It was a pleasure for me and my girlfriend to stay with Martina in her beautiful Victorian home. Her apartment was impeccably clean, decorated and filled with interesting art pieces. She was great at allowing for privacy while still being there to hand out suggestions on the best places to grab brunch or dinner.

The area she lives in is somewhat "transitional" but what it lacks in picturesque it makes up for by being the section of Providence that all the locals seem to think has the hippest bars, restaurants and coffee shops (and I tend to agree being a Brooklynite). It is also a very reasonable walk to downtown and a really cheap taxi ride to the more historic east Providence section.

Will definitely try and stay there again if we come back to Providence!