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brookston · 10 months ago

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Holidays 2.10

Holidays

All the News That's Fit To Print Day

Anniversary of Oruro

Arabian Leopard Day (Saudi Arabia)

Ausonia Asteroid Day

Children’s Hospice Day (Germany)

Cliff Burton Day (Alameda County, California)

Deep Blue Day

Fenkil Day (Eritrea)

Gold Record Day

Half-Baked Day (Halfway to 4/20)

International Cribbage Day

International Day of the Arabian Leopard

International Drive Your Triumph Day

International Ski Patrol Day

International Weather Festival

Kurdish Authors Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)

Lt. Col. Vindman Day

Military Industrial Complex Day

National Deworming Day (India)

National Flannel Day

National Home Warranty Day

National Julio Day

National Louis Day

National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe (Italy)

National TV Safety Day

NEET Day (Japan)

Plimsoll Day

Rose Daphne Day (French Republic)

Royal Hobart Regatta Day (Tasmania)

Singing Telegram Day (New York Postal Telegraph Co.)

TBL1XR1 Related Disorder Day

Teddy Day

Tom and Jerry Day

Umbrella Day

Valentismas

Voltammentry Day

Volunteer Defense Day (Thailand)

Welsh Language Music Day (UK)

World Pulses Day

YMCA Day

Ziggy Stardust Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Cream Cheese Brownie Day

National “Have a Brownie” Day

Try to Invent a New Jell-O Flavor Day

2nd Saturday in February

Global Movie Day [2nd Saturday]

International Purple Hijab Day [2nd Saturday]

International Snowmobile Ride Day [2nd Saturday]

Independence & Related Days

Anniversary of Oruro (Bolivia)

Empire of North Africa (Declared; 2006) [unrecognized]

New Jersey Concessions & Agreements Day (New Jersey) [1st U.S. state constitution; 1665)

Phokland (Declared; 2007) [unrecognized]

Rosston (Declared; 2007) [unrecognized]

Unification of Upper and Lower Canada (1841)

New Year’s Days

Kebbawa New Year & Beginning of Fishing Season (Kebbawa People of Nigeria)

New Year's Day [Lunar Calendar] (a.k.a. …

Bituun (Mongolia)

Chinese New Year [2024: Year of the Dragon]

Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Yin Black Water Rabbit

Fete du Printemps (Mauritius)

Losar/Loshar (India, Nepal)

Lunar New Year’s Day (Hong Kong)

Novo Ano Lunar (Macau)

Seol-Nal (South Korea)

Sonam Lhosar (Tamang New Year)

Sonam Lochhar (Sikkam, India)

Spring Festival (China)

Tahun Baru Imlek (Indonesia)

Tamang New Year (Nepal)

Tet Nguyen Dan (Vietnam)

Tsagaan Sar (Mongolia) [2023: Year of the Rabbit]

Tet Holiday begins (Vietnam) [thru 26th]

Festivals Beginning February 10, 2024

Carnaval de Barranquilla (Barranquilla, Colombia) [4 Days before Ash Wednesday; thru 2.13]

Carnival of Aalst (Aalst, Belgium) [thru 2.13]

Carnival of Binche (Binche, Belgium) [thru 2.13]

Carnival of Maastricht (Maastricht, Netherlands) [thru 2.13]

Death by Chocolate (Appleton, Wisconsin)

Fastelavn (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Mumbo Jumbo Gumbo Cook-Off (Manitou Springs, Colorado)

Palm Beach Marine Flea Market & Seafood Festival (West Palm Beach, Florida) [thru 2.11]

Paris Carnival (Paris, France)

Sábado de Carnaval (Argentina; Brazil) [thru 2.13]

Wine Love Trail (Sonoma County, California)

Feast Days

Anabita’s Day (Pagan)

Apelles (Positivist; Saint)

Apple Wish Spell Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Ary Scheffer (Artology)

Austrebertha (Christian; Saint)

Bertolt Brecht (Writerism)

Bisexual Anxiety Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Boris Pasternak (Writerism)

Charalambos (Christian; Saint)

Day of Anaitis (Persian Goddess of the Moon and the Seas)

E.L. Konigsburg (Writerism)

Erlulph of Scotland (Christian; Saint)

Faeries Creation Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck (Malta)

Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy (Artology)

José Sánchez del Río (Christian; Saint)

Marilyn Monroe Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Mr. Holiday (Muppetism)

Nicolas Taunay (Artology)

Paradoxically Non-Paradoxical Day (a.k.a. Paradox Day; Pastafarian)

Scholastica (Christian; Saint)

Soteris (Christian; Martyr)

Tales of Kelp-Koli (Shamanism)

Trumwin (Christian; Saint)

William of Maleval (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 41 [13 of 72]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Tycho Brahe Lucky Day (Scandinavia) [3 of 4]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [10 of 60]

Premieres

Alice at the Carnival (Disney Cartoon; 1927)

Bad Day at Cat Rock (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1965)

Belle de Jour, by Joseph Kessel (Novel; 1928)

The Best of Everything, by Rona Jaffe (Novel; 1958)

Big Game Haunt (WB MM Cartoon; 1968))

Billy Madison (Film; 1995)

Butch (MGM Cartoon; 1951)

Chico & Rita (Animated Film; 2012)

The College Dropout, by Kanye West (Album; 2004)

Daffy’s Rhapsody (WB LT Cartoon; 2012)

Das Boot (Film; 1982)

Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller (Play; 1949)

The Four-Legged Zoo [#4] (Multiplication Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1973)

The Glenn Miller Story (Film; 1954)

The Grasshopper and the Ants (Disney Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1934)

Icebound, by Owen Davis (Play; 1923)

The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury (Novel; 1951)

I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You), by Aretha Franklin (Song; 1967)

Inside Outer Space (Disney Animated TV Special; 1963)

John Wick: Chapter 2 (Film; 2017)

Kimi (Film; 2022)

The Lego Batman Movie (Animated Film; 2013)

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League (WB Animated Film; 2015)

The Littles, by John Lawrence Peterson (Novel; 1967)

Long Tall Sally, recorded by Little Richard (Song; 1956)

The Loved One, by Evelyn Waugh (Novel; 1948)

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Animated TV Series; 2023)

The Pink Panther (Film; 2006)

Pluto and the Gopher (Disney Cartoon; 1950)

Puss Gets the Boot (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1940) [#1]

Rabbit Every Monday (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)

Rio Rita, by Red Fin Rito and His Orchestra (Song; 1942)

Safe house (Film; 2012)

Shallow Grave (Film; 1995)

A Sheep in the Deep (WB MM Cartoon; 1962)

Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace (Film; 2012)

Sultans of Swing, by Dire Straits (Song; 1979)

Tales of Hoffmann, by Jacques Offenbach (Opera; 1881)

Tapestry, by Carole King (Album; 1971)

The Three Bears (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)

Tom & Jerry (MGM Cartoon; 1940)

Van Halen, by Van Halen (Album; 1978)

Today’s Name Days

Scholastika, Siegmar (Austria)

Haralampi, Valentin, Valentina (Bulgaria)

Alojzije, Vilim, Vjekoslav (Croatia)

Mojmír (Czech Republic)

Scholastica (Denmark)

Ella, Elle, Ellen, Elli, Ellu (Estonia)

Elina, Ella, Elle, Ellen, Elna (Finland)

Arnaud (France)

Bruno, Scholastika, Siegmar (Germany)

Chara, Charalambos, Chariklia, Haralambia, Haralambos, Hariklia, Harilaos (Greece)

Elvira (Hungary)

Arnaldo, Guglielmo, Scolastica, Wilma (Italy)

Paula, Paulīna, Paulīne (Latvia)

Ada, Elvyra, Gabrielius, Girvydas, Vydgailė (Lithuania)

Ingfrid, Ingrid (Norway)

Elwira, Gabriel, Jacek, Jacenty, Scholastyka, Tomisława (Poland)

Haralambie (Romania)

Gabriela (Slovakia)

Escolástica (Spain)

Eugenia, Iris (Sweden)

Austria, Amber, Amelinda, Colt, Colten, Colton, Duran, Durand, Durante, Kolton, Meredith (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 41 of 2024; 325 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 6 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 21 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 1 (Jia-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 1 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 30 Rajab 1445

J Cal: 11 Grey; Foursday [11 of 30]

Julian: 28 January 2024

Moon: 2%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 13 Homer (2nd Month) [Apelles)

Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 52 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 20 of 28)

Calendar Changes

Adar I (only in leap years) [אֲדָר א׳] (Hebrew Calendar) [Month 12 of 12]

陬月 [Zōuyuè] (Chinese Lunisolar Calendar) [Month 1 of 12] (Square of Pegasus Month; Corner Month) [Earthly Branch: Tiger Month] (First Month)

#calendar #Holidays

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brookstonalmanac · 10 months ago

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Holidays 2.10

Holidays

All the News That's Fit To Print Day

Anniversary of Oruro

Arabian Leopard Day (Saudi Arabia)

Ausonia Asteroid Day

Children’s Hospice Day (Germany)

Cliff Burton Day (Alameda County, California)

Deep Blue Day

Fenkil Day (Eritrea)

Gold Record Day

Half-Baked Day (Halfway to 4/20)

International Cribbage Day

International Day of the Arabian Leopard

International Drive Your Triumph Day

International Ski Patrol Day

International Weather Festival

Kurdish Authors Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)

Lt. Col. Vindman Day

Military Industrial Complex Day

National Deworming Day (India)

National Flannel Day

National Home Warranty Day

National Julio Day

National Louis Day

National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe (Italy)

National TV Safety Day

NEET Day (Japan)

Plimsoll Day

Rose Daphne Day (French Republic)

Royal Hobart Regatta Day (Tasmania)

Singing Telegram Day (New York Postal Telegraph Co.)

TBL1XR1 Related Disorder Day

Teddy Day

Tom and Jerry Day

Umbrella Day

Valentismas

Voltammentry Day

Volunteer Defense Day (Thailand)

Welsh Language Music Day (UK)

World Pulses Day

YMCA Day

Ziggy Stardust Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Cream Cheese Brownie Day

National “Have a Brownie” Day

Try to Invent a New Jell-O Flavor Day

2nd Saturday in February

Global Movie Day [2nd Saturday]

International Purple Hijab Day [2nd Saturday]

International Snowmobile Ride Day [2nd Saturday]

Independence & Related Days

Anniversary of Oruro (Bolivia)

Empire of North Africa (Declared; 2006) [unrecognized]

New Jersey Concessions & Agreements Day (New Jersey) [1st U.S. state constitution; 1665)

Phokland (Declared; 2007) [unrecognized]

Rosston (Declared; 2007) [unrecognized]

Unification of Upper and Lower Canada (1841)

New Year’s Days

Kebbawa New Year & Beginning of Fishing Season (Kebbawa People of Nigeria)

New Year's Day [Lunar Calendar] (a.k.a. …

Bituun (Mongolia)

Chinese New Year [2024: Year of the Dragon]

Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Yin Black Water Rabbit

Fete du Printemps (Mauritius)

Losar/Loshar (India, Nepal)

Lunar New Year’s Day (Hong Kong)

Novo Ano Lunar (Macau)

Seol-Nal (South Korea)

Sonam Lhosar (Tamang New Year)

Sonam Lochhar (Sikkam, India)

Spring Festival (China)

Tahun Baru Imlek (Indonesia)

Tamang New Year (Nepal)

Tet Nguyen Dan (Vietnam)

Tsagaan Sar (Mongolia) [2023: Year of the Rabbit]

Tet Holiday begins (Vietnam) [thru 26th]

Festivals Beginning February 10, 2024

Carnaval de Barranquilla (Barranquilla, Colombia) [4 Days before Ash Wednesday; thru 2.13]

Carnival of Aalst (Aalst, Belgium) [thru 2.13]

Carnival of Binche (Binche, Belgium) [thru 2.13]

Carnival of Maastricht (Maastricht, Netherlands) [thru 2.13]

Death by Chocolate (Appleton, Wisconsin)

Fastelavn (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Mumbo Jumbo Gumbo Cook-Off (Manitou Springs, Colorado)

Palm Beach Marine Flea Market & Seafood Festival (West Palm Beach, Florida) [thru 2.11]

Paris Carnival (Paris, France)

Sábado de Carnaval (Argentina; Brazil) [thru 2.13]

Wine Love Trail (Sonoma County, California)

Feast Days

Anabita’s Day (Pagan)

Apelles (Positivist; Saint)

Apple Wish Spell Day (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Ary Scheffer (Artology)

Austrebertha (Christian; Saint)

Bertolt Brecht (Writerism)

Bisexual Anxiety Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Boris Pasternak (Writerism)

Charalambos (Christian; Saint)

Day of Anaitis (Persian Goddess of the Moon and the Seas)

E.L. Konigsburg (Writerism)

Erlulph of Scotland (Christian; Saint)

Faeries Creation Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck (Malta)

Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy (Artology)

José Sánchez del Río (Christian; Saint)

Marilyn Monroe Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Mr. Holiday (Muppetism)

Nicolas Taunay (Artology)

Paradoxically Non-Paradoxical Day (a.k.a. Paradox Day; Pastafarian)

Scholastica (Christian; Saint)

Soteris (Christian; Martyr)

Tales of Kelp-Koli (Shamanism)

Trumwin (Christian; Saint)

William of Maleval (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 41 [13 of 72]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Tycho Brahe Lucky Day (Scandinavia) [3 of 4]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [10 of 60]

Premieres

Alice at the Carnival (Disney Cartoon; 1927)

Bad Day at Cat Rock (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1965)

Belle de Jour, by Joseph Kessel (Novel; 1928)

The Best of Everything, by Rona Jaffe (Novel; 1958)

Big Game Haunt (WB MM Cartoon; 1968))

Billy Madison (Film; 1995)

Butch (MGM Cartoon; 1951)

Chico & Rita (Animated Film; 2012)

The College Dropout, by Kanye West (Album; 2004)

Daffy’s Rhapsody (WB LT Cartoon; 2012)

Das Boot (Film; 1982)

Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller (Play; 1949)

The Four-Legged Zoo [#4] (Multiplication Rock Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1973)

The Glenn Miller Story (Film; 1954)

The Grasshopper and the Ants (Disney Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1934)

Icebound, by Owen Davis (Play; 1923)

The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury (Novel; 1951)

I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You), by Aretha Franklin (Song; 1967)

Inside Outer Space (Disney Animated TV Special; 1963)

John Wick: Chapter 2 (Film; 2017)

Kimi (Film; 2022)

The Lego Batman Movie (Animated Film; 2013)

Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League (WB Animated Film; 2015)

The Littles, by John Lawrence Peterson (Novel; 1967)

Long Tall Sally, recorded by Little Richard (Song; 1956)

The Loved One, by Evelyn Waugh (Novel; 1948)

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Animated TV Series; 2023)

The Pink Panther (Film; 2006)

Pluto and the Gopher (Disney Cartoon; 1950)

Puss Gets the Boot (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1940) [#1]

Rabbit Every Monday (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)

Rio Rita, by Red Fin Rito and His Orchestra (Song; 1942)

Safe house (Film; 2012)

Shallow Grave (Film; 1995)

A Sheep in the Deep (WB MM Cartoon; 1962)

Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace (Film; 2012)

Sultans of Swing, by Dire Straits (Song; 1979)

Tales of Hoffmann, by Jacques Offenbach (Opera; 1881)

Tapestry, by Carole King (Album; 1971)

The Three Bears (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)

Tom & Jerry (MGM Cartoon; 1940)

Van Halen, by Van Halen (Album; 1978)

Today’s Name Days

Scholastika, Siegmar (Austria)

Haralampi, Valentin, Valentina (Bulgaria)

Alojzije, Vilim, Vjekoslav (Croatia)

Mojmír (Czech Republic)

Scholastica (Denmark)

Ella, Elle, Ellen, Elli, Ellu (Estonia)

Elina, Ella, Elle, Ellen, Elna (Finland)

Arnaud (France)

Bruno, Scholastika, Siegmar (Germany)

Chara, Charalambos, Chariklia, Haralambia, Haralambos, Hariklia, Harilaos (Greece)

Elvira (Hungary)

Arnaldo, Guglielmo, Scolastica, Wilma (Italy)

Paula, Paulīna, Paulīne (Latvia)

Ada, Elvyra, Gabrielius, Girvydas, Vydgailė (Lithuania)

Ingfrid, Ingrid (Norway)

Elwira, Gabriel, Jacek, Jacenty, Scholastyka, Tomisława (Poland)

Haralambie (Romania)

Gabriela (Slovakia)

Escolástica (Spain)

Eugenia, Iris (Sweden)

Austria, Amber, Amelinda, Colt, Colten, Colton, Duran, Durand, Durante, Kolton, Meredith (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 41 of 2024; 325 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 6 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 21 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 1 (Jia-Chen)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 1 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 30 Rajab 1445

J Cal: 11 Grey; Foursday [11 of 30]

Julian: 28 January 2024

Moon: 2%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 13 Homer (2nd Month) [Apelles)

Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 52 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 20 of 28)

Calendar Changes

Adar I (only in leap years) [אֲדָר א׳] (Hebrew Calendar) [Month 12 of 12]

陬月 [Zōuyuè] (Chinese Lunisolar Calendar) [Month 1 of 12] (Square of Pegasus Month; Corner Month) [Earthly Branch: Tiger Month] (First Month)

#Holidays

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villaisisstlucia · 1 year ago

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love-and-monsters · 4 years ago

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My 2020 Tumblr Top 10

Here’s a list of my top ten stories for the year. Thank you all for your support, and if you liked a story, consider revisiting it and letting me know.

1). 390 notes - Aug 8 2020- Caged Fae

M Fae X F reader. 6,772 words

You encounter a Fae, chained and trapped as a carnival attraction. Angered by his captivity, you save him and take him to your home to recover.

2). 282 notes - Jan 11 2020- Robot Lover

Male robot X gender neutral human, 3063 words.

3). 223 notes - Dec 5 2020- In the Woods

M forest creature X F human, 5,671 words.

The world has ended and strange creatures now roam the Earth. You survived the end, but can you manage to make your way in this strange new land?

4). 222 notes - Feb 8 2020- Norek the Naga

Male naga X gender neutral reader, 3,322 words.

You have just gotten a new job at a bakery and become rather smitten with the naga who works the register.

5). 218 notes - Mar 14 2020- Demon Summoning

F reader X M demon, 2,564 words.

This is the third place prize of my blog giveaway for @moonlightreetops, where a girl summons a demon. Hope you all enjoy!

6). 208 notes - Mar 7 2020- Duthal the Orc

F reader X M monster, 3052 words.

This is the story the second-place winner of my giveaway, @nayderz requested- an orc lover with an enemies to lovers trope. Enjoy!

7). 178 notes - Oct 31 2020- Caged Fae: Halloween

M Fae X F reader, 6,041 words

Enjoy a Halloween festival with your roommate Fae, Yarrow and have fun taking in the sights of the seasons. This story is a continuation of Caged Fae.

8). 176 notes - Oct 17 2020- Harpy Rescue

M monster X F reader, 7,143 words

You wash up on an island after a shipwreck. The harpy natives take you in and you find companionship with a certain healer who’s been caring for you.

9). 164 notes - Aug 22 2020- Demon Shopkeep

M demon X GN human, 4,579 words

You stumble into a magic shop and find the friendly shopkeeper wants to test your magical ability! What happens when you find out you’ve got quite a lot of potential?

10). 164 notes - Mar 21 2020- Quarantined with a Tiefling

GN reader X M tiefling, 3050 words.

To help us all deal a little bit with the current situation, I’ve decided to write a story for MKM’s monster quarantine. Hopefully it will help lift your spirits.

Created by TumblrTop10

#tumblrtop10 #exophilia #my writing #surprised my robot story made it up so high #not at all surprised about caged fae tho #you all went wild for him

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inagetawaycarxo · 6 years ago

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˗ˏˋ VALENTINES PROMPTS ˎˊ˗

It’s the month of love, though every month is the month of love. Anyways, choose either a prompt from AU MEMES/TROPES or DATING SCENARIOS with the celeb/fictional character/wrestler of your choice, also state if you want a headcanon or imagine.

~Link for ask box is in bio.~

❝AU MEMES/ TROPES.❞

Coffee shop

Movie Night

Rivals to Lovers

Enemies to Lovers

Arranged marriage

Secret admire

Wedding

Love letter

Love triangle

Retreat weekend

Cozy cabin in the woods

Breakfast in bed and watch romantic movies

Scavenger hunt

A quiet night at home

Kiss at midnight

Recreate your first date

Volunteer together

Adopt a pet

Soulmates

Roommates

Fake relationship

Secret relationship

Domestic AU

Proposal

He/she loves the reader, but the reader doesn’t know him/her.. {Example he is from another universe

He/she broke the reader’s heart in the past and wants the reader back

Reader believes no one can ever love her

Friends with benefits

Forbidden love

There from different classes

Affair

Bodyguard

Teacher/ Student {course this is a collage student who is legal)

Teacher/ Parent

Forced proximity {also known as stranded, shipwrecked, castaway, snowbound,etc..}

Reunion/Reunited lovers

Childhood friends

Amnesia

Accidental pregnancy

Best friend’s sibling

Millionaire

Blackmail

Firefighter

Office romance

On the rocks

Runaway bride/or/groom

Scars

Secret baby

Siblings ex {spouse, lover, girlfriend/boyfriend, etc…}

Revenge

Sudden baby {one of the lovers discovers a baby or inherits a child}

First love

Scandal-Induced Marriage.

A Bet.

Mistaken identity

Dark past

Love/hate relationship

On the run

Kidnapped

Betrayal

Secret identity

Best friends wedding

Fake engagement

Fling

Reader/or lover is a supernatural creature. {Example, vampire, werewolf, demon, angel, mermaid, merman, doppelganger etc..}

Reader is half human/ half {demon, angel, etc..}

Jilted bride

Stood up

Speed dating

Maid

Break up to make up

Protector

Time travel

Tortured hero

Jealousy

Agents dating

Hunters dating

Crush

Sleeping with the ex

Sleeping with the boss

Age gap/difference

Mistress /whatever the male version is of mistress

Fake marriage

Gangster {lover is a gangster}

Unholy matrimony {a villainous married couple}

Accidental kiss

Almost kiss

Bunch of people are attracted to reader much to her annoyance

Villainesses wants a Hero { evil villain is attracted to the good guys}

Weakness turns on lover

Bodyguard betrayal

Double agent

Love-interest betrayal/traitor

Love turns them evil

Lured into a trap

Family don’t approve

Love spell

Outlaw Couple

❝DATE SCENARIO IDEAS.❞

Moonlit boat ride.

Ice skating.

Beach date.

Spa date.

Arcade.

Aquarium.

Amusement Park.

Animal Shelter & Adopt one.

Bowling.

Brewery.

Bake.

Bonfire.

Botanical Garden.

Bubble Bath.

Bungee Jump.

Camping.

Cruise.

Concert.

Cooking Classes.

Café.

Cat cafe

Candlelit Dinner.

Canoe.

Carnival.

Cinema.

Cloudgazing.

Cook dinner.

Dance Lessons.

Diner.

Dinner.

Dolphin Swim.

Drive-in Theater.

Fair.

Ferris Wheel.

Festival.

Fishing.

Gala.

Game Night.

Gaming/Video Games.

Go Karts.

Hiking.

Horseback Ride.

Hot Air Balloon.

Hot Tub.

Hotel.

Helicopter Ride.

Ice Skating.

Ice-cream.

Karaoke.

Kayaking.

Lunch.

Movie Marathon.

Massage.

Mini Golf.

Outdoor Movie Marathon.

Picnic.

Paddleboat.

Park.

Pizza.

Restaurant.

Resort.

Road Trip.

Rock Climb.

Rodeo.

Roller Coaster ri.de

Roller Skate.

Skydive.

Stargaze.

Spa.

Safari.

Scuba Dive.

Skate.

Ski.

Skinny Dip.

Sky gaze.

Snorkel.

Snowboard.

Stargaze.

Sundaes.

Sunrise.

Sunset.

Surf.

Swim.

Takeout.

Theme Park.

Trail.

Underwater.

Vineyard.

Volunteer.

Water Park.

Waterfall Hike.

Weekend Getaway.

Whale Watching.

Wind Sailing or Surfing.

Wine Tasting.

Winery.

Yacht.

Yoga.

Zipline.

Zoo

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tumblunni · 6 years ago

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I JUST REALIZED WHO THIS GUY’S JAPANESE VOICE REMINDS ME OF

Friggin Muchigoro from the sixth One Piece movie! The random half fish half plant probably some human in there somewhere dude who has a pet giant death goldfish and is generally the cutest man on earth

AND THEN THAT MOVIE INCREDIBLY TRAUMATIZED ME

Seriously i still cannot believe this movie even EXISTS, its such a bizarre form of..like..trolling you into accidentally watching a really good movie??? Posters and preproduction material and the art style and the actual name of the thing = “oh its a cute adventure about everyone playing goofy carnival games on carnival island im sure this villain Baron Carnival will absolutely not jumpscare me with something such as for example a sympathetic comic relief goldfish friend remembering that he’s already dead and reliving the process of drowning again while on dry land and you the viewer have to watch every second of it”

SERIOUSLY FUCKIN HELL I STILL MOURN YOU, MUCHIGORO

This film actually turned out to be a FUCKIN AMAZING lovecraftian horror thing where the Fun And Innocent Carnival Games slowly manipulate our heroes into bickering amoungst each other and pick them off one by one with just the excuse of ‘oh he totally abandoned you he wasnt really your friend after all’ (MEANWHILE THE ADORABLE REINDEER MASCOT IS GASPING FOR AIR AS HE’S PINCUSHIONED BY ARROWS IN THE BACKGROUND)

And then fuckin.. super fancy cute mr baron carnival man is actually sacrificing everyone who loses his carnival games to a fuckin terrifying evil spirit of the forest who’s fused to the flesh of his shoulder and whispering dark thoughts into his very bloodstream. And you get to see a fucked up abomination of twisted human flesh fused into a plant stem while our cute happy-go-lucky protagonist cries out that he has no reason to live now his friends are dead and its like WHAT THE ACTUAL JESUS FUCK IS HAPPENING

Oh and at the same time its SURPRISINGLY DEEP and evil carnival dude has a really sympathetic reason behind it all. You see, EVERYONE ELSE ON THE ISLAND IS DEAD! once upon a time he really was just a goofy cute carnival themed pirate dude with a big ol family of funny buddies. And then they all DIED HORRIBLY and this forbidden hellbeast made a pact with him to ressurect them if he murdered other people in return. Yes, everyone having adorable lil flowers and leafs on their head was DARK FORESHADOWING ALL ALONG

So that gets us back around to this super memorable goddamn character! Poor muchigoro!! he’s just a funny doofus who loves his pet fishie and also apparantly his boss. Like he’s really loyal and hero-worshippy to baron festival mc evilplanman, and baron festival mc evilplanman looks so goddamn GENUINELY FORLORN every damn second theyre together. There’s so many foreshadows where this dude is like ‘ha ha isnt every day wonderful when we’re together, im so happy you all enjoy these funny carnival games i made for you to all never be sad ever again’. *looks like he’s fuckin dying inside* jesus christ seriously are we really doing a plot about a suicidal man who lost everyone he ever loved and now he locks himself up with these fake illusions of what they used to be like, struggling with the fact he knows its wrong to kill others to sustain their life but he loves them so much he just cant stop himself AND WHO SAW THIS COMING FROM GODDAMN GOLDFISH HUGS BEANMAN

So yeah GOLDFISH HUGS BEANMAN is your first mega scarring moment hinting at the dark plot. He almost accidentally tells the heroes about whats going on, since he doesnt actually know he’s dead and ends up stumbling into a gap in his memory. And then the Ominous Forest Sentience just fuckin.. revokes his life permissions. Dude drops dead for getting too close to knowing the truth. Incredibly graphically. And then even worse is that he just reappears again later on, back in comic relief mode and apparantly unable to remember anything. He’s all “haha boss thats so weird i fell asleep on the job! I’m totally fine now tho!” and boss dude is like *bittersweet look* “i’m so glad i cant bear to see you without a smile on your face” *casually glances over the fact he just fuckin fed a guy’s soul to the dessicated corpse of his best friend and he just got back up”

And theres loads of equally depressing stuff with all the other equally adorable buddies!! There’s the ring toss attraction with a trio of adorable tiny elderly folks in funny frog costumes, this weird ice hockey/cooking competition combo game with a big scary buff dude who has a soft spot for bunny hair clips, and A LITERAL TEN YEAR OLD CHILD WHO WAS ALSO AMOUNGST THE DEAD

Oh goddd, Gappa is the one that traumatized me second much next to Muchigoro. He’s a cute kid in a goofy DJ costume but also he seems to be the one whose sense of self has most been eroded by becoming a soul-eating hellbeast? He’s introduced adorably trying to steal the hat of one of the protagonists cos he wants to be all cool fashion, and then suddenly out of nowhere his eyes go red and he murders the dude for saying no. And this wasnt even under orders from the boss dude or anything, boss dude just turns up to find the poor kid still staring off into space like he doesnt know what happened. He fuckin ate a dude’s soul and crushed the skull of his friend who tried to avenge him, and was pincushioned by a bunch of swords and just casually pulled them out of his ribcage. So he’s just sitting there disassociating the fuck out! “What did i just do, why did i do that, why did he cut me and i dont bleed?” And boss guy holds him and comforts him and tells him obvious lies about how he’s..just a very strong kid. He’s just such a great fighter that he totally must have dodged all that guy’s attacks. Don’t worry. And its such a brief scene but you get the sense that this must have happened a million times, the kid keeps accidentally ‘breaking’ people and getting close to realizing he’s a walking corpse and because of his father figure trying to shield him from the realization its just fucking up his mental state even more and he’s become the perfect host for the fuckin EVIL NIGHTMARE FOREST GOD THING

Anyway eventually we get to the final confrontation involving every one of our heroes being soul-nommed except one, and he’s barely able to drag his arrow-riddled body across the battlefield to keep on fighting. And the last you see of all the comic relief corpse dudes is them being confused why they feel so sleepy, and dropping to the floor one by one. You get the sense this whole thing is really fuckin desperate, the boss dude must have been running out of people to feed to the horrifying corpse machine and he’s had to deal with his friends slowly dying around him. And there’s this really messed up moment where all the heroes getting soul-nabbed is presented as a HAPPY MOMENT for the cute comic relief guys. You see them all come back to life and be like ‘yay another perfect day at perfect carnival island with all our very non dead friends!’ And then when the hero finally wins and saves everyone, its punctuated by a depressing note of all the funny dudes simultaneously vanishing into dust forever. leaving behind nothing but a bunch of plants growing out of a pile of empty clothes. Like the scariest damn part is how its left ambiguous whether the creepy ass forest god was even really capable of ressurecting the dead or if it was just puppeting a bunch of dolls and imitating what this man remembers of his dead friends. though the fact they were able to act on their own free will and almost mess up the plan sometimes would imply there’s at least some level of the original person still left there. but still theres also the whole freaky scene of Murder Child Does Not Remember Murdering All These People so..yeah. Horrifying ambiguity.

And then it just ends with poor boss carnival dude looking at his bloodstained hands desperately trying to hold together the dead corpse of this god that promised to keep his friends alive. He fuckin HOLDS INTESTINES IN HIS HANDS WHILE SOBBING! And what super extra sucks is that they dont give him any sort of resolution of getting to move on and atone now he’s free of that thing’s control. He just desperately tries to backstab the hero at the last moment cos he’s just so lost in grief for his friends, and thus ends up dying. And the last you see of him is him floating in the void while he hears the sound of the shipwreck that killed his friends so long ago, and fuckin CUTE VOICE OF FUNNYMAN MUCHIGORO welcomes him to the goddamn afterlife. While crying that he wishes his boss was able to move on without him and live a little longer instead.

END

CUE HAPPY CREDITS MUSIC

CUE EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE CRYING FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS

i am sobbing into my keyboard just remembering this, seriously i dont even fuckin LIKE One Piece yet im somehow a giant fan of this one singular filler arc written by some other author. WHERE IS MY ENTIRE DAMN HUNDRED EPISODE ANIME ABOUT THIS PLOTLINE?? it has fuckin NOTHING to do with One Piece either, you coulda replaced the protagonists with the protagonists of any other anime and it woulda worked just as well. Its just like fuckin... Happy Anime Dudes Take A Brief Vacation To An Entirely Different Story About Horror Murder. like i know One Piece does have its own sad and deep stories sometimes but not EXISTENTIAL HORROR OF GOLDFISH FRIENDO

I NEVER EXPECTED TO BE TRAUMATIZED BY THIS ADORABLE BEAN BOY

rip muchigoro

...anyway i suppose i might be subconciously drawn to characters who have anything in common with him cos of the sheer PLEASE UNDO THE HELL YOU INFLICTED UPON THIS FUNNYMANS factor.

also I guess Mr Movien is kinda like his character design upside down. big head mode vs tiny head mode: FIGHT!!!

in conclusion i wish i had not remembered the tears of this

#baron omatsuri and the secret island #i wasnt even super young when i first saw this and it still traumatized me #like i was fuckin 17 already #i cant imagine the poor kids who saw this in cinemas...#but i dont know how to feel cos on the one hand trauma but on the other hand damn interesting writing #JUST WISH IT WAS LESS OF A JUMPSCARE

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Premier Attractions & Things to Do in Key West, FL

The southernmost city in the continental United States, Key West features a special mixture of social influences, a few of which can be seen in the island's tourist attractions.

The style is generally Caribbean, with numerous homes constructed out of coral-rock or recovered ship-boards. Others came straight from the Bahamas, dismantled and shipped then re-assembled right here in the Keys. The cuisine is Afro-Caribbean as well as Spanish, and also there is a particular tropical, laid-back feeling to the town.

Key West is understood for its sunsets, as well as viewing the sundown from Mallory Square is among the top things to do on any kind of visit.

Several famous writers have called the island residence, including Ernest Hemingway, Robert Frost, and also Tennessee Williams. Key West continues to bring in musicians today with its Bohemian and tolerant ambience.

Stroll along Duval Road

Duval Street is Key West's major vacationer strip, with restaurants and stores developed to captivate vacationers and also cruise liner travelers. This is the place to begin, or maybe end, a day of sightseeing and tour.

Historical homes as well as several of the city's most preferred vacationer destinations as well as locations to visit can be located along Duval Street, which stretches from Mallory Square to the Southernmost Factor pen.

This area is likewise host to numerous occasions and also events throughout the year, one of the most renowned of which is the Hemingway Days Festival, held each summer. Various other highlights in the area consist of Ripley's Believe It or otherwise Odditorium and the mecca of everything vital lime, Kermit's Trick Lime Pie Store.

An excellent method to get an excellent overview of the area as well as its background is on the Conch Tour Train, which checks out Duval Road, as well as Old Town, Hemingway's House, and also the waterfront location. This 90-minute narrated trip provides perspective on the railway days, the depression, and also WWII, as they connect to Key West.

Ernest Hemingway Residence and also Gallery

The famous writer Ernest Hemingway bought this 1851 Spanish Colonial house in 1931 as well as resided in it until 1940. It includes a lavish tropical yard as well as the salt-water swimming pool that he asserted almost cleaned him out monetarily, as well as has his "last cent" pushed into the concrete.

Inside, you can see the recovered interior too, which displays the author's own collection of 17th- and 18th-century Spanish furniture. More than 40 offspring of Hemingway's original brood of residence pet cats still wander the building. He wrote a number of novels here including A Goodbye to Arms, Death in the Mid-day, and also For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Key West Butterfly as well as Nature Conservatory

Among the leading points to do in Key West for households is a visit to the Key West Butterfly and also Nature Conservatory. Youngsters of any ages will be captivated by the opportunity to walk amongst more than 50 types of butterflies in the natural yard environment of a glass conservatory.

In addition to the vibrant butterflies, greater than 20 varieties of unique birds stay below, making a check out to the sunroom a truly special experience.

The Discovering Center likewise uses an educational movie concerning the life process of butterflies, with displays that describe the phases in detail. An online caterpillar checking out area deserves looking into, where you can see real butterflies undergoing their changes.

Mallory Square

Mallory Square, a former warehouse location, is currently the area of an every night sunset-watching ritual with online home entertainment. This is just one of the most prominent complimentary points to do in Key West and is a must-do task when in town.

Make your method to the dock areas at the base of Duval street as well as admire the sensational pinks as well as reds as the sunlight establishes over the Gulf of Mexico. Jugglers, vendors, artists, as well as other street entertainers create a carnival-like ambience, consisting of some truly special efficiencies like pet unicycling, pet cats on a tightrope, and also straightjacket gets away.

The location has actually turned into one of the leading highlights of a check out to Key West, especially in the late afternoon, when browsing the shops and also various other destinations situated on and around Mallory Square is the important things to do.

Searching for the perfect memento? Look into the historic Key West Sponge Market, a neighboring treasure-hunting store, and also multiple surf stores to locate what you're after.

Dry Tortugas National Forest

History combined with soft-sand coastlines as well as remarkable chances for snorkeling are the main allure of this isolated park. Catamaran Watercraft Excursions to the Dry Tortugas, which include snorkeling and snorkeling tools, in addition to lunch, leave from Key West as well as are the best method to accessibility this website.

Dry Tortugas National Park is an archipelago of 7 coral reef islands situated around 65 miles southwest of Key West. They were so called by explorer Ponce de Leon because of the number of turtles (tortuga definition turtle in Spanish) located on the islands. The "dry" part was included later, referring to the absence of fresh water on the islands.

Among them, Garden Key, is home to the 19th-century Fort Jefferson, which was built by the U.S. government to safeguard and regulate the Gulf of Mexico shipping network. The fort ran as a jail for Union deserters throughout the Civil Battle and additionally housed Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was detained as a co-conspirator in Abraham Lincoln's murder.

In 1992, George Shrub changed the standing of the site from the Fort Jefferson National Monolith to the present park run by the National Park Service.

Treasure Chest at the Mel Fisher Maritime Gallery

The Mel Fisher Maritime Gallery informs the tale of diver Mel Fisher, who found a number of shipwrecks, including one that lugged extremely valuable artefacts and an additional that holds a wealth of historical worth.

Initial discovered in 1972, an English ship was discovered concerning 35 miles west of Key West. Later on determined as the Henrietta Marie, this was a slave ship that had gone away in 1700 soon after selling 190 African Hostages in Jamaica. Although the ship did not lug a wealth of gold and gems, its remains hold important artifacts, which provide a look at the history as well as problems of the maritime slave labor, and also is the earliest slave ship wreck to be discovered.

In 1980, Fisher's dive teams uncovered the accident of the Santa Margarita, a 17th-century Spanish ship. This accident held an astonishing variety of important things, from silver and gold bars and coins to specify fashion jewelry.

The museum shows various artefacts from these wrecks and others, consisting of a 77.76 carat weight emerald and numerous other unusual items such as navigational instruments, devices, and various other everyday things. The gallery additionally has exhibits on undersea archaeology and diving, in addition to films as well as hands-on demonstrations.

Harry S Truman Little White Home

The brought back Harry S. Truman Little White Home was built in 1890 and acted as the head office for the marine command via World War II. Truman initially saw your home in 1946, and throughout his presidency used it numerous times as a holiday resort.

The initial home furnishings and also style have actually continued to be intact from the Truman age, and also it has actually been utilized by subsequent presidents and also authorities as it still is today. Products like Truman's piano and also the workdesk he utilized during his "working vacations," are perfectly protected for posterity. Useful overviews add understanding right into the structure's background as well as the political importance it held during the Cold Battle.

Make sure to appreciate a self-guided excursion of the home's spectacular arboretums after you are completed inside.

Martello Towers

The Martello Towers are 2 brick fortifications, built in 1858 to secure Fort Zachary Taylor from the eastern. The ft was never completed as well as never ever saw hostile activity, although the eight-foot-thick granite walls would certainly have actually endured weapons strikes. The main tower supplies a magnificent breathtaking view of the Atlantic shore of Key West.

The West Martello Tower as well as Garden Facility was constructed in the 1860s by the UNITED STATE Army Corps of Engineers. The Key West Garden Club seized the fort in 1955 and began a cleanup as well as growing to enhance the shabby ft. Today, you can stroll the premises, via lovely yards and also gardens. Enchanting pathways, arches, a waterfall, and also water lily pond are several of the highlights.

The East Martello Tower was initially constructed as an enhance to Fort Zachary Taylor to secure the region. It currently houses the Martello Gallery -Key West Art as well as Historical Gallery, with a varied collection of local art as well as sculpture and also various other displays connected to the growth of Key West.

9. Audubon House and Gallery

This 1840s residence was constructed by ship woodworkers for Captain John Greiger, a kept in mind harbor pilot and wrecker. Colonel Mitchell Wolfson recovered it in the 1960s, starting the subsequent conservation activity in the remainder of Key West.

The property is notable both for your house and also the gorgeous gardens and also grounds. The house consists of numerous 18th- and also 19th-century period furnishings, much of it from Europe, and also a significant collection of inscriptions by John James Audubon, who stayed below in 1832.

The yards in the back consist of a variety of exotic plants, including birds of paradise, hibiscus, as well as various palms.

Led excursions display the highlights of the Audubon Residence, and also adhering to the tour, you rate to discover on the lavish grounds around the home.

Ft Zachary Taylor

Constructed in between 1845 as well as 1866, Ft Zachary Taylor safeguarded this component of Florida's shore during the Civil War. Today, it is a State Park as well as National Historic Site, renowned for its historical destinations, specifically the extensive collection of Civil War age weaponries, which are still being dug deep into.

The park additionally hosts a selection of annual events, including concerts, boat races, sculpture competitions, and also a pirate event. Along with every one of these fun points to do, travelers will certainly delight in the park's lovely swimming beach; devoted snorkeling locations; and nature trails, which are open to both foot as well as bike website traffic.

This is also among the best locations to see Key West's renowned sundowns, and the beach is an ideal area for a romantic picnic.

The Oldest Home in South Florida, constructed in 1829, was the former residence of Francis B. Watlington. It was originally developed by Richard Cussans in a different area as well as later moved to Duval Road.

The house supplies an opportunity to see and learn a little about the history of Key West. It is not as elegant or as lovely as a few of the city's other historic homes that are open to the public, however it has its own special appeal.

Within your house are some original furnishings, household portraits, and also displays on the history of Key West. Ship models and also info on the background of the sector in the area are on display screen. At the rear of your house is a yard as well as a cookhouse, which was typical of the period. There is additionally an exhibition structure having extra files of passion.

Key West Aquarium

The Key West Aquarium first opened its doors in 1934, making it one of the initial al fresco aquariums in the U.S. For sensible purposes of algae control, a roof covering was later on included, as well as the facility was updated.

Exhibitions consist of the "Atlantic Shores" and also the big outside holding pens. A variety of tanks residence local aquatic life, including flatterer fish, snappers, and angelfish. There are also storage tanks with barracuda and also sharks, as well as a "touch storage tank," constantly a preferred with children, as they can rise close as well as personal with conch, starfish, and also various other invertebrates.

The sharks are fed at routine periods throughout the day, as well as if you are take on sufficient, assistants will certainly let you touch an adolescent registered nurse shark.

Southernmost Factor

Key West's specialty as the southernmost point in the continental UNITED STATE is noted by a red, black, and yellow concrete marker at the corner of South as well as Whitehead roads.

It's a lively spot, as street vendors and also entertainers congregate around the site to sell souvenirs and also showcase their abilities. The marker itself, committed by the Key West public Functions Department in 1983, is much less than inspiring but however, it still functions well as the perfect selfie history.

A similar landmark and also just as prominent place for Key West photo-ops is the US1 mile-marker "0" indication which notes the start of the path which adds practically the totality of the east coastline. Going for nearly 2,400 miles, the interstate ends in Maine, passing through a number of major cities.

Shipwreck Treasure Museum

The Shipwreck Prize Museum is housed in the replica of a 19th-century wrecker's stockroom with displays discovering the remarkable history of the salvage industry in the location.

Wrecking, the technique of recovering cargo from the various ships that died along the Florida coral reefs, was once a huge part of Key West's economic situation and an exceptionally rewarding - but dangerous -market. From atop monitoring towers like the 65-foot example right here at the gallery, wreckers would certainly watch day and night for ships in trouble as well as race to the website. The very first to arrive might assert the legal rights to the largest share of the salvage revenues, a procedure looked after by unique "ravaging courts."

Below, at the gallery, stars in duration outfit state the story of the Isaac Allerton, which sank in 1856, in addition to show what life resembled for the daring wreckers that risked their lives to not only recoup treasure but also save the lives of the reefs' sufferers.

Artefacts from the shipwreck are shown, and also movies as well as video clips on the subject run on a continual basis. The monitoring tower gives exceptional views and photo opportunities of the surrounding land and also seascape.

Key West Burial Ground

Established in 1847 after the island's original cemetery was destroyed by a storm, the headstones in Key West's burial ground mark the tombs of greater than 35,000 people.

This historic cemetery has several religious and memorial sections, consisting of devoted Jewish and Roman Catholic areas, the Los Martires de Cuba memorial memorializing the Cuban saints that were eliminated throughout the 1870s freedom motion, as well as a plot dedicated to the seafarers that died when the USS Maine sank in 1898.

Highlights to expect are the detailed iron job and sculpted monuments that decorate family stories and also burial places.

Key West Lighthouse and Keepers Quarters

The Key West Lighthouse was integrated in 1847 as well as opened up in 1848 with a women caretaker, a rarity because time. Throughout the years, its caretaker's quarters and lenses were updated until innovation provided both outdated, and also it was decommissioned in 1969.

The Key West Art and Historical Culture adopted the residential or commercial property, originally turning it into an armed forces museum and afterwards later on restoring the lighthouse as well as quarters to mirror life below at the beginning of the 20th century.

Today, it houses initial furnishings, home products, and also pictures of the many caretakers that kept the light burning via even the worst of tornados.

The lighthouse stands at 86 feet high, be sure to climb its 88 actions for great views from the observation deck near the top. A short video clip discussion likewise gives an intriguing consider the history of the Key West Lighthouse.

Tips and also Tours: How to Maximize Your See to Key West.

Crystal clear waters and coral reefs border Key West, and also a watercraft trip is an excellent method to discover these environments and also the abundant aquatic life. Taking an organized tour also indicates you do not need to bother with renting out a watercraft and browsing your way via strange waters. Below are some enjoyable tours that ensure the most affordable price and also supply a great option for navigating town convenient:

Sightseeing and tour Cart: A hassle-free way to get to as well as from the top visitor destinations in Key West is the Key West Hop-on/Hop-off Trolley, that makes stops whatsoever of the island's most popular areas, like Mallory Square and also Duval Road galleries as well as shops, along with numerous museums and sites. Along with making your Key West getaway plan a breeze, a specialist guide narrates the flight, giving intriguing realities and informing fascinating stories regarding the island's background as well as lore.

Dolphins and also Snorkeling Watercraft Tour: The three-hour Key West Dolphin Watch as well as Snorkel Cruise ship whisks you far from the coastline on a catamaran to see wild dolphins swimming and also playing in the water a couple of feet from the watercraft. After viewing these mild creatures, you have a chance to snorkel over a superficial coral reef, which is house to greater than 600 different species of aquatic life. The excursion consists of snorkel equipment, endless sodas, and also a specialist guide.

Islands Boat Trip: If you 'd like to check out the islands off the shore of Key West, the Dry Tortugas National Park Excursion by Catamaran is an excellent choice. This full-day experience on a high-end high-speed catamaran brows through Dry Tortugas National Park, where you can discover the army ft, relax on the stunning coastlines, and snorkel along a few of Key West's best reef. Included in the trip is a specialist naturalist, entrance fees and national forest service charge, a narrated excursion of Fort Jefferson, morning meal as well as lunch, and also snorkeling equipment.

Snorkeling as well as Kayak Scenic tour: A wonderful way to see the Gulf of Mexico and obtain up-close to its one-of-a-kind all-natural habitats is the Key West Island T'ing Sail Snorkel and Kayak Experience, a six-hour excursion that makes sure to please everyone in your team. The scenic tour gets started in the early morning on a spacious catamaran, as well as travelers are supplied with breakfast as the watercraft makes its method to a mangrove island, where you can hop in among the provided kayaks as well as check out the genuinely distinct surroundings. The next quit is at a reef, where passengers can wear snorkeling tools as well as be baited a guided excursion of the living undersea landscape. Those who prefer to remain completely dry are welcome to stay in the catamaran and also delight in the sun as well as gorgeous sights, and also a buffet lunch with beverages is acted as well.

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Completely Harmless Ch. 28

Completely Harmless An SSO SilverGlade Re-imagining Story (Or Fix it Fan Salt fic) By Ginny O.

When Lily and her friends wanted to buy horses and were directed to the Silverglade Manor and its myriad of problems, they didn’t expect to start a revolution. They were just a bunch a stable girls. Completely harmless. Right?

A/N: Things are only canon if I say they’re canon. Pre-Saving the Moorland Stables compliant for the most part. Posted in its entirety on my website. Posted in 2000 to 4000 word bits here. Rated T for Swearing Word Count 177,577

Chapter Twenty-Eight Planning Rainbow Week Pt. 3

Ginny sighed. “I feel like I’ve monopolized this meeting.”

“You haven’t,” Pauline reassured her.

“Well, you know most of what we’re doing already then, the ride through the Mirror Marsh. Syntax is playing in the town square. We’re using a heart that’s made of holding hands for our charm to represent how we’re working together to save our stable. I wouldn’t trust Jamie Olivetree to cook or bake anything. So, I’m a bit at a loss for that. But I had an idea for a craft. We can do rainbow window decorations. They look like stain glass, but it’s all plastic and markers and glue mixed with paint. Or they can make the kite paper ones, which is kite paper, cardboard and glue, easy peasy.”

“Those sound great.”

“We can choose some other shapes, but really great for the younger members.” Ginny grinned.

“Right,” Lily nodded. “We need to cater to them too other than making them hyped up on sugar.”

“Oh god, do we have so much sugar on this list,” Pauline groaned. “Ladies, we better string this out.”

There was more laughter.

“Okay, so, bear with me,” One of the girls said. “Since you don’t trust Jaime to bake. I went to this other summer camp last year, and it was a sleep away camp where you took different skill classes and had dinner in the dining hall.”

“Why can’t we do that here?” One of the girls asked.

“But they had this one dessert that was essentially rainbow marshmallows and chocolate. They took the marshmallows, mixed them with chocolate that wasn’t hot enough to melt them, and then shaped it in like a yule log or put it into aluminum foil boxes with parchment paper and added more chocolate until it was full. Then they cut them into slices. They called them stainglass windows. So, not only do you have something that goes with your craft, you don’t have to have Jaime do anything.”

Ginny groaned. “I could kiss you. Yes. We’ll take it.”

“Okay, that leave us, I guess,” Kelsey said. “We’re using the Celtic Infinity Knot for our symbol.”

“Mr. Wetton has found you a Celtic Group.”

“We’ll have them perform out by the spooky big tree,” Kelsey said. “Now, Madison had an idea, and it’s a good one to run with the Welshies as part of our event.”

“Well, that’s really cool, actually.” Penny said.

“And, we have a huge beach thing, it goes from the Hermit’s house, all the way over to the other side of the Peninsula that goes up near the tree.” Kelsey rubbed her forehead. “So, we thought, a race? We can make it a group race like the Jorvik Stable’s race.”

They all nodded.

“That’s fair,” Josefina said.

“We should have more than one group race,” Pauline made a note of it.

“And we’re doing these rainbow swirl cookies that look like lollipops, rainbow cotton candy, rainbow churros, and rainbow shaved ice with ice cream in the middle.”

Madison is taking this seriously,” Cathy said, her voice very dry.

“Of course she is,” Ingrid said with a smile. “She’s young.”

“We haven’t talked anyone into the Highland Cattle yet. But I think we’re getting there.” Kelsey said. “Not that anyone is really going to listen to us until something horrible happens. I mean, we helped them with their shipwreck but that got us trust and a spot on the peninsula, nothing more.”

“Craft,” Cathy glowered at her.

“Oh right, the craft.”

“We’re going to have Seashells you can paint,” Cathy said. “It’s been keeping everyone busy and with us on the beach, Mr. Anwir refuses to come close.”

“So, we’re going to have sharpies and rubbing alcohol for the kids, some puffy paint for the intermediate painters, and alcohol inks for the experts.” Kelsey grinned. “They can turn them into necklaces, bracelets, earrings, headbands, whatever makes them happy.”

Cathy jumped in. “Hugh is happy to have people come and give tours of the Rescue Ranch.”

“Oh thank goodness, we don’t want to bother him too much.”

“He thinks it’s great publicity.”

Pauline shifted in her chair. “Okay, I have one last idea. I know it’s not Happy Horse Week but it will be a taste of it.”

Lily raised a brow at her.

“Every one of us has a paddock. New Hillcrest can borrow the Dew Farm in Epona’s if necessary,” Pauline said. “I think we should have a special event in the paddocks specifically for the horses, and only the horses of our stables. It can be a show jumping event or a dressage event or a show type of event where they jog their horses around to show them off.”

“Oh, Pony flag race!” Polly piped up. “I’ve been wanting to do one of those and with the bunting for the day this would be perfect. Have seven flags in each color and they have to go and get them and come back one at a time.”

“Tedious but give enough experience or one of Lowe’s exchanges, they’ll do it.”

“Or lots of experience and an exchange item,” Amelia said. “This is a good idea. I like it, oui.”

Loretta grimaced at her phone. “What is taking them so long?”

“What is taking us so long?” Pauline rubbed her forehead and checked her notes.

Lily texted Regina. “Ohkay, they’re arguing in the store. Just send us some options. Yeesh.”

Phones buzzed as Regina threw them all into a group chat and uploaded pictures.

“Okay those half circle buntings we need for the races.”

“Same for the triangle ones that are the stripes, not the solids. We’ve got solids already,” Kate said.

“We should have the solid ones for the pony race,” Penny added as she texted that into the chat.

“All right, I’m seeing 2 foil balloons here.”

“Why not make the fuzzy ombre ones for the parade route and Moorland’s festival space, they’ll go with the bows and the ombre sequin bunting swags there,” Pia said. “And then the hard stripe ones for everywhere else.”

“You’re the only one who has seen these bows.” Lily reminded her.

Pia dug into her phone and uploaded a picture into the group chat.

“Ah, yes, agreed,” Pauline said as she added it to the list. “The arches need something more than ivy.”

“Streamers, these ones here have some great circle paillettes with them, tres chic,” Josefina double tapped it. “Mix it in with the ivy, it won’t be as noticeable or bright.”

“And might make the inside more of a rainbow as the sun goes through it.”

“I hope we don’t have rain,” one of the girls groaned.

“Oh, we can use the clouds with the dangling rainbow hearts to hang from the trees,” Ami brightened. “That would be pretty. They’re plastic, so reusable even if it does rain.”

“And the heart shaped garland for the stable fronts, and inside too.”

Josefina shuddered. “This could get so tacky very quickly.”

“Okay, then what about those big hearts in the solid colors that are studded with pearls? I think those are pearls.”

“They can go on building doors and along fences.”

They nixed some of the other options including a long fabric rainbow bunting and hearts that were rainbow from the inside out. They were hard on the eyes.

“And, that’s, that’s actually kind of nice,” Loretta said grudgingly of the backdrop. They’d done it up in Bobcat colors with a light pink curtains right behind a white circle that had yellow roses on the upper right and pink heart shaped crystal beads draped across it. To either side of the light pink curtains were darker more Bobcat pink curtains.

In the chat, someone use a confetti trumpet emoji. There were hearts and happy faces.

Lastly, they sent a display of cloud lanterns they could put inside the stables and covered areas. They had LED Lights hanging down. They could get them in rainbow colors. Or one of the girl’s noted, they could do the hearts like the smaller plastic clouds they thought would be good in the trees.

“Okay, I know everyone has a big cache of the LED lanterns with the heart cut outs, so might as well use them.”

“No candles.”

“Not unless they’re LED candles.”

They all looked at each other. “Yeah, no,” one said.

“We need a piñata,” someone murmured.

“Where? Fort Pinta?”

“If Madison finds out,” Kelsey warned.

“Let’s do a bunch in Fort Pinta for the kids there, we have to vary this up!”

“Between Mr. Peanut posing for photos, Isebell Figg doing street magic, and Pinatas it will be something of a carnival.” Pia said with a smile.

“Which is exactly what Madison wants,” Kelsey groaned. She rubbed her face.

They all looked at each other and shrugged.

“Jugglers, fire eaters.”

“Yeah, we’re getting into circus stuff now,” Lily said.

“Don’t tell Ydris,” someone muttered.

“Don’t tell Madison about Ydris. He’d turn her into a monkey in a tutu so fast,” Lily said.

They all giggled at that image.

Loretta and Tan swallowed hard. The other girls didn’t actually mean to dig, but they felt it like a dig at them.

“I don’t think that would be good around the horses anyways, fire eaters and jugglers.”

“Definitely not.”

“You have a huge moor to take up,” Lily said with a shrug.

Kelsey shook her head. “I think we’ve bitten off enough.”

Pauline shoved the list over to Lily. It’d been written across a map of the area.

“I agree,” Lily said after she read it over. “Okay, honestly, this calls for celebratory food.”

“I’ll go order some pizza.”

“You know, Courtney doesn’t make half bad chicken wings and those double baked potatoes.”

“Just,” Lily pushed it away and put her head in her arms.

“Ice cream,” Pauline patted her head. “Definitely ice cream.”

A couple of them laughed and ran out to order food. When the phones buzzed, the rest left leaving Loretta and Lily alone.

Loretta fidgeted. “How long are you going to treat me with so much disrespect?”

Lily looked up and straightened. Her brows rose noticing everyone else was missing, including Tan. “The thing about respect. You have to earn it.”

Loretta pursed her lips.

“You and your girls treated us like dirt and expected us to do all the hard labor.”

“You were trying out for the Club. It’s expected.”

Lily rolled her eyes. “Loretta, everything around you is for beginners. It’s not that difficult. You didn’t treat us with respect. So, we left. If you want to be friends, be friendly.”

Loretta wasn’t the type to slump in her seat.

“You going to treat Jojo Siwa like the rest of us or am I going to have to assign an ambassador?”

“No. She’s somebody.”

Lily leaned back and stared at the ceiling. “Oh, where do I start with that one?”

Loretta huffed. “You’re all nobody.”

“You don’t know that,” Lily dropped her chin back down to meet Loretta’s eyes. “You have no idea who anyone of us could be. We could be as rich as Anne Von… whatever her name is or royalty or anything because we don’t tell you.”

Loretta scoffed. “If any of you were rich and famous, I’d know.”

“There are a lot of rich people who aren’t famous and don’t want to be,” Lilly rubbed the back of her neck. “Treating everyone the same is really, the only way to go about it. You can’t make snap judgement, especially when Thomas is handing everyone the same uniform the first day.”

Loretta rolled her eyes.

“To us, you’re nobody,” Lily said bluntly. “The mean girl with the crush on her employer’s son.”

Loretta stiffened and glared at her.

Lily shrugged a shoulder. “Calling it like I see it, Lori.”

“I was here first.”

“And you’re a backwater club, at a backwater summer camp, where you can lord your superior riding skills over campers with none at all,” Lily raised her brows. “I don’t think anyone else would put up with you and your airs.”

Loretta tensed.

The door opened and the others came back with food.

Lily didn’t know what it was going to take to get through to the other girl. They just needed this Rainbow Week to go well and for Loretta to try not and take all the credit.

There were piles and piles of boxes in the courtyard of the Silverglade Equestrian Center. “The Siwanators bogged us down with tons of bows. They’ve been busy. Like a two person assembly line,” Regina said. “Productive meeting?”

Lily sat on the boxes. “Outside of Loretta, yeah.”

“What did she do now?”

“She wants respect.” Lily shrugged.

Linn jogged over. She leaned over putting her hands on her knees. “So, the Baroness wants to see us at the Riding Arena.”

Lily met Regina’s eyes. “No more long meetings.”

They mounted their horses and trotted down to the Riding Arena. Baroness Silverglade stood out of the way in the show jumping side of the arena. The slightest twist of her lips could convey a multitude of emotions.

Right now they were slightly turned downward. Slightly pursed. The Baroness wasn’t pleased.

Lily approached with caution. “Baroness Silverglade,” she said.

“Tell me, Lily, will this do for the fine upstanding reputation of the Silverglade family?” She gestured at the arena.

Lily glanced around at the showjumping arena. “Not when we have distinguished visitors coming,” she said it quite carefully.

The Baroness met her eyes and walked serenely out of the Arena.

Lily braced her elbow on one hand and cupped her face. Her lips pressed together and she restrained several screams by making exaggerated faces.

“Well,” Regina said. “Well.”

Lily spun on her toe and marched to the other side of the Arena. While, the huge space didn’t have jumps set up in it, it was being used by a group of dressage riders as they practiced their formations.

Lily worked her jaw licking her lips, her mouth opening and shutting.

“I see an underutilized space,” Regina said.

“We need a schedule,” Pauline said.

Lily gestured at her. It was a clear ‘get it done’ type of hand wave.

Regina put her arm around Lily. “Okay, I think you need a break. You’re taking far too much responsibility on yourself.”

“A nap,” Linn said. “Go ahead and take a nap, Lily. When you wake up, we’ll have a schedule arranged to get everything done before Rainbow Week.”

Lily looked between them and cracked. “Are you two sure?”

“Yes, we’re sure,” Pauline said. “All three of us. Delegation will get things done faster.”

Lily hugged each other mumbling thank yous. She jogged off and took the trailer back to the stable, even though it really wasn’t that far away.

Regina, Pauline, and Linn looked at each other.

“Let’s do this thing,” Pauline said firmly.

Linn pulled out her phone.

“We’re going to either have to kick everyone out, or clean at night,” Regina said looking around. “Wow, you just don’t think about how many people are wandering about all the time.”

“Linda thinks we should meet in the library,” Linn reported.

“This is one meeting right after another,” Pauline shook her head.

They rode through the gardens back up the main house marveling at the amount of work they’d actually gotten done. The manor was well on its way to being spectacular. The workman of the tunnel waved at them as they threaded through the trees to go up the road for a bit.

They put their horses in the stalls and gave Lily’s an extra pat or two as they passed.

Linda, Agnetha, and the rest of the club met them in the library.

Pauline sat at the head of the table and heaved a huge sigh. “Right. So, the Baroness has just shoved the refurbishment of the Riding Arena into our laps. We need a plan on how to tackle this so everything gets done in time for the Rainbow Festival.”

Linda adjusted her glasses. “Girls, we have done a prodigious amount of work over the last month in order to make this place remotely presentable. I can talk to the Baroness about putting off the Riding Arena until after the Rainbow Festival.”

“We have a week,” Regina said. “I think if we have a structured plan in place, break things up into groups like we did in the beginning, we can get everything done. It’s Lily is taking a lot of this personally.”

“She’s got all the emotional labor problems too,” Abigail leaned in propped her chin on her hands. “That’s as much work as physical labor.”

“And we’ve all been focusing on the garden since we’ve got contractors doing the work for the Ice Cream bar and the tunnel. Aaron and Anastasia are focused on getting people hired. So, maybe we gave a false impression of how much we can actually do in a set amount of time.” Pauline winced. “Which is on us.”

“Right. This is vacation and you’re working as hard as you would in school,” Linda protested. “You’re supposed to be here to have fun and meet everyone in the county and ride through the races to train your new horses.”

“Right, we have to make them worth 75,000 shillings somehow.” Regina said flippantly.

Agnetha frowned. “Linda’s correct. Annabella and I have been taking dreadful advantage of you girls.”

“We volunteered,” Pauline pointed out.

Brittany nodded. “Something weird is going on here in South New Jorvik County. We don’t know what it is, neglect, the G.E.D., Dark Core interference, whatever it is, but something fishy is going on here. I mean, is the place just poor or what?”

Linda grimaced. “I’m not really from around here either. Alex Cloudmill hails from Jorvik City, so she doesn’t know either.”

Agnetha shrugged. She didn’t know either.

“Well, let’s work on what we can control,” Regina said pushing the worries about G.E.D. and Dark Core aside to work with another day.

“We need to finish the Folly Gardens,” Pauline said.

“Set up the event Pavilion. Clean up and plant gardens around the Pavilion and the Riding Arena. Install Lighting, benches and urn features.”

“Install the last Duck Coop behind the Arena.”

“Clean the Arena. Replace the Jumps in the Show Jumping side.” Linn said. “They’re old and they don’t fit the theme anymore.”

“Clean the tunnel once the workers are finished.”

“Clean and install furniture in the Wine Cellar. Decorate the Wine Cellar.”

“Decorate for Rainbow Week,” Regina said.

“And that has to be enough for now,” Linda said.

“We should get some of those window sun catchers and decorations from Riley and Ginny for the Arena,” Pauline muttered.

“Since we have the only arena.”

“Oh, well,” Pauline’s eyes lit up. “Ginny and Susan are going to try and convince Mr. Kemball to build them an arena.”

They all stared at each other for a moment, huffed, and burst into giggles.

“Linda,” Linn started with a quiver to her voice, “Can we shut down the Riding Arena to fix it? We can put it off until the last two days if we must, since I’m sure we’re going to want a full day to decorate right before Rainbow Week begins.”

“I mean, this isn’t Christmas where we decorate two months in advance,” Stacy said offhandedly.

Linda smiled softly. “I’ll make a sign that it will be closed those days for cleaning and refurbishing.”

“Thank you!” Linn slumped.

“Okay,” Pauline said as she fiddled with the schedule. “We’ve got seven days or whatever. Tomorrow we can do a huge push to finish the last terrace. Day two, clean up the Pavilion and Riding Arena space, install lighting, benches, duck coop, and the urns. Day Three: Set up the Pavilion, plant the gardens. Day Four, Clean up the tunnel and do the Wine Cellar. Day Five, whatever isn’t done. Day Six, Riding Arena Clean Up and Refurbishment. Day Seven: Decorate.”

Linda nodded. “That sounds reasonable.”

“And you’ve got yourselves a slush day.”

“Then we take the week off to ride all around the county and have fun,” Regina said firmly.

“Get sick on cotton candy at South Hoof,” Pauline mused. “Do a treasure hunt in Cape West.” Pauline blinked. “Oh right,” she found a paper and slid it over to Linda. “Our schedule of events things to do if you want to put it up online.”

Linda brightened. “That will be great. We can have so many visitors. Get your friends to send me pictures for Jorvikgram. I’ll get this up on the website. You know, I don’t think there’s an actual county website for events.”

“Then there should be,” Stacy said.

“And if you build it, you need to get paid for it,” Regina added on.

“And by the good and fluffly lord, do not let Aaron moderate it,” Pauline rolled her eyes.

“Or Anastasia,” one of the girls said under her breath.

“Now,” Agnetha glared at them. “The rest of you go join Lily and get some rest. Everything will keep until tomorrow.”

“Don’t work you and Bjorn to death without us!” One of the girl’s admonished her.

Agnetha gave her a tiny smile.

It was weird, but somehow through working together, Agnetha had become like their prickly aunt.

Linda poked at her phone. She never noticed the rest of them leave.

FOR THE ACCOMPANYING IMAGES PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE MY WATERMARK AND CONTACT INFORMATION. THANK YOU. I get it. Some of you might get excited and want to see this stuff in the game, especially the clothes, tack, and pets. However, the only way I want to see this in the game is if I get paid for it. If I see it in the game and I’m not paid for it, there will be hell to pay. You think I’m salty. I’d be angry. Personally, I’m not going to send this info to SSO. If you do, leave my contact information there! Don’t give them any excuses to steal.

Now, I’ll know you haven’t read this note if you leave me comments about how ‘salty’ I am about the game and if I hate it so much I should do something else. I am doing something else. It’s called Mystic Riders MMORPG Project. Mystic Riders however is a very baby phase game. You can check out our plans on the game dev blog. (Skills, Factions, Professions, Crafting, Mini-Games, 25+ horse breeds!) If you know anyone who would be interested and has money or contacts about game making, direct them to the blog.

#star stable #sso #star stable online #fan fic #jorvik reimagined #star stable salt #silverglade reimagined #completely harmless #many nods to ruth westside #meetings done... for now #yes Lily needs to delegate

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demitgibbs · 6 years ago

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Ptown Gears Up For Inclusive Summer Fun

It’s September in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the cool-crisp calm before the bitter-cold calm: wintertime, when travelers admire the cozy Cape Cod resort town’s frosted beauty beside a fireplace inside a cabin. The iced rich-blue Provincetown Harbor to the southeast, Cape Cod Bay to the south and west, Massachusetts Bay to the northwest and north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast catch peeks of sunshine that the boys of summer cannot enjoy until they eagerly return again.

After a long stretch of hibernation, those boys fly or ferry back to the island, beach-ready. When temps reach a desirable enough high (60 degrees is fine), they rush over in droves to one of the hottest gay vacation getaways to partake in the reason for the season: pool parties. They are reunited with direct sun, gyrating porn stars, unicorn floats and Mr. Turk speedos.

A luxury resort owned and run by three gay men who are partners in business and life, Thomas Walter, David Sanford and Ken Masi, the Brass Key Guesthouse has established itself as a home away from home for LGBTQ (and sometimes straight, married) vacationers. For the town’s biggest party, Carnival Week, last year at the Brass Key, held as a benefit for the Provincetown Business Guild, everything that might restrain pool-goers’ pure water fun – tables, lounge chairs – was stashed away to accommodate a line so long it looped around the block. A couple hundred attendees splashed and romped around in the pool, riding their gay floats, sipping their festive margs.

It’s busy. How busy? Because of shampoo and “whatever else,” “the water’s not so clear” at the end of the day, said Walter, sitting in a quiet, conversational nook near the pool where, come 1 p.m. Aug. 19, adult video star Trenton Ducati will greet sunbathers with a smile and a bulge. (Ducati will meet-and-greet guests and visitors inside the Shipwreck Lounge, a laid-back bar that also serves as the Brass Key’s check-in lobby.)

Nestled within the Brass Key’s 43 rooms and suites, housed in nine buildings, is an enchanting, flower-filled playground: the heated infinity-edge outdoor pool, a sizable 15-person hot tub, with rows of poolside recliners for ogling nearby frolickers (there’s even a small nudist section if you prefer an even, full-body tan). Within the pool area is an inviting communal patio, where every day at 9 a.m. I stepped down from my pleasantly new-old upstairs room and enjoyed a hot, hearty breakfast; at 5 p.m., I sipped wine and overindulged on hearty spreads of artisan cheese set up for happy hour.

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Guests will say hi. They might pull up a seat. This happened to me; as a lone traveler, I greatly relished their amiable company. I met a polite and self-effacing gay guy and his spunky gal pal, a lovely gay couple who invited me on their afternoon bike-riding excursion into town, some chatty lesbian wives, and a manager of a nearby boarding house known for its bathhouse-type appeal who took a late-night dip in the hot tub with me. His budget lodge is far from a resort, and he said he really loves their jacuzzi. In Provincetown, everyone is dreaming the same dream.

Brass Key is just steps from Commercial Street, Ptown’s main drag, lined with art galleries, clothing boutiques, trendy restaurants and glimpses of the bluest of water. Like clockwork, the ever-popular Tea Dance, the town’s outdoor gay dance party, begins at 4 p.m. and runs through 7 p.m. at the Boatslip Beach Club (beginning May 3).

Charming, right? Walter and Sanford, who met in their senior year of high school, thought so too. Even though Fire Island was closer, they would occasionally leave New York, where they were living, to head to Ptown. “We were just drawn to Ptown,” Walter said. “We just fell in love.”

They envisioned themselves living there one day, but thought it a long shot. “It was always a pipe dream,” Walter said. But when they eyed a corner property, the Dusty Miller Inn, on Bradford Street, their hearts were set on owning it. Aware of their interest, their friend Adam left a message on their answering machine: the current owners of the guesthouse at the time were willing to sell, he told them. In 1998, Walter and Sanford officially became the owners of the property, now called Crowne Pointe Historic Inn & Spa (Masi would join them as a proprietor in 2007).

Their quaint sprawl comprises six buildings, including the full service Shui Spa, one of two spas in the country exclusively using Kiehl’s products, and The Pointe Restaurant. Named one of “The Best Hotel Restaurants in Cape Cod” by Fodor’s Travel, the pier-to-plate restaurant impresses with a modern, premier dining experience and a full wine bar.

Across the street is the Brass Key, a property they bought in 2008 (altogether, Walter said they own “around 20” buildings in Ptown, including the Provincetown Pet Resort). Unit by unit, the owners gutted the Brass Key’s buildings to modernize their “grandma” look, adding luxury suites and the Shipwreck. Now, the property is coastal chic, but still of another time. Walter calls it “historically hip.” With big hand-carved headboards and antique furniture, “each building has its own identity,” he said.

“Ken and I were saying it was closed off and known as the place rich old men would stay and it’s not friendly,” Walter said. “We worked really hard to change that culture and change that perception.” On Shipwreck’s patio, a giant fire pit sizzles, occupied by a small crowd of diverse, friendly blend minglers. The non-guests look on through the gate, curious of what dreaminess and late-night debauchery awaits.

Inside the bar, Masi or Walter sometimes tend bar, because if you own a business, everything is your responsibility. As a business developer for a major entertainment TV giant (he said he’s unable to mention the company by name, per their request), Walter wore many hats, involving marketing, accounting and creative ventures, which offered him insight when it came to running his own business. Staying in a variety of hotels, he said, is where he learned hospitality dos and don’ts.

As for Sanford, his engineering background aids in maintaining the physical plan and overseeing renovations and maintenance, while Masi, a Duke grad who Walter calls “chameleon-like,” was an editor for Boating magazine and does promo and website writing for their properties. He said their day-to-day is wildly unpredictable.

One late night during my visit, Walter was handling a diabetic guest who wasn’t responsibly managing his alcohol intake (he sent a pizza to the man’s room); the next morning Walter was checking on – and, naturally, playing with – the dogs at their pet resort. “Because there’s three of us, we’re able to divide and conquer,” he said. “David always thinks of the business as a cruise ship: I’m the captain and my job is to just get the cruise ship from one place to another.”

Their operation is fine-tuned, their dream realized. The three of them split their time between two gay-friendly places, Fort Lauderdale and Ptown. Walter said Ptown “is not necessarily a gay town; it’s a town where being gay is a non-issue; it’s not even really considered; it’s not even a factor in town politics.”

“It’s a town where sexual orientation is a non-issue, which is unique and special,” he emphasizes, “and one of the things that drew us to it.”

For this reason, my new Ptown friends Jay and Alan return to Brass Key every year. They love it in September, just as the party winds down and solitude sets in. I loved it then too.

One early afternoon, we walked the magnificent breakwater, a mile-long stretch of granite boulders, snapping photos of each other as we trekked through scattered brush and the damp low-tide bed, bound for the lighthouse near the shore of Herring Cove Beach. They kindly treated me to dinner at Mistralino Ristorante on our last night.

After we finished our meal, we laughed some hearty laughs over more wine on the porch of the two-level Brass Key suite they book every year. For one night, we were all experiencing the same magic of a shared dream in the wine-drenched stillness rendered by our postcard-perfect surroundings.

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“It’s a town where sexual orientation is a non-issue, which is unique and special,” he emphasizes, “and one of the things that drew us to it.”

For this reason, my new Ptown friends Jay and Alan return to Brass Key every year. They love it in September, just as the party winds down and solitude sets in. I loved it then too.

from Hotspots! Magazine https://hotspotsmagazine.com/2019/04/11/ptown-gears-up-for-inclusive-summer-fun/

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It wouldn’t be Mardi Gras at the Universal Orlando Resort without food, and this year they’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of the biggest party with new and returning Cajun-style cuisine.

From fan-favorite classics like Gumbo and Jambalaya to delectable new dishes inspired by carnivals worldwide – there are so many unique flavors to explore.

Let’s take a look at the food and beverage options coming to this year’s Mardi Gras Celebration!

New Mardi Gras Dishes at Universal Studios Florida and Universal CityWalk

From February 1 through April 2, guests can enjoy new menu items at The French Quarter Courtyard at Universal Studios Florida and several locations in Universal CityWalk, including Voodoo Doughnut, The Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen and more.

NEW Carnival Around The Universe Tasting Tent: This all-new tasting tent in the French Quarter Courtyard will feature dishes inspired by carnivals worldwide with new menu items debuting bi-weekly throughout the event, including a variety of plant-based options:

Week 1 and 2 (Feb. 1 – Feb. 15) will feature cuisine from Trinidad & Tobago:

Grilled Pineapple Trini Chow: Topped with kimchi seasoning and micro cilantro (Plant-based)

Pholourie: Fried spicy split pea dough with turmeric, curry powder and a tamarind chutney (Plant-based)

Chickpea Double: Chickpeas served on a spicy bara flatbread with micro cilantro and mango chutney (Plant-based)

Week 3 and 4 (Feb. 16 – Feb. 29) will take guests back to where the Bayou Bash first began and explore Louisiana Creole cuisine even further:

Softshell Crab Slider: Crispy softshell crab topped with organic vegetable slaw and served on a soft brioche roll with bayou aioli

Cauliflower Dirty Rice: Riced cauliflower with Gardein crumbles, Black-eyed peas and Cajun spices (Plant-based)

Pecan Street: A specialty cocktail with pecan vodka, caramel and apple cider

Grilled Pineapple Trini Chow

Week 5 and 6 (March 1 – March 14) will celebrate Brazilian Carnival with delicious treats:

Pão de Quiejo: Traditional warm cheese bread with a guava dipping sauce

Sugared Sweet Plantains: Covered in cinnamon and sugar and served with banana poppy seed dipping sauce (Plant-based)

The Girl from Ipanema: A specialty cocktail featuring gin, lime, orgeat syrup, coconut water and pineapple simple syrup

Week 7 and 8 (March 15 – April 2) will place you in the heart of Germany:

Sauerbraten: Slow braised beef, buttered Spaetzle, and pickled red cabbage topped with a savory red wine sauce

Grilled Bratwurst: Served on a potato pancake with whole grain mustard and sour cream and chives

And a warm pretzel!

NEW ‘Float Floats’ at Schwab’s Pharmacy: Inspired by the all-new Mardi Gras parade float theme, Treasures of the Deep, Schwab’s Pharmacy will serve over-the-top ice cream floats to celebrate Florida’s biggest party, including:

Mardi Gras Float: Pineapple and lime soft serve with grape soda, blueberry Boba and a waffle cone flag

Shipwreck Float: Pineapple and chocolate soft serve with pineapple soda, cotton candy, and a waffle cone flag

Sunken City of Atlantis Float: Vanilla soft serve with wild berry soda, mango Boba and a gummy shark

New Specialty Cocktails and Non-Alcoholic Beverages: Also inspired by this year’s Mardi Gras theme, are new specialty cocktails served in exclusive souvenir cups including High Seas Twister with rum, blood orange liqueur, and watermelon juice, and the Bourbon Street Punch with bourbon, orgeat, coconut puree, and orange juice to name a few. Plus, also new to this year’s event, are recommended food and drink pairings which can be found on the tasting tent menu boards. For the little jesters in the family, there are a variety of non-alcoholic beverages including the all-new coconut water that is served out of an actual coconut, which is available at The Carnival Around the Universe Tasting Tent during the first two weeks, and the fan-favorite Bayou Bog Water.

New Orleans Flair at Universal CityWalk: New Mardi Gras themed food items will debut at Universal CityWalk at several locations, including Voodoo Doughnut, The Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen and more:

For the doughnut lovers out there – head over to Voodoo Doughnut and pick up a yeast doughnut filled with cinnamon sugar Bavarian cream and topped with vanilla glaze and sprinkles inspired by the iconic Mardi Gras colors

Ever wanted to drink an iconic Mardi Gras king cake? The Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen will be serving up The French Quarter artisan milkshake that includes king cake, cream cheese crema and pastry cream topped with king cake and a beignet

Seasonal cocktails throughout Universal CityWalk, including The Jester found at the food and beverage carts, Voodoo Doctor at Bob Marley – A Tribute to Freedom and Masquerade Martini at The Cowfish

Additional Mardi Gras inspired menu items can be found at venues across Universal CityWalk

Add-on New Orleans Inspired Experiences at Mardi Gras

As part of the family-friendly version of the renowned Big Easy bash, guests can also purchase festive Mardi Gras add-on experiences for guests craving more.

Due to popular demand, The Mardi Gras Tasting Lanyard will return, allowing guests to sample multiple dishes and beverages for one price throughout the event. Whether guests are looking to enjoy all of this year’s food and beverage items, or sample just a few of the bold new additions, there are a variety of Mardi Gras Tasting Lanyard options to choose from starting at $30 plus tax. Among these options is an exclusive Passholder Tasting Lanyard, which includes 15 sample dishes for $60 plus tax.

On select nights, The Bayou Boil – An Exclusive Mardi Gras Experience, will allow guests to enjoy a Louisiana-style boil featuring crawfish, shrimp, potatoes and corn-on-the-cob, as well as an exclusive viewing area for the Mardi Gras parade with king cake, beignets, sparkling wine and assorted non-alcoholic beverages. Tickets for adults are $59.99 plus tax, and tickets for children (ages 3-9) are $39.99 plus tax. Separate theme park admission is required.

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For guests with a sweet tooth, the Mardi Gras Feast & Floats Dessert Party is available on select nights from March 9 through April 2, giving them the best view of the Mardi Gras parade while enjoying specialty desserts, savory bites, hot chocolate, assorted non-alcoholic beverages, and sparkling wine and cider. But the party doesn’t stop there – guests will also have an exclusive viewing area for Universal Orlando’s Cinematic Celebration. Tickets for adults are $49.99 plus tax, and tickets for children (ages 3-9) are $29.99 plus tax. Separate theme park admission is required.

Returning Cajun Cuisine Favorites

Fans of the traditional and authentic New Orleans cuisine – don’t fret! Your favorite classic Cajun dishes will return to The French Quarter Courtyard at Universal Studios Florida including jambalaya, shrimp gumbo, crab etouffee, gator bites, a variety of po’boys, Cajun twisted tators, king cake, beignets and more.

All of the excitement of Universal Orlando’s Mardi Gras celebration is included with admission to Universal Studios Florida or with a Seasonal or Annual Pass (blackout dates apply). And, right now Florida residents can experience this year’s Mardi Gras celebration and the spring season by saving up to $65 on multi-day tickets.

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Mardi Gras Savings for Florida Residents

Florida Residents can also save up to $75 on Seasonal and Annual Passes. Becoming a Passholder means an entire year to enjoy some of the world’s most exciting and immersive theme park experiences, including incredible events, the upcoming live-action stunt show debuting in spring 2020, The Bourne Stuntacular, as well as Despicable Me Minion Mayhem, TRANSFORMERS: The Ride-3D, Revenge of the Mummy, the newest epic addition to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure – and more.

These offers are available for purchase today through April 2. To take advantage of these offers, visit www.UniversalOrlando.com.

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The UK’s best seaside events and attractions for summer 2019 | Travel

Watersports

Boardmasters (from £69 day ticket/£179 five-day camping ticket, 7-11 August) is a surfing and music festival in Newquay, Cornwall. Headliners at Watergate Bay are Wu-Tang Clan, Florence and the Machine and Foals, while pro-surfing, skating and BMX competitions take place on Fistral Beach. As well as surfing, festivalgoers can go paddleboarding, coasteering or kayaking, join daily beach yoga sessions or chill out in wood-fired hot tubs.

Wheels and Fins (from £36 day ticket/£103 weekend camping, 7-8 September) is another sporty festival right on the beach, at Joss Bay in Broadstairs, Kent, with surfing, paddleboarding and yoga, pro-skateboarders and a punk lineup topped by Slaves. The Beach Life festival (free entry, 13-14 July) in Eastbourne, East Sussex, has taster sessions of sailing, windsurfing and paddleboarding (£10 each), a giant paddleboard race, plus land-based sports such as skating, including an outdoor roller derby.

Art

Fringe by the Sea, North Berwick

Festival of the Sky (free, 6-8 September) is an inventive new arts event in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, taking place on the beach, the promenade and around town. The programme includes an immersive fire garden, a night-time hot air balloon show, kite festival, dance procession, street show with giant illuminated animals, an aerial performance from an “urban astronaut”, a Rajasthani brass band and circus, a cloud-watching storytelling event, and more.

Elsewhere, the Ventnor Fringe (from £3, 23-28 July) on the Isle of Wight is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a packed schedule of standup, live music, poetry and theatre; Fringe by the Sea (free and ticketed, 2-11 August) has 160 arty events around North Berwick on the East Lothian coast; and this year’s Arts by the Sea (mainly free, 27-29 September) festival in Bournemouth is themed around mental health.

Family

Dreamland, Margate

Dreamland amusement park in Margate, Kent, has a Roller Coast festival (mainly free, 19 July to 1 September) throughout the summer holidays. Each week has a different theme, from superheroes to science. During Carnival Week, visitors can learn to samba, make a mask and sing along to The Greatest Showman. Rainbow Week celebrates Pride, Street Fest has BMX stunts and Channel 5’s Milkshake takes over for the final week. The Margate Caves are also reopening this summer after a 15-year closure.

So Festival, Lincolnshire. Photograph: JMA Photography

In north Devon, the Sea Ilfracombe festival (free, 31 August-1 September) has traditional entertainment such a Punch & Judy, sandcastle competitions and treasure hunts, plus have-a-go sailing, paddleboarding and kayaking . The So festival (free, 30 August to 1 September) in Mablethorpe and Skegness, Lincolnshire, is a family-friendly outdoor arts event with circus, acrobatics, comedy and street theatre.

Nature

The White Cliffs Walking Festival, Kent

The Shetland Nature festival (free and ticketed events, until 14 July) is a series of guided walks, talks and days out, including a whale watch, otter-spotting, boat trips to see seabirds, bog walks and rockpooling. The White Cliffs Walking festival (mainly free, 22-28 August) has coastal and clifftop walks in Sandwich, Deal, Dover and the surrounding Kent countryside. Nature walks include a Sandwich Bay route to the marshes and bird observatory, coming back along the sand dunes and river. The Marine Conservation Society is recruiting volunteers for its annual Great British Beach Clean (20-23 September). Thousands of people will clear Britain’s sands of plastic pollution and other waste.

Food

Lymington Seafood Festival

The Nyetimber Dorset Seafood festival (free entry, 13-14 July) on Weymouth harbour has nearly 100 stalls serving fishy dishes such as popcorn cockles, hot pollack dogs, brown crab bhajis and cuttlefish croquettes. There are demonstrations by chefs including Mitch Tonks and Mark Hix, masterclasses on filleting, barbecuing and crab prep, a family show about sea turtles – and lots of English sparkling wine.

Later in the summer, the Lymington Seafood festival (free entry, 10-11 August) in Hampshire has live soul, jazz and blues. The Moveable Feast (£3, 13 July, Porthmadog, 27 July, Llandudno, 17 August, Benllech and 24 August, Amlwch) is a travelling food festival in north-west Wales with local producers, brewers and distillers, plus craft stalls and live music. In the Isles of Scilly, intrepid diners can attend a barbecue in the middle of the sea: twice a year, the tides recedes to reveal a sandbar between Tresco and Bryher, usually hidden under 20ft of water. This summer the Low Tide Event (free entry, 1 September) also features a gin bar, paella stand and rock’n’roll band.

Cinema

Luna Beach Cinema, Brighton

Big screens on the sands are a growing trend. This year, the Luna Beach Cinema is back in Brighton with recent releases (Bohemian Rhapsody, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again), classics (Grease, Top Gun) and family favourites, such as Moana, and The Little Mermaid (from £12.50 adult, £8 child, 31 July-18 August). Two beaches in St Ives, Cornwall, have open-air cinemas this summer.

Porthmeor Beach’s programme includes The Greatest Showman and Mary Poppins Returns (£5, 12 and 31 July, 14 and 28 August), while Porthminster Beach has Castaway and Finding Nemo, among others (£9.95, 21 and 28 July, 4, 11, 18 and 25 August). Other options include the first Cinema on the Beach in Aldeburgh, Suffolk (9 and 10 August) and the Cinema by the Sea in Barry Island, Glamorgan (24 and 25 August).

Regattas

Whitby Regatta fireworks. Photograph: Colin Carter Photography

Many have heard of Cowes Week (10-17 August) but there are lots of lesser-know regattas around the UK that make a great day out. As well as the yachting races, Salcombe Regatta in Devon features a sandcastle competition, an ice-cream-eating contest, a harbour swim and a firework display (mainly free, 3-10 August). The Gara Rock hotel is hosting the closing party (£30, 10 August). The Whitby Regatta in North Yorkshire has yachting, rowing and rafting races, plus a greasy pole competition, circus workshops, a dog show and stargazing parties (mainly free, 10-12 August). The Cardigan Bay Regatta has sailing races every day, plus children’s competitions on day one, swimming and rowing contests on day two, and crabbing and raft-building on day three (mainly free, 22-24 August).

Maritime

Charlestown Harbour, Cornwall

Charlestown Harbour, the Unesco-listed Georgian harbour in Cornwall where Poldark is filmed, is holding its first Classic Sail festival this summer. Highlights include a “parade of sail” as tall ships enter the harbour, live music from the British folk band Mad Dog Mcrea and pirate-themed activities for children, plus the chance to visit one of Europe’s biggest shipwreck museums (mainly free, 30 August-1 September). The Great Yarmouth Maritime festival on South Quay has visiting ships to go aboard, three stages of folk musicians and sea shanty singers, street theatre and maritime skills demonstrations (mainly free, 7-8 September). Tarbert in Argyll and Bute holds 10 festivals a year, including a Traditional Boat festival, when vessels from Scotland and Ireland visit the harbour, including a two-masted gaff-rig cutter built in 1903 (mainly free, 20-21 July).

Music

Tunes on the Sands, Blackpool

There’s no need to jet off to Croatia to find a music festival on the beach – there are plenty in the UK. Tunes on the Sands (day tickets from £44, weekend tickets from £97, camping £45pp, 12-14 July) is a new festival on Blackpool Sands in Devon, a sister festival to May’s Tunes in the Dunes on Perranporth beach in Cornwall. The inaugural Sands lineup includes Wet Wet Wet, the Hoosiers and KT Tunstall; there is a big top with circus activities, a silent disco, a gin terrace, a cocktail bar and street food.

The Victorious festival (from £35/£110/£130, 23-25 August) in Portsmouth is right next to the beach and has a seaside stage – headliners are Two Door Cinema Club, Rudimental and New Order. Sand Fest (£50, 14 July) on Sandbanks beach in Poole, Dorset, features top DJs and live acts including Chase & Status.

Other sports

British Beach Sports Champs, Branksome Chine Beach, near Bournemouth

Britain’s beaches are hosting exciting spectator sports over the summer. There are more than 70 beach volleyball events around the UK, and elite players can be seen in action in the Grand Slam Series (free, 13-14 July, Bridlington; 27-28 July, Weymouth and 17-18 August, Bournemouth). Sand Polo, the British Beach Polo Championships, is at Sandbanks in Poole. Tickets include entry to the afterparties on the beach (from £30 one day/£55 two, 12 and 13 July).

The British Beach Sports Champs take place on Branksome Chine beach, near Bournemouth. As well as beach handball, now in its seventh year, the 2019 event includes beach netball for the first time (£10, 2-4 August). This year’s Beach Rugby Wales tournament in Swansea Bay will feature 54 teams from all over the UK. Welsh, Irish and New Zealand national players have appeared in previous tournaments (free, 3 August).

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Voyage to the Center of the World

The peaks of Mount Parnassus shimmered on a warm spring afternoon above the temples of ancient Delphi. In a verdant valley below, silver-tipped olive trees stretched to the sea. The sun traced a golden arc in the azure sky. On a flat plateau surrounded by this natural theater, I looked up to find myself standing at the center of the world.

At least, the center of all things as the ancient Greeks knew it. In front of me was a black ovoid stone, known as the omphalos, set on the spot in Greek mythology where two eagles loosed by Zeus crossed paths at the earth’s nexus. It marked Delphi as one of the greatest enigmas of the ancient universe.

I had come for what was supposed to be an afternoon visit during a recent trip to Athens. Delphi is best known as the home of the famous Oracle — a powerful priestess who saw the future of kings and nations — and I wanted at least a glimpse of the mystery before pressing ahead with my travels.

But as I stood on the archaic plateau, I was riveted. The broken columns of once-mighty altars rose like spirits in the pure air. A timeworn stadium and a prodigious stone amphitheater reigned silently over the mountain. The Temple of Apollo, where the Oracle dispensed her cryptic prophecies, was ringed with paths trod by truth-seekers who had labored up the steep valley from the Corinthian Gulf.

Clearly, taking in this soul-stirring experience would need time — as much time as I could afford to give.

While most travelers tend to use Athens as their base for seeing Greece’s classical highlights, reversing those roles, and choosing Delphi as an exploratory hub for a multiday tour, can bring unexpected rewards. After all, for ancient visitors, Delphi was the trip of a lifetime.

A Unesco World Heritage site, Delphi alone merits a full day to wander the extensive marble ruins and the fine Archaeological Museum of Delphi showcasing sublime sculptures, delicate friezes and other excavated gems. A second day can be spent touring mythological caves and springs during a birdsong-filled hike in Delphi’s lush forests.

The town of Delphi, with terraced hotels, rustic tavernas and sunning cats, is a charming and convenient base. It has uninterrupted views over the immense valley of ancient olive trees, the largest grove in all of Greece, to the azure waters of the Corinthian Gulf.

You can get to the gulf in less than half an hour by car. But that drive should be turned into a third full day of discovery, visiting scenic villages that antiquity’s travelers would have passed on their way to Delphi from the gulf. In springtime, the villages bolt to life with Carnival festivals celebrating pagan customs.

Ancient Delphi is a short bus ride or a pleasant walk from town. A wide road hemmed in by pines, laurels and cypresses leads to the entrance and up toward the Sacred Way — the path taken by King Oedipus, Alexander the Great, the Roman Emperor Nero and countless ordinary men and women determined to hear the Oracle’s pronouncements.

With Apollo’s priestess as the main attraction, Delphi’s renown grew as Greece’s wealthy city states, and powerful conquerors, built sumptuous treasuries filled with rich offerings to encourage the sun god to favor them in war and politics. Many paid tribute to victories gained through the Oracle’s guidance — and Apollo’s help — with grandiose sculptures, including a giant silver bull and a replica of the Trojan Horse.

Despite the ancient bling, Delphi’s supremacy as a sacred power center was epitomized by the simple stone omphalos that had riveted me during my visit — what the Greeks called the “navel of the world.” While the temples have crumbled, seeing the omphalos gave me goose bumps, and left me awe-struck over Delphi’s sublime place in history.

At the top of the Sacred Way, the Temple of Apollo, now razed to its foundations, greeted visitors with these wise words: “Know Yourself,” and “Nothing in Excess.” Inside, the Oracle, a woman older than 50, would sit entranced over a crack in the earth answering questions. A centuries-old debate still rages over whether her divine inspiration came from an ether-like vapor formed by an ancient water source, the nearby Castilian Spring.

Whatever the truth, visitors can explore the remains of the spring in a rocky crag near the Delphi museum, an archaeological time capsule whose centerpiece is an exquisite, life-size bronze statue from 475 BC known as the Charioteer. With flowing robes, gems for eyes and regal poise, this masterpiece by an unknown artist embodies the mystery of Delphic lore.

The next day should be spent visiting the Corycian Cave, an obligatory stop for ancient supplicants after encountering the Oracle. A three and a half-hour trek (each way) from the ruins, this sanctuary for the nature god Pan dates to the neolithic era. The hike starts above Delphi’s marble amphitheater and winds through lovely pine forests. At each turn, there are outstanding views over the ancient site. In hot summer months, those preferring not to sweat it out can also drive.

After a long day, it’s essential to refuel at a traditional Delphi taverna. To Patriko Mas, with a stunning position overlooking the valley, is a lively gathering spot offering charcoal-grilled meat and fish, as well as roast peppers, stuffed mushrooms and other vegetarian fare.

Head out the following day to explore the path that ancient visitors took to get to the Sacred Way. This should be done in reverse order, starting in Delphi and ending with dinner at Galaxidi, a charming fishing village on the Corinthian Gulf.

I left Delphi by car and headed down the mountain to Chrisso, a once-powerful city-state that dates to the 12th century B.C. Now a small stone village, Chrisso sparkles with tiny churches and water gurgling through granite gutters from a spring sourced in Mount Parnassos. Locals divert the water to their gardens to grow a local treat — baby vegetables, which are candied in sugared syrup. These should be sampled with a strong Greek coffee at one of the tavernas in the central square.

I continued toward the cliffside town of Amfissa, a prominent citadel in Delphic times. Named for Apollo’s lover, it had its own Acropolis and a stretch of Cyclopean walls. Today, old ladies wearing kerchiefs and crocheted skirts navigate the road with canes and a slow step.

A castle was built atop the ancient wall during Ottoman rule, with a view of the valley. When I visited, the almond trees were in bloom. Slow-moving honey bees filled the air with a low hum and the sweet perfume of nectar. Nearby, an old tannery is said to be protected by the spirit of a youth whose quest for love ended in tragedy. In spring, the villagers put on a raucous nighttime carnival in his honor, dressed as ghosts and fairies with elaborate masks and animal bells.

Pause to sample local wines, cheeses and olives at Megalo Kafeneio 1929, a converted theater house with a dusty 1930s décor in Amfissa’s main square. Then continue, as I did, toward Itea, a modern port located next to the ancient harbor of Kirra, where far-flung travelers disembarked to start their journey to see the Oracle.

Today international cruise ships disgorge crowds onto tour buses that make a beeline for Delphi. At a clutch of tavernas on the waterfront, locals nibble freshly caught shrimp and anchovies with a shot of raki in the Corinthian Gulf’s briny air.

Hug the gulf to continue to picturesque Galaxidi, with stout stone mansions, swaying palm trees and a snug harbor. An important center for sailing ships until steam engines came along, ancient Galaxidi was believed to have housed a temple to Apollo. The church of St. Nicholas, the patron saint of sailors, now sits in its place, adorned with a rare solar calendar that tracks the zodiac cycle. A nautical museum holds a unique collection of ship paintings and priceless artifacts, including prehistoric obsidian tools and a 4,000-year-old curvaceous urn called an amphora pulled from an ancient shipwreck.

For dinner, head to To Barko tis Maritsas taverna, a converted coffeehouse decorated with nautical flair. Don’t miss the delicate pearl-pink taramosalata, with a tangy edge of garlic, or the marinated sea bass, cut paper thin and studded with peppercorns.

After dinner, I strolled along the waterfront and looked back across the gulf to catch the sunset. There, as the sky faded to a golden pink, the peaks of Mount Parnassus towered in the distance over the town of Delphi, where gray stone houses clung under orange tiled roofs to the cliffs.

Rising above it, ancient Delphi glimmered from the mountainside like a polished gem — as smooth and simple as the stone at its very heart that once marked the center of the world.

Liz Alderman is the Paris-based chief European business correspondent for The New York Times.

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