Archive for the ‘out-of-area’ tag
Main Beach Arcade, Fernandina Beach Florida: 2005 6 comments
Welcome Facebook users 11 July 2017: I see a lot of hits on this old page from Facebook today. Welcome to Columbia Closings. Normally this site focuses on Columbia South Carolina, but there are some other Fernandina pages you may be interested in:
A1A Gas Mart, 816 South 8th Street (Fernandina Beach FL)
Amelia Con 2014, Fernandina Beach Florida
Amelia Con 2016, Fernandina Beach Florida
Island Cinema 7, 1132 14th Street (Fernandina Beach FL)
Kmart, 1525 Sadler Road (Fernandina Beach)
O'Kane's Irish Pub And Eatery, 318 Centre Street (Fernandina Beach)
Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q 2742 South 8th Street, Fernandina Beach FL
Topsy's Downtown Gulf, 710 Centre Street (Fernandina Beach)
A1A Gas Mart, 816 South 8th Street (Fernandina Beach FL)
Indian River Fruit Stand, A1A (Yulee Florida)
And check the Alphabetical Closings page for other Florida references.
And now back to the original post:
Well, I'm on the road, and didn't get all the pictures I wanted to take done beforehand, so I'm going to throw in a few ringers this week.
2008 Brookgreen Gardens Nights Of A Thousand Candles: 20 December 2008 no comments
Brookgreen Gardens is the famous sculpture garden established by Ann Hyatt Huntington just below Murrells Inlet in the 1930s. It has changed a lot the early days. For one thing the old style zoo with animals in concrete, steel-barred cages is long since reformed, for another it is no longer in the boonies, accessible from the South only by ferry, but is in the heart of a bustling tourist mecca.
I think that on the whole, the park organization has managed the change well while staying true to the Gardens' heritage. One of their most recent innovations is the holiday Nights of 1000 Candles which frames the Gardens' statuary and pools with light (candle and otherwise) and provides entertainment and dining among the magic settings.
These pictures were taken on the middle weekend of this year's Nights, Friday 12 December. The night was cold, though not as cold as two years ago and the skies were clear with a full moon. In the past, I have tried shooting ISO 800 film at the event with mixed results. Since I was happy with the way a lot of the 2008 State Fair closing-cam night shots turned out, I decided to try that this year. Some shots were interesting, but on the whole the results were fairly unimpressive: Neon is a lot better light than candles and pinlights. I've got a Panasonic DMC-LX3S to put under my tree this Christmas -- perhaps I'll try that next year.
Photos follow the jump.
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Off To See The Mermaids ... and other stuff 6 comments
Well, Phase II of summer vacation starts today, and I'll be out of town for a good little while. I'll try to check things often enough to keep comment-spam to a minimum, and I've got some pictures for updates to various posts I may get around to uploading. I may possibly make a post or two, but realistically -- probably not! Feel free to chat amongst yourselves.
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The Seashell Restaurant, Folly Beach: Fall 2007 4 comments
Well, I'm back in town after a nice little break for Summer Vacation Phase I (Phase II upcoming in July...). I know it's completely out of the area, and I can't even make the excuse that it's a "Grand Strand" closing, but this place in Folly Beach caught my eye while I was down there. I've eaten a number of places in Folly, but never here since I'm not a seafood fan. Nonetheless, I really like the deck decor, the purple flowers in the hedges and the pink flamingos around the borders. Judging from some flyers sitting on a table inside, I'm guessing they threw in the towel around October of 2007. Certainly they were open during Spoleto season last year.