Rhode Island Monthly - January 2009

Features
	Ride The Wild Surf Rhode Island is home to points and reefs that can set up the perfect surf session. But pristine waves come with a price—crowds, extreme conditions and the need for experience have driven a few...
	Get Fit 25 outside-the-box alternatives to your tired treadmill-and-weights routine that are guaranteed to get you to ditch the clicker.
	“Are you there, Hollywood? It’s me, Paul.” A TV writer wannabe from Rumford makes his way to L.A. to pitch his personal life as sitcom, hoping a Tinseltown producer will bite. But is anyone listening? By Michael Persson
	Current Mushing with the Narragansett Bay Sled Dog Club, grade-school investors, hawks in Downcity
	Rhode Island Red Awards All the weird, bizarre and just plain dim-witted moments that have added a psychedelic glow to life in our fair state in 2008. By Sarah Francis

Departments
Out Takes	Archive »
January 2009: Women & Infants' biannual celebrity luncheon series. Fund for Community Progress' roast.
RI Scene	Archive »
January 2009: PPAC Annual Gala, Kristallnacht Concert, Pinelli-Marra Honored, National Philanthropy Day, Savory Grape Fall Wine Festival
At Home: Dirty Business	Archive »
Yesterday it seemed the most trafficked rooms in the house were also the most neglected. No more. Utility rooms have become chic and central to an orderly life. By Megan Fulweiler
Letters	Archive »
January 2009
Local Flavor: Big Little Cheese	Archive »
Four Shy Brothers who loved their quiet life on the family farm found a leap into cheese-making brought renewed hope and unaccustomed notoriety. By Denise Dowling
Reporter: The Tax Mire	Archive »
Years of silly policies have helped create a record fiscal crisis. But if state budgets reveal what matters to us, it’s time to carefully consider our priorities. By Ellen Liberman

Letters to the Editor