@ Roosevelt Island Cherry Blossom Festival
April 21st, 2018
Roosevelt Island Cherry Blossom Festival
The cherries blossomed late in 2018. But once the did, they were glorious.
To celebrate the cherry blossom season, every year, Roosevelt Island holds a Japanese cultural event with music, dance and performances. I loved the Taiko Drumming, and I wasn’t the only one. That long line you see above, was to catch the aerial tram to Roosevelt Island. I’d never seen such a long line at the station before – nor such crowds on tiny Roosevelt Island.
April 21st, 2018
The City Loves Colour
as long as it includes generous splashes of pink
The day was sunny but chilly – as in a jacket-and-beanie chilly.
But the young and brave ones didn’t seem to mind.
April 21st, 2018
Spring time || Dancing || Any time
@ TimesSquare
If ever one needed a good excuse to dance…
April 21st, 2018
It’s always good to leave for a while
So you can come back to these views ↓ ↓
April 18th, 2018
Charles Towne Landing
In 1663, a group of eight aristocratic Englishmen received an amazing gift from their king: a giant piece of North America’s Atlantic coastline called ”Carolina”. King Charles II’s land grant gave these men – known as the ”Lords Proprietors” – millions of square miles of land between present-day Charleston and the Pacific Ocean. According the the king’s degree – but without permission from the native people already living here – these group of English lords assumed almost king-like power over the soon-to-be-formed colony of Carolina.
It was 1670, when the Lords landed here and went on to establish the birthplace of the Carolina colony. Aboard their ship, were a group of free men and a few women, as well as slaves brought from Barbados, but descended from centuries-old cultures and kingdoms of West Africa.
Today, Charles Towne Landing is a State Historic Site introducing visitors to the brutal beginnings of Charleston – a city built on slavery and land appropriation – with an exhibition space appealing to history aficionados of all ages, a replica 17th-century cargo ship one can board and explore, wonderful gardens with an oak alley, trails for hiking, a natural habitat zoo… in short so interesting, they had to kick us out at 5 p.m. because they closing!
Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site
Charleston, SC
April 13th, 2018
Bridge-a-bridged
Go for the park
Stay for the views
Run from the mosquitoes
Life goes on, here on planet Earth
Mount Pleasant Pier under the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge
Mt. Pleasant, SC
April 12th, 2018
🖤 🖤 🖤
August 29th, 2019
Private Edgar Perry [aka Edgar Allan Poe]
The time Poe spent on Sullivan’s Island may have been short but it stayed with him forever, feeding his imagination and stories he wrote years later, such as “The Gold-Bug,” published in 1843. A story that follows Mr. William Legrand, a man of an ancient Huguenot family who found refuge on Sullivan’s Island where he was bitten by a bug of a brilliant-gold colour… or, was it real gold…?
But Sullivan’s Island didn’t forget Poe either; for all these years later, we can still walk along Poe Avenue, or Raven Drive, or even satisfy some of our basic needs with a hamburger and a beer, in Poe’s Tavern.
Poe’s Tavern @ Sullivan’s Island, SC
April 12th, 2018
Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island
Where on June 28th, 1776, William Moultrie, commander of the 2nd South Carolina Regiment, and 400 soldiers, bravely fought off British warships trying to occupy Charleston during the American Revolution.
Where an 18-year-old Poe, enlisted in the Army under the pseudonym Edgar Allan Perry, was stationed for 13 months, until December 1828.
And where the water is so dangerous you must stay out of it, or be fined $1040 – not a penny more, not a penny less.
Fort Moultrie, Sullivan’s Island, SC
April 12th, 2018
The Humble Fabulist 