Ocean visit

Another place on my list to check out was the indoor arboretum in Providence, Rhode Island. It was neat but nothing exceptional.

Vende Raviolli on the other hand was out of this world! This deli in Little Italy was recommended to us by Sal (Robb's co-worker), the list of must do in Providence and a random lady that I talked to on the street. This looked like a big deli but they had about every kind of Italian food you could think of and you could buy a combo plate that they charged by the pound. Haha, yes, the pound. Robb and I split a plate of everything from sausage and peppers to manicotti and ravioli. It was delicious. I guess that is why it was a packed. We would frequent this place if we lived close. Robb was still regretting not getting the giant hoagie that looked amazing. If we could have brought food back, he could have done all of Andy's Christmas shopping here!

We then headed to the coast which took us about 45min to get to. We were meeting Sal and his wife Katie for supper at a seafood place close by that evening. The water was beautiful, but it was very chilly on the beach! Robb laughed at me because I did my best to pet every dog that I saw on the beach. I miss my dogs!

We ate with Sal and his wife and had a great time. They were very easy to talk to and we stayed at the restaurant chatting for about 4 hours. None of us had tried clams before so we got a clam sampler platter. I can now say that I tried one and it's not really something I want to repeat anytime soon. Everyone else did better with them than me but that's ok. I have grown leaps and bounds since I got married to try clams! Robb got the raw tuna Poke bowl which he said was delicious and I got the grilled yellow fin tuna which was also delicious.