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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION RHODE ISLAND MONTHLY l SEPTEMBER 2020 89 CONTRIBUTORS Mobile Bar and Catering Service Ready for the year of the yard party! ricruisincocktails.com (571) 722-2153 extra SPONSORED CONTENT IN THIS ISSUE On Small Business SPONSORED BY: 88 Spotlight on Small Business Take a look at some of the small but still thriving businesses. @exploringprovidence #401love SHARE YOUR PHOTO Tag @RIMonthly on Instagram and you may see your photo featured in one of our upcoming newsletters. Erin McGinn, who photographed this month’s At Home, is a natural light lifestyle photographer. Inspired by analog film, she describes her style as soft and sunkissed. She has been published on the cover of Yankee magazine and featured in Edible Rhody and the New York Times. When she isn’t snapping life, food and fun you can find her with an iced coffee, browsing thrift shops or kayaking to a hidden beach. Erin lives in a bungalow in Lakewood with her husband and their foster pups. Brad Smith likes shooting for RIM [“Your Town”] because it gives him the chance to meet local business owners and see the products and services they offer to our community. “The CBD center was no different,” he says. “They’re a relatively new player in today’s world and they’re navigating both being a new business and being a little misunderstood by some, with grace. They aim to educate the public instead of just blindly selling their products.” “I love what Gina is doing with Eternal jewelry because I think it’s a really beautiful solution to what to do with fresh flowers,” says Julie Tremaine about her story in this month’s Current. “I’m always drying flowers that are meaningful to me, but then I never know what to do with them afterwards. I think trashing them really bothers people; I have friends who ask not to be given flowers because they hate the idea of that kind of waste.” Having something wearable, she says, where you can carry those memories and emotions with you and you never have to throw those flowers away, is a nice idea. � 8 RHODE ISLAND MONTHLY l SEPTEMBER 2020