The Itinerary
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 - Welcome breakfast at Provender. (3883 Main Road, Tiverton, RI 02878-4843)
9:30 - 11:45 - Strolling through Tiverton’s charming shops.
12:00 - 1:00 - Picnic lunch and wine tasting at Sakonnet Vineyard.
1:15 - 2:00 - Coffee and dessert at The Art Cafe.
2:15 - 3:00 - Watch the catch come in at Westport Harbor.
3:30 - 5:00 - Survey the local food scene with tours of Silverbrook Farm and Round the Bend Farm.
5:00 Depart...exhausted, but thoroughly inspired!
As you can see by looking at the itinerary, our day spent along the Farmcoast was quite full, but I never felt rushed even for a moment. With so much to see and do I took over 400 pictures, which honestly I didn't think was that many considering how many shots turn out to be duds, and are deleted.
Usually I can make a post out of a simple jaunt to the beach, so how am I supposed to condense a non-stop day? For this post I'll show you some of the shops we visited before lunch.
Right from the get-go Christine had things organized. She made name tags, business card holders, had Farmcoast bags for all of us, and folders with maps and organized information from local businesses. All this and she has an infant!
A few of the ladies arriving from around New England at the Provender restaurant, located directly on Four Corners in Tiverton.
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After a delicious breakfast of coffee and a blueberry-lemon scone at the Provender it was off to our first shop: Nankeen
Beautiful bags, clutches, totes, etc., await you in this bright, fresh and modern store. Loved the hats too! All the fabric is hand printed from hand carved stencils. A historic and time consuming process.
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Because I love home stores, The Cottage was one of my favorite shops. I could have spent hours, and a ton of money in this store. Seeing as how I'm trying to be thrifty these days, and I had time constraints, I just took plenty of pictures instead. Wonderful products though, and so much more then I can show you here.
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The ladies were working on arrangements for an upcoming wedding and bat mitzvah. It smelled like heaven. Notice the woman who's arranging flowers with a baby in a front pack? So cute.
And I almost forgot, they gave us all free flowers too! Thank you, Sayles!
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And I almost forgot, they gave us all free flowers too! Thank you, Sayles!
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I'm diggin' the green umbrella
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No small town would be complete in New England without at least one antique shop
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Milk and Honey Bazaar
I know I posted a lot of pictures, but there were several shops I never made it to. You'll just have to go there yourself, if you want to see them all!
More to come . . .
