design of the cabinet is what gives it a bassy feel or a tinny feel or loud or
soft. We specialize in a cabinet design using birch plywood that’s 11/32 inches thick and machine it with a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) into panels we use to assemble the speakers. Some of our customer’s designs have ranged from the URI sailing burgee to a bible passage. What I enjoy the most and makes the company work so well is each one of us is doing what we like. George, Ben, and I are engineers at heart, Marcus can sell without even showing the product, and Will loves marketing. Nobody is doing something they don’t want to do. In our school systems, we rarely get something that is long term. The longest paper at the Abbey takes a couple of months or a research paper over a term. This is something, which if the team decided to stop working, would die. Sandbar Speakers is entirely us wanting to do it, which is really cool.
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The Shop at Blithewold We are pleased to introduce Rhody Gem, a new monthly column in The Bay Magazine. We’re always being thanked for spotlighting the “hidden gems” of the state, and in our ongoing efforts to leave no stone unturned, we’re putting the call out to our readership! Each month we’ll spotlight a Rhody Gem: a business, artisan, or place lead to us by our faithful readers. What it is: Located in a shingled outbuilding at Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, this gift shop is worthy of its own visit.
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Where to find it: Once parked at the Blithewold lot, follow the path to a small brown cottage that is the Carriage House Visitors and Education Center and houses The Shop at Blithewold; hours are the same as those of the Mansion. Look for the shop to reopen later next month. What makes it a Rhody Gem? While small, this gift shop is bright and filled with a thoughtful assortment of gifts, many sourced from Rhode Island and New England. In addition to museum keepsakes like T-shirts and books about Blithewold’s Van Wickle family, the cottage’s white shelves are filled with garden- and coastal-themed home accents, handmade jewelry, children’s items, and more. Blithewold members receive a 15 percent member discount. After shopping, visit the gardens and grounds, which are open year-round.
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February 8: Join Sandywoods for a day of live folk music during Winter Songfest. Featuring solo showcases by three veteran songwriters: Louis Leeman, Lara Herscovitch, and Chuck Williams. Tiverton, Sandywoods.org
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February 8: Frostbite Bash 2019 boasts open bars, food tastings, music, silent auctions, and a photo booth in the historic Hall of Boats. It’s never too cold to celebrate the sea in the Ocean State. Bristol, Herreshoff.org
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February 10: Boston group Receita de Samba will introduce classic Brazilian jazz to the Community Concert Series at St. Michael’s Church. Featuring a mix of Samba, Bossa Nova, and jazz performed with vocals, piano, bass, drums, and percussion. Bristol, CCSAtSM.org
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February 2: Learn how to make authentic, from-scratch tortillas with KRAEV’s Chef Rene Sanchez at Hope & Main in his The Art of the Roll instructional workshop. Warren, MakeFoodYourBusiness.org
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February 16: Reserve your spot at Mt. Hope Farm’s Test Kitchen for a Valentine’s dinner, featuring a five-course meal. Highlights include pan-seared scallops and chocolate strawberry tart. Bristol, MountHopeFarm.org
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February 20: Name a more dynamic duo than wine and cheese. Newport Vineyards and Milk & Honey co-host a Wine & Cheese Class where guests learn about their estate-grown wines, local cheeses, and how to pair them. Middletown, NewportVineyards.com
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February 23: Bristol’s Stone Church Coffee House, located at the First Congregational Church, hosts folk artist Vance Gilbert, known for catchy, pop-friendly melodies. Grab a ticket and a seat for the family-friendly performance. Bristol, StoneChurchCoffeeHouse.Weebly.com
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PHOTOS CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Kiki’s Delivery Service (Japan), Secret of Kells (Ireland), Anglerfish (Germany), Rafiki (Kenya), The Good Mother (Mexico), Becoming Who I Was (India), Tito and the Birds (Brazil), Supa Modo (Kenya)
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Welcome To The Jungle A brand-new rainforest exhibit at Roger Williams Zoo showcases tropical wildlife – and kicks off a 20-year Master Plan By Robert Isenberg Photos courtesy of Roger Williams Zoo
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he first thing you feel is heat. Step through the great wooden doors, and your skin turns warm and clammy. Glasses fog up. Winter coats feel heavy. Here, the 80-degree air contrasts starkly with Rhode Island winter. As you strip away gloves and wool cap, the rainforest emerges – tree trunks and palm fronds rise upward, great curtains of green. Monkeys scamper over vines. Birds shriek their greetings from the canopy. Edenic, like the lost valleys of adventures tales, Faces of the Rainforest sprawls beneath a 40-foot glass ceiling. After two years of construction and roughly $14 million, Faces of the Rainforest is now open to the public. The facility is less like a diorama than a slice of actual rainforest: Over 100 species of plants share newly laid soil. Creeks meander along the floor. A sloth lounges in the treetops. A toucan arches its head, and an aardvark scuttles. Some of these animals were already here – the Saki monkey, the elegant crested tinamou, the Chilean flamingos – yet 35 additional species were carefully selected from a national network of zoos, then quarantined for 30 days before being introduced to their new home. The real stars are the giant otters. Native to the Amazon, they’re far bigger than their North American cousins, measuring five feet in length. A dedicated tank allows them to swim around in endless, mellifluous figure eights. They surface, their whiskers briefly visible above the water’s skin, and then they dive again. At any time of day, you’ll see children pressed against the glass, watching the otters
shimmy through the murk. “There he is!” they cry. “He’s coming this way! Look! Look!”
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hy a rainforest? Why bring the jungle to a cold, coastal state like Rhode Island? The decision mostly came from the public, thanks to a series of surveys. “Everybody, almost unanimously, said, ‘More primates, more monkeys,’” says Dr. Jeremy Goodman, the zoo’s director. “They wanted a warm spot for people to escape the weather. When you put all that together, it was kind of obvious we needed an indoor, South American area.” But Faces of the Rainforest is groundbreaking on several levels. The Amazon, with its rapid deforestation and vanishing species, is a vivid reminder of humanity’s impact on nature; the lush color and texture of a rainforest speaks to Earth’s biodiversity, and what is at stake. Outside the building, plaques and interactive installations explain the value of this teeming biome. The zoo’s education team wanted to post simple tips – simple enough for children to follow at home – for lessening our environmental footprint: eating sustainably, reducing waste, using responsible palm oil products, and so on.
Linne’s Two-toed Sloth
Meanwhile, the exhibit is the first step in a 20-year Master Plan, which will bring a brand-new education center, improved infrastructure, and New England’s first reptile house. As long as the nonprofit zoo can meet its fundraising goals, the team will build new enclosures for sea lions and Humboldt penguins, an enlarged primate exhibit, and an upgraded tiger habitat. Roger Williams is the third-oldest zoo in the country, and it already commands national respect among professional zoologists. But Goodman and his colleagues hope to radically enhance its facilities over the next two decades. Any project that involves animals must be carefully mapped out. Creating a synthetic rainforest has unique challenges, starting with the exact animals to display. Many species – tapirs, the arapaima fish, and even jaguars – were briefly considered, then dismissed. “We had some very lively discussions, dating back well over three years ago,” says Goodman. “We look at a number of factors. First and foremost, can we take proper care of them? We’re building brand-new facilities, so we were confident about that. Then
there’s availability. Even if we wanted to exhibit a giant armadillo, there aren’t any available at all. There were a lot of things we decided not to go with, because, unfortunately, we can’t put everything we wanted in the building.” This kind of indoor ecosystem also requires animals that will “get along.” One of the exhibit’s most memorable members is the howler monkey, a pensive-looking primate with a heavy fur coat. The zoo picked howlers over spider monkeys, which are far more territorial. “Spider monkeys are very cool and very dynamic,” says Goodman, “but we would have been limited to that one species.” The building itself is also a feat of engineering, since it defies New England’s natural climate and must accommodate many different orders of animal. One waterway must be habitable for a nine-foot anaconda, while a separate tank houses the giant otters. Some birds are allowed to fly freely about the atrium; the toucan is gently contained under a net. Beneath the building, there is a complex labyrinth of pipes and electrical systems, which maintain proper temperatures, irrigate water, and protect
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against power outages. Faces of the Rainforest celebrated its grand opening on November 30. In the minutes before its doors opened for the first time, hundreds of people gathered in front of the shining new structure. Families and school groups filled the lot, along with reporters lugging cameras. The weather was cool and overcast. There were several moving speeches, first by Maribeth Williamson, chair of the Rhode Island Zoological Association, then by Mayor Jorge Elorza. “I can only think of all the young people who are going to step inside and look up in wonder at the amazing flora, and the animals and the birds they’re going to see here,” said Elorza. “And I would love to think that any of them are going to be inspired about leading a sustainable life.” After their dedications, Elorza, Williamson, and Goodman stood before their audience. Goodman held a giant pair of scissors. But it wasn’t a ribbon they snipped; it was a leafy vine. The vine fell away; the crowd applauded. Moments later, everyone marched toward the open entrance, slipping into a warm new world.
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THE SPA ISSUE Sample 13 spas for your winter staycation in the East Bay By Megan Schmit
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he month of February is tricky: It’s still colored with excitement for the new year and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, but it’s cold and snowy, with so much of winter still ahead. However, it is the perfect time to indulge in a daycation – or even just an hour – of pampering in the comfy, cozy oasis of a spa. For a small state, Rhode Island is brimming with relaxation stations, especially in the East Bay. Here is a sampling, plus at home tips from a local spa owner and destinations for skin and body care products made right here.
Alayne White is the dynamic powerhouse behind her own beauty business Alayne White Spa, which specializes in an intimate small spa experience that treats clients like guests, not just customers. Her Bristol location is picturesque: a historic home with a baby blue interior, fun prints, and homey atmosphere, plus rocking chairs on the front porch and a garden, where she often hosts workshops. 11 Constitution Street, Bristol, AlayneWhite.com MUST TRY TREATMENT: In February and March, indulge in the Skin and Mind Blast, which includes a Lactic Peel acid exfoliant and It’s All In Your Head face cleansing treatment, nourishing during cold weather. If you’re looking for something stronger and longer-lasting than a typical relaxing facial or massage, Avalon Medical Spa uses state-of-the-art medical technology and trained clinicians to enhance the spa experience. The space is professional, pristine, and private, without feeling like a doctor’s office: Think warm wood floors and painted walls, and a well-appointed, welcoming lobby. 573 Hope Street, Bristol, AvalonMedicalSpa.net MUST TRY TREATMENT: The Perfect Peel, a medical-grade treatment that uses anti-aging ingredients to repair, nourish, refine, and improve the skin, from complexion to acne.
A relaxation room at Bodhi Spa
Newport is a popular destination for unwinding, and there’s no better place than the The Bodhi Spa to do so. The spa offers treatments beyond your typical massage, from mineral baths to infrared saunas and aromatherapy steams. The high-end space is elegant and resembles a luxurious, faraway retreat. 654 Thames Street, Newport, TheBodhiSpa.com MUST TRY TREATMENT: The Water Journey, an experience rooted in the benefits of hydrotherapy, which takes guests through a series of salt pools and saunas, both hot and cold, to stimulate the circulatory system.
You don’t feel like you’re a parking lot away from Target or Kohl’s when you’re at Elizabeth Grady’s Spa: It’s a bright, airy space with all the sleek, shiny surfaces you’d expect in a downtown destination. The spa is just one of 30 locations and has been operating since 1975, with a skin-first mindset. Find a range of services from facials to waxing and threading, alongside a variety of products for sale, like cleansers and body care. 20 Commerce Way #4, Seekonk, MA , ElizabethGrady.com MUST TRY TREATMENT: The Tropical Fusion Facial is like a vacation for your skin: a warm massage of papaya and pineapple enzymes, plus a massage and hydrating mask. Find a blend of pampering and clinical care at Glow Face & Body Spa, an oasis in the center of Warren. Owner Cristin creates a peaceful and private space that’s simply decorated,
The Relaxation Room at Spa Yadira
Photography by Michael Cevoli
to dedicate her full attention and advice to clients. 585 Main Street, Warren, GlowRI.com MUST TRY TREATMENT: The Ultimate Body Soothing Session, a multi-step treatment that includes a back exfoliating peel, moisturizing creams, essential oils, gentle face cleanse, a face, neck, and shoulder massage, and finished with warm towels and a treatment cream. A refurbished historic townhouse on Hope Street is home to Hair, Heart & Soul Spa, a day spa dedicated to treating the soul as much as the body. The setting is coastal and calm, with a Himalayan salt-infused room and a list of Aveda body treatments and rituals, alongside more ancient philosophies. 407 Hope Street, Bristol, HairHeartAndSoul.com MUST TRY TREATMENT: Restore Balance is a multi-faceted spa experience where
your dosha (one of three bodily energies, according to Ayurvedic medicine) is determined and aromas selected, followed by an Indian Head Massage and reflexology-based foot massage. Located on the lower level of an unassuming shingled house, Invidia Salon & Spa is a beautiful, welcoming space staffed by a fun, friendly team – most of whom have been there since it opened in 2006. Their spa services are many and varied, from facials and body care to specialty treatments and a la carte options. 1050 East Main Road, Portsmouth, InvidiaSalonSpa.com MUST TRY TREATMENT: The Chocolate Wrap Up, a chocolate mint scrub followed by all-over chocolate body butter to moisturize.
AT HOME TIPS
Spa owner Yadira Alexander shares her secrets to maintaining healthy skin in between monthly facials. * Choose a cleanser and moisturizer appropriate for your skin type * Use a toner that hydrates the skin * Exfoliate once or twice a week to remove any dead skin cells that have accumulated overnight
Photography by Michael Cevoli
* Use an eye cream to replace the loss of moisture around the delicate eye area
Yadira Alexander of Spa Yadira
SHOP LOCAL Find local handcrafted skin and body care to nourish throughout winter. Sustainable skincare from Portsmouth’s Farmaesthetics, available at Harbor Bath & Body. 251 Thames Street #3, Bristol | Facebook: Harbor Bath and Body Salves, soaks, and more from Mosaic Wellness Boutique. 2490 Main Road, Tiverton | Mosaic-Massage.com Soaps and scrubs from Stella Marie Soap Company. 486 Main Street, Warren | StellaMarieSoap.com Beauty, body, and wellness products from The Peyton Co. 7 Child Street, Warren | ThePeytonCo.com
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Le Spa of Barrington’s philosophy is rooted in both Ancient Chinese practices and modern massage therapy. The setting itself reflects this, blending a clean, minimal aesthetic with Asian influences – bamboo, Chinese characters and imagery, and Buddha statuettes. 334 County Road, Prince’s Hill Plaza, Suite C, Barrington, LeSpaRI.com MUST TRY TREATMENT: Le Classic Tui Na, a range of Traditional Chinese Medicine to relieve pain and stress through acupressure. New Leaf Hair Studio has all the trimmings of a New York City salon: expansive front windows, bright interior, soaring ceilings, and a sense of style. But downstairs, you’re transported to their spa, a tropical oasis of soft green where their skin specialist and massage therapist are ready to pamper you as readily as the hair stylists upstairs. 18 State Street, Bristol, NewLeafHairStudio.com MUST TRY TREATMENT: Ridiculously Relaxing Rubdown Body Treatment, a 90-minute head-to-toe mas-
sage that promises to leave you blissed out and, of course, ridiculously relaxed. Renewing Touch Massage & Spa is the brainchild of licensed massage therapist Jennifer Paquette and offers everything from holistic remedies to traditional spa treatments. The space is warm and uncluttered, with heated tables, soft lighting, and coastal decorations. 315 Hope Street, Bristol, RenewingTouchMassage.net MUST TRY TREATMENT: The Tension Tamer combines a scalp, neck, and shoulders massage, aromatherapy, and hot/cold stones to, as the name suggests, alleviate tension. A bonus? It’s great for sinus and migraine relief, too. Spa Yadira is the culmination of owner-esthetician Yadira Alexander’s dreams. It’s a luxurious spa in a flipped historic space, featuring shabby chic decor in hues of white and sage. Clients can lounge in the relaxation room complete with snacks, soothing music, aromatherapy, and candles to achieve what Yadira hopes is pure tranquility and bliss. 182 High Street, Bristol, SpaYadira. com MUST TRY TREATMENT: The Organic Microdermabrasion and Lumafirm Facial is the spa’s most requested facial, which features exfoliation with organic flower grains and a renewing facial for dewy, healthy skin.
Raymond Hennessey of Tiffany’s Salon & Spa
Photography by Michael Cevoli
Photography by Stacey Doyle
Sydney’s Salon & Spa feels like home. It’s not just the environment – earth-toned paint, cozy wall hangings, warm lighting – but the staff, who feel like family. The multipurpose salon welcomes clients not only for haircuts and spa treatments, but for manicures, spray tans, ear piercings, and shopping in their clothes and home goods boutique. 2461 East Main Road, Portsmouth, SydneysRI.com MUST TRY TREATMENT: The Bioelements Signature Custom Blend Facial, which is personalized to your needs thanks to a SkinReading to determine skin concerns and goals, and features a cleanse, exfoliation, custom aromatherapy facial massage, plus power treatment and mask. Nestled in a residential area in a remodeled old house, Tiffany’s Salon & Spa might surprise you: It’s a highend salon-spa combo with a community feel. Owner Raymond Hennessey purchased the spot over 50 years ago and has been dedicated to the client experience ever since. While Tiffany’s specializes in haircut and styling, it has a full range of spa services provided by talented estheticians. 21 West Street, Barrington, TiffanysSalonAndSpa.com MUST TRY TREATMENT: The Ultimate Facial, a 90-minute experience with an additional mask, plus extended time getting your head, neck, arms, and feet massaged. The extra time also lets the esthetician tailor to your skin’s needs.
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Live Well Shop Around SHOP AROUND
Home Style
Whole Body
by Elyse Major • photo courtesy of Luca + Danni
Pretty in Pink Luca + Danni
Whether you think Valentine’s Day is a holiday perpetuated by a big greeting card syndicate or not, there’s no denying that pink and red have become the signature palette of February. Tap into your inner cupid and treat yourself or your best galentine with colors and motifs of the season with affordable accessories from Luca + Danni. Collections include handcrafted bracelets, earrings, necklaces, and rings, all featuring semi-precious beads, charms and stones, or messages set in brass and artisan metals. All pieces are created and handmade out of the family-owned factory in Cranston. Small businesses throughout the state carry Luca + Danni, and each accessory comes packaged with an inspirational quote perfect for gifting or keeping yourself.
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Luca + Danni Retailers Barrington Books, locations in Barrington and Garden City; Imagine, 5 Miller Street, Warren; The Portsmouth Shop, 2511 East Main Road, Portsmouth
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WHOLE BODY
by Megan Schmit
Restoring Wellness, One Piece at a Time Tiverton’s Mosaic Wellness Boutique offers massage, dry brushing, hot stones, and more
Walking into Mosaic Wellness Boutique is like walking out of the real world and into an unexpected paradise: bright white walls and marble tile are a crisp backdrop to the layered, globally inspired decor featuring patterned pillows, bamboo shades, painted canvases, clusters of candles, and strategically hung fairy lights. “Health & Home” is written in the entry, succinctly summarizing Mosaic’s philosophy, which centers on natural wellness and healing – mainly by the hands of its owner, Meagan Mahoney. The name, she explained, came from her travels in Spain just before pursuing a license in massage therapy. She described the mosaics she saw as “putting broken things back together”, much like the practice of massage, she says. On a blustery winter day, I came in for two services I had never tried: dry brushing and hot stones. Mahoney led me through a candle-and-stone-lined hallway and into the massage room outfitted simply but
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cozily – the door was labeled, since Mosaic also offers Thai massage. If you’ve ever had a massage, you know the drill: Strip down, climb in, get comfy. I did so, relishing in the heated table and weighted drape. The quiet sound of waves came from a speaker somewhere. The first thing Mahoney did was rub lavender and basil essential oils into her palms and ask me to take a few deep breaths. The aroma awakened my senses before she started with the dry brushing. The process starts with a rubdown in exfoliating gloves, followed by a vigorous – well – brushing with a bristle brush. This treatment stimulates the lymphatic system, smooths skin, improves skin tone, and reduces cellulite. It’s also great for wintertime, Mahoney added. It may sound painful, and I’ll admit it did take a moment to get used to the sensation of the firm bristles scratching across my skin, but after the most intense exfoliation of
my life, the lotioned massage felt blessedly soothing. As did the hot stones, which were toasty warm and worked out the tight knots between by shoulder blades. An hour-anda-half later, when Mahoney left me to slowly rise and get dressed, I was a renewed version of myself – with verifiably softer skin and less tense muscles. Mosaic has only been open at its current location since summer of 2017, but in that time, it’s grown: the sauna was recently installed, with help from Mahoney’s father, and in November she started making her own salves and lotions, and spa showers are also in the works for 2019. Whether you need muscle relief from the 9-to-5 desk job, or to indulge in some mind, body, and soul pampering, Mosaic will restore your physical and mental health – one piece at a time.
Mosaic Wellness Boutique 2490 Main Road, Tiverton • 401-617-9989
Photography by Megan Schmit
The massage room at Mosaic is a coastal oasis
Live Well
INFLUENCER
by Jackie Ignall
Bill Keough Rockstar Vibes
Photography by Wolf Matthewson
My personal style is nothing too complicated – consistency is my mantra. I like to cut a sharp, edgy figure, so mostly wear blacks and grays. My leather jacket is like my second skin – find one unique in style with a cool looking collar and don’t let go of it. The standard T or long sleeve three-button Henley depending on the temperature and occasion and Levi’s slim-fit jeans with a tapered leg in black or gray are my go-tos. I do have a red pair of jeans that I drop in once in a while, which always draws comments. I wear a pair of Doc Martens until they have been worn out completely before going to the next pair. I always try to mix in T-shirts that will start conversations with complete strangers. T-shirts based on the periodic table are great for that. ‘I Nap Periodically’ never fails to draw smiles while waiting in line for coffee. I’ve loved music since I was old enough to drop a needle on a record and started going to see shows regularly when a teenager. Coming of age in the late ‘70s to early ‘80s was a blessing for sure. I got my start in the business by playing in bands with people I met, and over time became interested in promoting all the music I loved, which led to a lengthy stretch on the business end of it all. Providence is such a treasure trove of unique beauty; around every corner is found art. While gathering clips for my recent video ‘Gentle Smile’, I dropped by the 10,000 Suns project over by the Point Street Bridge, thinking shots of all those majestic sunflowers swaying in the breeze would be a great addition. I was so drawn in by the exhibit’s vibe that it became the focus of the music video.
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HOMESTYLE
by Elyse Major
Clever as a Fox A skillful mix of colorful art and heirlooms fill a Bristol historic home with whimsy and nostalgia getting in the car,” explains Fox. “When the kids were in elementary school, we were able to walk to school every morning, which was a great treat. We love walking to Aidan’s for a meal with friends, having date night at Roberto’s, popping down to the Beehive Cafe, or sending one of the kids down to pick up breakfast at Bristol Bagels... There are so many great options! We are very spoiled!” The oldest part of the house, a center-chimney Colonial, was built in 1745, with the main house constructed around 1810, followed by the “new addition” in the mid- to late-1800s. Since taking ownership, the Foxes have
worked with Mike Viveiros from Mike’s Building and Remodeling in Bristol on various projects, always in keeping with the aesthetic of the property and using existing space in inventive ways. Thoughtful renovations have included creating a Murphy-style pull-down desk in the bedroom, fashioning a music closet within the home office, and adding a gas fireplace to the family room. Interiors throughout the home generally begin with neutral paint colors that provide a backdrop for a myriad of artwork by family members and local artists. Fox is a fan of Benjamin Moore paint, which she always purchases from nearby Mt. Hope Paint and Decorating. “I admit the names of the paint colors play a huge part in why we pick them. I love the irony of picking
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Ever wonder what it’s like to live in one of those beautiful Bristol homes lining the famed parade route? According to Ali Fox, it’s pretty wonderful. Since 2005, Ali, husband Greg, and their two children (and two dogs) have enjoyed life in the Samuel Smith/Mary P. Paine house. The property is part of the walkable downtown Historic District and close to everything from shops to the waterfront. “We love living in downtown and being able to walk everywhere. It’s great to be able to shop, go out to eat, stop at the library or post office - all without ever
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GET RHODY STYLE Ali Fox’s pet projects are ones that enhance the fun and comfort of being at home. She notes that pieces from antique and consignment shops tend to be the right scale for their historic house and mix in well with what she already has. “I know they are well-made and will continue to serve us well.” Here are some of Ali’s go-to spots for old, new, and everything in between. SOMETHING OLD Alfred’s Consignments, Warren Jesse James Antiques, Bristol Second Helpings, Bristol, “for pre-loved furniture”
‘Quiet Moments’ as the paint color for our busy back hall entry and mudroom,” she says. When decorating, Fox tends to gravitate toward unique pieces that she describes as happy with an interesting story, noting, “the bulk of our furniture has been passed on to us by family members and I have always loved the challenge of incorporating all these different styles and honoring these pieces in a way that is cozy and comfortable.”
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SOMETHING NEW O&G Studio, Warren, “for the few new pieces of furniture we have bought - because we love how they feel like heirlooms already!” Oliveira Textiles, Bristol, “for pillows and for fabric to reupholster hand-me down chairs” SOMETHING COLORFUL Epilogues, Bristol, “for lamps, pillows, candles, and art work; also antiques” Sea Rose Cottage, Bristol, “for rugs and floor cloths; also vintage finds” SOMETHING FRESH C&R Mercantile, Bristol, “for flowers and provisions”
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Beefed Up The Newport Burger Bender offers another round of meaty creations The 30 burgers on display look like postmodern sculptures: Some spill
different restaurants. Don’t let the “Newport” fool you: Participants
over with bacon aioli, melted cheddar, and mac and cheese. Others
hail from all around the bay, including Bristol Oyster Bar, Judge
are topped with pickles of various shapes, or stabbed through with an
Roy Bean Saloon in Bristol, and Gulf Stream Bar & Grille in Ports-
Arthurian steak knife. You are as likely to see a shrimp or jalapeño as
mouth. The competition is all in good fun, but chefs are serious about
lettuce and tomato, and if you’ve never stuck a “tempura cornichon” –
their creations, and the public is welcome to tour local grills and try
deep-fried pickle – on a burger before, look no further than the Crowley
each entry. Only aficionados will manage to sample the full spec-
Burger, which won the Newport Burger Bender last year. The Crowley
trum – since this amounts to about three burgers a day – but the
is now a permanent fixture of the La Forge Casino menu.
rest of us can savor the winner, since it almost always sticks around.
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by Alastair Cairns
Pasta to the People Price Farina elevates your weekday dinner with fresh pasta proprietress Priscilla for guidance if need be, but if you can boil water and have a four-minute attention span, you’re up for the challenge. I’m sure their pasta has won hundreds of people ill-deserved compliments at dinner parties at this point, but I mostly use it to make the mundane special. With a neat little package from Prica Farina boxed up in the fridge, I can elevate a weekday meal without really trying. When Prica Farina first opened, my toddler had enough space to run laps around the storefront while we chatted with the owners, Priscilla and David. David is often feeding ribbons of pasta dough over a stainless-steel table, while Priscilla smiles and bustles about in front. Like everyone who enters, at some point our toddler pauses to stare, transfixed by what must seem a glass toy box, filled with different shapes and colors. There are classics, like linguini in alluring nests, but also the more whimsical and modern. There are industrial little radiatore next to flirty little campanelle, in colors from squid ink black to the gold of a dim winter sun. Every piece of pasta is picture perfect. Now it’s the holiday rush, and our little man can barely glimpse inside the case for the forest of legs in the way. I’m not surprised how business has grown. That’s because Prica Farina isn’t just one of those boutique food curiosity shops, with a selection destined to gather dust in your pantry. It’s not filled with tiny jars of caviar and impossibly small, expensive magic beans from Provence. Instead, Prica Farina peels away part of your grocery shopping from the supermarket and improves it. Prica Farina understands that pasta, no matter how fresh and lovely, is a staple. If you’re lucky enough to live nearby, it sells it affordably so that you can buy it on a weekly basis. From this particular trip, I spent about 30 minutes making radiatore in a maitake mushroom garlic cream sauce, with some barely wilted baby kale. I’m not bragging to say it tasted remarkable, because that
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There’s all sorts of reasons you might go to Prica Farina in Warren. I’ll scan through the people in line to find some of them. There’s a couple after my own heart, eating dessert first: They down a cannoli each, freshly filled in front of them. In the corner, a small family tastes gelato from a visiting supplier. And us? We’re here partly to manage our cheese addiction. Prica Farina introduced us to Vermont Shepherd’s Invierno, and over the holidays we’ve gone through two pounds of it. Really though, same as everyone, we’re here for fresh pasta. If you’ve never had fresh pasta, disgrazia! I used to make pasta frequently… then I had a child, and it became a casualty alongside my study of the fretless bass. Prica Farina does it better anyway, with traditional bronze-cut, sauce-loving pastas. Ask the
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remarkable something extra had very little to do with me. A frilly flush of maitake from RI Mushroom Company, crisp baby kale from Little River Farm, a decent glug of cream, all lead to the critical step: a gentle tug on a red and white thread. That tug opens a special little pasta box, and a different level of quality.
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by Robert Isenberg
Fun, Uncorked
You’ve probably seen “grape-stomping” in movies. You’ve smirked at the medieval concept of taking off your shoes, jumping into a wooden vessel, and marching around in kneedeep pulp. Most of us have never considered staining our legs maroon to squeeze out some grape juice, especially when that juice will take years to ferment into wine. But admit it: You kind of want to try it now, don’t you? Pulverizing fruit is just one of the events at WINEterfest, a mid-winter celebration of the oenophilic arts. Appropriately, the
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two-day festival is hosted by Newport Vineyards, the largest grower of wine grapes in New England. Visitors arrive from across the region to taste the winery’s selection, snack on hors d’oeuvres, and hear live music by The Teledynes and The Little Compton Band. Kick off the weekend with the Speakeasy Soirée, a cocktail party homage to the Roaring Twenties, where flapper costumes are encouraged. During the festival, you can also swing by the “Ice Wine Bar,” where you can try Newport’s famous Vidal
dessert wine, made from naturally frosted grapes, honey, and apricot. (Trust us on this one). WINEterfest has been a cold-weather panacea for 23 years, but this one offers a special addition: Beer aficionados can sip the Scotch Ale and Imperial Stout of Taproot Brewing Co., the vintner’s sixmonth-old gastropub. Speakeasy Soirée takes place February 15; WINEterfest continues February 16 & 17. Middletown, NewportVineyards.com
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WINEterfest Weekend livens up February at Newport Vineyards
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Since 2012, Friskie Fries has transformed into a fried-potato empire. The operation started as a food truck, followed by a tiny shop in Johnston. Last year, Friskie opened a popular new location in downtown Providence. And last month, a brand-new venue opened in the East Bay, in the middle of the busy Barrington shopping plaza, only a stone’s throw from the bike path. Not bad for a company that started as a dreamy conversation in Amsterdam, where friends Tom Wright and Randy D’Antuono were spending their vacation. The business partners have gambled on a daring concept – to turn French fries into an entire meal – and succeeded, mostly because of their far-out combinations: The Cat’l Call is basically fries covered in a Philly cheese steak, and the Disco Dottie is poutine mixed from Vermont cheddar curd and brown gravy. Friskie Fries benefits from smart marketing, such as its logo of a cartoon cat, plus its increasingly lucrative street addresses. Not long ago, Wright and D’Antuono told us that they had sold the equivalent to 500 tons of potatoes, and they recently tallied 11,000 Miss Potato Heads sold in 2018. With its savory jumble of bacon, sour cream, and sharp cheddar, Miss Potato Head is one of Friskie Fries’ biggest sellers. The new Barrington storefront should become a major destination for East Bay residents in search of munchies. But brace yourself: The fry duo will open a fourth location later this month – this time on 404 Thames Street in Newport. Barrington, Facebook: Friskie Fries.
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CONNOISSEUR
by Courtney Dell’Agnese
Chopped Champion Chef Eli Dunn of Eli’s Kitchen dishes on his Food Network fame I don’t know how they found me, but they did. My staff talked me into it and so I applied and went down to New York in May and I won. It was crazy. But after I won and they were like, “We’ll tell you when your episode will air, it can be anywhere from six months to a year.” So, talk about anticlimactic. I had this amazing experience, I won, and I called my wife and we were celebrating, and then I had to forget about it and move on. Until I got the email that said the episode would air on November 27 and then I could tell people I was on it.
From working at his mother’s fish and chips restaurant in Seekonk, Massachusetts, to starting his own restaurant in Warren, Chef Eli Dunn of Eli’s Kitchen took another giant leap in his cooking career last May when he competed on Food Network’s Chopped. He brought his own flair to the Chopped kitchen, creating dishes that represented his state, his restaurant, and himself, which crowned him the champion. What first drew you to cooking? I think it was in my DNA. I mean, I grew up with an appreciation for real food and was consciously in love with food. But in my early twenties, I began traveling, and a friend of mine went to California. My first real food hero was Alice Waters, who sort of is credited with
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starting the farm-to-table movement, and I ate at her restaurant and it was a revelation because her food was so much like my mother’s in that is was unpretentious and simple and just fresh, but incredibly flavorful and perfectly cooked. That experience opened my eyes and was just a turning point for me. It was the first time I heard “farm-to-table” and so I started to cook that way. And it’s just hard not to fall in love with something when you realize you’re really good at it and it makes people happy. What drove you to being on Chopped? It’s funny because I never really watched Chopped to be honest with you. But then last year I got a casting call for [the show], and I’m not sure how they recruit for the show, so
What did it feel like when you won? It was a huge roller coaster of emotions. The first round, I was confident I was going through because I know our chowder is just so good. But in the second round, I overcooked the fish and my sauce congealed so they didn’t love the dish. And in my mind at the time I was like “I’m going home” and I started going through this spirituality thing where I was thinking this was an amazing experience, that I won’t be too attached to the results, and I was trying to accept I was going home. So when they chopped someone else and I made it to the dessert round, I was shocked. I went from being resigned to going home to being super excited and confident again. It was incredible, and it felt great to win. But I really couldn’t celebrate until a couple weeks ago when it aired. We had a viewing party and watching it with everyone that came out to support me, that was my moment.
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How did you prepare for the show? The truth is, that’s how we cook here. That creative process is familiar to me, so I felt as though the mystery basket concept was right in my wheelhouse. I also did some research and read some blogs from people who had competed and won and sort of their pro-tips. I researched the judges a bit and some different strategies to use, but overall, I didn’t want to overthink it and psych myself out.
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