FROM THE SAND AND SURF >> BEACH DAYS DON’T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS.
THE SURVEY SAND ARE JUST TWO OF THE ATTRACTIONS HERE.
>> IT IS FULL OF EVERYTHING.
WHETHER YOU LIKE SITTING ON THE BEACH OR YOU LIKE HISTORY WAY JUST LIKE TO EAT, WE HAVE AWARD-WINNING RESTAURANTS, HISTORY, LIVE THEATER WITH TWO DIFFERENT LIKE -- LOCAL
THEATERS.
>> THIS IS THE LARGEST TOWN IN THE STATE.
THIS IS SOUTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND.
>> CALL THEM PERSONAL PASSION PROJECTS, RATHER THAN BUSINESSES.
CHRISTIE AND DURANT SEARLES LEFT JOBS IN NEW JERSEY AND HANDED -- HEADED TO THE NEW ENGLAND COAST TO START A BUSINESS.
>> YOU HAVE ONE LIFE TO LIVE.
YOU SHOULD DO IT.
WE TOOK THE BIGGEST RISK OF OUR LIVES AND LEFT OUR JOBS.
>> THE HUSBAND AND WIFE RESTORES ANTIQUES AND BUILD CUSTOM FURNITURE AND THE CORE AT PAINTED KARMA.
THEY SAID WAS THE PERFECT MOVE.
>> WE KNEW THERE WAS A COMMUNITY HERE THAT WOULD APPRECIATE WHAT WE DO IN TERMS OF KEEPING ALL THINGS AND THINGS THAT HAVE MEETING -- MEANING.
KEEP THINGS IN THEIR FAMILY AND PERSONAL AND MEANINGFUL.
>> THE ATMOSPHERE IS CASUAL.
THE CUSTOMERS TREATED LIKE FAMILY.
THIS IS THEIR HOME.
THEIR DAUGHTERS HAVE HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT FROM THE BEGINNING.
>> FORGET THE -- BUILDING OUR SKILLS AND KNOCKING DOWN WALLS.
>> LITERALLY KNOCKED DOWN A WALL AND MADE A BAR.
YOU DO THAT.
WE COULD DO THAT.
>> A LOT OF YOUTUBE INITIALLY.
AS WE PROGRESSED, IT BECAME A PASSION.
>> FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FROM THE 1800S TRANSFORMED INTO LAMPS.
SUITCASES TURNED SPEAKERS.
WHILE SOME PIECES ARE STAPLES, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY WILL MAKE NEXT.
>> YOU COULD COME HERE TO THIS IS FROM -- TWO DAYS FROM NOW AND PIECES ARE GONE.
TO FUN PLACE BECAUSE OF READING WE DO IS ONE-OF-A-KIND.
NO TWO PIECES ARE SIMILAR.
>> BACK ON MAIN STREET, ANOTHER ON-CHIP NORTH LIVES OUT HER DREAM AT THE GREEN LINE APOTHECARY.
>> THIS IS A PASSION PROJECT.
>> SHE WANTS TO BRING HER PROFESSION BACK TO ITS ROOTS.
HELP OF ROOT BEER FLOATS AND SODAS.
>> THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN PHARMACIES IS INTERTWINED WITH SODA FOUNTAINS.
THEY WERE FIRST CREATED BY PHARMACISTS AS A WAY TO MASK THE TASTE OF BITTER MEDICATION.
IT WAS A WAY FOR PHARMACISTS TO FLEX THEIR CULINARY MUSCLE.
WE HAVE AN AUTHENTIC SODA FOUNTAIN FROM THE 1940’S.
WE SERVE OLD-FASHIONED FLOATS, SHAKES, SCOOPS OF ICE CREAM.
EVERYTHING HERE IS ALL-NATURAL.
IT IS MADE FROM CANE SUGAR.
CLIC TO GET KIDS SAYING THEY GET TOO THE TO THE PHARMACY?
>> IT’S COOL TO SEE KIDS DO THAT.
THE PHARMACY IS NOT ALWAYS THE MOST PLEASANT OR FUN THING.
YOU’RE NOT FEELING WELL.
I CAN PROMISE YOU THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO A FOR PRESCRIPTION THAT EVER BEFORE.
-- BEEN A ROOT BEER FLOAT.
-- THAN A ROOT BEER FLOAT.
♪ >> WE END OUR TRIP AT THE CONTEMPORARY THEATER COMPANY.
THE DREAM OF TOWN MADE OF CHRIS SIMPSON.
>> WE DIDN’T HAVE A ROBUST THEATER COMMUNITY.
I WENT TO UNIVERSITY AND CAME BACK AND WE STARTED THIS THEATER COMPANY.
>> HE IS THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR.
HE AND HIS TEAM OF ACTORS PUT ON SEVERAL PLAYS AND IMPROV SHOWS A YEAR.
SUMMER BRINGS THE HIGHLIGHT, OUTDOOR SHAKESPEARE TWO NIGHTS A WEEK FOR FREE.
>> THAT IS HOW IT BEGAN.
WE DO SOME PRODUCTIONS INSIDE THE THEATER OF SHAKESPEARE AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IS SUCH A PERVASIVE THING IN SHAKESPEARE’S WORK.
>> BOFI HOLDING HAVE IS A BIG FACTOR.
-- THE FIVE WE HAVE IS A BIG FACTOR.
>> THE CONTEMPORARY THEATER COMPANY PRESENTS THE BOOK CLUB THIS MONTH.
AS FOR SHAKESPEARE, "THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA" WILL BE PERFORMED SUNDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS THIS MONTH.
"HENRY IV: PART ONE" ON STAGE IN AUGUST.
BACK TO PAINTED KARMA.
THE BUSINESS RECENTLY MOVED FROM SOUTH KINGSTOWN TO KINGSTON, RHODE ISLAND.
THE FAMILY STILL LIVES ABOVE THE SHOP.
AND THERE IS NOW HAVE A SECOND PAINTED KARMA LOCATION IN PROVIDENCE.
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