Learning to Read While Stuck in City Traffic As a young child, your eyes are drawn to lights and signs. I learned this fact at the age of twelve. Not because my eyes were the ones that were always attracted but because at the time, my six year old brother had his big, hazel-green, eyes glued to the window as we sat in the backseat of my mothers Lexus SVU. My younger brother, Michael, would spend every second while we were stuck in parking lot, rush hour, traffic, pronouncing and sounding out any words his eyes could catch. Most of the time, Michael was unable to read the words he saw but that never stopped him. Growing up in the city, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, had its ups and downs. The downs being that you would spend countless hours …show more content…
While yes, how could one not love the beach, my heart has always been with the high pace, never tired, alway bright, city. Fifty story buildings light up the sky while clubs, stores, and restaurants light up the streets. As entertaining as all that must sound, you should be greatly surprised when I tell you, that was not even the greatest part. Signs, words, and names, those were the attention grabbers throughout the city. It seems simple, I know, but when you are six years old and don’t have a very good attention span, simple things can be all the entertainment you need to stay busy while stuck in the back seat of a boring car. Within only a mile, the amount of these simple yet captivating words or phrases you would see could fill its own dictionary. Road signs labeled words from “STOP” to “Speed Limit” covered the streets. My brothers favorite was always the bright, yellow taxi cabs with an advertisement that lit the roof showcasing a wings restaurant or a fancy nightclub. Public bus benches sat on every corner selling an air condition company or handy man. My favorite was always the different names of places on their buildings. These were all different fonts and colors that always interested me and kept my eyes busy as we passed. Now that I have explained what the busy streets of my hometown look like, think about those images from the inside of a car window. My mother would pick my
Responses such as naturalness, unspoilt landscape, relaxing view are rated highly when people stated what they liked about the beach.
I feel the gentle hot sand beneath my bare feet the tips of shells peek from the holes in the sand. The ocean….. I look over to see Allie sitting in her purple beach chair and i began to walk over across the sand. I haven't been to Willow cove beach since I was 3 when my mom was drinking all night at the beach bar and left me until someone called the cops at 2 in the morning to pick me up. So now I usually go surfing at Clearwater beach instead.
2. The beach is a happy place because there is sun, fun, and water. This is a place to wear a swimsuit and splash in the water. A time to relax, set up a beach chair and sit by the crashing waves. There are lots of seashells and rocks to collect in a pail or cup. The beautiful beach scenery provides the opportunity to take pictures of the sand, waves, umbrellas, and sunsets. My favorite place to
Growing up in Southern California, I was surrounded by coastal culture, which has influenced me in many ways. No matter whether I lived in San Diego or Ventura county, I was never more than ten minutes away from the beach. Every weekend, it seemed, my dad would take us to the beach as family so we could play in the water, build sandcastles, catch hermit crabs, see the tide pools, and most of all, spend time together. I was enchanted by all the beach had to offer. Every sandcastle built was a palace for a hermit crab and every tide pool a thriving community. Whenever I stepped into the water, my imagination would run wild. Despite how often we went, I always enjoyed our days at the beach.
San Diego has beautiful beaches that many people enjoy going during the summer break. Coronado Beach, and Imperial Beach, this beaches are the most known beaches in San Diego because of the biggest waves they have, and the amazing restaurants they have near the beaches. Coronado is a place that many people come for the Recreational activities because there are many options you could do including swimming, surfing, bodyboarding, sailing, fishing, whale watching, beach volleyball etc, Imagine watching the beautiful White Sand, that sparkle through Coronado, that makes this beach so special. Imperial Beach is a place to spend time with your family, and have a nice time camping, having a bonfire, going with
The aroma of the salty ocean breeze dances around me. The ocean splashes onto the million small grains of sand while tickling the feet of the diverse people who travel among it. Music of the waves sing in perfect unison with sound of the natives playing their drums, their beautiful harmonies fill the resort while they wait for generous people with anything to spare. I look around and embrace every small detail, like the small sand crabs that scurry across my newly pedicured toes and the shattered shells that gouge into the bottoms of my feet. I find my way to the brightly colored hammocks filled with people reading the magazines filled with all the fake information about Justin Bieber and his new girlfriend, or the perfectly picked novel just
Every summer,my family has the tradition of going down to Wildwood Beach for a week . Wildwood is like home to me. There I have countless memories such as riding a huge 12 person bike, ordering zeppoles for breakfast and getting the icecream truck at midnight every year. The beach is where we all saw my baby cousin's first steps and where I went on walks during sunset with my papa before he passed. Every year we all count down the days to be down there, all together, to make even more memories. The beach represents me in so many ways . I love the feeling of the sand on my feet and the calmness I get being
Gulf Shores is the beautiful beach I have ever been to. When I go to Gulf Shores I smell the delicious seafood when I go to the restaurants. When I walked around the beach I smell the nasty seaweed around the sand. When I am at the beach I touch the small, white, pretty seashells and put them in a bucket to keep them. As I walk around the beach, my toes are touching the soft, grained sand between my toes. I can taste the dirty salt water when I am swimming in the ocean. When I go inside The Oyster House I can taste the amazing seafood into my mouth and wanted more food. When I am relaxing at the beach I can hear the waves crashing each other. I can hear people talking, screaming, and playing their loud music. In the evening time, I saw the
As a child, I loved seeing new places and sometimes revisiting the old places that I consider my favorite. The Jersey Shore is one of those places that I love revisiting over and over and could never find myself getting tired of it. One of my most favorite spots is and always will be, Cape May, New Jersey. Cape May is a very special place to me because it was a place I have always visited every summer ever since I was a little girl. I use to go down to Cape May every summer with my family. We use to stay at the Victorian Motel every year. I remember the first time we got to the hotel, the first thing my brother's and I would do is change into our swimsuits and jump into the pool. When it got late, my family and I would take a walk in the outdoor
My vacation to South Padre Island Beach was memorable. There were so many amazing sights and smells. I remember as we grew closer to the beach I could hear the splashing roars of the waves as they rushed to the shore. I can still taste the salty sea air as I walked down to the beach, the seagulls flying above me squawking at everyone below. Kids building sand castles and playing in the water as parents sat, watching them nearby. As I stood in the warm, vanilla colored sand of the beach, I felt a calm peace, as the cool ocean breeze blew around me. Later, while I was walking down the coast, cool water splashing on my feet, I could smell the zesty aroma of a nearby barbeque taking place as families enjoyed the glowing sunset as the day came
Imagine flying into California and seeing all these palm trees and beaches. California is fun and is a great place to visit there is so many things to do and places to go. When I went with my family it was really cool because that was me and my family's first time going. We spent most of our time at the beach and walking around the piers and going to the softball fields. We originally went to my sister who plays softball on a travel club, but they didn’t do to well so we got the rest of the time to hang out as a family.
As i am very fond of beaches and have already covered more than 10 of them this year (some had lighthouses too), i couldn't have left this one out. So, with much excitement, we left one Sunday afternoon for Manasquan, which is on the way to Seaside Heights. We spent a bit of time at a beach in Manasquan. The place was not crowded at all, maybe because there is too much to do just a few miles away at Seaside Heights. However, calmness has its own beauty and we saw
Every facet of my personality has been carved by the big blue in my backyard, just as the tides shape the dunes. The memories and lessons of life in a beach town, as numerous as the grains of sand, always stick with me, no matter how far from my sandcastle I
My family used to visit there once a year for about a week in the summer. We would go camping and spend the majority of our time frequenting the beach. Back then I was tiny, but even now I know I would be overwhelmed by the vast space of the sky opened up over me, blue and deep in a reflection of the water below it. I would try with all my might to run through the grainy, hot sand scraping away at the bottoms of my burning feet onto cooler ground, where cool ocean water counteracted the sun’s hot touch. Even as a little girl, the beach wasn’t just a place
Its cold, windy, and sunny all at the same time. The beach stretches for miles seeming endless, until it reaches a tall cliff with waves crashing against it. The sun shines down on the moisture in the air creating a “sparkling” affect to add to the view. In some spots on the coast giant rock formations stick out of the water, creating a question on how they formed there. Sea creatures dot the sand everywhere. Walking the beach with sand between your toes is and not a worry in your mind is one of the best feelings. If you time it right early in the mornings and late in the night low tide takes place and you can find sand dollars and unique shells. Beautiful houses and hotels line the beach all with the same withered look they all strive to have, and balconies on every place to capture the view.