earth day spring fling with a smiley face!

When Laura had asked if I would be at Jalapenos tonight, I'd told her I would not.

This was the 25th Annual Savannah Earth Day celebration and I had promised myself that I would be in Daffin Park for it!

Inside my butterfly tote bag I had five pairs of eyeglasses that had been in drawers, waiting to be rescued.

 

Forsight was thrilled to take them from me!!!

They'll use the frames for making new glasses for someone who can't afford frames.

In return, they gave me that snazzy lens-cleaning cloth!

Winner for all!

Next I stopped to chat at a table that had a game to play.

An aluminum beverage cup was perched over the edge of a board, then flipped.

If the cup landed back on the board, you got to keep it!

I couldn't get the knack of it, but Savannah To-Go Cup let me have one anyway!

At other vendors along the way, I'd stop and talk for while.

Wilderness Southeast, where Yvette was working the table.

Caretta Research Project, which I remembered from my days in the STERI project at Jenkins High.

The Dolphin Project, which I've wanted to be part of since I was 40.

The Tybee Marine Science Center, source of these sea turtle cards!

The City of Savannah had the most tables with free swag.

One was the source for a fabulous blank journal with ruled pages.

Another had an emergency disaster guide as well as a flashlight, batteries included.

A third had 2025 calendars loaded with helpful info.

And the fourth introduced SAV / Z, with neon-green vests for cyclists.

I picked up two of those.

As a rule, I would take two of most items, especially coloring books, like this one from Keep Savannah Beautiful.

Clean Harbors also had very nice activity books for kids.

Several places had single-page coloring or activity sheets for children, so I made sure to grab four every time I came across those.

After all, I have a vacation trip at the end of May and it will be good to have those as a surprise for the little blondes!

I spent a lot of time at two tables.

A communications graduate student and I had a 15-minute talk about his thesis of promoting conversations about recycling.

I had another lengthy talk with Savannah Riverkeeper, who aren't from here, but Augusta.

They gave me a new Happy Robot pin to go along with the square one I've had ever since the 2016 Savannah Film Festival. 

I received that white pin at the Q&A with Porkchop Zimmerman after "Happy", the documentary about his mission to make people smile.

They told me that I was the only person all day who knew anything about those pins.

That made me smile!

(smile!)

After nearly two hours there at Daffin Park, it was time to head east.

Never Been Any Reason to return to Tybee Post Theatre until the girlie show, right?

(Those last two links are just me having some musical pun fun!)

Beau Blush and Scarlett Siren of Coastal Cabaret were throwing a Spring Fling, ABCD style - aerial, burlesque, cabaret, drag!

Besides being greeted with a big bear hug by Wesley Pridgen, this show was just what I needed to get my motor all revved up!

Beau Blush, true to her name, put rosy cheeks on all the fellows with her opening burlesque routine to "Ain't No Sunshine" - just mesmerizing, she was.

Wow!

She was back in the second act, this time looking more like Rosie the Riveter as she danced with the aerial Luna ring in perfect timing with "Human".

Wow!

My third most favorite dance was the burlesque by Arabica Blacque to "When You're Good To Mama", the song Queen Latifah sang in "Chicago".

Wow!

My favorite number of the two burlesque routines by Scarlett Siren was her second one, performed with a Luna Lollipop - very smooth.

Trixie Noir used the Triangle Swing for her one aerial and was quite lovely and lithe and liquid in what was her premiere on stage.

Donna Matrix, the bellydancer, had two outings, once with a very large snake, then with two swords, all performed with constant hip undulations - very good!

The drag was handled by Nubia Rose, putting forth her inner Beyonce.

As for the cabaret number, that came at the show's finale, featuring Nubia Rose and the three Hoedown Honeys with a ribald song that was most def not PC - but sure was fun!

Oh, then there's the emcee, on stage between numbers in a smoking jacket, but still recognizable as the young man I'd first seen ten years earlier on an October evening with Carolyn.

Yes, it was Jack NTha Cox, in the flesh, which he was revealing for tips by show's end!

Nice to see that he's rocking more of a dad-bod these days!

My guess is that's the reason for the smiley face in the sky tonight.

Lots of sexy burlesque strips...

a naughty bit of cabaret...

fabulous fun in the evening sun...

and everyone comfortable in their bodies!

How wonderful to have had all this entertainment

for less than 25 bucks

as Venus and Saturn kept company

with the moon's crooked smile!

(smile!)