Thayer Street, Part II

Sunday morning.

Although the bar scene was a complete disappointment, I spotted many bakeries, cafes and coffee shops in the Thayer Street area of Brown University that seemed like a great place to relax over some coffee and pastries on a Sunday morning.

A small pleasure that I enjoy in a strange city is to relax in a neighborhood coffee shop over a copy of the local newspaper, reading every article that gives you a good idea about the town's flavor; articles that reports the biggest events in town, discusses the hottest housing trends in the area, reviews of the latest restaurant openings and so forth.

Armed with a copy of the Sunday edition of The Providence Journal, I settled by a large window that opened to the main section of Thayer street in an Italian cafe called, Roba Dolce. Just watching the people strolling by, random music from passing cars and street musicians, the chatters of small and large groups, students in their typical campus shirts and jeans, young couples with strollers... it was the right scene to just lose myself for a couple of hours, thoroughly engrossed in reading about the little things that go on in the small towns around Providence, enjoying the light summer breeze, shifting seat time to time to adjust to the flood of sunshine pouring in from the window... no plans for later in the day, no people to see, no appointments, no commitments... just me completely lost in a lazy sunday afternoon in a New England town...

It was beautiful.

(Who needs a vacation if one could just enjoy a couple of hours like this every now and then???)