Crown

We meet this person in our NY trip. It was a hot day and we were standing in a long queue for a ferry to the Statue of Liberty. Due to the increasing heat people were getting uncomfortable but they this person a true crown was entertaining the crowd with his innocent smile. He was in the same heat from the morning but he was not complaining he was not crapping about the uncomfort of the heat he was just spreading the smile.

He was asking the people about the their origins and he was singing the song for their country. He sung Indian songs for us. You would definitely like it.

Crown is a such mysterious person, despite of his own state of emotions he has to just keep spreading the smile. It remembered me the great movie from Raj Kapoor, "Mera Naam Joker".

Sometimes you have to be a Joker and hide your emotions to make person in front of you happy.

Gillette Castle and Fort Trumbull

25 June 2011
Hartford is a home to many artists. This weekend we visited Gillette Castle State Park. The castle was originally a private residence commissioned and designed by William Gillette, an American actor who is most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes on stage.

This was the guy who was neighbor to Mark Twain, who spends his 8 years of life on boat because he loved staying on boat, who didn’t remarry after early demise of his lovely wife. Who built the castle but never referred it as a castle, who built the private rail road and whose passengers were Mark Twain, Charlie Chaplin etc?

How can somebody think of owning a private rail road? That is so amazing. Everything in his house is made up of wood, e.g. latches, locks, electric switches.

There are a number of oddities in the castle personally designed by Gillette, such as unusual doorknobs and locks, and a system of hidden mirrors for surveillance of the public rooms from the master bedroom.

It’s a really beautiful place.
The next place we visited is Fort Trumbull. This is the fort which served the country from civil war.

I have uploaded few photos with this post, hope you will like it.