#Pier 94

[abbysimsfun]

Sims In Bloom: Generation 2 Pt. 94 (The Body in Brindleton Bay)

cw: dead body and a blood puddle, discolored / shadowed by the lighting, just to be less graphic tbh. For that reason I also don't zoom in on the body that closely, but text mentions who it is and there's no trick! That is who it is, even without a close-up!

Conrad met his young, eager partner, Zion Spangler, at the docks. His last partner, Josephine, had stuck around a few years longer than planned, but she was so close to retirement she deferred almost all her field work to Conrad and Zion. The sergeant liked the newly-minted detective's ambition and his instinct, and they approached the crime scene with caution.

A body laid at the edge of the pier in a pool of blood, already slightly washed away by the heavy, wet coastal snow of Brindleton Bay.

"The owners of the Salty Paw said someone knocked on their door about a body by their patio tables, but everyone was inside because of the cold and no one saw anything," explained Zion.

"Did you find any clues at the scene?"

"None. The snow washed away every footprint and fingerprint we might possibly find."

Zion got down on his knees to brush through the snow surrounding the body in search of clues. But Conrad took one look at the victim and knew exactly who they needed to look for. "Any ID on him?"

"Everything. Even his money. Vic's name is Jameson Bower."

No it wasn't. Not really. "Run that name through the database back at the station. Make sure he doesn't have any aliases, check his record."

Conrad could have offered to do it himself to cover his tracks. But he wanted to mentor Zion to be as good a detective as he could be, and he knew what the body of Jimmy Stefano represented. Surveying the grisly scene, his heart raced.

When Conrad backed out of the search for Rafa, Ximena called his bluff. This was his jurisdiction. He couldn't ignore a dead body connected to the cartel in Brindleton Bay. He didn't know whether Ximena wanted to hurt the cartel or bring him down, but she wouldn't let him walk away.

He'd all but asked for this when he agreed to meet her in this very spot months earlier, hoping he could get her to disappear by giving her what she wanted, helping her brother in the process. But Ximena hated to go quietly, and if he'd ignored her she wouldn't have let him be, either. It probably always would have come to this, but that didn't make it any easier to swallow.

He called Heather to check in. "Did you get to your parents'?"

"We're fine, Conrad. Lavender's asleep again and I'm just hanging out with Sammy." She tilted the camera on her phone to show off River and Cass' infant son, quietly drinking from a bottle. "Is the body related to the cartel?"

"It is."

"What are you going to tell your boss?"

"The truth."

"You could lose your job for sneaking around."

"Wouldn't I deserve it? I had to come clean to you first, and now it's time to come clean to everyone else."

"Conrad, I love you," she said. "I'm so mad at you for lying to me that I don't even know what else to say right now, but I need to be mad at you in one piece. We can talk more if you make it here this weekend."

"I love you, too." Zion called him then to return to the precinct. "I have to go."

As much as it burned to leave their conversation on that note, Ximena had forced his hand. If he didn't come clean to his coworkers and his boss, he'd lose his job. He might, anyway, but he couldn't move in shadows anymore.

With the scene documented and cleared and the body moved to the morgue, Conrad and Zion returned to the station. They worked through the night, and by morning it was obvious the victim was Jimmy Stefano, a low-level member of Los Tigres de Selva, one of the most violent cartels in Simlandia. "Do you think it's a new turf war?"

Conrad shook his head. "I don't think Los Tigres has operated out of Brindleton Bay for years."

Zion cocked his brow in confusion. "Well, what stopped them? They operate just fine out of everywhere else."

"They don't need Brindleton Bay when they've got hold of the ports in San Myshuno," he said, but his attention turned when their captain arrived. The man barely said hello, immediately shutting himself inside his office. Conrad didn't know if it was just that he'd had to come to work on a Saturday, or this specific case, but he had to come clean.

He knocked on the door. With a look, the captain waved him inside. "Sargent, you look tired." He laughed as if he'd made a joke.

"Been a long night."

The captain's expression changed. "Go ahead and shut the door, Sargent."

Conrad sat with an anxious expression, knees together, eyes down like he was about to be reprimanded in grade school. "About the docks victim, sir. I knew him."

The captain nodded plainly. "I read your file when I took over. But you're not the first cop who turned toward the law when they could have easily gone the other way."

"The thing is, I've been working a case under the table for a while now. I found Jimmy Stefano and filed a report against Ximena Bonilla."

"After everything done to bail you out and send you through the academy, you thought it was a good idea to investigate the cartel runner you once dated? For what reason?"

"She found my address, scared my fiancee. Ximena told me her brother was missing, and he and I were close. He was so young, and I wanted to help him."

"You didn't want to help San Myshuno PD? Ximena Bonilla's brother is a wanted man..."

"I would have told him to turn himself in and work a plea," he insisted. "My old precinct would look good, and I hoped Rafa could turn his life around with a little encouragement from someone other than his sister."

"Are you still in touch?"

"No, sir. I told her two days ago I was done searching for Rafa because I thought she was trying to trick me into investigating the cartel. Blocked her number. After the body showed up I tried the number I had but it's been disconnected."

"So she's the prime suspect."

"I think she might've figured out Jimmy talked to me and she wanted to get rid of him. If she didn't kill Jimmy herself - and she might have - I think she ordered the hit to draw me into an investigation against the cartel that could get me killed and endanger my family."

"Do you think she's working with Los Tigres?"

Conrad shrugged. "I don't know. I did a bit of digging and it looks like the cartel itself might be in a bit of disarray. Power vacuum after the murder of one of their higher ups (go on Frida!), so a turf war seems unlikely. I think the safest way to do this is to treat Ximena like a lone wolf. The cartel's not even supposed to be operating in Brindleton Bay these days."

"Since George Brindleton pulled his guys from the ports, they could have moved back in."

Conrad's stomach flipped. "George Brindleton?"

"George Brindleton lost his boats, but he didn't lose his security business. Pulled his men just before he left for Sulani. Said he was cutting costs at the port during the dead season, but I think he's just trying to remind us how important he is after his son went to prison. We upped patrol to try to deal with the lack of security down there, but his guys don't abide by any constitutional rights...I don't admit this outside these walls, but Brindleton's ports have always run better under private security."

"Was this before or after the restraining order I took out on him for Heather and the kids?"

The captain excused Conrad to think, soon calling him back with Zion and another officer who typically dealt with the press. "This is the plan. Our suspect is Ximena Bonilla, but we don't announce it. We look for her, or her brother, and no one else. We say the investigation is ongoing until we've found one or both of them. And Spangler, you're taking point on this one."

"Why me? Gordon's the sergeant."

"Gordon's too close to this one. I want him focused on looking for Rafa Bonilla, not Ximena, but he'll cooperate with you and help behind the scenes. She might try to reach out to him, and if she does, you'll be the first to know. And if you're not, he's a suspect, too." They nodded with understanding. "And Gordon? No more bullshit under the table or I'll put you on leave and find a way not to pay you."

Having worked through the night, Conrad relinquished his files to his mentee, but he left the precinct with a sense of unease. He still had a job, and he could still search for Rafa without needing to hide anything from his coworkers, but while Ximena was unaccounted for he would scarcely be able to relax.

After a nap in the break room, Conrad prepared to drive to Henford-on-Bagley and face his fiancee. ->

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NOTE: I reinstalled TOOL to place the body. The blood isn't placed underneath the victim properly, but I was working at the edge of what was visible in a fully zoomed out screen, and for my second ever placement of a build/buy item and first ever placement of the teleporter off a lot in-game, I'm happy enough with the fact it looks like he bled out from the knees. 🤷 Maybe he did, I don't know, I didn't get detailed about the condition of the body because it doesn't advance the plot. Who and why is more important than how.

WCIF Poses & CC? @simmerianne93's Injured poses pack #1, which is a great set - so cinematic. One of the injured poses has the victim with eyes closed and looks a little like EA's curled-up death animation to me, and that's the one I used. And Blood on the Floor from the There Will Be Blood set by Lore from SimsRebelCreators. Several swatches (including red!) and different spatter patterns if you need some blood for your storytelling!

[yourheartonfire]

The first thing the villain did when they found the hero was apply pressure to the bleeding. The second thing they did was whip off the mask.

"Hey," the hero protested, and ran out of breath.

"Gotta check for head wounds, darling," the villain said breezily, running their fingers across the hero's bared face with delicious tenderness. "Besides, it's nothing I haven't seen before."

That was true. They had seen each other's faces. Knew each other's names, addresses, cover stories, routines; all part of this bizarre mutually-assured-destruction detente.

"So take off your mask," the hero mumbled back, knowing how childish they sounded.

"No," the villain said cheerfully. Their hand snagged under the hero's chin, tilting their face towards the yellow sputter of the streetlight. "Give up this life of crime-fighting. Be with me. Let me take care of you."

"I said no," the hero hissed. "A thousand times no."

The villain's smile was a flash of white teeth against red lips and tongue. "You know I still have to ask. So!" The villain sat back on their heels, clapped their hands together brusquely. "Now that the formalities are out of the way, let's see deal with this. You require medical attention. I know you like being given choices, so here are yours. One, I call my personal physician to meet us at a, my home, b, your hovel, I mean apartment, or c, a neutral location. Two, I drop you at the hospital of your choice."

The hero blinked up over the villain's shoulder at the smokey sky. No rescue was coming. No other rescue.

"'f I pick option two, you gonna give me the mask back first?" the hero asked. The villain laughed by way of answer. The hero closed their eyes. They shouldn't accept but they had no choice. Right? This wasn't letting the villain take care of them. This wasn't giving in. "One c. There's a warehouse at pier 94..."

"There's a hotel on Fifth," the villain said dryly. The hero was scooped up and then things happened fast.

It was a luxury hotel. The doctor was superb, the bed was sinfully soft, the view across the harbor bay breathtaking.

The hero fled as soon as they had the strength to stand.

[sapphire-weapon]

Regarding the Capcom Elections, someone on Resetera, showed all positions for RE characters & games:

Games: 1) Resident Evil 4 [2023] - 9,017 votes. 2) Resident Evil 4 - 7,134 votes. 3) Resident Evil 2 [2019] - 6,533 votes. 4) Resident Evil CODE: Veronica - 4,929 votes. 5) Resident Evil 2 - 4,301 votes. 6) Resident Evil - 3,448 votes. 7) Resident Evil 3 Nemesis - 2,678 votes. 8) Resident Evil 7 Biohazard - 1,761 votes. 9) Resident Evil 5 - 1,579 votes. 10) Resident Evil Village - 1,377 votes. 11) Resident Evil Outbreak - 829 votes. 12) Resident Evil 6 - 782 votes. 13) Resident Evil Outbreak File 2 - 557 votes. 14) Resident Evil 3 - 411 votes. 15) Resident Evil Directors Cut - 355 votes. 16) Resident Evil 0 - 276 votes. 17) Resident Evil Revelations - 259 votes. 18) Resident Evil Revelations 2 - 218 votes. 19) Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City - 95 votes. 20) Resident Evil Survivor CODE: Veronica - 61 votes. 21) Resident Evil Dead Aim - 50 votes. 22) Resident Evil The Darkside Chronicles - 42 votes. 23) Resident Evil The Umbrella Chronicles - 35 votes. 24) Resident Evil Survivor - 32 votes. 25) Resident Evil Gaiden - 17 votes. 26) Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D - 14 votes. Characters: 1) Leon Scott Kennedy - 23,417 votes. 2) Jill Valentine - 9,399 votes. 3) Chris Redfield - 4,266 votes. 4) Claire Redfield - 3,926 votes. 5) Ada Wong - 3,023 votes. 6) Albert Wesker - 2,304 votes. 7) Ethan Winters - 1,053 votes. 8) Rebecca Chambers - 643 votes. 9) Hunk - 530 votes. 10) Ashley Graham - 473 votes. 11) Barry Burton - 359 votes. 12) Sheva Alomar - 254 votes. 13) Alcina Dimitrescu - 253 votes. 14) Zombie - 182 votes. 15) Piers Nivans - 130 votes. 16) Jake Muller - 122 votes. 17) Steve Burnside - 117 votes. 18) Luis Sera - 117 votes. 19) Billy Coen - 101 votes. 20) Tyrant - 94 votes. 21) Jack Krauser - 91 votes. 22) Sherry Birkin - 88 votes.

GAIDEN OUTRANKED MERCS 3D

That's so fucked LMAO Mercs 3D was not that bad.

AND OPERATION RACCOON CITY OUTRANKED BOTH CHRONICLES GAMES

Men shouldn't be allowed to have opinions. My GOD.

Ashley outranking Luis, Lady D, Piers, and Billy is genuinely and legitimately shocking. I would not have seen that coming.

Oh how the mighty have fallen, re: Billy. He was once the most beloved one-off character in the series.

I'm sure he'll reclaim his throne after RE0make comes out, but wow.

[alexinafan]

Alexina Graham walks the runway during the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at Pier 94 on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, in New York.

[fashionbooksmilano]

Umberto Tirelli Ritorno a Gualtieri

a cura di Gabriella Pescucci

Corsiero Editore, Reggio Emilia, seconda edizione 2019, 136 pagine, 21x30,5cm, ISBN 978-88-98420-94-0  

euro 35,00

email if you want to buy booksinprogressmilano@yahoo.it

Catalogo dell’omonima mostra, curata dalla costumista premio Oscar Gabriella Pescucci, a Palazzo Bentivoglio di Gualtieri (Reggio Emilia) con oltre una trentina di costumi realizzati dalla Sartoria Tirelli per spettacoli teatrali e film.

Questa mostra segna il ritorno simbolico di Umberto Tirelli al suo paese d’origine, ma ne attraversa nel contempo l’intera carriera, attraverso le sue stesse parole che descrivono l’amicizia con Romolo Valli e Gian Luigi Pizzi, con Luchino Visconti e Danilo Donati, con Piero Tosi e Federico Fellini. La storia della Sartoria Tirelli non si esaurisce però con la figura di Umberto Tirelli: la sua eredità di valori e di dedizione al lavoro continua tuttora, attraverso la collaborazione con i maggiori costumisti del panorama internazionale.

Nel catalogo sono presenti i costumi di Milena Canonero, Massimo Cantini Parrini, Danilo Donati, Alessandro Lai, Gitt Magrini, Maurizio Millenotti, Ursula Patzak, Gabriella Pescucci, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Carlo Poggioli, Ann Roth, Piero Tosi e Mariano Tufano, realizzati per i film e gli spettacoli teatrali di Sofia Coppola, Fanny Ardant, Matteo Garrone, Federico Fellini, Ferzan Ozpetek, Bernardo Bertolucci, Paolo Virzì, Anthony Minghella, Martin Scorsese, Luchino Visconti, Giorgio Diritti, Carlo Hintermann, Mauro Bolognini e Giorgio De Lullo.

14/03/24

[clockworkcheetah]

5 Favourite Characters Poll (Tag Game)

Rules: Make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favourite.

tagged by @jumpin--bean 💖

just me and my ratwife harem against the world

i tag: @tempestandtea, @agent-p-94, @urlocallesbiab, @summery-captain and @actuallyitsstar

[goodbuttaken]

pár outtaků jmen

(part 5/4 weird/rare jmen českobčanů k nedávnému listu)

Fionn Ondřej (Břeclav)

Svědiroh (příjmení, 45, východ Čech)

Krunoslav (6 jmen)

Khuukhenduu, Khiliinchuluu (ex jména)

Troy Aleš (Praha)

Sozhida Temiržanovna, Žužana Viktorivna (ex jména)

Niubo Pražák (ex příjmení)

Panna (30 příjmení, ale i 1 ex jméno)

Richard Rex (Zlín)

Raděk (ex jméno)

Coullsůva (Kladno)

Crhonková Kakáčová (Blansko), Crhová Dedeciusová (Svitavy)

Pat a Mat (oba ex 2011)

Víra (4 jména [a 18 příjmení])

Javorka (ex jméno)

Lenin (ex příjmení), Lenina (jméno, Nymburk)

Jesus (3), Christ (jméno v Praze, 94 příjmení), Kristuška (jméno, Děčín), Kristoslav (2)

Divna (jméno, Děčín)

Crockett iii (ex jméno)

Nikol' (jméno, Praha)

Potešia (jméno, Havířov)

Poppy, Poppy Ann, Poppy Anna (2), Poppy Patricie

Pravomil (29)

Petros-Pier-Leostik (Brno)

Xolani Matthews (ex jméno)

Porod (24 příjmení), Potratz (1, Varnsdorf)

Potrebuješ/ová (celkem 15, SZ)

Pičman (81), Pičmann (2, Praha)

Nna Nna (Jihlava), Nlasamfuta (Brandýs), Nnoko Nfoghog

Noák (4, Sokolov), Noáková (3)

Noletde Brauwere Van Steeland Řeháčková (Ostrava)

Chrz (90), Chrž (25)

Chudoba Boháčová (Hlinsko)

[runawaywhorses]

Madison Beer - Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at Pier 94 in NYC, 11/08/2018

[scotianostra]

At least 94 lives were lost after 30 herring boats foundered in a storm on August 18th, 1848.

The extent of the tragedy did not become apparent until the day after, a day that has been called Black Saturday, or Moray Firth fishing disaster, so some places state that it happened on the 19th of August.

Peterhead was one of the worst affected towns following the storm of August 1848. Thirty boats were lost, 33 damaged and 31 Peterhead men drowned. Many had been trying to run into the harbour. In Peterhead Harbour, boats had often been allowed to lie close to the pier heads. This made the already narrow entrance even more difficult to take. A steamer and several other vessels were lying along the south pier on the night of the storm.

In Wick Bay, 37 fishermen from Caithness, the Western Isles and Orkney perished after their vessels were pitched onto the rocks and piers due to the ferocity of the gales combined with the low tide.

John Cruickshank, of Pulteneytown, Wick, reported his memories;

"Eight hundred drifters set sail from Wick harbour. It was just another day's fishing in an industry that lasted almost 200 years. The prospects were for good fishing and so the fleet set out windward mostly to the south of Wick Bay. It was the fall of the Lammas Stream. This was the high tide around Lammas Day on 1 August. As night began to fall the wind abated and turned westward. Many of the boats now were tempted to shoot their nets. The sun set and ominous grey clouds grew thick and dark over the north-east coast. Some of the boats recognised the climate indicators and hauled in their nets and made for shore. Those who had heeded the early signs of the coming storm reached the harbour before darkness set in and while the tide had not yet ebbed from the harbour basin.

By midnight the wind veered again and worked itself up into a gale. This vast column of air moving swiftly over the sea, the dense darkness, the ebbing tide and an unlighted, waterless harbour combined to create a terrible destructive situation. The fleet had all but returned north to the mouth of Wick bay and many tried to run the harbour in the dark and were driven behind the old north.

In the aftermath of the storm, the Government appointed Captain John Washington of the Admiralty to conduct an inquiry into the tragedy and make recommendations for safety improvements in the fishing industry, which included deeper harbours, partly decked boats and the provision of a barometer in every Scottish port. The safe harbours were called 'Harbours of Refuge'.

No monument marks the tragedy and the only marker is the painting shown, by Robert Anderson depicting the disaster, that hangs in the council chambers in Wick.

To this day every year 20 fishermen die at sea. Many more are injured, it is one of the most dangerous occupations in the world.

[logi1974]

Südengland 2023 - Tag 24

Ladies and Gentlemen!

Wir erkunden Brighton heute mit dem Hoppelbus (Hop-on Hop-off Bus). Ursprünglich hatten wir eine Bustour im historischen Doppeldeckerbus mit begleitendem Afternoontea gebucht.

Die wurde jedoch von den Veranstaltern gecancelt. Im Gegensatz zu den Kollegen aus Windsor, hat man uns hier wenigstens rechtzeitig Bescheid gegeben und wir konnten uns zeitnah eine Alternative suchen.

Englands Seebäder haben eine lange Geschichte und stehen für die Wiege des Badetourismus schlechthin. Zahlreiche Küstenorte entwickelten sich von armen Fischerdörfern binnen kurzer Zeit zu beliebten Touristenorten. So auch Brighton, Englands größtes und ältestes Seebad. 

Die Stadt hat eine lebendige alternative Kulturszene und gilt zudem als Schwulenhauptstadt der Insel. Nicht umsonst spielt der Roman “My Policeman” von Bethan Roberts (und auch die gleichnamige Verfilmung) in Brighton.

Das Seebad am Ärmelkanal ist mit seinen rund 160.000 Einwohnern irgendwie eine Art Mini-Version der Millionenstadt London – allerdings mit einem Pluspunkt. Brighton hat einen Stadtstrand. Deswegen trägt es auch den Namen „London-by-the-sea“.

Die Tour beginnt mit der Haltestelle 1 vor dem berühmten Brighton Pier. Kopfhörer für die Erläuterungen gibt es wie immer an Bord und ebenfalls auch einen Plan mit der Route bzw. den Haltestellen. 

Der Brighton Pier im viktorianischen Baustil ist das Wahrzeichen der Stadt. Die Uferpromenade scheint endlos zu sein. Auf sieben Kilometern erstreckt sich eine bunte Vielfalt. Fahrattraktionen, Spielhallen, Verkaufsbuden und Imbisse jeglicher Art reihen sich aneinander. 

Der Westpier ist leider nur noch ein stummer Zeuge vergangener Prunkzeiten: Die Eisenkonstruktion von 1866 ragte über 100 Jahre ansehnlich aus dem Meer, heute ist nur noch ein Skelett zu sehen.

Während einer Sturmflut am 29. Dezember 2002 brach die Brücke zusammen, zwei der Tragpfeiler versanken im Meer. Am 28. März 2003 brach in dem Pavillon ein Feuer aus, das nicht gelöscht werden konnte, da die Feuerwehr die Plattform des Piers nicht erreichen konnte. Ein Feuer am 11. Mai 2003 zerstörte den Konzertsaal, der bei einem Sturm am 23. Juni 2004 in sich zusammenbrach.

Der West Pier gilt seit den frühen 2000er Jahren als unwiederbringlich verloren. Dafür erhielt Brighton 2015 eine neue spektakuläre Sehenswürdigkeit: einen Turm anstatt einem Pier.

Der i360 ist ein 162 Meter hoher Aussichtsturm, der einen bis zu 40 Kilometer weiten Rundumblick auf die Grafschaft East Sussex und den Ärmelkanal verspricht. Die Bauzeit betrug gerade einmal zehn Wochen.  

Der Turm Brighton i360 steht auf der Landseite des West Pier und komplettiert die offene vierte Seite des Regency Square visuell. Die Höhe des Turms entspricht der Länge des Regency Square und der Hälfte der Länge des West Pier. Die beiden originalen West-Pier-Zahlstellen wurden nachgebaut und stehen an ähnlicher Stelle wie im Jahr 1866.

Die beiden eingeschossigen Gebäude nehmen ein Café und den Ticketshop auf und sitzen auf einem weit ausladenden, verglasten Sockel. In dessen Mitte schießt der zylindrische, nur 3,90 Meter breite Turmschacht wie aus dem Nichts empor. Seine Hülle besteht aus hellgrauen Aluminium-Lochblechen.  

Spektakulär ist auch die Glaskapsel in Form eines Torus, der die Aussichtsplattform aufnimmt und mittels moderner Seilbahntechnologie entlang des Schachts angehoben oder abgesenkt wird.  

Die Gondel hat einen Durchmesser von 19 Metern, ist 4,7 Meter hoch und wiegt 94 Tonnen. Sie bietet Platz für 200 Personen und gleitet am Turm auf 138 Meter Höhe.  Einige Ortsansässige hielten die Gondel anfänglich, aufgrund ihrer abgeflachten ellipsoiden Form, versehentlich für ein UFO.   

In ihrem Inneren können sich die Besucher frei bewegen, sich setzen oder an der Bar ein Getränk zu sich nehmen. Über die raumhohen Verglasungen ist der scheinbar endlose Blick in die Weite von jedem Standpunkt aus möglich.

Wird die Kapsel komplett abgesenkt verschwindet sie im Sockelbau und bietet den Besuchern die Möglichkeit, sie auf Strandlevel zu verlassen. Oder diese Ebene mit Veranstaltungs- und Ausstellungsräumen, einem Restaurant, Souvenirgeschäft sowie Sanitärräumen zu nutzen.

Bereits 1780 galt Brighton als lebhafter Kurort, der damals noch den viel umständlicheren Namen Brighthelmstone trug. Verantwortlich dafür war der Arzt Richard Russell, der die Theorie der heilenden Wirkung von Meerwasser populär machte. Er empfahl in Brighton im Meer zu baden und Meerwasser zu trinken.

Als sechs Jahre später Kronprinz George hier ein Landhaus kaufte, erfuhr die Stadt weitere Belebung und es entstanden herrliche Bauten im Regency-Stil, welche noch heute die breiten Promenaden säumen. Als international viel beachtete Attraktion öffnete 1872 ein Aquarium in Brighton seine Pforten.

Unübersehbar, in jeder Hinsicht, ist der Brighton Pavilion. Auf den ersten Blick glaubt man in Indien zu sein, wenn man sich dem Royal Pavilion nähert. Nur die typischen englischen Häuser an der Straße machen klar, wir haben uns nicht verlaufen und sind noch in Brighton. 

Der Prinz von Wales, Georg IV. ließ 1815 bis 1822 in Brighton den Royal Pavilion erbauen. Der Architekt John Nash richtete sich dabei nach den Vorlieben seines Auftraggebers für die Mogulpaläste in Indien. Mit Hilfe des begnadeten und geldverschwendenden Architekten entstand die größte und teuerste aller britischen “Follies” (Verrücktheiten).

Von außen ist der Royal Pavilion mit seinen Zwiebelkuppeln, Bleistiftminaretten, den säulengetragenen Balkonen und der orientalischen Ornamentik im indisch-muslimischen Stil gehalten. Er hätte bestimmt jedem ehrbaren Maharadscha zur Ehre gereicht. 

Sage und schreibe 500.000 £ kostete das Märchenschloss damals - in jenen Tagen eine ungeheure Summe. Als die Geschmacksverirrung fertig war und in der Öffentlichkeit hämisch diskutiert wurde, war der “Prinny” schwer beleidigt und kehrte nie wieder nach Brighton zurück.

Seine Mutter, Queen Victoria, war dieser Prunksucht wahrlich wenig zugetan und verkaufte den exotischen Palast schließlich an die Stadt Brighton für 50.000 £. Diese fand für die Räumlichkeiten neue Verwendungen. 

Brighton ist für seine Regency Architektur bekannt. Die Verwendung von Gusseisen ist für diesen Stil besonders charakteristisch. Den größten Einfluss hatten die Architekten Wilds und Busby, die zahlreiche Häuser am Meer gestalteten. Sehenswerte Vertreter dieser Epoche sind auch der gleichnamige Regency Square und der Brunswick Square.

Im frühen 19. Jahrhundert fanden sich dort die noblen Wohnviertel der englischen High Society. Die umliegenden Parks mit Meerblick eignen sich für eine erholsame Verschnaufpause. Die viktorianische Architektur ist ebenfalls allgegenwärtig. 

Der Bahnhof Brighton liegt 130 Fuß über dem Meeresspiegel auf einem künstlichen Plateau und wurde 1840 eröffnet. Für die Eröffnung der Linie London-Brighton im Jahr 1841 wurde der heutige Bahnhof nach einem Entwurf von David Mocatta gebaut.

Die Finanzierung für den Bau wurde unter anderem mit Hilfe von “Help”, einem Spendenhund, aufgebracht. Help wurde nicht speziell ausgebildet, der Hund wurde lediglich mit einer hölzernen Sammelbox auf dem Rücken sowie einem silbernen Halsband und einer Medaille ausgestattet.

Von der viktorianischen Ära bis nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg waren Spendenhunde ein beliebter Anblick auf britischen Bahnhöfen. Auch nach ihrem Tod setzten sie ihre gemeinnützige Tätigkeit (ausgestopft) fort.  

Insgesamt fuhren wir die Runde zwei Mal. Das erste Mal stiegen wir an der neuen Marina aus. Wir wollten uns hier ein bisschen umschauen, da es sich angeblich um Europas größten Yachthafen handeln soll.

Statt dem eleganten Einkaufsviertel mit mondänn Modeboutiquen, Galerien und Kunsthandwerksläden gibt es jede Menge Leerstände in den Geschäften. Und die schicken, zwanglosen Lokale waren - sofern sie nicht ebenfalls leer standen - seelenlose Zweigstellen der internationalen Restaurantketten. Hier gab es das geschmackloseste Essen unserer gesamten Reise.

Das zweite Mal stiegen wir bei der zweiten Runde am Royal Pavilion aus. In den Gärten tummelten sich Schulklassen aus aller Welt und unter den Büschen lagen etliche Obdachlose.

Wir beschließen uns in Richtung Süden aus dem Staub zu machen und wir laufen zu Fuß zurück, bis runter an die Promenade und zurück an den Brighton Pier.

Heute Abend werden wir das fabelhafte Wetter nutzen und in unserem Mini-Garten eine Runde Grillen.

Good Night

Angie, Micha und Mr. Bunnybear (Hasenbär)

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** Pokémon Trading Card Game Deck List ** ##Pokémon - 23 * 1 Absol ASR 97 * 1 Galarian Zigzagoon SSH 117 * 1 Galarian Zigzagoon CPA 35 * 1 Galarian Zigzagoon FST 159 * 1 Grimmsnarl V PR-SW 57 * 1 Impidimp RCL 123 * 1 Impidimp FST 176 * 1 Impidimp BRS 92 * 2 Galarian Linoone SSH 118 * 1 Galarian Linoone CPA 36 * 3 Morgrem FST 177 * 1 Morgrem BRS 93 * 3 Galarian Obstagoon FST 161 * 1 Grimmsnarl RCL 125 * 2 Grimmsnarl FST 178 * 1 Grimmsnarl BRS 94 * 1 Grimmsnarl VMAX DAA 115 ##Trainer Cards - 24 * 4 Great Ball BKP 100 * 1 Dark Patch ASR 139 * 1 Evolution Incense SSH 163 * 1 Giovanni's Scheme BKT 138 * 1 Professor's Letter BKT 146 * 4 Piers CPA 58 * 1 Cheryl BST 123 * 1 Team Flare Grunt XY 129 * 2 Energy Retrieval PRC 126 * 1 Evosoda XY 116 * 1 Pokémon Center Lady FLF 93 * 1 Max Revive XY 120 * 2 Rocky Helmet BCR 133 * 1 Muscle Band XY 121 * 2 Level Ball NXD 89 ##Energy - 13 * 10 Darkness Energy SWSHEnergy 7 * 1 Darkness Energy UD 79 * 2 Hiding {D} Energy DAA 175 Total Cards - 60

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Cindy Bruna, Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner and Alexina Graham pose during the finale of the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at Pier 94 on November 8, 2018 in New York City.

[akayna]

15. Is there a song, book, movie, or other piece of media that has drastically altered your life? What was it, are there multiple?

17. What's the most interesting coincidence you've had happen to you (or someone you know)?

39. What taboo do you think should be discussed more, if any? Alternatively, do you think a topic that isn't taboo should be?

50. What qualities do you find charming?

51. What can make you dislike someone very quickly?

62. What topic(s) have you drastically changed your opinion on?

76. What do you label yourself as, if anything? What subcultures do you identify with, if any?

94. Who is the first person you tell good news to? Is is the same for bad news?

97. What is a trivial hill that you are willing to die on?

15. I guess we could say A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony, since that's the book my mom literally threw at me when I was home sick from school in the 4th grade and bugging the shit out of her apparently. It sucked me in and suddenly I loved reading. It turned out I didn't much like reading before because the books they gave me were boring.

17. Oh gosh. I know there are some! But like. My mind is blanking. Shit. I'll try to come back to this one.

39. Menstrual stuff, perhaps? I mean, I talk about it. But others should too and it should be normalized so that those of us who suffer can openly be like "yeah, sorry, I'm gonna have to take off the rest of today and the next couple because of my period." And it not be weird.

50. Comfortability with being silly. Caring for others. Being a big ol dork about hobbies/interests. Active listening. Committing to the bit. Etc

51. Being rude, overstepping a known boundary (or an unknown one and then not caring when informed). Being a pretentious know it all.

62. I used to be obnoxious about how I hated everything on sight/immediately that was popular. Now I just enjoy what I enjoy and don't give a fuck.

76. A bisexual polyamorous human that dabbles in being goth/punk/emo.

94. That really depends. If someone I trust is in my immediate vicinity, they'll get the news first. If not, then it may depend on the topic. I may batch send the same message to partners to let them know.

97. Only one space after a period!

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Shadows and Starlight

Book 94: I Saw Some Ships Come Sailing In

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The morning sun painted the sky in hues of orange and pink as Malakar walked along Ebonvale's wooden pier, home to some of the village's large and majestic sailing ships, with little Aurora cradled in his arms. The sound of the squawking seagulls and chatting sailors and merchants scrambled with the scent of the salty sea air. Her wide, dark olive-green eyes sparkled with curiosity as she gazed at the tall, bold sailing ships that stood proud and mighty at port.

“Look, little one,” Malakar said, pointing to one of the ships. “Those are the ships that carry goods to the village from all over the world and take people on voyages across the sea.” He showed Aurora a magnificent vessel with billowing sails, its crew bustling about on deck. “That one is the Sea Whisperer. See how big it is?”

Aurora cooed, her tiny hands reaching out towards the ship, fascinated by the sight. Malakar smiled, delighted by his daughter's reaction.

The baby loved the ship so much that when Malakar saw a small vendor selling toy ships near the docks, he bought one for Aurora to play with. Aurora clutched the wooden toy ship tightly, her eyes twinkling with delight.

"While ships can take you places you’ve never seen before," said Malakar, "Did you also know that each person on a ship has a special job to keep the vessels running like a well-oiled machine?"

Aurora was surprised.

How could a ship work like a machine?

Malakar pointed to one of the larger ships. “See that man up there on the crow’s nest?” Malakar indicated a sailor high above, scanning the sea. “He’s the lookout, keeping watch for other ships and land.”

Aurora giggled as Malakar continued his explanation, "And down there, on the deck, those sailors tie the ropes and manage the sails. Without them, the ship wouldn’t move at all!” He then motioned to a man going through a map with two of the sailors, his uniform more decorated than the sailor's uniforms, "And over there, is the captain. He’s in charge of everything! He decides where the ship goes and ensures everyone is safe, just like how I do everything I can to keep you and the rest of our little family safe."

Aurora clapped her hands together, her laughter ringing like tiny bells, and Malakar couldn’t help but chuckle at her joy.

“Yes, that’s right! Ships are strong and sturdy, just like you will be one day,” he said, stroking her cheek.

“Maybe one day, you’ll sail on a real ship, my brave adventurer,” he mused, his gaze drifting to the horizon of the ocean. “You’ll explore distant lands and make all kinds of friends. Wouldn’t that be exciting?”

Aurora babbled in response, her eyes wide with wonder. Malakar imagined all the places she could go, all the wonders she would see.

However, he also knew that the idea of Aurora traveling on her own wouldn't become a reality for a long, LONG, time, and he was content with Aurora having make-believe adventures with her toy ship under his watchful eye.

As the morning sun continued to climb higher in the sky, Malakar and Aurora played together, their laughter mingling with the sounds of the sea. Each wave that splashed at the docks seemed to echo the promise of future voyages, bound by the unbreakable bond between a father and daughter.