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{ 2.9.2019 } { Block Island Experience }

Winter Fishing on the Block

What does it take for an activity to become a pastime?

The word itself is simple enough. Alone it means the same thing as a hobby. A thing you enjoy and do to get away from the stresses of work or life and just relax. To pass the time. Once upon a time it was well-known that the mantle of America’s Pastime is taken up by baseball. Whether or not that’s still true is a subject for another time. What’s true today is that various states and communities continued to create – and stand by – pastimes of their own.

{ 1.26.2019 } { 5 Things }

5 Most Instagram-able Things on Block Island

Photographs play a much larger role in our lives today than ever before. There’s the traditional – albeit digital, now – photo & video albums that collect the various sights and sounds of a given trip. Then there’s the host of personal social media accounts we use to show off and share a more curated group of pictures to those friends and family we may not see as often as others.

While that photo album may be great for your shelf, what goes on that Instagram feed needs to go above and beyond. The best of the best. Some of that comes down to picking the right filter. The rest, though, depends on what that photo is.

{ 1.12.2019 } { Block Island Experience }

On Reflection on Memories

Memory is a powerful faculty. Through it we’re able to travel back to a specific time or place, complete with all the emotions that come along with it.

Our most intense memories can be brought back to the surface because of something as seemingly trivial as a smell, a single note of a song, or even a word. When it comes to Block Island, those reflections come from all of the above.