Isn't this a beautiful, unspoiled place?  It's called Captain Sam's Spit, on Kiawah Island, SC.  It's enjoyed by people, turtles, birds and is the only location known where dolphins strand feed.  Sounds like a place that should be preserved, doesn't it?
Unfortunately, this precious piece of sand is now in limbo.  "Big Money" folks are trying to build McMansions on it, accessing it and ruining it by building a road straight through Beachwalker Park's parking lot and board walk.  The state of SC court system has gone back and forth with approval of this project.  Pray that this little piece of natural heaven is preserved.
As Dr. Suess says in his story of abuse of power, Yertle the Turtle,
"Then again, from below, in the great heavy stack, came a groan from that plain little turtle named Mack.  Your majesty, please....I don't like to complain, but down here below, we are feeling great pain.  I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down at the bottom we, too, should have rights."

What's better than eating a DELICIOUS cupcake?... Eating a delicious cupcake AND having the proceeds go to a great cause!  Cupcake bakery, at 433 King St., offered a Boston Cream cupcake recently, with 100% of that cupcake's sales going to One Fund Boston, to help those affected by the Patriots Day bombing.
This amazing cupcake was offered until May 4th, so I zoomed downtown on the 4th to try one (actually two, but who's counting...)  The gold cupcake was moist and buttery, with a tasty vanilla pudding filling, topped with creamy chocolate frosting.  They were so good that we ate them while driving down Radcliffe Street....quite a trick.
I also bought a Salted Caramel Chocolate cupcake, just for the fun of it.  It was rich and decadent, topped with chocolate cream cheese icing, crunchy sugar and sea salt and a thin drizzle of caramel.  I actually had to share that one, unfortunately.
I am already looking forward to my next visit to Cupcake.

Hannah Fay with her new BFF Hoda

 Another GREAT thing about retirement, which is already amazing (if you don't count the absence of a paycheck part), is being able to do things spontaneously.  Thursday morning I was able to join my daughter and her pals at the College of Charleston to see the fourth hour of The Today Show film two shows.  I managed to be in line by 6am, dressed and somewhat put together- the girls saved me a spot in line, as they arrived closer to 5:30am.  They all looked fabulous, wearing full makeup AND cute shirts that spelled out
WE LOVE HODA AND KATHY LEE!!
It was so much fun to watch Today Show hosts Hoda and Kathy Lee jump right into all things Southern and Charleston.  We were able to stand in the front so didn't miss a thing!  There were many cute signs, lots and lots of girls (and a few men who were, I'm sure, dragged along) and a really great game show sequence that my daughter,  Hannah Fay, participated in.  She answered all of her questions correctly, won her team a prize and got to hug her idol, Hoda!  Now that was a great day, wouldn't you say?

Margeaux, Katie, Betty and Hannah Fay