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Josh Miller

WHAT DO YOU DO, AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU DONE IT? Restaurants (Trinity Brewhouse, est. 1994, Local 121, est. 2007), Bars (Hot Club, est. 1983), public service (RI State Senator Dist. 28 Cranston/Warwick, elected in 2006).
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN RHODE ISLAND? Born here.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING 30 YEARS AGO? Dancing on my bar at the Met Café.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO BE DOING 30 YEARS FROM NOW? At 84? Pleased to be alive and well, or I finally know what it’s like to be dead and I am trying to figure out how to tell you.
WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT? That I have a 17-year-old son who is smarter, better-looking, more creative, and funnier than I am.
FAVORITE THING ABOUT RHODE ISLAND? That I know everybody.
LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT RHODE ISLAND? That they all think I should remember their name and how it is that I know them.
COFFEE MILK OR DEL’S? Del’s.
ANY ANECDOTES INVOLVING THE NEWPAPER OR PROVIDENCE PHOENIX? Not that you would want to print in this issue.
FAVORITE LOCAL DISH? Striped bass that I caught in the bay, on my grill, with potatoes and corn-on-the-cob from the Pawtuxet Village farmers market.
IF YOU DIDN’T LIVE HERE, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE? South Attleboro, near the MBTA station, so I could get to Providence, Boston, NYC, and beyond in the oncoming no gasoline era.
FAVORITE FORMER PAWSOX PLAYER? The Spaceman — Bill Lee.
WHAT BAR/RESTAURANT/LANDMARK/PERSONALITY THAT HAS CEASED TO EXIST IN THE LAST 30 YEARS DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Met Café / Julienne’s / East Side Diner / Old Red Bridge / Ed Hall (former Trinity actor and dear family friend).
PHILLIPE OR JORGE? Do you mean the guy I washed dishes with at David’s Pot Belly or the husband of one my ex-girlfriends (told you I know everybody). By the way, the dish-washer, ex-girlfriend, Lt. Governor, and myself . . . all born on April 17.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I’VE NEVER BEEN TO . . . John Brown House.
FAVORITE PLACE TO GET AWAY FROM IT ALL FOR A MOMENT OR TWO? Blue State Coffee.
YOUR MOST MEMORABLE [OR HALF-FORGOTTEN] NIGHT OUT IN THE LAST 30 YEARS? A Lupo’s bus trip to Fenway Park. They kept me from climbing into the bullpen from the bleachers, the rest is more than half-forgotten.
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PORTRAYAL OF RHODE ISLAND ON TELEVISION, IN A MOVIE, OR IN A BOOK? Last three seconds of There’s Something About Mary.
WHAT’S ON YOUR WIENERS? Mustard, relish, celery salt.
IF YOU COULD HAVE THREE RHODE ISLANDERS [LIVING OR NOT] OVER FOR DINNER, WHO WOULD THEY BE? Roger Williams, General Burnside, Raymond Patriarca.
ASK YOURSELF A QUESTION AND ANSWER IT. Favorite show at the Civic Center? Rolling Thunder Review 1974.

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