I read about the Manhattanhenge, or the Manhattan Solstice, many years ago. Twice a year the setting sun aligns with the streets of Manhattan, spilling the streets with an ethereal golden light, and hundreds of people gather to photograph this light phenomena. The name of this modern day event, comes from the Stonehenge, an English monument from ~3000 BC, where the setting sun aligned with the stone structure on the summer and the winter solstice. Living …
Author: Annie
→That’s So Annie are the chronicles of a queer, immigrant brown woman who is many things – photographer, marketer, social media junkie, engineer, incurable geek, rescue cat mom, activist – but most importantly, she is a storyteller trying to change the world, one day at a time.
A new project kickoff took the man to Baton Rouge, capital city of the southern state of Louisiana. My options were spending time by myself in Princeton and New York City with nothing significant to do (well there was a round of musical chairs in Bryant Park, but the summer heat was bringing down my enthusiasm), or joining him instead down south. New Orleans had long been on my list of places to visit in USA, so I packed my bags and went …
My first spring in New York City was colorful. We spent a sunny afternoon among tulips of the brightest and prettiest colors I have ever seen at West Side Community Garden’s Tulip Festival 2016. Then we strolled over to Central Park to catch some delicate little lavender and white cherry blossoms. I did not expect to feel as homesick as I have in these last few days, but I guess endless white winter can do that you. The flowers helped. Everything looked …
A few days ago, I found a Facebook listing for what sounded like the whackiest event. I read on more, and discovered that its a global day of sun (and stress-relief I assume?). April 2nd, is apparently the International Pillow Fight Day! 😛 New York City being no stranger to well, strange and exciting things, was hosting one of these pillow fights of its own. I had no idea this was even a thing, and I was …
My love affair with Queen started pretty late, only a few years ago. I wasn’t oblivious to their existence because like every other teenager who was into good music, one of my first initiations to western music was.. Is this the real life? Is this just a fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality. Bohemian Rhapsody, from the 1975 album A Night At The Opera was ..quirky. It was so different than the …