May 1
Woodstock
Posted on Saturday, May 1, 2010 in Travel
This is my first post in the 2010 WordCount Blogathon, or #Blog2010 on Twitter – a challenge to blog every day for a month. If you found me through the Blogathon and this is your first time at Tastee Pudding: welcome!
Today I celebrated my 34th birthday in Woodstock, New York.
The legendary music festival of ’69 actually took place in nearby Bethel, but Woodstock was also quite a hippie haven. A brochure for the town promises a celebration of creativity and the arts, and it’s hard to walk a block without encountering a gallery or some kind of public sculpture. It’s also a place where it’s hard to see where the symbolism of the past ends and authentic modern culture begins. (more…)