(Uyghur cuisine)

Jahunger — their noodles are incredible

Pickerel and Thick Neck are open Mondays. Pickerel is ramen, small spot, small menu but bomb drinks, dessert and ramen. Thick Neck is a pop up experimental spot inside the Dean Hotel. It’s downtown so super walkable. Small-ish plates, fresh, good apps, desserts and drinks.

I work at Al Forno- we don’t have high chairs or a kids menu, but as long as your kid can sit in a chair they’re more than welcome and we will have something they’ll enjoy. (The 5 cheese baked pasta is basically the fine dining equivalent to mac and cheese).

I’d also recommend Red Stripe in Wayland Square, it’s great for families.

Check this project out on Instagram too. Their posts show real effects of the policies that shaped American cities and I'm a big fan of their visualizations.

Any Newport Restaurant Group restaurant is kid friendly. In Providence that's Hemenway's and Waterman Grille.

I think you're misinterpreting how I'm interpreting you.

I didn't say you made a value judgement as to my politics, though I can see how a cursory reading could result in that mistake. No worries. What is a worry is the phrase "neither of these companies is ideal".

You seem to have some very good points to make. I'm most likely to choose to make time to dig into them with someone who:

1. doesn't say "neither of these companies is ideal"
2. is able to read my comments and recognize that my objection is to the statement "neither of these companies is ideal"

You may not want to see the connection between "neither of these companies is ideal" and Both Sidesism, but its clear to me.

I appreciate the steps people take to be better at critical thought. It's not clear to me that what I'm seeing is an improvement.

We go from "they give to the GOP so they're bad," which is oversimplified and a hot take to "all companies give to both sides so don't worry about it," which is arguably much worse.

I think you’re misinterpreting me? I didn’t make a value judgment as to your politics; I certainly didn’t suggest anything about Both Sides here. Nor am I trying to be dismissive about concerns. But there is a lack of acknowledgment I’m seeing about who has agency here and the limited scope of our choices as consumers. The CCA program puts our municipalities in a much stronger position as negotiators on our behalf, it increases the use of renewables, and it’s cheaper. The other option currently available doesn’t deliver that. Those are our two options, at present.

There are/were efforts to have the State “nationalize” RI’s energy company, but that’s a huge lift. But even if that’s an end goal, meanwhile, with CCA, we can organize within our municipalities and hold them to account much more easily than we can with the PUC. We can push for changes with the next RFP, especially now that people are much more aware of it.

Sounds reasonable, will look into that theory

I’m no expert by any means but I believe you get more of a guaranteed rate with the medium rates. Whereas the cheaper rates could be cheaper now but they could drastically increase at any time later down the road and become a more expensive option. So you basically pay for consistency. I could be wrong though

I am confused as well. You are automatically enrolled in the "medium rate". Why the heck wouldn't we want to enroll in the lowest rate? And why would anyone choose those two options with higher rates than the current RIE prices? Doesn't make much sense, I emailed them, will see what response I get. Maybe I will find the answers here.

They have a special where kids drink free!

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What makes me question the potentially better points is the statement that neither of these organizations is ideal. It is dismissive and misleading. One of these two companies gives in a much different way than the other, at least with the little information we have discussed.

I have voted Republican in the past. Putting me in the same boat as Both Sidesers when I'm far left of liberals is just plain stupid. I'm not saying your comment goes that far, but the statement that "neither of these companies is ideal" is bad enough is simplistic to the point that it makes me question the the rationality and judgment of the person at the time they're making the rest of the comment.

"everybody gives to both sides" doesn't cover it in this case. It's significantly misrepresents the difference in the influence of these two companies. That is, with the limited information given so far.

Follow your own logic. Assume I'm not Ted kaczynski. Therefore, assume I'm going to have to make compromises. Assume I've accepted that there isn't a utility company that does zero I disagree with. The idea that that means I have to consider these two companies equal is stupid.

This binary thinking is childish.

You can do that work without a permit.

The only place I would advise against would be oberlin since it's small, and maybe Cav since there's a lot of things on the walls and floors to grab and potentially break. I've taken my son out since he was around 1 (he's a bit over 2 now) to many of those places. Personally, even though I try and say I want my kid to be used to some non-kid spaces, my play is always to err on the side of too early to avoid people that are trying to have their night out without their kids. Another tip is we bought some placemats with double sided tape on them so that he doesn't mess up people's tables, and it has pictures on it you can make a game out of.

Love Durk’s BBQ and they have amazing banana pudding

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Chuck e cheese

The Eddy is right next door for pre or post meal drinks.

As good as the food is, I’m more impressed by how much money they’re spending heating their patio. It was in the 40’s the other night and I was totally comfortable sitting on the side patio.

B.B.Q chicken on thayer 🔥🔥

Apsara is some good cheap Asian food. They have a very wide variety of choices. 2 locations. Both have been fine to me but I know some people say the public st. Location is where it’s at vs the hope st location. It says it’s Cambodian on google but it’s more pan-south East Asian I would say

East Side Pockets is the best for a quick lunch in a nice day