I thought I was in a regular neighborhood. Houses melted away. Dim street lamps faded into the distance. Suddenly red glimmering lights were streaming from a point poking up above the rooftops. Could it be?– a Christmas hoarder’s heaven! The Oakdale Christmas display is a mini celebrity in the world of insane Christmas decorations. (Apparently…
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COORDINATED LIGHTSABERS
This isn’t about my geocaching experience—I’ll save my failure as a geocacher for another time. This is my attempt to be like the “cool kids” of geocaching– I attended my first local event (They exist!) Let me sum it up: Geocaching event in the form of a Star Wars 15-minute flash mob. In honor of…
CAMPTOWN YELPERS SING THIS SONG
Dear Yelp, for one evening I stepped off my writer’s morality box, placed my love/hate relationship with you aside, and attended your invitation-only, free event. I’m not going to talk about reviewer’s morality today… just the online review site Yelp’s Yelptucky Derby event. Upon grounds entry, my costumed self (have Kentucky Derby garb on head,…
BEAUTY BUILT UPON A CIRCUS
It’s easy to catch the camera disease in Sarasota, FL—you can blindly shoot anything at the Ringling Museum of Art and have it mistaken for a professional photo. With its multiple gardens, scattered art sculptures, and looming architecture (not to mention all the beauty housed inside those looming architectures) every inch of the Ringling estate can…
